Typhoon Approaches Thailand The Thai government has created a 50 million baht emergency fund for all provinces soon to be hit by typhoon Ketsana, currently on course towards Thailand, Interior Minister Chavarat Charnvirakul told reporters on Tuesday. The number of deaths from Ketsana in the Philippines has increased to more than 240 people. more than [...]
Sep
30
Typhoon Approaches Thailand
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Sep
2
Joint Session of House and Senate Meets
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Joint Session of House and Senate Meets A special joint sitting of the Thai House of Representatives and Senate on Wednesday endorsed six outlines for cooperation with five nearby countries. The agendas relate to talks with Cambodia, Burma, Laos, Indonesia and Malaysia. Article 190 of the constitution necessitates that they are endorsed by the parliament [...]
Aug
19
Eleven Families of Hmong Return to Laos
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Eleven Families of Hmong Return to Laos 45 Hmong refugees, members of eleven families who had entered Thailand illegally, have been returned to Laos under a voluntary repatriation program yesterday. Each of the families was given 15,000 baht to help them resettle. To date 2,949 Hmong from Laos have been returned to Laos under the [...]
Jun
18
Rare Irrawaddy Dolphins Facing Extinction in Mekong River
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Rare Irrawaddy Dolphins Facing Extinction in Mekong River The environmental organization, The World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF) has announced a study finding that only 64 to possibly 76 Irrawaddy Dolphins remain in the Mekong river. The explanation given for the declining numbers is that toxic pesticides as well as industrial waste are so polluting [...]
Jun
24
Zeitgeist Movie – THE MOST IMPORTANT ONLINE FILM YOU WILL SEE IN YOUR LIFE !!!
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A MUST SEE DOCUMENTARY FILM VIDEO !!! Please Forward this video to all you know … Zeitgeist Movie
Apr
13
Thailand and Laos to Tighten Border
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Thailand and Laos to Tighten Border (1com Thai News) Thailand and Laos are beefing up border security in order to stem the flow of drugs and trade in endangered species across the border. Encroachment by police and military across the border from either country is still disallowed. Thai Prime Minister and Defense Minister Samak Sundaravej, [...]
Apr
10
CONTROVERSIAL COLLABORATION WITH BURMA’S JUNTA | HARD-LINE DRUG POLICY RISKS PROMOTION OF HIV EPIDEMICS
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CONTROVERSIAL COLLABORATION WITH BURMA’S JUNTA | HARD-LINE DRUG POLICY RISKS PROMOTION OF HIV EPIDEMICS Myanmar is the main source of opium and amphetamine tablets in South East Asia and second only to Afghanistan in opium/heroin production. Most of it is grown in the mountainous Shan state northern Burma which enjoys borders with China, Laos and [...]
Jan
10
Vietnam police find 2 tigers in a car in Hanoi Thursday, 10 January 2008 by Ngo Xuan Tung Vietnamese police came face-to-face with two live tigers they found in a passenger car in central Hanoi when they busted an illegal wildlife trafficking gang this week, media reports said yesterday. The tigers had been sedated by [...]
