Thai football bolstered by ‘God,’ Africa and a former politician in Isaan Robbie Fowler isn’t the only football talent heading to Thailand. A new initiative plans to make Buriram a driving force in the development of The Beautiful Game By Greg Lowe Global football fans were rightly surprised earlier this month when legendary English player [...]
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Robbie Fowler comes to Thailand as Buriram PEA kicks off football training academy
July 20th, 2011 · No Comments
Tags: Asia-Pacific · Bangkok · CNNGo.com · football · politics · Thailand
Burma earthquake: Eyewitness account
April 2nd, 2011 · No Comments
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 [...]
Tags: Asia-Pacific · Burma · natural disasters · The Guardian
Shangri-La Dialogue Highlights Challenges for Asian Regional Security
June 9th, 2010 · No Comments
By Greg Lowe Asia-Pacific nations must renew their efforts to form a coherent and collaborative response to the region’s complex security risks and its inherent potential for instability, senior delegates at a high-level regional forum say. Food and energy security, ethnic conflicts, insurgencies and rising tensions on the Korean Peninsula were key issues discussed at [...]
Tags: Asia-Pacific · military · security · World Politics Review