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Ian MacKinnon
Laos reaps deadly harvest
More than 100 countries last week signed a convention banning the use of cluster bombs. In Laos their lethal legacy is a part of daily life.
Planes grounded as Thai protests take off
Bangkok was effectively cut off this week as the city’s second airport was closed after it was stormed by anti-government protesters.
Thailand’s political cook-up
Thailand’s former prime minister appeared in court last week to defend his popular cooking show.
Contest of the suffering
It is not the stuff of little girls’ dreams. Yet after the success of the inaugural Miss Landmine competition in Angola, the organisers plan to take the contest to Cambodia next…
Thai farmers fall prey to rice rustlers
While prices of wheat, corn and other agricultural commodities have surged since the end of 2006, rice held fairly steady.Aware that shortages of such a vital staple could spell…
Spike in dengue fever
Dengue fever is sweeping South-East Asia in an outbreak of the mosquito-borne virus that is already threatening to become the worst in almost a decade. Hospitals across the…
Khmer Rouge genocide trial under threat
With sad eyes, Om Som sits in her shack in the Cambodian countryside waiting for answers. The shoeless 70- year-old has clung on for half a lifetime hoping to find out what…