Thai leg of Olympic torch relay festive
China supporters and pro-Tibet demonstrators heckled each other Saturday as thousands of people followed the Olympic torch through Bangkok's sweltering streets amid tight security.
Nations:Thailand People:Hu Jintao Activities:2008 Beijing Olympics Torch
2008-04-19
Inflation hits consumers worldwide
Gas pumps in the United States tell the same story as rice prices in Thailand: Inflation is a global phenomenon this year.
Nations:India Indonesia Egypt Thailand Activities:Global Food Crisis 2007-8 Oil Crisis
2008-04-11
Crime thriller puts Asian sex slavery on agenda in Australia
A hard-hitting thriller about the exploitation of Asian sex slaves in Australia has won critical acclaim and revived the career of its creator, a one-time Disney director who has pursued her own doggedly independent path since undergoing a sex-change operation.
Nations:Australia Thailand China
2008-04-03
'Killing Fields' survivor Dith Pran dies
Dith Pran, the Cambodian-born journalist whose harrowing tale of enslavement and eventual escape from that country's murderous Khmer Rouge revolutionaries in 1979 became the subject of the award-winning film "The Killing Fields," died Sunday. He was 65.
Nations:Cambodia Thailand People:Sam Waterston Activities:Holocaust Vietnam War
2008-03-30
Bush vows to press China on rights at Olympics
US President George W. Bush said Thursday he would attend the Beijing Olympics in August as a sports fan, but vowed not to be "shy" about pushing China on human rights as well as Darfur and Myanmar.
People:George W. Bush Hu Jintao Activities:2008 Beijing Olympics China-U.S. Darfur Genocide Crisis 2007 Myanmar Protests
2008-02-28
Americans overseas head to polls
Americans living overseas started lining up in hotels and coffee shops Tuesday to vote for Democratic candidates in the 2008 U.S. presidential elections, while others -- for the first time ever -- cast ballots online.
Nations:Indonesia Thailand Cambodia Ireland Philippines Japan People:Barack Obama Hillary Clinton
2008-02-05
Myanmar frees 70 democracy protesters
At least 70 people detained by the military government following protests in Myanmar, including 50 members of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi's party, have been released, a party spokesman said Friday.
Activities:2007 Myanmar Protests
2007-10-26
Conde Nast Traveler Readers' Choice list
San Francisco once again took the No. 1 spot among best U.S. cities in Conde Nast Traveler magazine's annual Readers' Choice Awards.
Nations:Italy U.S. Thailand France Hong Kong Singapore
2007-10-23
Canadian pedophile suspect arrested
A Canadian schoolteacher accused of pedophilia was arrested Friday in northeastern Thailand after an international manhunt that included the public release of unscrambled Internet photos believed to show his face.
Nations:Canada Thailand South Korea Vietnam
2007-10-18
Myanmar arrests 4 prominent activists
Myanmar's junta arrested four prominent political activists Saturday, Amnesty International said, including one who went into hiding after leading some of the first major marches against the government several weeks ago.
Nations:Indonesia Malaysia People:Ban Ki-moon Activities:2007 Myanmar Protests
2007-10-13
Myanmar rejects UN call for negotiations
Myanmar's military junta rejected a U.N. statement calling for negotiations with the opposition, insisting Friday that it would follow its own plan to bring democracy to the country.
Nations:Norway People:Ban Ki-moon Activities:2007 Myanmar Protests
2007-10-12
Resistance to Myanmar soldiers continues
Residents of Myanmar's biggest city, Yangon, are keeping up a low-key resistance against the country's military regime, harassing soldiers by tossing rocks at them at night, student activists said Monday.
Nations:Myanmar Activities:2007 Myanmar Protests
2007-10-08
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