<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Thailand</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/world/asia/southeastasia/thailand?nav=rss_world/asia/southeastasia/thailand</link><description>Thailand</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA['Boxer': Mano a Mano, With Makeup]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57797-2005Apr15.html?nav=rss_world/asia/southeastasia/thailand</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57797-2005Apr15.html?nav=rss_world/asia/southeastasia/thailand</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 9:01:25 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Think Rocky with lipstick. <br>The concept of a male boxer in full makeup is ripe with irony, and director Ekachai Uekrongtham uses it effectively, albeit overdramatically, at times. Uekrongtham's debut film, "Beautiful Boxer," tells the true story of Nong Toom, a kickboxing champion who in...]]></description><author> Jose Antonio Vargas</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bird Flu Adds New Danger to Bloody Game]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51593-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_world/asia/southeastasia/thailand</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51593-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_world/asia/southeastasia/thailand</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 9:01:25 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[CHIANG RAI, Thailand  --  As the pair of fighting cocks lunged at each other through the air, spectators surged against the edge of the ring with anticipation.]]></description><author> Alan Sipress</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Indonesians Hunt for Quake Victims]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8943-2005Mar29.html?nav=rss_world/asia/southeastasia/thailand</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8943-2005Mar29.html?nav=rss_world/asia/southeastasia/thailand</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 9:01:25 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Survivors and relief workers attempted to rescue people trapped in buildings flattened by a major undersea quake that has killed at least 400.]]></description><author> Ellen Nakashima</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thai Violence Dividing Neighbors]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38449-2005Feb19.html?nav=rss_world/asia/southeastasia/thailand</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38449-2005Feb19.html?nav=rss_world/asia/southeastasia/thailand</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 9:01:25 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The renewed campaign of violence by Islamic militants and the government's heavy-handed response are destroying once-amicable relations between Muslims and the Buddhists who live in their midst.]]></description><author> Alan Sipress</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thai Farmers Worry Controls  On Bird Flu Threaten Livelihoods]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19795-2005Feb12.html?nav=rss_world/asia/southeastasia/thailand</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19795-2005Feb12.html?nav=rss_world/asia/southeastasia/thailand</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 9:01:25 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Recent studies have shown that waterfowl are a crucial link in the spread of East Asia's avian influenza epidemic.]]></description><author> Alan Sipress</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thai Premier Appears to Score Major Victory in Elections]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3314-2005Feb6.html?nav=rss_world/asia/southeastasia/thailand</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3314-2005Feb6.html?nav=rss_world/asia/southeastasia/thailand</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 9:01:25 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra claimed victory in Sunday's elections in what appeared to be a  decisive mandate for a second term, propelled by strong support from Thailand's rural poor and his adroit handling of the tsunami disaster.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conditions Ripe Bird Flu's Spread]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64713-2005Feb4.html?nav=rss_world/asia/southeastasia/thailand</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64713-2005Feb4.html?nav=rss_world/asia/southeastasia/thailand</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 9:01:25 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[International health experts warn that conditions are set for a pandemic to erupt in Southeast Asia and China that could kill millions worldwide if the virus developed into a form capable of spreading among humans.]]></description><author> Alan Sipress</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Phuket: Should You Go?]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44806-2005Jan28.html?nav=rss_world/asia/southeastasia/thailand</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44806-2005Jan28.html?nav=rss_world/asia/southeastasia/thailand</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 9:01:25 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Now the sea is still again.<br>The beach is clear. The tropical sun casts its usual comforting shadows across the dunes. And Mary Davis, a 10-day refugee from the London winter, sits in umbrella shade by the endless pool of the Sheraton Grande Laguna, a perfectly happy tourist on Thailand's...]]></description><author> Steve Hendrix</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Flow of Capital Soars To 'Emerging' Nations]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22604-2005Jan19.html?nav=rss_world/asia/southeastasia/thailand</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22604-2005Jan19.html?nav=rss_world/asia/southeastasia/thailand</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 9:01:25 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Private investment is pouring into developing countries at the fastest rate since just before the Asian financial crisis of the late 1990s, according to a report released yesterday by the leading international association of financial institutions.]]