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Bombings, shootings hit restive southern Thailand PATTANI, Thailand (AP) — Attackers believed to be Muslim insurgents killed four people and set off a string of homemade bombs Sunday in Thailand's restive south. Suspected Islamic insurgents have recently been staging coordinated bombings in urban ...

High tides imperil Bangkok - Weather - msnbc.com : The network of flood defenses erected to shield Thailand's capital from the country's worst floods in nearly 60 years was put to the test Saturday as coastal high ...

Thai PM confident as Bangkok holds off high tides (AP) AP - Thailand's prime minister is expressing optimism that Thailand's worst flooding in a half-century will mostly spare Bangkok . Some neighborhood dikes have overflowed, but the city's defenses otherwise have held firm during a weekend of ...

Floodwalls Keep Bangkok Dry and Suburbs Angry : Residents of the flooded Sai Mai district of Bangkok walking along a wall that protects other parts of the city from flooding. By THOMAS FULLER BANGKOK — Shielded by hundreds of thousands of sandbags piled shoulder high along the city's outskirts, ... New York Times

Bangkok's neighbours bear the brunt of the floodwaters By Peter Janssen - Bangkok - Prayuth Khamken, the owner of a vegetable farm in Nakorn Phatom province near Bangkok has left his land under more than a metre of water. Floods diverted from the capital swamped his farm in ...

Residents threaten BMA staff : PHOTOS BY RATTASEEMA PONGSAN The barriers are aimed at sparing central Bangkok from the deluge, but communities affected by the build-up of floodwater are pulling them down or threatening workers in some areas. Bangkok Governor Sukhumbhand Paribatra ... Bangkok Post

Thai Floods Unlikely to Cause Hard Drive Price Rise Soon : By John E Dunn, Computerworld-UK Thailand's worst flooding for half a century is unlikely to cause significant hard drive price rises despite shortages revealing weak points in the global supply chain, drive vendors have indicated. ...

Jobs data may show economy struggling for foothold : Supply shortages also are expected as Bangkok battles with ongoing crisis created by weeks of flooding. See full story. A slew of key data releases and global economic meetings will compete for investors' attention next week, as European headlines take ...

China, Laos vow to enhance security cooperation on Mekong River : Thirteen Chinese sailors were killed in the incident, in the "Golden Triangle" area where the borders of Myanmar, Thailand and Laos meet. Liang expressed gratitude for Laos ' support in helping stranded Chinese ships and crewmen return to China safely. ...

Floods cut supplies of computer, auto parts : By Ploy Ten Kate AARON FAVILA | ASSOCIATED PRESS Jetliners remain parked at the flooded Don Muang Airport in Bangkok . Thailand's flooding led Toyota officials to shift ready-made parts for pickup trucks to a plant protected by sandbags that stores ...

Pope prays for flood victims : Thai soldiers fix a broken flood barrier in Bangkok , Thailand, Sunday, Oct. 30, 2011. City dikes overflowed in at least two places as coastal high tides pushed up the main Chao Praya river from the Gulf of Thailand, with water spilling into streets as ...

Iran Supports Expansion of Economic Ties with Laos : "Today, the bilateral relations between Iran and Laos are mainly underway in the political arena and effort must be made to develop these ties in economic and cultural grounds as well," he reiterated. Ahmadinejad further mentioned that Iran and Laos ... Fars News Agency

Contrast of misery, normalcy in flood-wary Bangkok : By Todd Pitman AP / October 30, 2011 BANGKOK —On one side of Bangkok , you'll find the victims of Thailand's worst flooding in half a century. They float down trash-strewn waterways, paddling washtubs with wicker brooms over submerged neighborhoods. ...

Cambodia marks anniversary of ex-king's return PHNOM PENH — Tens of thousands of Cambodians thronged the streets of Phnom Penh on Sunday to mark the 20th anniversary of their beloved former king Norodom Sihanouk's return from exile. Crowds of people waving Cambodian flags and portraits of Sihanouk ...

Thai soldiers surrender over killing of 13 Chinese sailors : The victims were crew members on two cargo ships attacked on October 5 in the "Golden Triangle," where the borders of Myanmar, Thailand and Laos meet, a region notorious for drug smuggling. A police chief in northern Thailand's Chiang Saen district, ...

Parents urged to support, safeguard children as they explore gender : In some cases, parents should strongly consider working with a gender -sensitive therapist, he said. "They have experience in helping a child and parent with difficult decisions," Real said. "Things like disclosure, how do you talk about it, ...

