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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: BNP Paribas, Politics, Thai Political Protests (2010), Emerging Market, Bangkok (Thailand)
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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: BNP Paribas, Politics, Thai Political Protests (2010), Emerging Market, Bangkok (Thailand)
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NSA revelations threaten worldwide trust in Facebook, Google
SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook Inc. and Google Inc. want people the world over to trust them with the most intimate details of their lives. Now both Silicon Valley companies are fighting to preserve that trust in the wake of damaging revelations that...Tags: Social Media, Google Inc., Politics, Media Industry, PRISM (surveillance program)
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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, Arts and Culture, Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut), Bangkok (Thailand), Boston
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Malaysia's $30 bln drive reverses oil decline, boosts gas
Reuters* Oil output to rise above 600,000 bpd as Gumusut-Kakap ramps up * Gas production headed for fresh high before 2020 -Wood Mackenzie * Malaysia ranked 4th in added oil, gas reserves in 2012 -Wood Mackenzie By Florence Tan KUALA LUMPUR, June 14...Tags: Malaysia, BP Plc, Investments, Newfield Exploration Company, Murphy Oil Corporation
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RPT-Export slowdown threatens emerging Asia's credit-fuelled boom
Reuters(Repeats story published June 12 with no changes to text) By Stuart Grudgings KUALA LUMPUR, June 12 (Reuters) - A deepening slump in exports is sending tremors through Asia, threatening to undermine some booming emerging economies that have surged ahead...Tags: Imports, Politics, Weather, Weather Reports, Money and Monetary Policy
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Best bets for the week
Book sale in Clarendon Hills A wide variety of books, DVDs and CDs will be available for sale at rock-bottom prices at the annual Clarendon Hills Public Library Book Sale, at 7 N. Prospect Ave., from Thursday, June 13 through Monday, June 17. Sale...Tags: Libraries, Malaysia, Music Industry, Lisle, Arts and Culture
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Hoofing it through Myanmar's mountains
Hti Tain Monastery, Myanmar — Our horses arrived in a cloud of dust, clattering on the gravel road. Their manes were a little shabby, their saddles worn, but they looked sturdy and lively, capable of the two-day trek that would take me and my sons,...
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Online media licensing undercuts Singapore's financial status-report
ReutersBy Eveline Danubrata SINGAPORE, June 7 (Reuters) - Human Rights Watch said on Friday that Singapore is undercutting its status as a financial centre by expanding media censorship to the web and urged the city-state's government to withdraw the new...Tags: Politics, International Law, Human Rights Watch, Human Rights, Civil Rights
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RPT-INSIGHT-Presidency beckons for Jakarta's rags-to-riches governor
Reuters(Repeats story sent on Sunday, no change to text) * Jakarta governor Joko Widodo a wildly popular leader * The standard bearer among a new crop of Indonesian politicians * Widodo made his name transforming the Javanese city of Solo * Fixing Jakarta'...Tags: Subway Transportation, Regional Authority, Human Rights, Civil Rights, Sales
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Accent: The art of abstraction: Local artist offers one-of-a-kind painting class at Community Arts Center
mariel@communityartscenter.netAbstract art often is associated with world-famous artists such as Jackson Pollock or Piet Mondrian, but living in Danville is Kentucky’s very own abstract artist: Paul Sirimongkhon. He describes his work as geometric, lyrical, colorful and...Tags: Fine Artists, Jackson Pollock, Arts and Culture, Festive Events, Artists
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