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Philippines Seeking U.S. Help Against China’s Bullying
By Marwaan Macan-Markar
BANGKOK - The government of Philippines President Benigno Aquino may be wading into choppy diplomatic waters by turning to the United States to counter China’s aggressiveness in the South China Sea, one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes.
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Mekong Unquiet Over Contain China Moves
Analysis by Marwaan Macan-Markar
BANGKOK - Six countries that share the Mekong River are being drawn into a development turf war, exposing initiatives by the United States government and its Asian allies – Japan and South Korea – to contain China’s growing influence in the region.
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Dismantling a Dictatorship - Peacefully
Analysis by Marwaan Macan-Markar
BANGKOK - As he dismantles a 50-year military dictatorship without a shot being fired, Burmese President Thein Sein is resorting to the political art of compromise.
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Malay-Muslim Insurgency - Lessons Learnt
By Marwaan Macan-Markar
BANGKOK - Teachers’ Day on Jan. 16 was a sombre affair in Thailand’s troubled southern provinces where memories are strong of 155 educators killed over the past eight years in an insurgency led by Malay-Muslim separatists.
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Land of Smiles - and Grimaces
Analysis by Marwaan Macan-Markar
BANGKOK - The ‘Land of Smiles’ attracts some 14 million tourists annually to its tranquil beaches and glistening temples. But to many Thais, their country is becoming one of grimaces, thanks to its draconian lese-majeste (LM) law.
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Kachin Refugees Get UN Relief, Finally
By Marwaan Macan-Markar
BANGKOK - Six months after fighting erupted between Burmese troops and ethnic Kachin separatists, international relief is finally trickling in for over 30,000 people who fled their homes near the snow-capped mountains north of the country.
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On the New Road to Mandalay
By Marwaan Macan-Markar
BANGKOK - Condemned for decades as an international pariah, Burma is enjoying a diplomatic spring with droves of former critics heading towards the Southeast Asian nation.
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Floods Leave Thai Economy Gasping
By Marwaan Macan-Markar
BANGKOK - No guns are needed in this battle. Only the muscle of Thai soldiers defending a sprawling industrial estate on the eastern end of this city from an advancing enemy - flood waters.
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China Steps in to Patrol the Lawless Mekong
By Marwaan Macan-Markar
BANGKOK - China plans to send armed patrol boats down the Mekong River and assert its authority over a corner of Southeast Asia infested by warlords and drug traffickers.
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'Bangkok Ignored Warnings'
By Marwaan Macan-Markar
BANGKOK - This sinking mega-city’s eight million people are paying the price of ignoring warnings over many years concerning its climate vulnerability and the incapacity of its soggy foundations to handle flooding.
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Bangkok Braces for Month of Floods
By Marwaan Macan-Markar
BANGKOK - As the Thai Airways flight descends into Suvarnabhumi International Airport, passengers pull out cameras to snap pictures of flood waters rising inexorably and predicted to inundate the capital city by the end of the week.
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Western Sanctions Look Fussy in Burma
Analysis By Marwaan Macan-Markar
BANGKOK - On the face of it, the sudden release of political prisoners in Burma would appear a triumph for the sanctions regime imposed on the Southeast Asian nation by Western governments.
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Burma Exposes Fault Lines in China’s Dam-building Juggernaut
By Marwaan Macan-Markar
BANGKOK - When Burma’s new president, Thein Sein, took the unusual step of opposing the construction of one of China's largest investment projects in the country – a mega dam – he did more than acknowledge the concerns of local communities and environmental activists.
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