Part of The Guardian’s recent feature: Natural disasters? Floods, earthquakes, landslides: 2011 is a year of disasters. Bill McKibben asks: are we to blame? March: Magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck about 30 miles north of Tachileik on the Thai-Burma border Human cost: At least 75 dead; more than 110 injured Economic cost: Not yet known Survivor’s […]
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Burma earthquake: Eyewitness account
April 2nd, 2011 · No Comments
Tags: Asia-Pacific · Burma · natural disasters · The Guardian
Thailand protests: Soldier killed as troops fire warning shots at red-shirts
April 29th, 2010 · No Comments
Foreign Office says protests in Bangkok and beyond mean Britons should avoid all but essential visits to Thailand Greg Lowe in Bangkok and Mark Tran ONE THAI SOLDIER has died in clashes north of Bangkok between troops and red-shirted anti-government protesters agitating for the dissolution of parliament. A Reuters photographer said the soldier was shot […]
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