></description><author> Paul Blustein</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Indonesian Calls for Easing of U.S. Restrictions]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13441-2005Jan16.html?nav=rss_world/asia/southeastasia/thailand</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13441-2005Jan16.html?nav=rss_world/asia/southeastasia/thailand</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 9:01:25 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Indonesia's defense minister  on Sunday called on the United States to ease its restrictions on military relations between the two nations and to help train  Indonesian military leaders, reaching out  during the period of cooperation that has emerged in the wake of the devastating tsunami last month.]]></description><author> Josh White</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. to Leave Parts of S. Asia Soon]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11933-2005Jan15.html?nav=rss_world/asia/southeastasia/thailand</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11933-2005Jan15.html?nav=rss_world/asia/southeastasia/thailand</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 9:01:25 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The devastated western coast of Indonesia could need foreign military assistance for some time, U.S. military commanders say.]]></description><author> Josh White</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[At Thai Embassy, Inspired Activity]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8144-2005Jan13.html?nav=rss_world/asia/southeastasia/thailand</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8144-2005Jan13.html?nav=rss_world/asia/southeastasia/thailand</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 9:01:25 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Perhaps it was the cheerleaders from New Jersey who traveled to Washington to present a donation for Thai victims of last month's tsunami. Or maybe it was the little girl from Massachusetts who wrote a letter conveying her sadness about the loss of    King Bhumibol Adulyadej's  21-year-old autistic grandson, who was killed while jet-skiing at a resort.]]></description><author> Nora Boustany</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Look What Bamboo Can Do]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3295-2005Jan12.html?nav=rss_world/asia/southeastasia/thailand</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3295-2005Jan12.html?nav=rss_world/asia/southeastasia/thailand</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 9:01:25 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Bamboo, a durable favorite for floors and other building components, continues to morph into new forms. Xeno Objects, a year-old Texas company, layers the sturdy natural fibers with an eco-friendly epoxy to create curvy chairs, tables and stools. Designer Jared Hake discovered the technique while working in Thailand. "I started playing with a bamboo coaster and was enticed by the shapes it was able to make." Thus, the Nung -- Thai for "first" --  chair, built of stacked bamboo rings for "aggressive lounging," says Hake.]]></description><author> Deborah K. Dietsch</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thai Prime Minister Applauded for Tsunami Response]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59687-2005Jan8.html?nav=rss_world/asia/southeastasia/thailand</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59687-2005Jan8.html?nav=rss_world/asia/southeastasia/thailand</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 9:01:25 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Hands-on activism in the midst of the worst natural disaster has earned Thaksin plaudits even from some of his critics.]]></description><author> Keith B. Richburg</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[South Asians Find Common Cause in Aid Drives]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59586-2005Jan8.html?nav=rss_world/asia/southeastasia/thailand</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59586-2005Jan8.html?nav=rss_world/asia/southeastasia/thailand</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 9:01:25 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ MOUNTAIN LAKES, N.J. -- The day after the tsunami barreled across Indian Ocean shores, Anushka Nadarajah felt a wave of emotion wash over her. "I saw a video of a young girl who had lost her parents," the 15-year-old said. "She was asking them to come back and find her. But they were probably never coming back."]]></description><author> Darryl Fears</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Internet Lists of Missing Morph Into Bulletin Boards of Emotion]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57433-2005Jan7.html?nav=rss_world/asia/southeastasia/thailand</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57433-2005Jan7.html?nav=rss_world/asia/southeastasia/thailand</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 9:01:25 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Anthropologist Dick Sorenson had always worked at what seemed like the ends of the Earth. For 40 years, the former Smithsonian Institution scientist had wandered such places as Borneo, New Guinea, Laos and Bhutan, often by himself, studying vanishing ways of life.]]></description><author> Michael E. Ruane</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seeking Safety: A Matter Of Animal Pragmatism]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57653-2005Jan7.html?nav=rss_world/asia/southeastasia/thailand</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57653-2005Jan7.html?nav=rss_world/asia/southeastasia/thailand</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 9:01:25 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Tales of animals behaving strangely before the quake and of wildlife escaping to safety have abounded in the wake of the tsunami, raising anew questions about what these members of the animal kingdom knew that humans didn't.]]></description><author> Don Oldenburg</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Damage Is Tied to Ocean Floor]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54530-2005Jan6.html?nav=rss_world/asia/southeastasia/thailand</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54530-2005Jan6.html?nav=rss_world/asia/southeastasia/thailand</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 9:01:25 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Along the shores of Sri Lanka, the tsunami that has killed more than 140,000 people first appeared as a rapidly rising tide -- a phenomenon more akin to a quickly filling bathtub than a bona fide wave.]]></description><author> Rick Weiss</author></item></channel></rss>