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| Friday, November 11, 2005 |
| News: Thailand |
Suspected Case of Bird Flu.
A 30 year-old man is suspected to have contracted bird flu (H5N1) and is currently under close observation at a hospital in Thailand's eastern province of Rayong.
Thailand is calling on APEC to join hands in the fight against bird flu by creating a stock-pile of antiviral drugs to help in the treatment and containment of the virus. The world continues to hold its collective breath hoping that human to human spread of the virus does not mature. |
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| News: Health |
China Battles Bird Flu.
China has had another outbreak of Avian Influenza H5N1 (bird flu) today, and is reporting that its northeastern province of Liaoning is being quarantined. On Thursday, two new outbreaks in the region were discovered.
In response to China’s recent outbreaks, Thailand is increasing discovery efforts in the northern part of the country to prevent any poultry importation originating from China. |
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Thailand Continues its Appeal.
 Vitit Muntarbhorn, Special United Nations Rapporteur for Human Rights - continues to plead to North Korea for special investigatory access so that he may ascertain if Pyongyang is punishing its nationals.
Reports continue to stream from North Korea on cases of extreme punishment. Last week, allegations on a Thai detainee being held in North Korea surfaced. Allegedly, a Thai woman has been detained in North Korea against her will for over 25 years. |
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| News: International |
Thai Cargo Ship Hijacked
Earlier today a Thai registered cargo ship carrying sugar from Brazil to Yemen was hijacked by armed gunmen. The hijacking occurred near the coast of Somalia. The hijackers are demanding an undisclosed sum from Thailand for the safe return of the ship's mostly Thai crew. There are 26 people reported being held as hostage.
The International Maritime Bureau (IMB) and the International Maritime Organization (IMO) have classified the Somali coast as the most dangerous in the Indian Ocean.
Bureau director Pottengal Mukundan said the attack took place in international waters, and is asking all naval vessels in the region to assist hijacked ships and to be aware of the dangers of the region. |
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| News: Regional |
Animals for Teachers.
In a questionable arrangement Kenya defends an animal deal with Thailand. Opposition demands that the government reverse and cancel the deal. Kenya indicates that PM Thaksin promised to fast-track and hire Kenyan English teachers in exchange for exotic animals for exhibition in Thailand.
Thailand also paid $1 million dollars for the transaction. Hopes are that the animals will increase tourisim within Thailand, which has seen year-after-year decrease for the past 2 years because of regional issues (SARS/Bird Flu) and more recently the tsunami that hit it's popular tourist attractions/locations in the south. |
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| Weather: Bangkok |
Continued Thundershowers.
Today most of the rain patterns will move North, but there will still be scattered thundershowers over Bangkok metro. The outlook for the weekend is predicted to be sunny and fair. Bangkok has received a much higher level of rain for 2005, than in the previous 5 years.
The South will continue to have high levels of rain for the next couple of days. |
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| Thursday, November 10, 2005 |
| Editorial - Bangkokian Commences Posts |
| The Bangkokian will begin it's slated positing schedule tomorrow November 11, 2005 at roughly 09:00. Our first post will no less be a weather outlook for the Bangkok metro region. |
| posted by Bangkokian @ 7:53 PM |
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