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...dengue isn't going away. Across Southeast Asia, doctors and public-health officials are grappling with alarmingly high dengue-infection rates. Cambodia and Vietnam reported double the cases this year compared with last, and more than 400 deaths; Thailand and Burma each recorded roughly a third more cases in 2007. The World Health Organization (WHO) says this is the fourth consecutive year of unusually high rates in the region - and doctors are worried that global warming may be partially to blame...
...Investments by SWFs can be politically risky, too. In 2006, Temasek Holdings, an investment arm of the Singapore government, bought Shin Corp., Thailand's major telecommunications company, for $3.8 billion from the family of Thaksin Shinawatra, who at the time was Thailand's Prime Minister. Public outrage in Thailand over the sale of what was considered an important national asset to a Southeast Asia rival contributed to Thaksin's ouster as Prime Minister in a military coup in September...
Artists in Abundance I am very disappointed that Hannah Beech's cover article about "Asia's Happy Artists" featured artists only from China, India and Vietnam, as if Asian art consists of works only from those countries [Nov. 12]. What about the brilliant, hot artists from the Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore who are enjoying prominence in major auctions at Christie's and Sotheby's? They are just as "politically aware," "socially conscious" and "boldly experimental" and are also "commanding record prices for their work." Manuel Faustino, Makati City, the Philippines...
...deaths occurred in places as diverse as Thailand, Chile, and Philadelphia...
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