Enslaved on 'ghost ships', Was your fish dinner caught by slaves?

In CNN's ongoing series on Human Trafficking and Human Slaves is the episode where the question: Was your fish dinner caught by slaves? was asked. "In this video report above, CNN's Dan Rivers explores the story...

Better awareness & treatment compliance in Thai diabetes control

Diabetes control in Thailand is improving, but better awareness and patients’ treatment compliance is needed to fully tackle the health issues. So says Professor Wannee Nitiyanant, vice president of the Diabetes Association of Thailand under the Patronage of Her Royal...

Thai couple kiss for 46 hrs to claim Guinness record

Pattaya: Thai couple Echarai and Lakshnatiranarat locked themselves together and kissed for 46 hours, 24 minutes and 9 seconds to establish a new Guinness world record in kissing. The ‘kissathon’ was organized...

family Daenmaneerattana

That Thai name was given (along with some land) to a Chinese man that helped in 'some war' (do you think i really care what war?;) .. That man is 'my' grandfather here in the village. (It's not through blood but via marriage.) But if you watch the attached video, you...

Indian Air Force band Rocks India Gate

 Indian Air Force Brass and Jazz Band with thirty musician played live for the general public at India Gate, New Delhi today. Gathered people received treat to the soulful tunes ranging from an overture to...

China : India require special care

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao arrives in New Delhi tomorrow, China on Monday said Sino-India relations were "very fragile" requiring special care, to which India responded by affirming that its approach was "very...

Where there are no drugs: TB-HIV dilemma for migrants

In  late October 2010, a large group of people living in and around Mae Sot, Tak province were closing in on a terrible 'milestone' of sorts: all of them – over 60 migrant children, women and men – were living with HIV and taking antiretroviral (ARV) drugs, which...

Nicolas Sarkozy "France is a friend of India "

Nksagar Sagar Media Inc New Delhi: Dec 6,  12:19 PMIndia and France will sign five pacts at the end of summit level talks with a focus to give a big push to the bilateral civil nuclear cooperation....

Conflict Between Burmese Army and Karen Rebels displace Thousands

Renewed fighting between Myanmar’s army and ethnic Karen rebels drove more than 1, 000 villagers into neighbouring Thailand Sunday.    They will join the 200 who fled late Saturday when clashes erupted between Myanmar’s troops and militias from the Democratic...

Egyptian parliamentary elections today

Reports trickling  from  Egypt the National Democratic Party (NDP) to keep its two-thirds majority; the banned Muslim Brotherhood to lose its base strong opposition bloc;  still humble performance...

Truvada 'can greatly reduce risk of HIV infection'

" A drug used to treat HIV-positive patients may offer gay and bisexual men some protection against contracting the virus, the authors of a new study say. Trials of the combination drug Truvada among nearly 2,500 men suggested it could reduce the chances of male-to-male HIV...

HO, HO, Hosed as illegal Tamil migrants prefer Vancouver

Ho, Ho, Ho$ed as 200 illegal Tamil migrants are preferring to stay inVancouver,  versus Toronto.  Hey, what's not to like?  Free housing, welfare, medical care, schooling, generous Canadian old age pension for life when they reach 65 years old. Great...

Poverty impedes access to existing tuberculosis (TB) services

Poverty not only makes poor people more vulnerable to tuberculosis (TB) but also makes them less likely to access the existing TB-related prevention, treatment and care services. There is substantial number of active TB patients that are still not reached by existing TB...

Addressing poverty in TB control: The Thailand experience

Addressing poverty in TB control: The Thailand experienceAt the tuberculosis (TB) and poverty sub-working group meeting which was held recently in India (29-30 October 2010), the experience of Thailand in responding to TB particularly among those who were poor (or...

From FIT to FAT (World Diabetes Day is on 14th November)

World Diabetes Day is on 14th November. Diabetes, one the four priority non-communicable diseases (NCDs) identified by the World Health Organization (WHO), remains a misunderstood and neglected epidemic with numbers increasing alarmingly in every region of the world....

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