Bangkok Informer

Burning of Fields in Northern Thailand   CHIANGRAI – Every year between February and April local farmers in Northern Thailand and neighbouring countries burn huge amounts of vegetation to clear fields and get rid of agricultural waste. The result is a serious, regional smog problem that causes discomfort and health issues for millions of people. [...]

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London – Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II was admitted to London’s King Edward VIII hospital Sunday with symptoms of gastroenteritis, Buckingham Palace reported. Full News here – NationMultimedia.com – Breakingnews

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Thai transsexual flight attendants Chayathisa Nakmai, left, Dissanai Chitpraphachin, 2nd left, Nathatai Sukkaset, 2nd right, and Phuntakarn Sringern, right, pose for photograph with PC Air President Peter Chan, 3rd left, and Chairman of PC Air Chawiwat Glamkomol, 3rd right   BANGKOK-Months after taking to the skies with Thailand’s first transsexual air crew, fledgling carrier PC [...]

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Cathy Huynh died in Vietnam on Thursday after reportedly suffering several cardiac arrests.   Cathy Huynh a Canadian tourist has died in Vietnam, the Foreign Affairs department confirmed Saturday. The department declined to identify the individual. But a spokesman said from Ottawa that Canadian consular officials in Ho Chi Minh City are in contact with [...]

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Bangkok Metropolitan Authority officials are drawing up plans to convert an old building in Man Sri in the Pomprap Sattruphai district into a fully equipped homeless shelter. The project is set to benefit some 700 homeless in Bangkok. According to Governor Sukhumbhand Paribatra, plans to refurbish the old Metropolitan Waterworks Authority building – which sits [...]

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