Fears swell along river through Thailand's capital : BANGKOK (AP) – Saffron-robed monks and soldiers piled sandbags outside Bangkok's most treasured temples and palaces Friday as Thailand's worst floods in decades sent ankle-high water rushing briefly into some of the capital's main tourist districts. ... USA Today

Acer and Samsung warn of Thai flood impact : By Robin Kwong in Taipei Computer prices are set to rise following warnings by Acer and Samsung Electronics that severe flooding in Thailand would hit production and that they would pass resulting higher costs on to consumers. The comments are the most ... Financial Times

After UN Visit, Increased Stakes for Tribunal Credibility : Following the visit of the UN's top legal representative to Cambodia last week, the Khmer Rouge tribunal is facing increased pressure to regain its credibility, court observers say. Patricia O'Brien, flew to Phnom Penh last week to warn Cambodian ...

Fighting Inflation : The people of Bangladesh for the last 7 years have been inflicted by rising inflation. It is a major concern for a country like us where a large number of people hover around the poverty line. The government of Bangladesh is trying its best to address ...

Bangkok braces for flooding from high tides : By Moni Basu, CNN Thai residents walk in floodwaters along a street in the Chinatown section of Bangkok on October 28. Bangkok , Thailand (CNN) -- Severe flooding in Thailand Friday threatened central areas of Bangkok , a bustling capital barely above ...

Bangkok residents flee as floods threaten to overwhelm capital : More residents are forced to leave their homes in northern Bangkok and head for higher ground as officials step up flood warnings. Link to this video Residents of Bangkok are bracing themselves for peak tides that threaten to overwhelm Thailand's ...

Bangkok's inhabitants on the floods : Increasingly dire official warnings, topped by the Bangkok governor's plea to leave the city if they could, have led to a mass exodus. By Ian MacKinnon in Bangkok Suwanee Sarabutra, 41, a pottery artist headed for the northern city of Chiang Mai on the ... Telegraph.co.uk

Better get used to high-priced food : A 10 per cent rise in domestic food prices in developing Asia threatens to push an additional 64 million people in to poverty . With food price inflation in many emerging Asian economies averaging 11 per cent in the first half of 2011 alone, ... The Express Tribune

Laos seeks consultants to help manage hydropower concessions The government of Laos invites expressions of interest from consultants to help manage hydropower concessions to independent power producers. Responses are due November 15. With funding from the World Bank's International Development Association, ...

Cambodia needs to adopt independent judiciary, democratic ... : Despite progress in the 20 years since the Paris peace agreements ended decades of fighting in Cambodia , much still needs to be done to fulfil the promise of ...

Floodwaters Menace Bangkok's Grand Palace : A taxi driver plied through flood waters outside the Grand Palace in Bangkok on Friday. By SETH MYDANS BANGKOK — The main river in Thailand's capital swelled to a record high on Friday, spilling over its banks and sending water rippling into the ... New York Times

Water everywhere, but not a lot to drink in Bangkok : By Martin Petty and Ploy Ten Kate BANGKOK (Reuters) - As Thailand's capital braces for a surge of water, its residents are fighting to both keep it at bay and find enough of it to drink. The worst flooding in half a century has triggered panic buying ... Reuters

Bangkok Flooding Oct 28 : She also surveyed areas in eastern and western Bangkok in order to make a decision whether or not to blow up roads in order to drain floodwaters from the capital. Work on a tunnel in Charansanitwong Road stops for the flooding. ...

Flooding in Thailand massively disrupts hard drive availability Thailand reached crisis point earlier in October after three months of heavy monsoon rain has left vast swathes of the country flooded. Northern and central areas were worst hit initially but the run-off has now started draining south, ...

Man held on return from Cambodia : Nicholas Griffin, 54, formerly from the Glyn Ceiriog area, had returned from Cambodia where he had run an orphanage. North Wales Police would only confirm that a 54-year-old man had been arrested. They said he has been taken back to the force area for ... BBC News

The Cambodian Space Project is back in the Kingdom for one month. : The Cambodian Space Project is back in town, after an action-packed international tour in which the band recorded live at the BBC, hit the Ubud Writers Festival, and hobnobbed with writer DBC Pierre and Australian country legend Paul Kelly. ...

