Search results for ‘Thailand’
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Thai teachers risking their lives to do their job
Life as a teacher in southern Thailand is becoming increasingly perilous. Asia Correspondent John Sparks has spent time with some of the brave women risking their lives.
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Insurgents killed during dawn raid on Thai military base
Sixteen militants are killed by marines while mounting an attack on a military base in southern Thailand.
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Attack on Thai military base leaves 16 gunmen dead
Thailand’s south sees its worst violence for years after 16 gunmen are shot dead trying to attack a Thai military base in an area of the country that has experienced violence by Muslim insurgents.
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Plight of Burmese Rohingya refugees
The United Nations has called them ‘one of the most persecuted minorities in the world’ – Burma’s Rohingya people. The stateless, Muslim community live among the majority Buddhists in Rakhine state. Flimsy wooden boats packed with people desperate to flee are now arriving off the coast of Thailand every day. But instead of giving temporary…
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Triple-dip recession in the UK – the key questions
Britain’s economic growth has taken an unexpected knock, raising fears of a triple-dip recession. But are these fears well grounded or is there hope on the horizon? Channel 4 News investigates.
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Government condemns Sandiford death penalty
A minister tells MPs that the government “strongly” objects to the death penalty given to grandmother Lindsay Sandiford in Indonesia for drug trafficking.
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‘The nicest guy’
A 22-year old British man has been shot dead at a new year’s eve party on the Thai island of Koh Phangan – it is thought Stephen Ashton was caught in the crossfire between two rival gangs.
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Hackers use government jobs site to steal your data
A new government jobs website has been described as a “scammer’s paradise” as a Channel 4 News investigation reveals major security flaws.
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Barack Obama in historic Burma visit
Barack Obama becomes the first US president to visit Burma, in a six-hour trip that acknowledged the country’s steps towards democratic change.
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Can New York really run a marathon on Sunday?
It would be a seen as a victory for human nature over mother nature, but can New York really run a marathon just six days after the Big Apple was battered by Superstorm Sandy?
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Paralympics: David Weir wins second London 2012 gold
David Weir wins gold in the T54 1,500m – his second of London 2012.
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Australia upholds law on plain cigarette packaging
Australia’s highest court upholds a new government law which forces all cigarettes to be sold in olive green packaging with no logos or brand colours.
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Teenage weightlifter Zoe Smith breaks British record
Zoe Smith, the teenage weightlifter, breaks a British record in an impressive Olympic debut.
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Israeli tourists killed in bus bombing in Bulgaria
As at least four people are killed in an explosion on a bus carrying Israeli tourists in Bulgaria, the Israeli prime minister blames Iran for the attack.
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Documents show ‘just in time’ G4S culture
In an internal G4S memo, the embattled Olympics contractor justifies its last-minute security strategy by claiming it was neither practical nor cost-effective to train everyone months in advance.