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LABOUR-ASIA: ”We Want Fair Play,” Demand Workers
When they gather in Athens this week for the start of the 2004 Summer Olympic Games, the athletes from over 190 countries will have no time for names like Chrek Sophea, an attractive 24- year-old Cambodian woman.RIGHTS-THAILAND: Trafficking Victims Finally Given Protection
The Thai government opened its arms to victims of human trafficking by unveiling a raft of measures aimed at protecting children, women and men trapped in this modern form of slavery.THAILAND: Report on South Killings Helps Calm Tensions
A report released this week offers the Thai government a much needed opportunity to mend fences with the country's Malay- Muslim minority in the violence plagued southern provinces.TRADE-THAILAND: Bilateralism Takes Back Seat After WTO Advance
The recent breakthrough at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) is fuelling calls for the Thai government to abandon its plans for bilateral trade deals in favour of the multilateral trade agenda that the WTO offers.ECONOMICS: South-South Network Forges New Links
In a sign of strengthening South-South cooperation, leaders from seven Asian counties pledged here Saturday to give life to a new free trade bloc and increase ties to profit from the wealth of traditional knowledge and bio-diversity they possess.ASIA: Bird Flu Vaccination Debate Offers Lessons
A debate unfolding in Thailand over the merits of vaccinating poultry to save them from the lethal avian influenza virus may offer lessons to Asian countries with an eye towards the inoculation.ASIA: Vaccine Option Gathers Steam as Bird Flu Spreads
After being on the margins, millions of small-scale poultry farmers who inhabit the rural heartland of Asia may soon be asked to play a more decisive role to combat the outbreak of avian influenza.RELIGION-THAILAND: Monks and Politicians Cross Swords
When senior monks gathered recently to select a leader for Thailand's supreme Buddhist body, the presence of a 200-strong force of armed police commandos helped to highlight another crack on the face of Thai Buddhism.SOUTH-EAST ASIA: Malaysia’s Abdullah Now Region’s Darling
With pragmatism and his own style of leadership, Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has succeeded in laying the groundwork to overshadow his contemporaries as the most significant political figure in South-east Asia, under current circumstances.THAILAND: Torture by Police and Army Must Stop, Says Amnesty
Global rights lobby Amnesty International (AI) accused the Thai government Wednesday of failing to stem the widespread use of torture within the country's detention centres.HEALTH: Thailand Wants Bird Flu Vaccine, But Experts Say No
As Thailand comes to grips with another outbreak of bird flu, the government appears keen to go down the risky road of vaccinating poultry as a potent countermeasure to stall the spread of this lethal disease.HIV/AIDS: Once Marginalised Issues Now in the Forefront
While the lack of major medical breakthroughs might have been the hallmark of the just concluded 15th International AIDS Conference, a radical shift that has occurred on another front, however, is hard to ignore.HEALTH: AIDS Vaccine Still in Sight of Mankind
Local communities in developing countries are coming in for lavish praise for the new bonds they are forging with the scientific world in the search for the elusive AIDS vaccine.HIV/AIDS: Simplicity Could Save More Lives
A one time belief that state-of-the-art hospitals are a must to deliver anti-AIDS drugs in the developing world was dispelled at the 15th International AIDS Conference, currently being held in Thailand.HIV/AIDS: The ABC Debate Heats Up
Chompoo Yokhee and Simon Onaba represent two extreme poles of a debate that is coursing through the deliberations of the 15th International AIDS Conference. The deliberations are on whether condoms are good for a woman's health.HEALTH: A New Inclusive Community for AIDS to Be Born?
When the 15th International AIDS Conference (IAC) begins here Sunday, this biennial event will lay the foundations for a new relationship between people living with HIV, grassroots groups and the scientific community.HIV/AIDS-THAILAND: Zealous NGOs Force Positive Change
In February 1997, Anthony Pramualratana walked out from a secure job with the United Nations to plunge into the uncertain world of non-governmental work.HEALTH: AIDS Catastrophe Set to Hit Asia, Warns U.N.
With one in four new HIV cases being reported from Asia, the sprawling continent is on the verge of being felled by an AIDS epidemic that would dwarf the devastation wrought by the killer disease in Africa, experts warned.SOUTH-EAST ASIA: Burma Still Regional Grouping’s Cross to Bear
While a recent decision by South-east Asian governments makes it appear that Burma's military regime may have won a diplomatic victory, two approaching deadlines should give Rangoon's junta a reason for discomfort.HEALTH: Discrimination Could Offset Thailand’s HIV/AIDS Gains
The thousands of foreign delegates due to arrive here for this month's world AIDS conference will not have to wait long to get the first lesson about their host's healthy attitude towards safe sex.THAILAND: Report on Development Goals Receives Kudos
In an effort to blaze a trail within the developing world, Thailand announced Wednesday that it was pursuing higher targets to meet eight globally recognised development goals, which include poverty reduction and better health care.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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