N. Korean refugees stranded by Thai floods : Those refugees who come to Thailand through Laos across the Mekong River report themselves to authorities in Chiang Mai before being transferred to the immigration office in Bangkok, Daily NK said. But the preferred route through Mae Sai, ... Pattaya Daily News

Tens of thousands flee Bangkok : Bangkok : Traffic clogged roads out of the Thai capital on Friday as tens of thousands of people fled ahead of a high tide expected to worsen floods that have inundated factories and prompted foreign governments to warn their citizens to stay away. ... 日本(Japan) | 中国 (China) | 한국 (Korea) | ราชอาณาจักรไทย (TH) | AU-Malaysia | Tiếng Việt

Bangkok governor orders immediate evacuation in Taweewattana district : BANGKOK , Oct 27 – Bangkok Governor Sukhumbhand Paribatra on Thursday ordered the immediate evacuation of some residents of Taweewattana district as floodwater keeps rising. Residents of Salathammasop subdistrict were directly affected, the governor ...

Bangladesh, India vulnerable to climate change Bangladesh as the most at risk due to extreme levels of poverty and a high dependency on agriculture, while its government has the lowest capacity of all countries to adapt to predicted changes in the climate. A new global ranking of climate change ...

Cambodia calls : HELPING CAMBODIANS : Wainui nurse Bev Hopper with a Cambodian baby. The photo was taken last year when Ms Hopper went to Cambodia with a team of five nurses teaching basic health hygiene. Bev Hopper cannot wait to return to Cambodia . ... Auckland stuff.co.nz

Bangkok At Risk Of Its Worst Flooding In Decades : Residents wade along a flooded street on the outskirts of Bangkok Thursday. Clambering aboard bamboo rafts and army trucks, residents fled their homes as high waters moved closer to the heart of the city. Residents wade along a flooded ...

Political Prisoners Are Burma's Unsung Heroes : By Christian Papesch NEW YORK, Oct 27, 2011 (IPS) - In a move that highlighted its sub-par human rights record, the government of Burma announced Oct. 11 that it would release 6359 prisoners, but how many of these will be drawn from the country's ... Inter Press Service

Cambodia's Inaugural Walk Down The Runway : by Jessica Marati on October 27, 2011 in Fashion The country's first-ever fashion week shows there's more to Cambodian fashion than fainting garment workers. These days, Cambodia is known more for its clothing manufacturing than its clothing design. ... EcoSalon

Plan Cambodia reaches 30000 people in flood-hit provinces : Plan / Ong Thearny 28 October 2011: Plan has distributed hygiene kits, dry-food rations, shelter kits and mosquito nets to some 30000 people whose lives have been impacted by the devastating flooding in Cambodia . Monsoon rains have caused extensive ...

Bangkok residents flee rising floodwaters – This Just In - CNN.com ... : Thursday was the first of five government-declared holidays in Thailand, but it was not a day of fun. Floodwaters crept slowly but surely into Bangkok , stressing embankments and making roads, parking lots, factories and markets more suitable ...

Last act of Thai flood drama not yet written : By Ian Williams, NBC News correspondent Bangkok on Thursday is rather like a slow motion disaster movie. But the bickering cast can't quite agree on how its going to end. They keep putting up the end titles, only to follow with another, grimmer, scene. ...

Angelina Jolie Unwittingly Purchased Land from Khmer Rouge Official Accused of ... By Jo Piazza Angelina Jolie is greeted by Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen in Phnom Penh, during a visit to Cambodia on July 6, 2004. Angelina Jolie has long been a champion for the impoverished nation of Cambodia from which she adopted her first son ...

Thailand's Department of Disaster Response Orders LRAD(R) Systems to Support ... Thailand is experiencing its worst flooding in decades after three months of heavy rain. The order is shipping immediately. "From Hurricane Katrina to the 2010 Haitian earthquake and this year's devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan, LRAD systems ...

Thailand floods: Some residents defy warnings and stay to help evacuees Despite the various evacuation warnings that Thailand floods are serious, Bangkok citizens are staying in the inundated areas and doing what they can to help those who need it. By Simon Roughneen, Correspondent / October 27, 2011 A man carries his ...

Residents escape Bangkok flooding : Parts of Thailand's flood-threatened capital are rapidly emptying of residents who are listening to a government warning to use a special five-day holiday to escape the danger. (Oct. 27) (/The Associated Press) Correction: Clarification: SuperFan badge ...

Crocodiles a new menace for flood-threatened Bangkok : Residents carry a crocodile that was caught and killed at a flooded residential area in Bangbuatong district of Nonthaburi province, north of Bangkok , Thailand on Sunday. As flood waters continued to swell near Bangkok on Thursday, Thai residents had ...

Burma Military Detains Pastor : Among others being targeted are Karens, with thousands of people reportedly being displaced. Many have also fled to neighboring Thailand. Burma's government has come under international pressure to improve human rights , amid international doubts over ...

