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Patong beach, on the western coast of Phuket, Thailand, is the place to which many international journalists scrambled in order to report on the tsunami that hit Asia on Dec. 26. The death toll on the island numbered more than 200, at least half of them foreign tourists. Gradually, the scale of the destruction in Indonesia?which was home to some two-thirds of those killed by the tsunami?trickled into the world's newspapers and onto TV screens. But in those early moments after the disaster, it was the harrowing images transmitted from the most famous beach on Thailand...
...Second Time Around THAILAND Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra became the country's first Premier to be re-elected, as his Thai Rak Thai (TRT) party scored a landslide victory in the general election. TRT won 70% of the popular vote, and 375 plus of parliament's 500 seats. However, Thaksin's party fared badly in three mainly Muslim southern provinces, failing to win any of the 11 seats up for grabs...
...impact you want. A guide: WHAT KIND OF HELP IS NEEDED NOW? While immediate relief needs are being addressed, long-term development work - rebuilding schools, making microloans to rejuvenate businesses, providing trauma counseling - has barely begun. Large international charities with development projects in places like India, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Indonesia include Oxfam, care, Save the Children and World Vision. "Emergency aid is vital, but we can't just rebuild the poverty that was there before," says Oxfam spokesman Brendan Cox. "We have to aim for reconstruction plus." HOW DO I PICK A CHARITY? If you already support a charity...
...SAMUI, THAILAND The trailblazer among the country's detox spas, Spa Samui, tel: (66-77) 230 976, was set up on the island's Lamai beach in 1992 by Californian Guy Hopkins, who began looking into wellness treatments after his mother succumbed to cancer. A supervised seven-day Clean-Me-Out fast is offered...
...went missing in the Dec. 26 tsunami; to six months in jail; in London. Pierson, who pleaded guilty to charges of sending malicious communication and causing a public nuisance, obtained the e-mail addresses from a news website and claimed to represent the U.K.'s Foreign & Commonwealth Office in Thailand. Presiding Judge Daphne Wickham said the hoax caused "indescribable" pain. Pierson's lawyer claimed the father of three was attempting to give families closure...