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Thailand

Type: Country
Name: Thailand
population: 65,699,540
First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 8 hours ago - 7 Documents (in Politics)
Thai and Cambodian military leaders will meet next week amid growing tensions over Phnom Penh's appointment of a fugitive former Thai premier as an adviser.The Thai-Cambodia Joint Border Committee will have a two-day meeting starting Nov. 27 at the Dusit ... [UPI - 8 hours ago]
First Reported 13 hours ago - Updated 11 hours ago - 2 Documents
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AirAsia
AirAsia, Asia's leading low cost airline, plans to fly to Delhi, Kolkata and Amritsar via its Bangkok hub by the first half of next year, said group chief executive officer Tony Fernandes.Please sign inUsernamePasswordNot a Subscriber?, not just to read ... [Malaysiakini - 11 hours ago]
Entities: AirAsia, Thailand, India
First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 8 Documents
BANGKOK, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- Thai nationals working for a Cambodian air traffic control firm were suspended after one of them was charged with spying, officials said. ... [UPI - 11/19/2009]
First Reported 14 hours ago - Updated 14 hours ago - 2 Documents
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Association of Southeast Asian Nations
BANGKOK, Nov 20 (Bernama) -- Malaysia-based Hg Solution Sdn Bhd, one of the few companies involved in mercury contamination in the region, has entered the Thailand market and is also bidding for projects in the Philippines, Vietnam and Oman.Ahmad Afdzal ... [Yahoo! Malaysia - 14 hours ago]
First Reported 23 hours ago - Updated 15 hours ago - 4 Documents
If former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra resigns or is replaced as economic adviser to the Cambodian government, the diplomatic row between Thailand and Phnom Penh will cool down, Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban said on Friday.“This does not ... [Bangkok Post - 15 hours ago]
First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 2 Documents
(Beijing Time) Xinhua EnglishBANGKOK, Nov. 19 (Xinhua) -- The second round of the A/H1N1 influenza outbreak in Thailand has started, Public Health Minister Witthaya Kaewparadai said Thursday.In the countryside the A/H1N1 virus is spreading in schools ... [SINA - 11/19/2009]
First Reported 22 hours ago - Updated 22 hours ago - 10 Documents
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Liang Guanglie
Chinese Defence Minister Liang Guanglie will visit North Korea soon, state-run media said on Friday, amid efforts to draw Pyongyang back to nuclear disarmament talks.Liang's trip, which also will take him to Japan and Thailand, will begin on Sunday and ... [France24 - Science - 22 hours ago]
First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 2 Documents
Increases the bookmarktwitterfacebookdiggGoogleWindowsliveDeliciousbuzzfriendfeedLinkedindiigoredditstumbleuponThe Thai government will reconsider if it still needs to borrow a fund worth 200 billion baht (6.02 billion U.S. dollars) to boost the domestic ... [People's Daily Online - 11/19/2009]
First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 2 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)
Thai police have charged a fourth person with spreading false rumours about the health of the country’s revered king, after concerns over his condition sent stocks plunging, police said on Thursday.Radiologist Tasaporn Rattawongsa, 42, was arrested at ... [South China Morning Post - 11/19/2009]
First Reported 15 hours ago - Updated 13 hours ago - 2 Documents (in Health)
Thai health authorities are introducing an official penis measuring device with the aim of advising condom users which size to wear for comfort and protection against sexual diseases.Please sign inUsernamePasswordNot a Subscriber?, not just to read the ... [Malaysiakini - 13 hours ago]
First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 14 hours ago - 2 Documents
7. Due to aircraft operation, China Airlines provides service on LAX-TPE v.v.with Boeing 747-400 alternatively in configuration of 12 First class seats,49 Business class seats, 314 Economy class seats, or 14 First class, 64Business class and 319 Economy ... [China Airlines - 14 hours ago]
First Reported 16 hours ago - Updated 14 hours ago - 2 Documents
NOVEMBER 19, 2009 - InterContinental Hotels & Resorts is pleased to announce the 1 December 2009 opening of InterContinental Hua Hin Resort, Thailand's new seaside retreat set among white sand shores and perfectly located on prime beachfront along Petchakasem ... [HotelExecutive.com - 14 hours ago]

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...malpractice, they will likely find that in India or Thailand there's very little they can dodo in terms of pursuing legal remedies,' said Turner. "I think it's seeking health care without a safety net of any kind." Medical tourism could end up costing the Canadian health-care system if problems caused by bargain basement treatments require expensive followup care...
"We want to make sure that Thailand is ready to join AFAS. We aim to push our curricula to become a model for Asean community and hope they will accept it" she said
...Migrants need legal status as a people first and then as workers. "Booths on the border' is one possible solution. A migrant crosses into Thailand and immediately gets a card with a photograph, which is then entered into a computerised system. Thailand has the technology. The long porous border, supposedly impossible to man, seems a bit of a myth when one sits and watches the rubber rings floating across at Myawaddy to Mae Sot. If the border is so long and porous, why cross right in front of the immigration authorities? Land-mined and militarised might better describe the Thai-Burma border. Immediate documentation of migrants on arrival would put traffickers out of business, and brokers could only facilitate not manipulate the labour market. Migrants could travel freely to their places of work and then register with local authorities once they have found work."
"While it took us seven years to plant the first 500,000 trees, we now plant that many every year" Sabin said...