Lenovo: Thailand Flood May Cause Tense Hard Disk Supply : Thailand is the second largest hard disk manufacturer in the world, contributing to 25% of the global market share. However, the plants of global top three hard disk manufacturers were all damaged to some extent in the flood disaster in Thailand this ...

Floods inch closer to heart of Thailand's capital : The floods, the heaviest in Thailand in more than half a century, have drenched a third of the country's provinces and killed close to 400 people. For weeks, they have crept down from the central plains, flowing south toward the Gulf of Thailand . ... USA Today

Paedophile arrested on Cambodia return amid child rape allegations : Convicted paedophile Nick Griffin has been arrested after landing back in the UK from Cambodia amid new allegations of child rape at a scout group in Wales. Griffin, who was jailed for a year in Cambodia after being found guilty of abusing young boys ... Metro

Study: Early HIV Treatment Increases Survival Of Patients Co-infected With TB : A clinical trial in Cambodia has shown that starting antiretroviral treatment for HIV at two weeks, instead of two months after tuberculosis treatment, increases survival rate by 33 percent in HIV-TB co-infected patients. AsianScientist (Oct. 27, 2011) ... Asian Scientist Magazine

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Dams threaten Mekong's fish and region's security : It flows from the mountains of Tibet through Burma, Laos, Thailand and Cambodia before opening into the Mekong Delta and ultimately the South China Sea off Vietnam. It's also home to over 1000 species of fish, including the world's 10 largest fresh ...

Combating extreme poverty : The theme of the discussion meet to mark the day was : "Eradicate Extreme Poverty : Whose responsibility Is It?" It was organised by Shiree in partnership with UK Department for International Development (DFID), the Bangladesh government and BRAC. ...

Flooding in Thailand Affects Facilities of Contract Manufacturer Utilized by ... All operations in Thailand that service Digi are currently suspended. Digi is assessing its ability to meet customer requirements by utilizing other existing contract manufacturing partners, new contract manufacturers, its own US facility, and existing ...

The Happening is happening in Cambodia: mob of fainting teenagers blamed on ... The latest report of the teenage weirdness comes to us from Cambodia , where a fainting spell is being chalked up to breath-stealing trees with murder in their bark. Reality, you just got Shyamalanized. Contrary to everything you've learned in basic ...

A Rare and Scary Bat for Halloween : This is a Walston's tube-nosed bat, a rare new species discovered in Cambodia . It was named for Joe Walston of New York's Wildlife Conservation Society. Not much is known about these bats, other than that they are not to be trifled with. ... ABC News

Thailand floods: Water seeps into heart of Bangkok, barriers may not hold Thailand Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra broke from earlier assurances that Bangkok would be safe from Thailand's flooding and announced that flood barriers might not hold. By Simon Roughneen, Contributor / October 26, 2011 A man sits in the water ...

Bangkok's Riverside Communities Brace for Floods : Bangkok's Riverside Communities Brace for Floods Ron Corben | Bangkok As Bangkok residents scramble to prepare for long-awaited flooding, communities in low-lying areas are bracing for the worst. Preparations in the impoverished ...

Flood now threatens Bangkok city centre Alex Jones' Infowars ... : Guardian - The governor of Bangkok has warned residents to prepare for floodwaters to reach further into the city from suburban areas. ...

Floods Force Thailand to Move Prison Inmates : By SETH MYDANS BANGKOK — Hundreds of inmates were evacuated from prisons around Bangkok on Wednesday, and residents stocked up on food or made plans to leave the city as officials warned of severe flooding throughout much of the capital in the coming ...

Bangkok could be flooded "for weeks" if dykes go : The people of Bangkok have been told to take their belongings to high ground in case flood barriers are swamped, with 1.5 metre-flooding forecast if the dykes go. The royal palaces and power stations are to be guarded, and a special five-day holiday ...

Floodwaters rise near Bangkok, testing defenses : By Daniel Ten Kate and Supunnabul Suwannakij / Bloomberg News BANGKOK — Thailand's government said Tuesday that water levels rose further on Bangkok's outskirts and may overwhelm defenses, raising concern that the nation's worst floods in more than 50 ...

Calls for Monk's Release on Health Grounds : The Hong Kong-based Asian Human Rights Commissions (AHRC) also sent an open letter to the Burmese President and other top officials on Tuesday which called for urgent humanitarian intervention for 33-year-old Gambira. It said that the AHRC is concerned ... The Irrawaddy News Magazine

Ford Joins Those Cutting Thai Output : By JAMES HOOKWAY BANGKOK—The damage from floods in Thailand is spreading to more of the world's biggest manufacturers as supply chains falter and break under the weight of the spreading disaster. Ford Motor Co. on Wednesday followed Toyota Motor Co ...

