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Climate Wrap-Up: Barcelona Talks Marked by Urgency, Frustration and Pleas for Patience

J. Carl Ganter | Posted 11.10.2009 | Green

Read More: James Hansen, Keith Schneider, Barcelona, Copenhagen 2009, UN Climate Change, Water, Bangkok, Green News

Barcelona was supposed to bring hints of what's to come in December at the United Nations Climate Conference in Copenhagen. A world seeking sanity.

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Fake Viagra, And More, Sweep Southeast Asia

Thailand drugs | Posted 10.23.2009 | World

Read More: Pharmaceutical Industry, Viagra Thailand, Thailand, Viagra, Pharmo-Piracy, Bangkok, Fake Viagra, Viagra Bangkok, World News

BANGKOK, Thailand -- Little is real in Patpong, a glowing bazaar and sex district here in Bangkok. The Gucci is fake, the DVDs are pirated and the go-...

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UN Climate Talks End Without Deal

AP | Michael Casey | Posted 10.09.2009 | World

Read More: Climate Change, United Nations, UN Climate Talks, Bangkok, World News

BANGKOK (AP) -- U.N. climate talks ended in a whimper Friday without progress on the pressing issues of emission cuts for wealthy nations or financing...

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Fear and Loathing on the Road to Copenhagen

Ben Jervey | Posted 09.29.2009 | Green

Read More: Copenhagen, Unfccc, Climate Change, Bangkok, cop15, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Green News

I've been in Bangkok for a scant 36 hours, and already the shame is sickening. I'm an American tracking the American position at international climate negotiations where America stands as the biggest obstacle.

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Bangkok Climate Talks: Leaders Warn Time Running Out For Climate Deal

AP | MICHAEL CASEY | Posted 09.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Hu Jintao, Copenhagen, Obama, Climate Talks, Waxman-Markey Climate Bill, China, Global Warming, Bangkok, Climate Change, U.N., Emissions, Un, Greenhouse Gas Pollution, Climate Bill, Politics News

BANGKOK — The United Nations on Monday warned world leaders they have only 70 days to reach a new deal to limit global warming, while environmen...

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Remembering Ted Kennedy

Murray Fromson | Posted 09.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: John F. Kennedy, Moscow, Bangkok, Lyndon Johnson, CBS News, Ted Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, Russia, Lbj, Chicago, Cold War, Politics News

None of my colleagues covering Ted Kennedy's early emergence on the national horizon in the 1960s bet on him as a promising young star.

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In Carradine Death Thailand's Sex Caricature Endures

Greg Barrett | Posted 07.11.2009 | Home

Read More: Sex Tourism, Bangkok, Father Joe, Thailand, David Carradine, Human Trafficking, Home News

If Thailand wants invitations to closed-door U.N. meetings, it needs to stop marketing its women and children.

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DAVID CARRADINE DEATH: End Of The Life Of A Kung Fu Kill Bill Actor

foxnews.com | Posted 07.05.2009 | Home

Read More: Kill Bill, Bangkok, David Carradine, David Carradine Dead, Home News

Chuck Binder, Carradine's manager, said the actor was staying in the Thai capital while shooting a movie called "Stretch." When a producer went to his...

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The Amazing Race - Still the Best of its Genre: But the Itinerary's Not as Amazing as it Once Was

Michael Russnow | Posted 06.11.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Tammy and Victor, Hawaii, Europe, Home, Russnow, Switzerland, Beijing, Scotland, Emmy Award, Cbs, Thailand, China, Star Search, Margie and Luke, Bavaria, London, South Africa, Salzburg, Aberdeen, Russia, Ted Mack's Amateur Hour, Romania, Mexico City, Cancun, Survivor, Phil Keoghan, Siberia, Brazil, Bangkok, Munich, Maui, Michael Russnow, The Amazing Race, India, Namibia, American Idol, Major Bowes, Jaipur, Cambridge University, Reality TV, Andreas Stenschke, Entertainment News

The Amazing Race provides fewer decision-making opportunities and clocks less mileage in each episode, thus diminishing the potential for bad luck affecting the teams. What's the reason?

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Thai Prime Minister Rules Out Talks With Thaksin After Rallies

Bangkok Post | Posted 05.21.2009 | World

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Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva on Monday ruled out holding any talks with exiled former leader Thaksin Shinawatra after last week's clashes with Tha...

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Thai Protest Leaders Call Halt After Rioting, Deadly Clash

AP | TINI TRAN | Posted 05.15.2009 | World

Read More: Thai Protest, Prime Minister Thaksin, Jakrapob Penkair, Arrest Warrant Thaksin, Thailand Protest, Bangkok, Thailand Arrest Warrants, Thailand, Thaksin, Bangkok-Thailand, World News

BANGKOK — Police issued arrest warrants Tuesday for 14 leaders of an anti-government movement, including ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatr...

