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) Bangkok has that sinking feeling
At Bangkok's watery gates, Buddhist monks cling to a shrinking spit of land around their temple as they wage war against the relentlessly rising sea.During the monsoons at high tide, waves hurdle the breakwater of concrete pillars and the inner rock wall around the temple on a promontory in the Gulf of Thailand. Jutting above the water line just ahead are remnants of a village that has already slipped beneath the sea.
Experts say these waters, aided by sinking land, threaten to submerge Thailand's sprawling capital of more than 10 million people within this century. Bangkok is one of 13 of the world's largest 20 cities at risk of being swamped as sea levels rise in coming decades, according to warnings at the recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change held here. More>>
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) Canadian pedophile suspect arrested in northeastern Thailand
BANGKOK, Thailand - The Canadian schoolteacher who has become the world's most wanted suspected pedophile has been arrested by police in northeastern Thailand.The arrest was announced by police Maj.-Gen. Wimol Powintara in Bangkok on Friday. Wimol says the suspect, 32-year-old Christopher Paul Neil, was arrested in the northeastern province of Nakhon Ratchasima.
He is expected to be brought to Bangkok later in the day.
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) Myanmar in a tense situation
BANGKOK: A group of Malaysians who just returned from a five-day social visit to Myanmar painted a picture of a country that was tense and restless.The group of seven, who travelled to Yangon, Mandalay and Lashio, spoke of having to relocate to safer hotels and being subjected to curfews.
They also said Internet access had been cut and only certain telephone calls were being allowed through. Flights into and out of Yangon have also been rescheduled.
The group flew into Yangon on Sept 24 and immediately flew to Lashio via Mandalay.
The protests are mostly in Yangon and Mandalay. When we arrived in Lashio, everything was peaceful and safe, although we still had to adhere to a curfew and had to go back to the hotel by nine every night, said group member K.C. More>>