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Cambodia, China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam forge economic pact

Friday, June 19th, 2009
Ministers from the six Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) nations have endorsed a comprehensive plan of action to expand and strengthen cooperation in key areas, including energy and human resource development.

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Illegal ivory trade thrives in Thailand

Friday, June 19th, 2009
Posted on: Friday, 19 June 2009, 13:57 CDT Legal loopholes and inadequate law enforcement have made Thailand the largest illegal ivory market in Asia, wildlife advocates said Friday. Thailand's go...

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Rebels Have Killed 115 Teachers in Thailand

Friday, June 19th, 2009
(BANGKOK) ? Muslim insurgents in southern Thailand must stop the "sickening trend" of attacking teachers, 115 of whom have been killed since the outbreak of the separatist rebellion five years ag...

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Thailand fails to curb rampant ivory trade

Friday, June 19th, 2009
BANGKOK — Thailand's government has failed to crack down on one of the world's largest markets of illegal ivory, allowing vendors to openly sell products that come from African elephants, a co...

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Illegal ivory thrives in Thailand, group warns

Friday, June 19th, 2009
A Thai carver makes a final check on an ivory-carved Buddha image. Thailand allows some trade in ivory from domestic sources, but that law is seen as providing a way into the country of illegal tusks ...

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Cambodia rejects report of Mekong River dolphins near extinction+

Friday, June 19th, 2009
PHNOM PENH, June 19 (AP) - (Kyodo)?The Cambodian government on Friday rejected as "a total lie" a report by an international conversation group that dolphins living in parts of the Mekong River b...

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Cambodia’s ‘Killing Fields’ Sprout New Purpose

Friday, June 19th, 2009
Cambodia's "killing fields" are the site of mass graves where the Khmer Rouge regime executed and buried people suspected of having ties with the former government in the 1970s. Now, the fie...

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More ethnic Karen flee to Thailand

Friday, June 19th, 2009
MAE SOT, 19 June 2009 (IRIN) - Thousands of ethnic Karen villagers have fled across the border into Thailand in recent weeks in the wake of Myanmar army attacks on Karen rebels. “Every day more p...

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Thailand fails to curb rampant ivory trade

Friday, June 19th, 2009
Thailand's government has failed to crack down on one of the world's largest markets of illegal ivory, allowing vendors to openly sell products that come from African elephants, a conservation group s...

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Thailand preparing security measures ahead of ASEAN Foreign Ministers Meeting

Friday, June 19th, 2009
Thailand's Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban on Friday called a meeting with the police and army chief to discuss about security measures for the ASEAN Foreign Ministers Meeting next month. Army...

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