Bird Flu Kills Second Child in Thailand (AP)

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Bird flu kills child in Thailand

Bird flu kills child in Thailand 01/25/2004 09:46 PM
A six-year-old boy becomes Thailand's first confirmed victim of avian flu, amid growing concern across Asia about the outbreak.

New bird flu cases hit Thailand

New bird flu cases hit Thailand 02/16/2004 10:40 AM
Bird flu reappears in eight Thai provinces, as a zoo leopard is confirmed to have died from the virus.

Thailand confirms human bird flu

Thailand confirms human bird flu 01/23/2004 02:34 AM
Thailand confirms two human cases of bird flu, as the WHO warns the outbreak could become more dangerous.

Thailand confirms bird flu cases

Thailand confirms bird flu cases 07/07/2004 12:55 AM
Thailand confirms two outbreaks of the deadly avian flu virus in central provinces, while China reports a new case.

Bird Flu Returns to China and Thailand
(AP)

Bird Flu Returns to China and Thailand
(AP) 07/06/2004 08:18 PM
AP - China and Thailand reported new outbreaks of bird flu, the highly contagious disease that health experts fear could sicken humans.

Bird Flu Death Suspected in Thailand
(AP)

Bird Flu Death Suspected in Thailand
(AP) 01/23/2004 04:16 PM
AP - Thailand and Cambodia confirmed bird flu outbreaks Friday, bringing the number of Asian nations hit by the virus to six. World health officials recommended quarantining people as an ailing Thai man died — the country's first suspected bird flu death.

Thailand convenes bird flu summit

Thailand convenes bird flu summit 01/24/2004 07:13 PM
Thailand is inviting officials from all six Asian nations hit by the avian flu crisis to an emergency summit.

Bird flu fears spread to Thailand

Bird flu fears spread to Thailand 01/22/2004 04:26 AM
Three people are being tested for avian influenza in Thailand, amid fears the disease is spreading across Asia.

Thailand hosts crisis talks on bird flu

Thailand hosts crisis talks on bird flu 01/27/2004 11:00 PM
International delegates attend talks in Thailand on ways of stemming the spread of bird flu across Asia.

Thailand Denies Covering Up Bird Flu
Cases

Thailand Denies Covering Up Bird Flu
Cases 01/22/2004 11:40 AM
Reuters via Wired News Jan 22 2004 4:08PM GMT

Thailand Confirms First Human Death from
Bird Flu

Thailand Confirms First Human Death from
Bird Flu 01/25/2004 09:48 PM
Reuters via Wired News Jan 26 2004 2:35AM GMT

Thailand Brings in Troops to Fight Bird
Flu

Thailand Brings in Troops to Fight Bird
Flu 01/25/2004 01:52 AM
Reuters via Wired News Jan 25 2004 5:32AM GMT

Thailand Denies Bird Flu Outbreak
Cover-Up

Thailand Denies Bird Flu Outbreak
Cover-Up 01/24/2004 04:45 AM
Reuters via Wired News Jan 24 2004 8:52AM GMT

Thailand Denies Bird Flu Cover-Up;
Vietnam Toll Six

Thailand Denies Bird Flu Cover-Up;
Vietnam Toll Six 01/24/2004 09:13 AM
Reuters via Wired News Jan 24 2004 11:42AM GMT

Thailand Defends Its Handling of Bird
Flu (Los Angeles Times)

Thailand Defends Its Handling of Bird
Flu (Los Angeles Times) 01/26/2004 10:20 AM
Los Angeles Times - SONG PI NONG, Thailand — Soldiers and prisoners were deployed Sunday to help slaughter millions of chickens hit by avian influenza as Thailand's government sought to deflect criticism that it concealed the spread of the deadly virus for months.

Bird Flu Spreads in Southeast Asia,
Infecting 2 in Thailand

Bird Flu Spreads in Southeast Asia,
Infecting 2 in Thailand 01/23/2004 02:26 PM
The acknowldgement confirms that the deadly disease has now spread, raising fears of a possible global influenza epidemic.

Thailand Brings in Troops to Fight Bird
Flu (Reuters)

Thailand Brings in Troops to Fight Bird
Flu (Reuters) 01/25/2004 02:56 AM
Reuters - Thailand brought in troops and prisoners Sunday to kill millions of chickens in the hope of stopping the spread of highly contagious bird flu, which has jumped to humans in Vietnam and Thailand.

Bird Flu Kills Two Sisters in Vietnam
(AP)

Bird Flu Kills Two Sisters in Vietnam
(AP) 01/28/2004 07:11 AM
AP - Two sisters in Vietnam became the latest victims of Asia's bird flu crisis Wednesday, as ministers from across the region convened an emergency meeting with international health experts in the Thai capital.

