Forum: Asia
January 13th, 2007, 05:19 PM Posted to soc.culture.thai,soc.culture.malaysia,soc.culture.singapore,rec.travel.asia
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Replies: 5
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Finns catch Legionaires disease in Phuket Hotel
BREAKING NEWS:
Nordic tourists acquire Legionnaires' disease in Thailand
Legionella may hinder trips to Phuket
PHUKET: -- Some of the winter holidaymakers who have booked their trips
to Phuket...
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Forum: Asia
January 12th, 2007, 06:01 PM Posted to soc.culture.thai,soc.culture.malaysia,soc.culture.singapore,rec.travel.asia
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Replies: 3
Views: 501
30miilion chinese men will be spanking the monkey
30m men face bleak future as singles
By Wang Shanshan (China Daily)
Updated: 2007-01-12 07:20
By 2020, some 30 million Chinese men will find it well-nigh impossible
to find a bride as a result of a...
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Forum: Asia
January 12th, 2007, 05:53 PM Posted to soc.culture.thai,soc.culture.malaysia,soc.culture.singapore,rec.travel.asia
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Replies: 7
Views: 491
Outlook for Thais Bleak .
Monday, 8 January 2007, 00:38 GMT
Thai bombs raise political stakes
By Kate McGeown
BBC News, Bangkok
Soldier in Bangkok - 3/1/06
Security has been tightened on Bangkok's streets
When tanks rolled...
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Forum: Asia
January 6th, 2007, 07:37 PM Posted to soc.culture.thai,soc.culture.malaysia,soc.culture.singapore,rec.travel.asia
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Replies: 0
Views: 326
Tourists being ripped off in pricing scams
Tourists complain of being cheated in double pricing scams
Authorities admit the problem is not new
Several complaints from foreign tourists about being ripped off at
seafood restaurants during the...
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Forum: Asia
January 6th, 2007, 07:36 PM Posted to soc.culture.thai,soc.culture.malaysia,soc.culture.singapore,rec.travel.asia
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Replies: 45
Views: 1,759
Double pricing system in Thailand
Tourists complain of being cheated in double pricing scams
Authorities admit the problem is not new
Several complaints from foreign tourists about being ripped off at
seafood restaurants during the...
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Forum: Asia
January 5th, 2007, 07:31 PM Posted to soc.culture.thai,soc.culture.malaysia,soc.culture.singapore,rec.travel.asia
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Replies: 45
Views: 1,759
Double pricing system in Thailand
EDITORIAL
The two-tier pricing dilemma
Double pricing for foreign visitors is not unique to Thailand, but the
govt must do more to inform tourists
Here is the scenario: You are a foreigner on...
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Forum: Asia
January 5th, 2007, 07:03 PM Posted to soc.culture.thai,soc.culture.malaysia,soc.culture.singapore,rec.travel.asia
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Replies: 9
Views: 776
Bomb scares abound in Bangkok
GIVE THAILAND A CHANCE
The last three months has seen 3 major developments which have changed
Bangkok's and Thailand's image as a great party venue:
1. the coup which overthrew Thaksin Shinawatra;
2....
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Forum: Europe
January 4th, 2007, 07:59 PM Posted to rec.travel.europe
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Replies: 23
Views: 1,097
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Forum: Asia
January 4th, 2007, 05:09 PM Posted to soc.culture.thai,soc.culture.malaysia,soc.culture.singapore,rec.travel.asia
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Replies: 19
Views: 909
New airport is a disaster
The architects are US experts at building airports so there is a big
question mark over how they managed to totally fuggup the design.Its a
mystery why so few bogs and all the other major design...
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Forum: Asia
January 4th, 2007, 05:05 PM Posted to soc.culture.thai,soc.culture.malaysia,soc.culture.singapore,rec.travel.asia
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Replies: 19
Views: 909
New airport is a disaster
agudbuk (remove MY GARMENTS for correct address) wrote:
Not what I would call bad.
35 minutes from landing at Suvarnabhumi Airport to taxi rank (including
picking up hold baggage)
...
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Forum: Asia
January 3rd, 2007, 05:18 PM Posted to soc.culture.thai,soc.culture.malaysia,soc.culture.singapore,rec.travel.asia
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Replies: 9
Views: 776
Bomb scares abound in Bangkok
Bomb scares abound in Bangkok
03/01/2007 14:51 - (SA)
# Bangkok bomb toll rises
Bangkok - Numerous bomb scares disrupted life in the Thai capital
Bangkok on Wednesday, as the identity of those who...
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Forum: Asia
January 3rd, 2007, 05:07 PM Posted to soc.culture.thai,soc.culture.malaysia,soc.culture.singapore,rec.travel.asia
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Replies: 19
Views: 909
New airport is a disaster
it would have been ok if it was sited in Berlin or Moscow somewhere
with bleak surroundings where the steel and concrete would have fitted
in ,but not a asian hotspot. so how did they make such a...
