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Some go to resorts for poolside rest and cocktail-fueled recreation; others go for health treatments and stress-busting massages. Now, Chiva-Som, the renowned destination spa in Hua Hin, Thailand, is offering one-off "pre-conception retreats," starting over the period Aug. 24-28, to couples who want to begin a family...
...most cleverest students in America,” he said, noting later that he considers this country to be among the greatest in the world, behind Jamaica and Thailand...
...typically disingenuous fashion, Burma's military leaders are hailing the country's ongoing National Convention as a historic landmark. Last week, Prime Minister Khin Nyunt visited Malaysia and Thailand to sell the event as part of Burma's enlightened transition to what he calls a "modern democratic state." But it's been difficult for outsiders to assess the scale of the generals' democratic achievement, because foreign media and diplomats?along with independent Burmese reporters?have been denied access to the convention. There are other absentees, too, most notably Aung San Suu Kyi, the Nobel Peace laureate and leader...
...house arrest. This follows the detentions of a number of activists, including a Burmese reporter turned activist who was sentenced last month to 15 years in jail for sending news reports to foreign media outlets and contacting exiled dissident groups. An activist friend who recently fled to the Burma-Thailand border told me "the government is adding more rooms to the prisons," implying that the crackdown on political dissent will only get worse. In the past month or so, he said, 40 activists have left the capital for fear of political persecution...
...Thailand: United I was disappointed with the article "The Road to Jihad?," concerning the situation in the three southern provinces of Thailand [May 10]. The article contains sweeping assertions that could only mislead your readers and gives a distorted account of the unfortunate events in the southern part of Thailand. Contrary to the claims by the writers of the article, the incidents on April 28 involving the attacks staged by militants on police and military posts in the south of Thailand have no connection whatsoever with "jihad" or any underlying religious conflict. The incidents that occurred are part...