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Four ASEAN PMs to attend SEA Games opening

Source: Xinhuanet.com

Bangkok :: Thailand | updated Mon Dec 07 19:29:47 -0800 2009 | political-news

Laos and attend the opening ceremony of the 25th SEA Games on December 9 in Lao capital Vientiane, local press reported Tuesday. Among the leaders are Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, Myanmar Prime Minister General Thein Sein, Thai Prime Minister...

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Women must show they can deliver results

Source: The Star

Bangkok :: Thailand | updated Mon Dec 07 16:51:58 -0800 2009 | sports-news

S women shuttlers took advantage of a weakened field to bag a historic double in the Super Series Masters Finals for the second consecutive year in Johor Baru on Sunday. And now the same players will have to show that...

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Title fight honours in kick boxing

Source: The Australian Jewish News

Bangkok :: Thailand | updated Mon Dec 07 15:52:03 -0800 2009 | sports-news

Alan Gocs won his first Victorian championship in an International Kick Boxing Federation bout late last month. Gocs, 22, of Glenhuntly, took up competitive kick boxing a year ago after colleagues at the Martial Mix gym in Glenhuntly encouraged him...

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What Did the Queen Mother Write in Her Most Personal Letters?

Source: Vanity Fair

Bangkok :: Thailand | updated Mon Dec 07 14:39:30 -0800 2009 | entertainment-news

18 PM We may never know. Apparently Queen Elizabeth II has stepped in and barred the sale of personal notes written by the late Queen Mother . The letters were part of a lot offered by Lady Elizabeth Anson, a...

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Airline bloopers: They threatened to offload him!

Source: Rediff

Bangkok :: Thailand | updated Mon Dec 07 09:23:32 -0800 2009 | allnews

I was flying from Vancouver to Mumbai [ Images ] via Hong Kong on an international airline. There was this gentleman seated on the aisle seat opposite me (he was travelling to Mumbai). As soon as the flight settled at...

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Teens questioned over station fire

Source: The Age

Bangkok :: Thailand | updated Mon Dec 07 05:08:55 -0800 2009 | travel-news

The two 15-year-old boys from Yarraville were arrested yesterday over the fire at Gardenvale station, which caused havoc for peak-hour commuters and left a $100,000 damage bill. Police still want to speak to a number of people who were at...

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Holiday Travel Books

Source: The New York Times

Bangkok :: Thailand | updated Sun Dec 06 23:47:39 -0800 2009 | political-news

This winter’s travel books offer a roughly even mix of vice and virtue. From prostitution, thievery and violence in Bangkok and Johannesburg to the classical antiquities and literary treasures of the Greek islands and Oxford, they explore both the dark...

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Nine of women's top 10 to play at Sydney (AFP)

Source: Turks and Caicos Free Press

Bangkok :: Thailand | updated Sun Dec 06 22:41:04 -0800 2009 | sports-news

AFP/File – Nine of the women's top 10 will compete at January's Sydney International in the lead-up to the … Victoria Azarenka , Jelena Jankovic , Vera Zvonareva and Agnieszka Radwanska also join a field boosted by Australia 's No. Samantha Stosur and...

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Rising seas claim 20m of village a year

Source: The Courier-Mail

Bangkok :: Thailand | updated Sun Dec 06 18:50:01 -0800 2009 | green-news

Khun Samutchine, as the sea that local people rely on for their livelihood advances inland by more than 20m a year. "I live on somebody else's land, I can't escape the village because I'm too poor,'' Noo Wisuksin, 71, said...

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On track with rapid expansion

Source: New Zealand Herald

Bangkok :: Thailand | updated Sun Dec 06 15:12:39 -0800 2009 | business-news

A New Zealand technology company with global ambitions has made inroads into overseas markets despite tough economic conditions...Vice-president Asia Pacific and Latin America Ian Daniel said despite the downturn the company had no plans to pull back on its aggressive...

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