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My photographs have been moved off this site and are now stored on Picasa. They were simply taking up too much space on my web host.
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Information:
World Time Clock
Exchange Rates

Journalism:
ForeignPolicy

Nationsonline.org
Project Syndicate
Amnesty International
Reporters w/o borders

The Guardian
BBC World News
CNN Asia
Bangkok Post

Daylife.com - news

Gulf News
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Good causes:

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In Singapore Magazine
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Back in the UK:
Newton Ferrers

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Lin Ping live panda tv

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There are many other links on my AOB blog page.


Today (June) click here for all

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The separation of the Murdochs

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EK A380 to LAX

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Dubai is second most romantic city in the world...for sugar daddies

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Emirates launches its newest London attraction

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NSA surveillance: The US is behaving like China

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Casino Dubai’s Rebound Pitch Ignored by Global Investors

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Brokeback Summit

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Focus on PRISM

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Is Dubai out of control - again?

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The myth of don't do evil

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Ho invests in Jetstar

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Burma or Myanmar

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How problems at DXB determine EK's future planning

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American freedom on the line

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Emirates route rumours

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House of Saud: built on sand

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Emirates route rumours

June 2013 - Worthwhile reading from other sites:

Tony Blair strikes gold in Mongolia
The Vogue Interview: Wendi Deng
The ‘secrecy industrial complex’
Rupert Murdoch files for divorce from wife Wendi Deng Murdoch
NYU booting blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng amid Shanghai expansion: sources

IMF warns against borrowing binge as Dubai government companies' debt rises
NSA scandal: God save us from the lawyers
Obama is checking your email
John Oliver hosts The Daily Show without Jon Stewart – triumphantly
“The True Story of the Bilderberg Group” and What They May Be Planning Now
Inside the United States
White masks, red masks and royalist communists

After Newtown shooting, mourning parents enter into the lonely quiet

Tourist Family Safely Returned To Thailand After Harrowing Night On Soi 3
Ashes series likely to bring out the feral in England and their fans
Thailand's saddest secret
Emirates Balk at Activism in Region Hit by Uprisings
China Inside Out
Madness in Myanmar and minorities in Muslim lands
Rohingya Population Control: The Onslaught In Burma Continues
Can Aung San Suu Kyi turn Myanmar around?
Thuggish Phuket taxis targeted after 12 hotels complain (sadly - don't expect anything to change)
After Decades of Neglect, Pakistan Rusts in Its Tracks
David James on playing in Iceland, the freezing cold island with eight million puffins... and one new football hero
The Wonderful Liveries of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner
Chinese Netizens Defiantly Remember Tiananmen Sq.
Thailand's Toothless Human Rights Commission
Dubai booms again on back of the Arab Spring
Behind Singapore's Internet Crackdown
The fight against Thailand’s archaic and militaristic education system
In Thailand’s Schools, Vestiges of Military Rule
John Barnes: Star of Maracana is still fighting for a higher goal

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Other recent content on this web site:

Returning to Japan

AOB - March and April 2013
News Archive - May 2013

London 2012 (notes and links)

Tales from the Road - from Houston to Los Angeles - April 2012

2011 Dubai Air Show

A personal flying history

Tai's travels - now with improved picture galleries

Your feedback - here
 

Photo Albums (hosted on Picasa/Google+)
Hokkaido - May 2013

Tokyo - May 2013

Divonne and Geneva - April 2013
Lyon - April 2013

Dubai - April 2013

Kanchanaburi - March 2013

Bangkok - March 2013

Dubai - March 2013

Singapore - February 2013

Dubai - February 2013

Devon - January 2013

London - January 2013

Chiang Mai and Bangkok - January 2013
Cosplay Day in Bangkok
Dubai - January 2013

Majorca - November 2012
Barcelona - November 2012

Prague - October 2012

Berlin, Potsdam, Dresden - October 2012

Washington - September 2012

The Scottish Album
Geneva and the Lake District

USA Road Trip - Tai's pictures
USA Road Trip - April 2012
Ras al Khaimah and Khasab
2011 Dubai Air Show final day

2011 Dubai Air Show

Old style Chiang Mai

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Dubai Watch The financial meltdown of 2007-2009 appears forgotten as everyone appears to be heading back to Dubai. False bravado or a new dawn. The lull before the next storm? You decide. You can read news, commentary and find Dubai web links at Dubai Watch. There are also some Dubai pictures and this is Dubai on a misty February morning


Emirates Watch - As EK continues its plan for world domination you can follow  the airline's news here. Emirates Airline Watch

Tai's pictures from her travels with Emirates are here:

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