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30,000 Lose Homes in Philippines Slum Fires

Wanarapa Boonsu 06.03.2011
Filipino firemen work on a fire that killed at least one boy at a slum area north of Manila.

Around 10,000 people have lost their homes after fire razed one of the Philippines' largest slums in the latest disaster highlighting Manila's widespread poverty and urban blight.

American Drew Noyes 14 Years of Service in Thailand for His Majesty King Adulyadej Bhumibol

Dave Morgan newspaper archives, public records, Naymz.com, LinkedIn.com 10.11.2010
Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Charkri Sirindhorn of Thailand in 2003 on first official visit to Pattaya hosted by Expat leader Drew Noyes

Drew Noyes came to help Thailand in 1997 as a financial and contract law expert in service to His Majesty the King Adulyadej Bhumibol following a Royal Proclamation asking for American expertise to sort out IMF funding for Thailand during the regional Financial Crisis. Drew Noyes has stayed to serve in Thailand for 14 years for his love of His Majesty the King and Thai people. Now he is a permanent resident married to a Thai wife with a growing family of children.

Extended Crackdown on Foreigners by Police Yields Japanese Yakuza Boss

Thailand is actively seeking all wanted foreign criminals who are in Thailand. A Japanese man who was allegedly an organised crime group leader was arrested in downtown Bangkok after feeing an arrest warrant by the Japanese police in Tokyo.

US calls on China to revoke Web filter order

Joe McDonald Associated Press Writer 30.06.2009
Chinese vendors and shoppers haggle over price for computers at a computer mall in Beijing, China, and Tuesday, June 16. China appeared to cave in to public pressure Tuesday by announcing that computer users are not required to install  Internet-filtering software, though it will still come with all PCs sold on the mainland. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

BEIJING, China (AP) — Washington is calling on Beijing to revoke an order to personal computer makers to supply Internet-filtering software with every PC, adding to an array of disputes between the major trading partners.

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) —Myanmar's highest court has rejected an appeal by lawyers of Aung San Suu Kyi to reinstate two key witnesses in a trial that has sparked global outrage.

China plans new terracotta warrior dig

David Stringer Associated Press Writer 15.06.2009
Life-sized sculptures of warriors stand upright in the pit where they were unearthed in 1974 in Xian, China. China plans to excavate more terracotta warriors at the famed ancient tomb of the first emperor. Archeologists hope to uncover more figures of officers to add to the 1,000-plus statues already excavated, the official China Daily newspaper said Wednesday June 10. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev, File)

BEIJING, China (AP) — China plans to excavate more of the life-size terracotta warriors at the famed ancient tomb of the country's first emperor, an official newspaper said Wednesday.

A Pakistani displaced girl carries pieces of bread during a food distribution at Chota Lahore Refugee Camp in Swabi, Pakistan, Sunday, May 24. Hundreds of thousands of Pakistanis have fled fighting between the army and Taliban militants in a northwestern valley, raising the risk that public support could turn against an offensive Washington sees as a must-win battle. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) — The Taliban left so many mutilated bodies at the crossing some hanging from trees with threatening notes that Pakistanis in the Swat Valley's main town took to calling it "bloody intersection."

Asia-Pacific nations agree to protect reef network

Melinda Checkering Associated Press Writer 31.05.2009

Philippines worried about ailing Italian hostage

Jim Gomez Associated Press Writer 21.04.2009
Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono delivers his speech during the World Ocean Conference high level meeting in Manado, North Sulawesi, Indonesia, Thursday, May 14. Indonesia, the world's largest archipelago, is hosting the major conference that aimed at raising awareness about the link between oceans and climate change. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)

MANADO, Indonesia (AP) — Six Asia-Pacific countries agreed Friday on a wide-ranging plan to protect one of the world's largest networks of coral reefs, promising to reduce pollution, eliminate overfishing and improve the livelihoods of impoverished coastal communities.

Muslim residents and members of the Philippine Red Cross hold the pictures of kidnapped International Red Cross workers, from left, Filipino Jean Lacaba, Italian Eugenio Vagni and Swiss Andreas Notter, during an interfaith prayer rally in downtown Manila, Philippines on Sunday March 29, 2009. Al-Qaida-linked militants who have threatened to behead three Red Cross hostages rejected a limited pullout of government forces in exchange for the release of one of the captives, an official said. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine government has deployed more troops to help secure the re-lease of an ailing Italian aid worker held by al-Qaida-linked militants amid concerns for his health, officials said Sunday, after two hostages walked free from months of harsh jungle captivity.



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