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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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Some Useful links:
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
Arabian Business
World News
WSJ - Asia
Good causes:

Sister Joan - Bangkok

Regional Info:

BKK Magazine
HK Magazine
In Singapore Magazine
TimeOut Dubai
Back in the UK:
Newton Ferrers

And for fun:
Lin Ping live panda tv

EarthCam
History

BBC Archive

National Media Museum
The British Library
Imperial War Museum

There are many other links on my AOB blog page.


Today (May 2012) click here for all

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A380 speculation in Dubai

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What does it mean to be Canadian

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Apocolypse fairly soon

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A Greek tragedy

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My peace prize is bigger than theirs

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The UK's hopeless border process

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South China conflict looms

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Three new projects in Dubai approved

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Blue Moon tweeting

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Amazing Thailand - Warrant sought to open Karun's car

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One story, two versions

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Wall Street is just kids playing with dynamite

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JP Morgan's $2bn hole

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Thailand’s lèse-majesté laws - An inconvenient death

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Emirates profits hit by fuel costs

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Bonuses and Motivation

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No survivors from crashed Sukhoi Superjet

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Another BKK mall - though this one may be fun

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Singapore Air financials

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Long haul flight simulation

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From Truce to Reconciliation in Thailand

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An honourable death

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EK's message to Etihad

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Airbus finds solution to A380 cracks

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Lufthansa v Emirates

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Uncle SMS dies in Thai jail

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Chen to study in USA

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Reap what you sow

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Dreaming of a sultanate

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China: one man, two empires, an unholy mess

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Betrayed or just an unhappy ending?

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Malaysia Airlines, AirAsia share swap officially terminated

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Dubai World Central seeks anchor airline

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Nothing new here

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Dubai Properties makes money by not delivering

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Emirates goes on the offensive

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Verdict delayed for Thai media site's webmaster

 

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

May 2012 - Good reading from other sites:

Queen's lunch for monarchs attracts controversy
Italian university switches to English
Thai AirAsia’s controlling shareholder launches $145 million IPO
Crisis has altered Bahrain’s media

If you take my advice - I'd repress them
Funeral pyres lit in our dark night of shame
Ural A320 at Dubai on Mar 20th 2012, runway incursion
Cheap flights: how the add-ons add up

Abhisit’s Final Insult to Ah Kong
World's 12 best airline magazines
Behind Twists of Diplomacy in the Case of a Chinese Dissident
Bomber in Plot on U.S. Airliner Is Said to Be a Double Agent  (this is an extraordinary story!)

What Is the World's Most Economically Powerful City?
Excuse me: Gassy dinosaurs helped warm Earth
Concerns over delayed verdict in criminal case against free media advocate
Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng backtracks on asylum request
Foreigners might help us see the truth
England unveil Roy Hodgson with gleam of orderly optimism
Airlines and subsidies - our position (Emirates)



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2011 Dubai Air Show

News Archive - April 2012

AOB  March and April 2012

A personal flying history

Tai's travels - now with improved picture galleries

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Photo Albums (hosted on Picasa/Google+)
USA Road Trip - April 2012
Hong Kong - April 2012
Bangkok - March 2012

Dubai - out and about - February 2012
Ras al Khaimah and Khasab
Al Mamzar beach Dubai

An afternoon in Sharjah

On the beach at JBR

Dubai Marathon
A walk around Business Bay

Cricket in Dubai

Dubai - January 2012

New Year Fireworks in Dubai

Dubai - December 2011

London and Brighton - November 2011

2011 Dubai Air Show final day

2011 Dubai Air Show

Spain - October 2011
Le weekend en Provence

Old style Chiang Mai

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Dubai Watch Before the financial meltdown everyone was heading for Dubai. 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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