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Thailand: 100,000 Gather For Anti-Government Protest

AP | GRANT PECK | Posted 05.09.2009 | World

Read More: Prime Minister Thaksin, Thailand Prime Minister, Bangkok, Thailand Protests, Thailand, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, Thaksin, Prime Minister Thailand, World News

BANGKOK — About 100,000 protesters seeking to topple Thailand's government turned their wrath Wednesday on the 88-year-old top adviser to the co...

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Thailand's Young Dream Of Flipping Burgers At McDonald's

GlobalPost.com | Patrick Winn | Posted 03.28.2009 | World

Read More: Thai Students Mcdonald's, Thailand, McDonald's, Thai Foreign Students, Jobs in America, America Jobs, Bangkok, Mcdonalds, Thai College Students, Thai Students American Jobs, World News

BANGKOK -- The girls bunked three-deep in a run-down Best Value Inn room, each of them far from home and earning minimum wage at the McDonald's fran...

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Asia: The Coming Fury

Walden Bello | Posted 03.28.2009 | World

Read More: Asia, Trade, Barack Obama, Asian Markets, Taiwan, Hillary Clinton Asia, Shanghai, Vietnam, Korea, Bangkok, China, World News

East Asia may be entering a period of radical protest and social revolution that went out of style when export-oriented industrialization became the fashion three decades ago.

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Harry Nicolaides Released From Thai Prison After Royal Pardon

Paul Dailing | Posted 03.23.2009 | World

Read More: Australia Thailand King Insult, Thai King, Australian Writer Thailand, Australian Thai Prison, Harry Nicolaides, Paul Dailing, Insulting Thai King, Author Prison Insult Thai King, Bangkok Remand Prison, Journalist Insult Thai King, Thailand, Bangkok, World News, Australian Author Thailand, Australian Journalist in Prison, Australia, World News

Australian writer Harry Nicolaides, who has been in a Thai prison since his arrest in August for insulting the royal family, is safe at home in Melbourne, his family and lawyer report.

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Australian Writer Who Insulted Thai Monarchy Shares Prison Cell With Child Molester, Weapons Dealer

Paul Dailing | Posted 02.22.2009 | World

Read More: Australia Thailand King Insult, Bangkok Remand Prison, Harry Nicolaides, Australian Writer Thailand, Australian Thai Prison, Insulting Thai King, Thai King, Bangkok, Thailand, Paul Dailing, Journalist Insult Thai King, Australian Journalist in Prison, Author Prison Insult Thai King, Australian Author Thailand, World News

Harry Nicolaides is not the first writer to be imprisoned for a passage he wrote, but the Australian, who was sentenced Monday to three years in a Tha...

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Dozens die in nightclub fire in Bangkok

AP | DENIS D. GRAY | Posted 01.31.2009 | World

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BANGKOK, Thailand — A fire swept through a high-class nightclub jammed with several hundred New Year's revelers early Thursday, killing at least...

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Thailand's Costly Protests: Who's Footing The Bill?

GlobalPost.com | Patrick Winn | Posted 01.11.2009 | World

Read More: People's Alliance for Democracy, Prime Minister Thaksin, Thailand, Sondhi Limthongkul, Thailand Protests Financial Support, Thailand Protesters, Thailand Airports Closed, Bangkok, Thailand Protests Damage, Bangkok Protesters, Thailand Airports Reopen, World News

BANGKOK -- As anti-government protesters ground parts of Bangkok to a halt, vivid yellow stickers began to appear on noodle carts and shop windows. ...

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Democracy: Made in Thailand?

John Wellington Ennis | Posted 01.04.2009 | World

Read More: Karl Rove, Thailand, George W. Bush, Gop, Tupao, Bangkok, Peoples Alliance for Democracy, Dick Cheney, Republicans, World News

Welcome to the Thai government: Wealthy families with puppets in power, election fraud, refusal to compromise in the face of mass dissent from your own people. Sound familiar?

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Thai Protesters Attack Police, Airports Still Blockaded

BBC News | Posted 12.30.2008 | 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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Thai Leader Declares Emergency To Clear Airports

AP | AMBIKA AHUJA and CHRIS BLAKE | Posted 12.28.2008 | World

Read More: Thailand Politicial Unrest, Thai Protests, Thailand Protests, Thai Airport, Thai Tourists, State of Emergency Thailand, Bangkok, World News

BANGKOK, Thailand — Thailand's government backed off Friday from its threat to forcibly remove protesters occupying Bangkok's two airports in th...

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Thai Prime Minister Says He Won't Step Down

Posted 12.27.2008 | World

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