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Korn admits difficulties in solving informal debts [Ministry of Finance - Thailand - 23 mins ago]
Study demonstrates associations between rainfal... [NewKerala.com - 55 mins ago]
Interpol 'red alert' to nab absconding convicts [The New Nation - 1 hour ago]
What IMF-advised “social welfare reforms” in Mo... [Eurodad - 1 hour ago]
AirAsia eyes Thailand for dual listing [FT.com - Companies Asia-Pacific - 1 hour ago]
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Operation Badminton - Aviva PLC fraud investiga... [North Yorkshire Police - 2 hours ago]
AirAsia launches new flights to three Indian ci... [thestar.com.my - 3 hours ago]
Panaji: No Interpol Notice Against Kaushal : Po... [Daijiworldcom - 3 hours ago]
How to Attract Rich Foreign Tourists [Donga.com - 3 hours ago]
European Union: Now to make it work [Guardian.co.uk - 3 hours ago]
Exports remain key to driving economic growth, ... [MCOT - 3 hours ago]
Baht continues close to other regional currenci... [MCOT - 3 hours ago]
Govt delays amending environment act; waits for... [MCOT - 3 hours ago]
Sparsh Infratech to set up health resort... [ASAPP - 3 hours ago]
Housing prices set to edge up next year [MCOT - 3 hours ago]
Thai bourse: Foreign issuers allowed to list on... [MCOT - 3 hours ago]
Exploring tourism tie-up with Thailand [South Asian Media - 3 hours ago]
Drukair back on track [South Asian Media - 3 hours ago]
Thailand’s justice crusader [Malaysian Insider - 3 hours ago]
SUBMARINE CABLE LANDING RIGHTS LICENSE ALLOWS T... [Submarine Telecoms Forum - 3 hours ago]
Korean national denied permission to board Bang... [NewKerala.com - 4 hours ago]
International awards [Manila Bulletin - 4 hours ago]
Auto industry is moving! [Manila Bulletin - 4 hours ago]
FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE ANNOUNCES ASSIGNME... [AgExporter - 4 hours ago]
Thai spokesman calls for re-establishing diplom... [Individual.com - 4 hours ago]
Trade show pitches surgical passages to India [CBC - 4 hours ago]
Spangler candy manufacturing featured on Food N... [Reliable Plant - 5 hours ago]
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European Union: Now to make it work [Comment is free | guardian.co.uk - 3 hours ago]
Are Herman van Rompuy and Cathy Ashton the best of all available choices as the European Union council president and the high representative on foreign policy respectively? ...
Highlights of Day 2 at GSMA Mobile Asia Congres... [Communities Dominate Brands - 10 hours ago]
I gave my review and comments on Day 1 of the GSM Association's big Mobile Asia Congress that was held ere in Hong Kong this week. I gave Twitter updates also about ...
Posts from elsewhere: More refugee mistreatment... [Bartlett's Blog - 16 hours ago]
Following are links to some posts I’ve written elsewhere: Focus is continuing on the conditions Tamils taken off the boat in Indonesia are being kept in. But ...
Asian Markets Continue To Push Lower [Clusterstock - 17 hours ago]
After yesterday's selloff, Asian markets are down again. The Nikkei is riding a 5-day losing streak. Europe, however, has rebounded a little, and US futures are ...
Thailand: Extravagant temple toilets [Global Voices Online - 17 hours ago]
Richard Burrow from Thailand reported that temple toilets at Wat Bang Phli Yai Nai in Samut Prakan have recently built a toilet which cost as much as 5 million ...
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Around the World: 11/19 [Fox News Channel - YouTube - 22 hours ago]
Trapped schoolboy freed in Bangkok [ITN News - YouTube - 11/19/2009]
Tight spot for Thai boy [Reuters Video: Top News - 11/19/2009]
Thai insurgents killed in gunbattle [Reuters Video: Top News - 11/17/2009]
Thaksin tees off talk of comeback [Reuters Video: Top News - 11/13/2009]
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