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FEATURE-Thailand's boom: To the northeast, the spoils
ReutersBy Paul Carsten and Pairat Temphairojana UDON THANI, Thailand, June 17(Reuters) - Steel girders jut from the low skyline of the Thai city of Udon Thani near the Laos border as workers lay cement for a new shopping mall, one of many illustrating a boom in...Tags: Government, Laos, Thai Political Protests (2010), Emerging Market, Economic Indicator
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Thailand's boom: To the northeast, the spoils
ReutersUDON THANI, Thailand (Reuters) - Steel girders jut from the low skyline of the Thai city of Udon Thani near the Laos border as workers lay cement for a new shopping mall, one of many illustrating a boom in the Thai economy beyond the bright lights of...Tags: Government, Thai Political Protests (2010), Laos, Emerging Market, China
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READER SUBMITTED: Meet Author Denis Horgan
EnfieldGet ready for the Enfield Public Library's Summer Reading Kickoff on Wednesday, June 26, featuring a special "Meet the Author" event at 7 p.m. with journalist and author, Denis Horgan. West Hartford resident, Denis Horgan is a veteran journalist and...Tags: Washington, DC, Journalism, Newspapers, Southeast Asia, Boston
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Drugs halve HIV risk for intravenous drug users in study
ReutersCHICAGO (Reuters) - A daily dose of powerful anti-HIV medicine helped cut the risk of infection with the virus by 49 percent in intravenous drug users in a Bangkok study that showed for the first time such a preventive step can work in this high-risk...Tags: Pharmaceuticals, AIDS, HIV, HIV Treatment, Chemical Industry
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AIDS drugs halve HIV risk for intravenous drug users in study
Reuters* More evidence drugs can prevent HIV in high-risk groups * U.S. CDC: study is "significant step" in HIV prevention By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO, June 12 (Reuters) - A daily dose of powerful anti-HIV medicine helped cut the risk of infection with the...Tags: Pharmaceuticals, AIDS, Disease Prevention, HIV, HIV Treatment
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Thai Muslims debate their future as peace talks raise hope
ReutersPATTANI, Thailand (Reuters) - Huddled in a room on the periphery of a university campus in the southern Thai province of Pattani, Muslim students debate ideas that have long been considered inflammatory or even treasonous. An insurgency by shadowy Muslim...Tags: Government, Islam, Yingluck Shinawatra, Religious Conflicts, Punishment
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REFILE-INSIGHT-Big debts loom over Thai tycoons' bold bets
ReutersBy Saeed Azhar and Khettiya Jittapong SINGAPORE/BANGKOK, June 10 (Reuters) - Two Thai business tycoons, one a politically connected Chinese speaker, the other the son of a street vendor, have spent $27 billion on acquisitions in the past year, mainly...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Companies and Corporations, Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC, Asia, Thomson Corporation
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Dollar rebounds as U.S. jobs data shows economic resilience
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - The dollar on Friday recouped sharp losses posted the previous session after a government report showed reasonably healthy U.S. job creation in May, renewing expectations the Federal Reserve might scale back its massive asset...Tags: France, Car Safety Tips and Advice, White House, Quarterly or Semiannual Financial Statements, UBS AG
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Motor racing-Proposed 2015 Thai Grand Prix looking uncertain
ReutersJune 7 (Reuters) - Thailand's plans for a Formula One grand prix in 2015 could be scrapped if the sport insists on it being held in Bangkok, the country's tourism and sports minister was quoted as saying on Friday. "We may have to cancel the proposed...Tags: Open-Wheel Racing, Malaysia, Thai Political Protests (2010), Auto Racing, Physiology
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Doctor told AEG that Michael Jackson was a drug addict, lawyer says
The attorney for Michael Jackson’s family in its wrongful-death lawsuit said Thursday a doctor testified in a deposition that he injected Jackson with morphine while the singer was touring Asia and that he told a current AEG executive Jackson was...
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Thai court rules troops responsible for Italian reporter's death
ReutersBy Amy Sawitta Lefevre BANGKOK, May 29 (Reuters) - An Italian photo-journalist who was shot dead in Bangkok while taking pictures of a military crackdown on an anti-government protest in 2010 was killed by a bullet fired by a soldier, a Thai court...Tags: Television Industry, Government, Journalism, Yingluck Shinawatra, Punishment
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