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...meters Length of a banner depicting Thailand's Grand Palace set up to screen a Bangkok slum from the view of APEC summiteers...
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Hambali and his lieutenants were also charged with casing targets, including the U.S and British embassies in Bangkok, various nightclubs in Thailand and shopping complexes frequented by Westerners in the elite Makati district of Manila. Jewish and Israeli sites received close attention. Though anti-Semitism is central to al-Qaeda's creed, the group has not traditionally focused on attacking Jews. That may have changed last November, when suicide bombers struck a Mombasa hotel frequented by Israelis, killing 13 people, and two shoulder-launched missiles were fired at an Israeli plane nearby. The Kenyan attacks may presage more to come...
...ites, Chinese and Tibetans, among many others. Cambodia's leniency toward its mass murderers, which Iyer cited, is part of the problem, not the solution. By perpetuating hoary bromides about Asia's older cultures, Iyer furthers the very East vs. West attitude that he seems to oppose. Sanpaworn Vamvanij Bangkok...
...Metropolitan is billing itself as "Bangkok's first truly contemporary hotel." By that you can expect the whole dark wood, Zen-grotto aesthetic so beloved of modern designers, as well as somber staff uniforms devised by fashion's dark prince, Yohji Yamamoto. Other au courant knickknacks include Shambhala bathroom amenities and a yoga mat in every room, should you feel like performing an invigorating sun salutation before breakfast...