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TSUNAMI-IMPACT: Coral Reef Rescue Underway in Thailand
On a beach alive with tropical delights as smooth white sand washed by calm turquoise waters, an European like Bas Toeter cuts an odd figure in a T-shirt, shorts and wide-brimmed hat.THAILAND: Thaksin Chooses Softer Option for Troubled South
Finally, Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has found virtue in a softer and conciliatory approach to quell an escalating insurgency in the country's predominantly Muslim provinces in the south.POLITICS-SOUTH-EAST ASIA: Regional Grouping Turns Screws on Burma
The rumblings spreading through South-east Asian capitals against Burma's military regime is taking on the quality of a long overdue confession - namely that a political principle considered sacroscant by the region's governments has failed.TSUNAMI-IMPACT: Communities Play Vital Role in Disaster Mitigation
Although science and technology offer time-tested early warning systems to detect deadly tsunamis, countries that share the Indian Ocean are learning fast about the pivotal role the public and local communities can play to save lives.RIGHTS-THAILAND: A Media David Takes On the Premier’s Goliath
As she prepares for a groundbreaking legal battle against one of the country's most powerful conglomerates, a 31-year-old Thai woman is gaining prominence as a heroine for democracy.RIGHTS-BURMA: ILO to Crack Whip on Junta
A month after it was spurned by Burma's military regime, the U.N. labour agency has come down hard on that South-east Asian nation's junta, declaring that sanctions may have to be imposed due to continued labour rights violations.RIGHTS-BURMA: ILO to Crack Whip on Junta
A month after it was spurned by Burma's military regime, the U.N. labour agency has come down hard on that South-east Asian nation's junta, declaring that sanctions may have to be imposed due to continued labour rights violations.HEALTH-THAILAND: Injecting Drug Users Still Ignored in AIDS Fight
For over a week, a Thai language newspaper published in this city has been running an advertisement that spells hope for the men and women hooked on heroin.POLITICS-THAILAND: A ‘Humane’ Thaksin After a Second Mandate?
As he began his second term in office, Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra displayed a flair for the art of magic by revealing himself in the image of a leader who cares about human rights.INT’L WOMEN’S DAY: Tsunami Survivors Need Gender-Sensitive Care – Groups
Against the backdrop of International Women's Day, rights activists are calling for more gender-sensitive programmes to help women and girls who survived the Indian Ocean tsunami.HEALTH: Thailand Takes the Plunge In Testing Bird Flu Vaccine on Humans
By revealing its intent to conduct bird flu vaccine trials on humans, Thailand has joined neighbouring Vietnam in a venture that requires rare courage, given the risks such trials are fraught with.HIV/AIDS-THAILAND: Grandmothers Find It Difficult to Be Mothers Again
Boon Srimai's tranquil life as a grandmother was shattered three years ago when death struck her family twice. Within a space of months in 2002, her 34- year-old son and his wife died of AIDS.HEALTH: Anti-Tobacco Treaty’s Bite To Be Tested in Thailand
As one of South-east Asia's leaders in the drive to snuff out smoking, Thailand has become a battleground to test how much longer cigarettes will be publicly available following an anti-tobacco international treaty that came into force on Feb. 27.HEALTH-ASIA: Bird Flu Pandemic, Now a Possibility
A year after it triggered alarm bells across Asia, the lethal bird flu virus is showing little signs of slowing down, consequently forcing health and food experts to concede that the disease will persist for years in the region.THAILAND: Push Muslims Too Hard and Risk a Jihad, Warns Rights Body
A global human rights watchdog warned the Thai government that its harsh polices to stamp out violence in the country's predominantly Muslim provinces could trigger sympathy among extremists in the Islamic world.SRI LANKA: Peace Still A Long Way from Govt. Ceasefire With Tigers
As the sun sets in this town that has been at the heart of Sri Lanka's two-decade-long ethnic conflict, gentle reminders of life in a time of peace emerge.TSUNAMI-IMPACT: Counselling With a Local Sri Lankan Touch
When Carolina Delima walks through a refugee camp set up in the centre of this town in eastern Sri Lanka, a cry of glee pours forth from children with names like Vinod, Subodan and Sivaraj.TSUNAMI-IMPACT: Weavers Return to Break the Silence of Death
If Sri Lanka needs a symbol of hope and courage for its battered coastal communities to get back on their feet, then Abdul Sattar Sithy Bashira would be a prime candidate.POLITICS-SRI LANKA: Tigers Get Ready to Change Their Stripes
At the radio station that dominates the airwaves in this town under Tamil Tiger rebels' control, death gets a special place in the morning.POLITICS-SRI LANKA: Tigers Get Ready to Change Their Stripes
At the radio station that dominates the airwaves in this town under Tamil Tiger rebels' control, death gets a special place in the morning.TSUNAMI-IMPACT: Sri Lankan Widowers Share a Common Grief
Ramasamy Rajakumar spends his afternoons in the company of a few men who are united by a common thread of grief. They all lost their wives when the Indian Ocean tsunami struck. Some, like Rajakumar, also lost two children.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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