China Suspends Shipping on Mekong After Attack : Southeast Asia's Golden Triangle—the region where Thailand, Laos and Myanmar meet—is one of the top-producing regions for heroin and other illicit drugs and home to violent narcotics gangs. China's state-run Xinhua news agency quoted Thai authorities ...

Killer Asia floods swallow children who can't swim : Children make up around a quarter of the nearly 800 deaths the United Nations has tallied since July across Thailand, Cambodia , Vietnam, Laos and the Philippines, which have been ravaged by some of the worst flooding in decades. ...

Asia's deadly floods expose untold epidemic of child drownings, taking victims ... BANGKOK, Thailand — It took only a second for the murky floodwaters swamping parts of Asia to swallow Nguyen Phuoc Hien's baby. His 3-year-old daughter had been playing happily while her aunt studied, but somehow, the girl slipped quietly outside the ...

Thai flooding disrupts Japanese auto production, prompts scrutiny of supply ... Nissan was still assessing the damage from the Thai flooding, but its vehicle plant near Bangkok was unaffected so far, he said. Toyota, Japan's biggest automaker, suspended overtime work from Monday to Friday at four domestic Toyota factories and ...

Floods Force Thailand to Move Prison Inmates : The airport, Don Muang, formerly Thailand's international airport, was closed to commercial flights on Tuesday as flooding entered the area, in a major setback to attempts to protect the city. Runways were reported to be flooded on Wednesday. ... 日本(Japan) | 中国 (China) | 한국 (Korea) | ราชอาณาจักรไทย (TH) | AU-Malaysia | Tiếng Việt

Discounts and time off work: how Japan is battling a birthrate in decline : The country's biggest business lobby, Keidanren, has encouraged its 1600 member firms to allow employees to spend more time with their spouses and, so the theory goes, have more children . Yet appeals to promote a healthier work -life balance are ...

Flooding shuts down Bangkok airport : Advancing floodwaters in Thailand shut down commercial flights Tuesday at Bangkok's second airport, spilling across a complex housing the country's flood relief headquarters. (Oct. 25) (/The Associated Press) Correction: Clarification: SuperFan badge ...

As Bangkok prepares for flooding, evacuees are urged to evacuate again An estimated 4 billion cubic meters of floodwater runoff from higher areas of Thailand are slated to reach Bangkok on Oct. 26, coinciding with a high tide and rain storms. By Gabrielle Paluch, Contributor / October 25, 2011 People wade through a ...

Storage sticker shock: Why Thailand floods mean pricier hard drives : Flooding in Thailand means the cost of traditional hard drives is likely to increase over the short term, as manufacturers struggle to work around shut-down plants and suppliers. There are a few truisms in the technology world, and one of them is that ... Digitaltrends.com

Bombings kill 3, injure dozens in Thailand : PATTANI, Thailand (AP) – Thailand's military said more than a dozen coordinated bomb attacks in the country's insurgency-plagued south Tuesday killed at least three people and injured dozens. The military's Internal Security Operations Command said ...

Letter From Uganda: Given the Tools to Fight Poverty, Africa's Women Tend to Win : To a development worker from Bangladesh , with one of the highest rates of land cultivation in the world, unplanted land is money on the ground. What they've also learned is that poor women can defeat poverty on their own when given half a chance. ...

Bangladesh moving towards better days: Merkel : Bangladesh's economic conditions are good and things will get better in the days ahead, Merkel said. " Bangladesh is moving towards poverty alleviation under the strong leadership of Sheikh Hasina," she said. The chancellor said at the meeting she and ... Bangladesh News 24 hours

Two Rivers: The Chance to Export Power Divides Southeast Asia : Now, in an energy-hungry age on the continent, the rivers share another distinction, as wellsprings of financial temptation for the struggling countries that rely on their flow, Laos and Myanmar (Burma). Both countries are grappling with decisions on ... National Geographic

Displacements problematic in Myanmar : The Thailand Burma Border Consortium, an umbrella organization, estimates that at least 112000 residents of Myanmar were displaced from August 2010-July 2011. "The main reason for poverty is armed conflicts, which restrict humanitarian access to the ... 日本(Japan) | 中国 (China) | 한국 (Korea) | ราชอาณาจักรไทย (TH) | AU-Malaysia | Tiếng Việt