Positive news from Thailand
Nations get tough on tiger tradeCrime chiefs from countries with populations of wild tigers have agreed to work together in order to combat the illegal trade in the big cats. |
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Happy Loy KrathongElephants join the festivities by preparing to float Krathongs at the Loy Krathong Festival at Dusit Zoo, Bangkok, Thailand. |
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HIV vaccine trial was significantA review of a trial of a HIV vaccine in Thailand has concluded that it does show real signs of a protective effect. Scientists announced last month that a combination of vaccines gave a 31% level of protection in trials among 16,000 heterosexuals aged 18-30. |
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PETA’s Olympic protest
An activist from animal rights organisation People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) protests outside the Canadian Embassy in Bangkok, Thailand.
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World first: A vaccine to help prevent HIV infectionIn Thailand an experimental HIV vaccine has been shown to prevent infection in what is being described as a watershed event in the AIDS epidemic. |
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Thai Navy Launches Sea Turtle Conservation ProgramIn Thailand, the navy is protecting thousands of baby sea turtles from being killed by humans before they can swim out to sea. |
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‘Spider-Man’ rescues Thai boyBangkok, Thailand - A Thai fireman turned superhero when he dressed up as comic-book character Spider-Man to coax a frightened eight-year-old from a balcony, police said on Tuesday. |
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Improvements seen four years after the Indian Ocean tsunamiFour years since a 9.0-magnitude earthquake spawned massive walls of water that swept across the Indian Ocean, leaving more than 230,000 dead according to a United Nations estimate, improvements can be seen in many of the devastated areas, humanitarian groups said. |
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Free surgery to fix smilesMae Sot, Tak Province, Thailand - More than 300 mainly Burmese villagers living near the border in Mae Sot district had their smiles fixed yesterday. |
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Saved by trivia text serviceKoh Phangan, Thailand - Brit holidaymakers Ian Lawler and girlfriend Ranelle Chapman got lost in a Thai jungle -- and were rescued after sending an SOS to a London text service 6,000 miles away. |
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News from Southeast Asia
- Victory for Forests: Disney Stands Up for Endangered Forests and Animals
- Philippines and Muslim rebels sign key peace plan
- Myanmar government abolishes direct media censorship
- Southeast Asia’s largest lowland rainforest spared from new land concessions
- Conservationists pledge to double number of tiny buffalo
- KFC-Indonesia suspends purchases from Asia Pulp & Paper due to deforestation
- Scientists recruit aerial drones to combat illegal logging
- Burmese savour taste of democracy
- Nations get tough on tiger trade
- ‘Pyramids’ planted to revive Philippine corals