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Thai Airports Reopen After Courts Oust Prime Minister

AP | AMBIKA AHUJA | Posted 12.02.2008 | World

Read More: Thailand, Thai Airport Protest, Thai Airports Reopen, Protests in Thailand, Travel to Thailand, Thailand Tourists, Prime Minister Thailand, Thailand Prime Minister, World News

BANGKOK, Thailand — Victorious anti-government protesters lifted their siege of Bangkok's two airports Wednesday while the ousted government's l...

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Thai Political Crisis Worsens, Explosions Hit Leader's Compound

AP | AMBIKA AHUJA | Posted 11.30.2008 | World

Read More: Thai Airports Blockaded, Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat, Bangkok Airport, Thailand, Protests in Bangkok, Protests in Thailand, Thai Political Crisis, Thai Airports, The View, World News

BANGKOK, Thailand — Airlines were flying dozens of empty planes out of Bangkok's international airport Monday as authorities struggled to clear ...

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Thai Protesters Attack Police, Airports Still Blockaded

BBC News | Posted 11.29.2008 | World

Read More: Bangkok Airport, Thailand, Protests Thailand, Thailand Airports Blockaded, Thailand Tourists, Bangkok, Thai Protests, Suvarnabhumi International Airport, World News

Thai protesters have attacked a second checkpoint near Bangkok's main airport, forcing police forces to retreat. The confrontation came after police ...

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Protesters force second Thai airport to shut down

AP | VIJAY JOSHI | Posted 11.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Thailand, Thailand Protests, Thailand Airport, Thailand Unrest, Anti-Government Protests and Thailand, Politics News

BANGKOK, Thailand — Thai authorities shut down Bangkok's second airport Thursday after it was overrun by anti-government protesters, completely ...

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Thai Prime Minister Says He Won't Step Down

Posted 11.26.2008 | World

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Thai Prime Minister Rejects Calls To Step Down

AP | VIJAY JOSHI | Posted 11.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Thailand Protest, Somchai Wongsawat, Thailand Unrest, Thai Prime Minister, Thailand, Politics News

BANGKOK, Thailand — Thai authorities shut down Bangkok's second airport Thursday after it was overrun by anti-government protesters, completely ...

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Pirate "Mother Ship" Blown Up By Indian Navy Actually Just Thai Trawler

NY Times | Graham Bowley | Posted 11.25.2008 | Home

Read More: India, Thailand, Mother Ship, Somali Pirates, Pirates, Foreign Affairs, Home News

As if things weren't chaotic enough in the Gulf of Aden: a suspected pirate ship that was sunk last week by the Indian Navy now appears to have actual...

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Global Underwear: Hanes & Wal-Mart Cover Their Rear

Al Norman | Posted 09.24.2008 | Business

Read More: Production Streamlining, Job Migration, Michael Jordan, China, Thailand, Wal-Mart, Vietnam, North Carolina, Hanes, Business News
Al Norman

Wal-Mart -- and the 200 million Americans who shop there every month -- have pushed Hanes into Asia.

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Thai PM Resigns Over TV Cooking Show

AP | AMBIKA AHUJA | Posted 09.09.2008 | Home

Read More: Thailand, Tv Cooking Shows, Television, Home News

BANGKOK, Thailand — A Thai court removed the prime minister Tuesday for taking pay to host a TV cooking show, setting off wild celebrations by p...

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Don't Let Our Opponents Divide Us with Race

Richard Trumka | Posted 08.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Social Security, John McCain, Workers, Employee Free Choice Act, Middle Class, Pensions, Jobs, Clean Energy, Afl-Cio, Pay Equity, Thailand, Race, Barack Obama, Religion, Patriotism, Labor, Muslim, Union Blogs, Health Care, Unions, Christian, Union, Richard Trumka, Politics News
Richard Trumka

The opponents of working people are trying to divide us by using Obama's race as an issue. Union members must lead the fight against such divisions and, instead, look at the bottom line.

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Deposed Thai Prime Minister Flees To Britain To Avoid Corruption Charges

AP | AMBIKA AHUJA | Posted 08.11.2008 | Home

Read More: Thailand, England, Corruption, Political Corruption, Home News

BANGKOK, Thailand — Thailand's ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra returned to exile in London, jumping bail and saying he could not expect...

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Roxanna Brown: How Can This Happen in America?

Mort Rosenblum | Posted 07.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Justice, Homeland Security, Freedoms, Civil Rights, Fraud, Thailand, Roxanna Brown, Identity Theft, Habeas Corpus, Politics News
Mort Rosenblum

However unintended, Roxanna Brown suffered capital punishment without trial because of what appears to be simple identity theft, now so common to our daily lives.

