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...urging of protest leaders, hundreds of Red Shirts in the northern province Chiang Mai and the northeastern province of Khon Kaen surrounded provincial halls. They had yet to overrun them. Protest leaders had encouraged Red Shirts to seize provincial halls around the country...
...This shows we can spill our blood for our country without using violence,'' said Nawart Somsieng, a rice farmer from the northeastern Khon Kaen province as she entered one of three medical tents staffed by about 100 volunteer doctors and nurses from local hospitals. "In Vietnam, monks have burned themselves alive for their beliefs, so it is not difficult for us to give our blood for our belief in democracy," said Chitra Chitprasert, a retired office worker from Bangkok also participating in the blood drive. (Watch an interview with the monk who led protests in Vietnam in 1960s...
...northern tip, run by an Australian pastry chef, for a simple breakfast of cinnamon rolls or focaccia bread (and don't forget, at some point during your stay, to try the best pumpkin burger on an island full of imitators). You could then cross the bridge over to Don Khon to explore the remnants of an old French railway, walk one mile (1.5 km) to Somphamit Falls to see rapids crash through the jagged gorge, then hire a longtail boat to take you to see the endangered freshwater Irrawaddy dolphins...
...Manas' principal detractor is Professor Montri Boonsaneur, who teaches geological technology at Khon Kaen University and was in charge of an underwater survey prior to construction of the nearby Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge. He says it's impossible that bubbles of methane could form in the river's rocky bed or survive its turbulent flow." I don't want to say the fireballs are man-made, but they're definitely not natural," he says...
...business?is by far the takkatan, or grasshopper. "They taste a little like shrimp, and they're always clean," says Weerayuth Srisook, who is one of five wholesalers who supply more than 400 pushcart vendors and 30 or so restaurant owners. Originally from Khon Kaen in the northeast, Weerayuth, 25, with a sixth-grade education, started selling insects when he came to Bangkok five years ago. He grosses about $1,000 a day, clears about $225, and says business is getting better every year. The only cloud on the horizon: Thailand is running out of bugs. A lot are being...