How the 787 will change the way we fly - 4 views
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Simon Scoones on 28 Sep 11Thanks to Ameya for this one ...
Bangkok residents are now forced to be more knowledgeable about geography.
Flooded Bangkok's defences hold - 0 views
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The government says that waters will begin to recede in the first week of November.
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so SEASAC should still be on :)
Refugees - National Geographic Education - 3 views
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A very good overview of who refugees are, and their impacts, including a slideshow of images
Condoms supplied to flood victims | Thai Travel News - 2 views
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Other than relief packages, condoms have also been supplied to Thailand's flood victims.
Lessons can be learnt from disastrous floods - The Nation - 2 views
Zeitgeist 2011: Year In Review - YouTube - 0 views
Coca-Cola implicated in the propping of African dictator. The ethics of doing business ... - 0 views
Slide Show: 8 Corporations That Owe You Money | The Nation - 2 views
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83 of the US's 100 corporations hide fortunes in tax havens, even as many of those corporations were receiving federal dollars from the government's TARP bailout. Why were these corporations receiving taxpayer money when they weren't even paying their own taxes?
Cambodia suffers worst floods in a decade - in pictures - 1 views
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At least 150 people have died since August in the worst floods to have hit the south-east Asian country in 11 years, after heavy rain swamped homes, washed away bridges and forced thousands of people to evacuate
Oct 16-18 critical for capital - 1 views
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Agriculture Minister Theera Wongsamut said that next Thursday or Friday, water would be flowing down the Chao Phraya River in Nakhon Sawan at a rate of between 4,500 and 5,500 cubic metres per second. The sheer scale of the water-flow rate means that more flooding was likely for those living along the river, he said.
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"Flooding will spread further in riverside provinces, starting with Nakhon Sawan and followed by Chai Nat," Theera said. To date, flooding has hit 28 provinces and affected more than 2.6 million people. The disaster has killed 244 people and left three missing. It is estimated that floods have already ravaged 7.5 million rai of farmland. As many as 182 roads are impassable due to deep floodwater levels.
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Floods have left 1,215 factories submerged, affecting more than 41,000 workers. Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra yesterday described the situation as "critical" and said she was quite worried about the upcoming storms. Royal Irrigation Department director-general Chalit Damrongsak, said the water volume is much larger than during last year's flooding.
Bangkok Post : Floods breach Ayutthaya factories - 1 views
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AYUTTHAYA: A makeshift embankment at a bridge leading into a major industrial estate collapsed yesterday, allowing floodwaters to surge in, causing damages that could run up to 18 billion baht. OPPORTUNITY IN CRISIS: A man casts his fishing net near the reclining Buddha image at Wat Loke Yasutha temple in Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya district of Ayutthaya province yesterday.
Rankin: It's time to fix the world's broken food system | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk - 1 views
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here has been a drought since 2005.
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While severe drought has undoubtedly led to the huge scale of the disaster, this crisis has been caused by people and policies, as much as by weather patterns. Climate change, rising food prices, lack of investment in small-scale farming and the grabbing of land being used to grow food for local people by speculative investors has resulted in communities just not being able to grow enough food to survive.
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Drought is inevitable but famine is manmade
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A very good article on the causes of famine in Kenya at the moment. See highlighted bits.
Thailand flood could create laptop shortage - Nov. 1, 2011 - 1 views
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Connects freshwater issues with economic global interactions
Hydropower Dams on Mekong and Irrawaddy Rivers Divide Southeast Asia - 3 views