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Forum: Asia
January 3rd, 2007, 10:19 AM Posted to rec.travel.asia
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Replies: 16
Views: 972
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Forum: Asia
January 3rd, 2007, 10:16 AM Posted to rec.travel.asia
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Replies: 16
Views: 972
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Forum: Asia
January 3rd, 2007, 10:10 AM Posted to soc.culture.thai,soc.culture.malaysia,soc.culture.singapore,rec.travel.asia
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Replies: 19
Views: 909
New airport is a disaster
New airport makes a statement about modern Thailand
Connie Levett, Bangkok
January 1, 2007
Thailand's shiny new state-of-the-art airport was designed to make a
statement about this modern nation -...
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Forum: Asia
December 31st, 2006, 03:00 PM Posted to rec.travel.asia
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Replies: 2
Views: 511
7 bombs explode in Bagkok
BREAKING NEWS
BANGKOK BOMBS KILL TWO; New Year's Eve Countdown party cancelled
(BangkokPost.com)
At least six bombs or grenades have exploded in Bangkok early on New
Year's Eve. Two people are...
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Forum: Asia
December 31st, 2006, 02:57 PM Posted to rec.travel.asia
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Replies: 2
Views: 511
7 bombs explode in Bagkok
Seven Bombs Rock Bangkok, Kill two
BANGKOK: -- Seven explosives went off almost simultaneously in Bangkok,
injuring at least 20 people as the revellers were about to start
celebrating the New Year's...
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Forum: Asia
December 30th, 2006, 09:10 PM Posted to soc.culture.thai,rec.travel.asia
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Replies: 1
Views: 347
Briton killed by drunken Norwegian car driver
he Nation
Today
Briton killed in Pattaya road accident
Pattaya - A Briton was killed early Saturday morning when his
motorcycle was rammed into by a car allegedly driven by a Norwegian.
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Forum: Asia
December 28th, 2006, 06:10 PM Posted to soc.culture.thai,soc.culture.malaysia,soc.culture.singapore,rec.travel.asia
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Replies: 4
Views: 420
AIDS found to be rampant in Patong Phuket
Thursday, December 28, 2006
80% of mobile clinic users test HIV-positive
PHUKET: Phuket Governor Niran Kalayanamit has ordered all government
agencies to step up the battle against the spread of...
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Forum: Asia
December 28th, 2006, 05:21 PM Posted to soc.culture.thai,soc.culture.malaysia,soc.culture.singapore,rec.travel.asia
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Replies: 0
Views: 447
Sketch of Canadians murderer released
Sketch of thief who killed Canadian released
BANGKOK: -- Police yesterday released a sketch of the armed thief who
shot and killed a Canadian businessman and injured three others at a
Christmas...
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Forum: Asia
December 27th, 2006, 05:14 PM Posted to rec.travel.asia,soc.culture.thai
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Replies: 0
Views: 448
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Forum: Asia
December 26th, 2006, 11:55 AM Posted to soc.culture.thai,soc.culture.malaysia,soc.culture.singapore,rec.travel.asia
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Replies: 1
Views: 244
Canadian shot dead in Sukhumvit road condo party
Canadian killed in robbery
A Canadian man was shot dead and three compatriots injured in a robbery
last night in their condominium off Sukhumvit Soi 18.
The lone robber climbed into the room on...
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Forum: Asia
December 22nd, 2006, 07:35 PM Posted to soc.culture.thai,soc.culture.malaysia,soc.culture.singapore,rec.travel.asia
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Replies: 0
Views: 264
Bird Flu could kill 62million plus
Friday, 22 December 2006, 01:13 GMT
Flu 'could wipe out 62 million'
Image of flu
Flu viruses are constantly evolving
A global flu pandemic could kill 62 million people, experts have
warned.
The...
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Forum: Asia
December 20th, 2006, 05:19 PM Posted to soc.culture.thai,soc.culture.malaysia,soc.culture.singapore,rec.travel.asia,uk.legal
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Replies: 24
Views: 1,239
Cop Killer escapes UK wearing muslim veil
Police killer escapes in veil
20/12/06
By Paul Jeeves
A SUSPECTED police killer escaped capture by fleeing Britain disguised
as a Muslim woman.
Asylum seeker Mustaf Jama hid beneath a full-face...
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Forum: Asia
December 20th, 2006, 05:15 PM Posted to soc.culture.thai,soc.culture.malaysia,soc.culture.singapore,rec.travel.asia
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Replies: 1
Views: 570
French tourist raped on Phuket
Tuesday, December 19, 2006
Police hunt for Kamala rapist
KAMALA: Kamala police are searching for a Thai man accused of rapeing a
23-year-old French tourist in the early hours of December 7....
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