Burma Faces Cruel Times One thing Burmese junta rulers can expect in the next few months following in the wake of Cyclone Nargis, which has killed more than 80,000 people and ruined the country’s rice bowl: Resentment, and no end to it. The Burmese people have been in torment under martial rule for the past [...]
May
8
Burma Faces Cruel Times
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May
8
Deadly Cyclone Scores Direct hit on Rangoon
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Deadly Cyclone Scores Direct hit on Rangoon Emergency aid parcels with more than 40 tons of foodstuff and medicinal supplies from Thailand will land in Burma today, as the fatality toll from Saturday’s cyclone has risen to 80,000. Nine tons of food supplies and medicine laden on a C-130 air force plane which flew from [...]
May
8
More to Know about Thai Rice
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More to Know about Thai Rice Rice prices in Thailand are likely to remain strong, regardless of yesterday’s fall by about 5-10% after the Philippines abandoned its largest rice purchase of the year. ”Demand still exists, the Philippine government is believed to have just modified its buying method from government-to-government basis,” according to Nitus Patrayothin, [...]
May
8
People Power Party ‘PPP’ has Party Pooper Power
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People Power Party ‘PPP’ has Party Pooper Power The People Power Party ‘PPP’ has again delayed its proposal for a new House speaker to next week and chosen the party managerial panel to draw termination after various factions could not form an agreement, Wadah splinter group member Areepen Uttarasin stated on Wednesday. Areephen said the [...]
May
8
The Travel Business Keeps Indonesia on the Go
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The Travel Business Keeps Indonesia on the Go Most Indonesians, like most people everywhere, spend their lives in their local provinces without ever having ever gone far away from home, far is, of course, a qualified term. All of convey put together, only about 13% of the populace travel far beyond their daily custom, usually [...]
May
8
Thai Good Behavior Comics Coming Back to Thailand
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Thai Good Behavior Comics Coming Back to Thailand The Thai Office of the National Culture Commission (ONCC) has recently published 100,000 copies of a comic style book entitled Sombat Khong Phudee (The Qualities of Decent People) for allotment to youth all over the country. Culture Minister Anusorn Wongwan said the book represented a light-hearted move [...]
