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...first half of “The Third Brother,” set in Bangkok, traces Mike, a rising sophomore at Harvard and a summer intern at an Asian newsmagazine, as he befriends whores and journalists-—the distinction between the two professions becomes blurred in the novel—while researching an article on the Thai ecstasy scene. (Though the protagonists of “The Third Brother” and “Twelve” share a common first name and several character traits, McDonell’s second novel is not a sequel...
...fast-growing evangelical churches, has been spreading a message of abstinence and even advocates a "virginity census," though she's short on details about how to conduct it. President Yoweri Museveni last year attacked the widespread use of condoms in a speech to the U.N. aids Conference in Bangkok. With such powerful people on one side, Were thinks the official policy of a balanced approach is getting drowned out: "Evangelical churches are enjoying the crisis we are going through and taking advantage of it to promote abstinence-only programs," she says. Some also link the shift in Kampala...
...last year resisted pressure to eliminate fuel subsidies during an election year, reversed course this year as the oil bills mounted. On July 12 he announced the end of subsidies, which he hopes will curb demand for oil imports that have wrecked Thailand's current account. Last year, Bangkok ran a $7.1 billion current-account surplus, versus a deficit of $6.2 billion in the first half of this year...
...incorrectly administered.) The drug's main advantage is its ability to prevent malaria-infected red blood cells from sticking together in a process called sequestration. When this occurs in the brain it can cause cerebral malaria, one of the most deadly forms of the disease. "It's just like Bangkok traffic in the mornings," says professor Nick White of Mahidol University in Bangkok, who led the study. "[Artesunate] reduces the traffic jam, which is what kills people." The study's results still need to be replicated in African children, by far the worst victims of the disease; it's possible...
Until recently, Thonglor was a distinctly unfashionable side street off Sukhumvit Road, Bangkok's pre-eminent designer artery. But this surprisingly leafy thoroughfare?once the preserve of tacky wedding centers, shabby eateries and down-at-heel car dealerships?is suddenly in the grip of a major outbreak of chic...