Bird flu kills Vietnamese girl

Bird flu kills Vietnamese girl 01/19/2004 02:55 AM
An eight-year-old girl becomes the fifth person in Vietnam to die from bird flu, world health officials confirm.

Bird Flu Leaps Into Laos; Kills Another
Thai Boy (Reuters)

Bird Flu Leaps Into Laos; Kills Another
Thai Boy (Reuters) 01/27/2004 02:24 AM
Reuters - The bird flu rampaging through Asia made the dreaded leap into impoverished Laos as a second Thai boy died of the disease Tuesday and countries tightened defenses against a potential SARS-like epidemic.

Avian flu kills Cambodian child

Avian flu kills Cambodian child 04/10/2005 03:53 AM
An eight-year-old Cambodian girl dies from bird flu, raising the country's death toll to three.

Grenade Kills Child Near Elementary
School in Baghdad

Grenade Kills Child Near Elementary
School in Baghdad 02/16/2004 02:39 PM
A grenade exploded near a school in a Shiite neighborhood, killing at least one child and wounding four others.

THAILAND: Surapong: Thailand playing
catch-up on e-government

THAILAND: Surapong: Thailand playing
catch-up on e-government 06/08/2004 06:13 AM
Asia Media Jun 8 2004 10:04AM GMT

BIRD BY
BIRD

BIRD BY
BIRD 08/02/2004 03:38 PM

The best thing about Anne Lamott's Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing & Life is, even when the thought of sitting down and writing is about as appealing to you as root canal work, she inspires you to want to write. That alone is worth the investment. The book is full of mostly well-established wisdom about the art of writing, but it's written intelligently and with great humour and passion. She really practices what she preaches. She takes you through the standard rules: Write every day at the same time, always write something each day, no matter how brief, or how hard it is; break the job into manageable tasks ("take it bird by bird"); start with short assignments and "shitty first drafts" that just get everything down, and edit later; avoid perfectionism; write about what you know; use your own authentic voice and style; use index cards as reminders, phone friends and experts to get background material you need quickly and authentically, and use writing groups and trusted readers to keep you going and honest. She explains how to deal with writer's block, agents, publishers, and jealousy of other (successful but clearly inferior) writers. What I liked best about the book were some of the humbler, lesser known rules of good writing: Stories tell themselves through you, so it's critical to find means to silence the noise in your head and let them come out Flawed, hopeful narrators are great voices, and points of view, from which to tell your story Plot need be nothing more than the discovery of what each of your characters cares about, revealed vividly and continuously Characters must show strength or courage to be sympathetic Dialogue must be authentic and individual, yet concise and fast-moving Good writers must be observant, reverent, and even startled by life and its lessons Great stories are about great truths, things the writer cares passionately about that come out in the writing: "To be a good writer you not only have to write a great deal, but you have to care." You must trust yourself and your intuition, especially with first drafts, not self-criticize and second guess every step You have to give the best you have always, not save it up for the next story Writers have a duty to the reader to be honest, to make things clearer, to help heal readers' "gaping wounds and dazed expressions", to soothe The book includes an extraordinary 2-page story by the author that illustrates these and other points: It is charming, heartbreaking, full of surprises, imbued with the author's great love for two very special characters, imbued as well with a bit of wonderful, spare, dialogue, some stunning imagery and an improbable analogy. But mostly, the story moves, and in so doing it takes the reader along for the ride. Until you can read Bird by Bird for yourself, here are two quotes by other accomplished writers about the art of writing: "The greatest writing is done on the edge of what you know and what you don't know." -- Beth Nielsen Chapman "The skill of writing is to create a context in which other people can think." -- Edwin Schlossberg

" A belief that we are connected as one
people. If there’s a child on the south
side of Chicago who can’t read, that
matters to me, even if it’s not my
child. If there’s a senior citizen
somewhere who can’t pay for her
prescription and has to choose..."

" A belief that we are connected as one
people. If there’s a child on the south
side of Chicago who can’t read, that
matters to me, even if it’s not my
child. If there’s a senior citizen
somewhere who can’t pay for her
prescription and has to choose..." 07/29/2004 01:02 AM

Fishing changes set bird on bird

Fishing changes set bird on bird 02/18/2004 01:31 PM
Drops in the number of fish thrown back by fisherman forces a scavenging seabird to prey on fellow birds, scientists say.

Suicide Bomber Kills Three, Israel Kills
Militant

Suicide Bomber Kills Three, Israel Kills
Militant 12/25/2003 05:33 PM
Reuters via Wired News Dec 25 2003 3:33PM ET

MS to Thailand: Please don't go

MS to Thailand: Please don't go 02/10/2004 02:49 AM

Good article on CNET on how Microsoft is under pressure in the Asian market.