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Rallying For Harm Reduction In Thailand

Jennifer Winstanley | Posted 07.17.2008 | Living

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Un, Thailand, Harm Reduction, The Giving Life, Humanitarianism, Living News
Jennifer Winstanley

A few months ago I went to a rally in support of harm reduction services outside a UNAIDS meeting in Chiang Mai. The rally was organized by the Thai A...

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The Public Health Consequences Of Thailand's War on Drugs

Jennifer Winstanley | Posted 07.10.2008 | Living

Read More: Human Rights, The Giving Life, Prison, Chiang Mai, Thailand, Public Health, War on Drugs, Drug Policy, Living News
Jennifer Winstanley

In 1997, the Thai government criminalized yaabaa in the same way as heroine. As a result, the prison population doubled within four years. There are a number of public health consequences of a policy that encourages and overuses incarceration.

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Thai Protesters Lock Down Government, Demand Prime Minister Resigns

AP | SUTIN WANNABOVORN | Posted 06.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Thailand, Thailand Protests, Thailand Instability, Forced Resignation, Thailand Prime Minister, Politics News

BANGKOK, Thailand — Several thousand protesters besieged Thailand's seat of government Friday, delivering fiery anti-government speeches and sin...

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Period Panties Protest

Charlotte Hilton Andersen | Posted 06.09.2008 | Living

Read More: Menstruation, Rape, Sharon Stone, Victoria's Secret, Underpants, Crimes Against Women, Panties for Peace, Thailand, Myanmar, Lindsay Logan, Human Trafficking, Sexual Slavery, Junta, Period, Underwear, Burma, Sex Slaves, Karma, Protests, Upskirting, Women's Underwear, Period Panties, Cyclones, China, Ralph Lauren, Political Protest, Panties, The Giving Life, Living News
Charlotte Hilton Andersen

I always knew my undies were powerful. In college someone went to the trouble of breaking into my apartment to steal them. (Side story: the perp wa...

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It's the Humanity, Stupid!

Peter Clothier | Posted 03.26.2008 | Living

Read More: Book Reviews, Religion, Thailand, Buddhism, The Gospel of Father Joe, Books, Huffpost Books, Living News
Peter Clothier

The Gospel of Father Joe is really about salvation, about hope amidst the hopeless, about compassion -- not as some kind of religious imperative but as lived experience.

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Switzerland to Thailand: Drop Dead

James Love | Posted 03.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Thailand, Switzerland, Switzerland Cancer Drugs, Cancer Drugs, Politics News
James Love

Recently, the Swiss government wrote a letter to the Thai government, objecting to the use of compulsory licenses to obtain affordable cancer drugs in Thailand.

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5 Bombs Wound Dozens In Thailand On New Year's Eve

AP | Posted 12.31.2007 | Politics

Read More: New Years Eve, Thailand, New Year's Eve, Bomb in Thailand on New Years, Politics News

Suspected Muslim insurgents set off five bombs early Monday in a Thai-Malaysian border tourist town, wounding 27 people, many of them New Year's revel...

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To Ensure Health and Increase Growth, Bring Population Under Control

Allan Rosenfield and Josh Ruxin | Posted 10.26.2007 | Politics

Read More: Thailand Population Control, Population, Rwanda, Africa Issues, Thailand Family Planning, Catholic Church Rwanda, International Family Planning, Opt-Out Family Planning, Population in Africa, Aids Epidemic in Africa, AIDS Orphans, Thailand, Family Planning in Africa, AIDS in Africa, Catholic Church, Sub-Saharan Africa, Population Control, Africa, Contraception Africa, Paul Kagame, Health in Africa, Politics News
Allan Rosenfield and Josh Ruxin

Best known for the genocide that overwhelmed it 13 years ago, Rwanda may seem an unlikely source of leadership in population growth.

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Sylvester Stallone On Myanmar: "This Is A Hellhole Beyond Your Wildest Dreams"

AP | Posted 10.01.2007 | Entertainment

Read More: Rambo, Thailand, Myanmar, Sylvester Stallone, Entertainment News

Sylvester Stallone says he and his "Rambo" sequel movie crew recently witnessed the human toll of unspeakable atrocities while filming along the Myanm...

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Passenger Jet Crashes In Thailand, 100 Feared Dead

AP | Posted 09.16.2007 | Home

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A passenger plane heading to one of Thailand's leading tourist destinations crashed Sunday as it tried to land in heavy rain, splitting in two as it w...

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