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 Oil Price 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] 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. 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][Hong Kong][France] 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] 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] 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] 2007-10-08
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