Word: thailand
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Charumilind plans on traveling to Lusaka, Zambia, in an effort to learn more about the AIDS epidemic, continuing the line of research of his thesis, which is about AIDS in Thailand. He said adjusting to the culture will be difficult, but that it is his main goal...
...word sanctions sent delegates from developing nations up the wall. Thailand's Minister of Commerce, Supachai Panitchpakdi, who takes over as WTO chief in 2002, warned that if Clinton insisted on the issue, developing countries could "walk away from any agreement on a new round" of talks. To them, Clinton's words were nothing but protectionism wrapped in progressivism. But that position happens to be the one taken by the AFL-CIO. Unhappy about the White House trade deal to admit China to the WTO--an agreement that labor is now better armed to fight in Congress--the unions...
...unique," convention-bureau spokesman Rob Powers emphasizes. "The travel industry is seeing this across the board." And reports worldwide bear him out. In Aspen, Colo., tony resorts that would normally have sold out for New Year's week by early November are still unfilled. On Thailand's balmy beaches it's been "the anticlimax of the millennium," says Imtiaz Muqbil, executive editor of Travel Impact Newswire. In London there's a prospect of empty seats greeting the Queen and the Prime Minister as they open the much vaunted Millennium Dome on New Year's Eve, while all six suites...
...neither the quality of the drugs nor their delivery time can be guaranteed. It's also possible your package will be seized by Customs, and the offshore sites often require a massive "insurance" surcharge to cover this possibility. Your health plan is unlikely to cover items bought in Thailand or the British Channel Islands. And the cheaper drugs available from Canadian and Mexican pharmacies, while often advertised, are rarely sold online to U.S. citizens...
...LACHAPOR KHUN RU CHAI (HOW WELL DO YOU KNOW THIS PERSON?), Thailand. Three sad, dangerous or embarrassing episodes of a celebrity guest's life are recounted. The star's friends have to guess which one the guest regrets most...