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• Carter Defends Handling of Hostage Crisis

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 166
  CHIANG MAI, Thailand (Nov. 16) -- Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter said Monday that he had no regrets about his handling of the Iran hostage crisis more than 30 years ago, saying he didnt attack the country as his advisers proposed because thousands of people would have died. Islamic militants stormed the U.S. ...
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• Chinas Mystery Lady

  
  Bookyards — Authority: 134
  From : The Wall Street Journal Photo : Simon & Schuster There was a time in the history of modern China when one of Mao Zedongs favorite proverbs, "women hold up half the sky," could have been amended to the singular: "A woman holds up half the sky." That woman, Soong May-ling, was the wife of Maos bitter ...
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• Marketocracy Portfolio Updated - November 14, 2009

  
  Malaysia-Finance Blogspot — Authority: 128
  On a year to date basis, the S&P 500 recorded a 16.19% return, while the Nasdaq secured 30.47% and the Dow notched a 8.35% return. My Marketocracy portfolio obtained a 67.09% return. Previous update: http://malaysiafinance.blogspot.com/2009/10/marketocracy-portfolio-update-2-october.html ...
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• Karl Eikenberry and the lessons of Vinegar Joe

  
  Jottings from the Granite Studio — Authority: 111
  President Obama is flying to Asia this week with much on his mind : Should the US commit another 40,000 troops to the war in Afghanistan as stories of official incompetence and political corruption leak daily from the capital of Kabul ? If Britain’s curse was her imperial ambitions, the United States is its ...
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• China: Past, Present, and Future

  
  tdaxp — Authority: 427
  Until Deng Xiaoping , there had been no wise Chinese leaders in the 20th century… only misguided idealists. Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair sums it up well (h/t Tom Barnett ) Prior to 1949, China was a deeply riven and unequal society. There was a reason for the civil war and the multiple invasions ...
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• Veterans Day, V On ABC And An X-Men Bar Bet In Todays Twitter Report

  
  Splash Page — Authority: 725
  Even though Veterans Day doesnt give your kid a day off from school ( Neil Gaiman checked), the Twitter Report joins all of the creators in our feed today acknowledging the risks taken and sacrifices made by service men and women alike. Not all of the Vs in todays posts belonged to Veterans Day, though. Now in its ...
  5 days ago

• Chiang Mai, Thailand – Marvelous Mystical City in the Jungle

  
  Pattaya Hotels Booking and Travel Guide — Authority: 134
  Author: Michael A. AllenbrSource: ezinearticles.combrbrWhether you want to chill out, immerse yourself in history or simply check out the smoking hot nightlife, Chiang Mai, in Northern Thailand, has a little bit of something to please everyone.Like most of the cities of the north, Chiang Mai is far more laid back than ...
  5 days ago

• Thai Cabinet approves Bt100 billion hi-speed rail

  
  PCT Thailand's Free Expatriates Blog — Authority: 148
  Cabinet approves Bt100 billion hi-speed rail construction planBANGKOK, Nov 11 (TNA) Thailands business ministers meeting approved an investment plan to build a high-speed railway with a Bt100 billion budget for four main routes linking the Thai capital to the countrys four regions.According to Deputy Prime Minister, ...
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• Μοντέλο ντυμένο παραδοσιακά - Thai Model in Traditional Clothing

  
  ???????? - People — Authority: 107
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• Veranda Chiang Mai, The High Resort

  
  YapThomas - The Ultimat3 — Authority: 127
  Hey peeps. How is it going there? It’s mid week already! Woot! Now, let me continue from my earlier Chiang Mai, Thailand sneak peak. I’ve got lots of comments on how beautiful Chiang Mai is, base on the pictures I put up of course. I would say, it is beyond beautiful. It’s just bliss… There is one reason ...
  5 days ago

• Thai Rainwater no longer safe to drink

  
  PCT Thailand's Free Expatriates Blog — Authority: 148
  Rainwater no longer safe to drinkRainwater in Thailand is no longer safe for consumption, especially in the coastal provinces in the East, due to rising level of acidity caused by toxins from factories and traffic smog.Citing a study sponsored by the Department of Pollution Control, a Kasetsart University lecturer ...
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• Chiang Mai, Thailand

  
  Matt and Debz — Authority: 119
  Our travel plans to Chiang Mai did not go quite to plan. After forgetting to get money from an ATM we arrived at the border with no money to buy our overnight train from Bangkok to Chiang Mai. We foolishly thought we could buy a ticket that evening but after a 5 hour bus journey [...]
  6 days ago

• World economy

  
  Wednesday-Night — Authority: 135
  The world and the financial crisis II ; G20 Summit ; China and the world economy ; Europe and the EU ; Global Economic Crisis and the Informal Economy ; Wednesday-Night.com - economy ; G20 (Pittsburgh): The World Is Watching And now for the G20’s next trick … (FP) On one level, the G20 seems to ...
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• Kung Fu Saturdays: Slice of Death

  
  Old School Scholar Hip Hop Culture and Music — Authority: 125
  We got Lo Lieh back again this week with another vicious portrayal of the greatest villain in kung fu movies, Pai Mei! Old White Eyebrows is gearing up for another attack on Shaolin for the Qing Empire. You got to love this mad man!
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• and i ran, i ran so far away

  
  transplanting me — Authority: 121
  it is possible that it only felt like i ran so far away because i had to wake up so very early this morning and i was doing this run without the aid of performance enhancing drugs – you know, like caffeine.  really it was only a 3.5 k, which is just over 2 miles. every year the seventh grade at the kids’ school ...
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• Emerald Buddha in Thailand

  
  Thar She Goes — Authority: 160
  The Emerald Buddha is a model of a sitting Budha, that’s the is the palladium of the Dominion of Thailand. The Buddha is made from green jade, suprisingly not of emerald, dressed in gold is roughly forty five cm tall. The Buddha is kept in the Chapel of the Emerald Buddha, which is found on the grounds of the ...
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• Παρουσιάζοντας τα καλλιστεία - Presenting the Yi Peng beauty contest

  
  ???????? - People — Authority: 107
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• Emerald Buddha’s travels

  
  puritanpub.com — Authority: 158
  The Emerald Buddha is a model of a sitting Budha, that’s the is the palladium of the Dominion of Thailand. The Buddha is made from green jade, suprisingly not of emerald, dressed in gold is roughly forty five cm tall. The Buddha is kept in the Chapel of the Emerald Buddha, which is found on the grounds of the ...
  1 week ago

• CM Law Firm/Lawyer

  
  TeakDoor.com - The Thailand Forum — Authority: 165
  Looking for a law firm/lawyer who can resolve a condo title in CM. Any recommendations?
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• Photo Essay – Thailand’s Loy Krathong Comes but Once a Lunar Year

  
  Matador Nights — Authority: 469
  Loy Krathong is celebrated on the twelfth full moon of the Thai lunar year, and is meant to venerate both Buddha and the Thai water goddess Phra Mae Kongka. Chiang Mai is host to some of the most spectacular festivities in Thailand, where thousands of sky lanterns and fireworks fill the air in the days surrounding the ...
  1 week ago

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