LOPBURI, Thailand (AP) — Under the shade of tamarind trees, the teenage students display their battle wounds.
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Death of 9-year-old puts focus on Thai gang wars
Posted on 22 September 2010.
Posted in Vol 29 No 39 | 9/25-10/1, World News0 Comments
Alaskan woman to take her health work globally in Laos
Posted on 16 September 2010.
SITKA, Alaska (AP) — Sitkan Nancy Knapp describes the country of Laos as “a different world” from Alaska. However, she found some similarities in the delivery of healthcare to rural areas.
Posted in Vol 29 No 38 | 9/18-9/24, World News0 Comments
China mass measles vaccination plan sparks outcry from public
Posted on 16 September 2010.
BEIJING (AP) — China’s plan to vaccinate 100 million children and come a step closer to eradicating measles has set off an outcry that highlights widening public
Posted in Vol 29 No 38 | 9/18-9/24, World News0 Comments
Silk’s dark side: Uzbek kids made to grow cocoons
Posted on 02 September 2010.
KOKAND, Uzbekistan (AP) — For one month a year, from morning to night, Dilorom Nishanova grows silkworms, a painstaking and exhausting job. She has been doing it since she was 8.
Posted in Vol 29 No 36 | 9/4-9/10, World News0 Comments
Hong Kong police inspect Manila hostage bus
Posted on 02 September 2010.
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — On Aug. 30, Hong Kong forensic experts inspected the bullet-peppered bus in which a hijacker killed eight tourists in Manila last week
Posted in Vol 29 No 36 | 9/4-9/10, World News4 Comments
Bodies, survivors of Manila hijack drama head home
Posted on 26 August 2010.
MANILA, Philippines — Most survivors of this week’s tragic hostage drama in Manila flew home to Hong Kong on Wednesday, along with the bodies of eight slain tourists
Posted in Vol 29 No 35 | 8/28 - 9/3, World News0 Comments
Japanese mayor defends dolphin hunts
Posted on 26 August 2010.
TAIJI, Japan (AP) — As children in inner tubes bob on the calm waters of this small ocean cove, a 550-pound dolphin zips through the crowd in pursuit of raw squid tossed out by a trainer.
Posted in Vol 29 No 35 | 8/28 - 9/3, World News0 Comments
AIDS activists: Chinese colleague detained wrongly
Posted on 26 August 2010.
BEIJING (AP) — Police in central China have detained an AIDS activist who contracted the virus as a boy and whose tireless campaigning for the rights
Posted in Vol 29 No 35 | 8/28 - 9/3, World News0 Comments
Miss. boy returns from visit to North Korea
Posted on 26 August 2010.
BEIJING (AP) — A 13-year-old Mississippi boy who made a rare visit to Pyongyang says officials there welcomed his idea for a “children’s peace forest”
Posted in Vol 29 No 35 | 8/28 - 9/3, World News0 Comments
No smoking in school: China fights against tobacco
Posted on 12 August 2010.
BEIJING (AP) — In China, tobacco companies sponsor schools. Almost half of all male doctors smoke. And one wedding dinner ritual involves the bride lighting cigarettes for each of her male guests. China has committed to banning smoking at public indoor venues by Jan. 9, in accordance with a global anti-tobacco treaty backed by the World Health Organization …
Posted in Vol 29 No 33 | 8/14-8/20, World News0 Comments
