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Death toll in Thai refugee camp fire rises to 35

March 30, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Staff The Associated Press BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) — The number of Myanmar refugees killed in a fire at a camp in northwestern Thailand has risen to 35, Thai officials said Saturday, March 23.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2013, BANGKOK, Ban Mae Surin, International Rescue Committee, Mae Hong Son, Mireille Girard, Myanmar, Paisarn Thanyavanichkul, Red Cross, Thailand, UNHCR, Vol 32 No 14 | March 30 - April 5

Myanmar ethnic tensions block aide

November 10, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Grant Peck The Associated Press BANGKOK, THAILAND (AP) — The European aid group Doctors Without Borders said Monday, Oct. 28 it has been prevented from providing essential medical services because of tensions between Buddhists and Muslims in western Myanmar.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2012, BANGKOK, Doctors Without Borders, HIV, Joe Belliveau, MSF, Medecins Sans Frontieres, Myanmar, Netherlands, Rakhine Buddhists, Rohingya Muslims, Vol 31 No 46 | November 10 - November 16

Angkok has a surprising touch of India

August 27, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) — Outdoor markets tout sari sales, five-star hotels feature Indian chefs, and Thais drop by a temple in the financial district to beseech Hindu gods to send profits their way.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2009, Asha Sehgal, BANGKOK, Chennai Kitchen, Chinatown, Chinese, Christopher Rego, Erawan Shrine, Gallery Soulflower, Jesse Gulati, Little India, Nat Tuli, Royal India, Sid Sehgal, Southeast Asia, Sri Guru Singh Sabha, Thai Buddhists, Thailand, United States, vol 28 no 36 | August 29 - September 4

New Thai PM faces deep divisions, poor economy

December 20, 2008 By Northwest Asian Weekly

BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) — Thailand’s new prime minister faces the difficult task of unifying a country torn apart by months of violent anti-government protests — demonstrations that battered the key tourism industry just as the global economy was slipping into its worst crisis in decades.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2008, Abhisit Vejjajiva, Asia, BANGKOK, Ekamol Khiriwat, England, King Bhumibol Adulyadej, Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, Thailand, Vol 27 No 52 | December 20 - December 26

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