Microsoft has always maintained a 'one-price' policy, meaning Windows costs the same no matter where you go, regardless of local currency or economic conditions. This makes Microsoft products very expensive in some nations. Now, with more governments turning to open-source, Microsoft is striking a deal with the Thai government, and looking to do the same with others:

The "entry-level" version of Windows was created to allow Microsoft to participate in the Thailand ICT Ministry's program without adjusting its policy of charging the same price for Windows and Office no matter where in the world they are sold, Microsoft said Monday. The software was provided at a cost of 1,500 baht, or about $40, compared with the usual price of several hundred dollars.

So basically they're creating a crippled version of Office and Windows in order to stay competitive, so these governments are paying less, but also getting less. One wonders how long this strategy will work for them. Microsoft claims that Linux isn't a competitor, but with the number of user-friendly Linux distributions on the rise, free will become an increasingly tough price to beat, especially in countries where XP and Office will set you back the local equivalent of $3,000.

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US fugitive nabbed in Thailand

US fugitive nabbed in Thailand 04/02/2005 04:12 PM
Techzonez Apr 2 2005 7:42PM GMT

Thailand and Australia eye trade

Thailand and Australia eye trade 07/04/2004 11:25 PM
The Thai PM travels to Canberra to sign a trade agreement which could generate billions of dollars.

70 Said Killed in Thailand Gunbattles
(AP)

70 Said Killed in Thailand Gunbattles
(AP) 04/27/2004 09:33 PM
AP - Suspected Islamic militants clashed with police in Thailand Wednesday, leaving at least 70 people dead in the heaviest fighting yet in the troubled Muslim-dominated south, officials said.

US fugitive nabbed in Thailand (AFP)

US fugitive nabbed in Thailand (AFP) 04/02/2005 01:30 PM
AFP - An American fugitive wanted by the FBI for scamming internet investors out of millions of dollars has been captured at a coastal resort in Thailand, police said.

Transgender in Thailand, online.

Transgender in Thailand, online. 04/19/2004 09:45 AM
Following up on last week's post on the subject, BoingBoing reader Rachel writes:

The Thai word translated as "transvestite" or "shemale" is khatoey, also spelled katoey, kathoey and several other ways. The word doesn't really have the negative ring of those two English words. And, trust me, those English words do have a negative ring. Call any TS woman in the US a "shemale" and she'll be deeply insulted 98% of the time. Very few crossdressers in the US like the term "transvestite". If you're looking for an English word to describe these women, "transsexual" is probably closest; "pre-op transsexual" or "non-op transsexual" is possibly more accurate, though contentious.

Probably the best site around to actually get to know the khatoey is Andrew Matzner's Transgender in Thailand site . I also recommend looking at my site for a more general view of transgender life in Asia. You might also read my journal about getting SRS in Thailand.

I think that the site you linked to -- Alcazar's -- is primarily a club in Pattaya. The contest is quite glamorous and highly-esteemed, but that is because Alcazar's itself is the most famous kathoey cabaret in Thailand. I think that the contest is primarily a promotion for the club; it isn't so much about Hollywood dreams as it is about helping secure Alcazar's place in the drag universe. Finally, a plea: I hope that you are interested in the khatoey women as people, not as sex objects; your entry on BoingBoing seems to indicate that you are curious about their roles in society and how society views them, not in prodding them with a virtual stick as so many others have. If you are in fact approaching them with respect, then you have my heartfelt thanks.

Link. Photo: Thai kickboxer-turned-beauty-queen Nong Tum, whose life story is now a movie. Link.

Thailand resorts hit by floods

Thailand resorts hit by floods 12/26/2004 08:32 AM
At least 100 people died in Thailand after a tidal wave triggered by an earthquake hit the country's western coast.

Thailand to get slimmed-down Windows

Thailand to get slimmed-down Windows 06/24/2004 11:37 AM
CNET Jun 24 2004 3:42PM GMT

Insurgency boils up in Thailand
(USATODAY.com)

Insurgency boils up in Thailand
(USATODAY.com) 06/21/2004 06:08 AM
USATODAY.com - Asaha Dajing, 19, appeared to be thriving at an Islamic college in Yala, 20 miles north of this remote village. He had just won a $125 creative writing scholarship, big money in these parts. His family was proud.

UK couple shot dead in Thailand

UK couple shot dead in Thailand 09/09/2004 09:04 AM
A British couple are killed by a gunman who opened fire in a restaurant in Thailand.

Scores Killed in Thailand Clashes

Scores Killed in Thailand Clashes 04/28/2004 09:01 AM
Suspected Islamic militants clashed with police in Thailand Wednesday, leaving at least 100 people dead in the Muslim-dominated south, officials said.

Elephants Help Clear Debris in Thailand
(AP)

Elephants Help Clear Debris in Thailand
(AP) 01/03/2005 09:55 AM
AP - A year ago, they were filming battle scenes for the movie "Alexander." Now six elephants are pitching in to help with the massive cleanup from the tsunami that devastated many of Thailand's prime tourist destinations.
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