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30,000 Lose Homes in Philippines Slum Fires
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 BhumibolDave Morgan newspaper archives, public records, Naymz.com, LinkedIn.com 10.11.2010 | |
 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. |  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 orderJoe McDonald Associated Press Writer 30.06.2009 | Myanmar's highest court rejects appeal to reinstate 2 key defense witnesses in Suu Kyi trialStaff Writer Associated Press Writer 30.06.2009 |
 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 digDavid Stringer Associated Press Writer 15.06.2009 | |
 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. |  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 networkMelinda Checkering Associated Press Writer 31.05.2009 | Philippines worried about ailing Italian hostageJim Gomez Associated Press Writer 21.04.2009 |
 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. |  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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