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Welcome to rascott.com.

This is a personal site that reflects my interests in news, current affairs, aviation and travel.

email me at robert@rascott.com

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Photo Albums
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.

Please use this link to see my list of photo albums.

Some Useful links:
Information:
Met Office Volcano watch

World Time Clock
Exchange Rates

Journalism:

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

The Guardian - UK
BBC World News
CNN Asia
Bangkok Post

Daylife.com - news

Gulf News
Arabian Business
Good causes:

Sister Joan - Bangkok

Regional Info:

BKK Magazine
HK Magazine
In Singapore Magazine
TimeOut Dubai
Travel:
Circle of Asia

Tales of Asia
Smart Travel Asia
Finance:
FinanceAsia

Aviation:
Amadeus (airline schedules)
Airliners - aviation forum

Thailand Info
thailand.com
learningthai.com
sawadee.com

bangkok a-z
Back in the UK:

Newton Ferrers

Government:

The "new" White House

Photography
Denis Olivier - black and white

And for fun:
Lin Ping live panda tv

EarthCam

The opinions expressed on these pages are entirely personal unless they are credited; you may not agree with all, or anything, that I write. So please use the feedback page to respond, comment or berate me.                                 

My 2010 World Cup Blog

 

Today (July 2010) click here for all
 

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Sign of the times

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Thai probe of journalist deaths called inadequate

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LinkedIn dollars

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Escape at Riyadh

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One rule for some

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Let's hear it for Chongqing's lawmakers

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A Thailand update

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Thaksin strikes back

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Leaving Asia' shade

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Not normal in Bangkok

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Dubai's continuing debt problem

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Campaign shows lingering divisions in Thailand

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EK's thirty 777s order is not new Boeing revenue

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Another fine mess

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Thailand's no limited censorship

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Bangkok's stupid war

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Washington Post sends a message to Abhisit

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Keep on clogging

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Clogs of war

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Another Brit jailed in Dubai

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UAE airlines to recruit 80,000 staff in a decade

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Rejoice - Arabtec is paid something

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The trouble with Twitter

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Thailand - Licence to kill

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Irreconcilable differences

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Why the CRES is wrong

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Thailand's red shirts vow to fight on

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Carrefour to leave Thailand

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The Queen is coming

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One rule for some

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Emirates flying into protectionism

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What happened to the RTA/Emirates contract?

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Lockerbie bomber alive and well

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The curious case of UAE banks

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He dies; she is jailed; only in Dubai

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The fragile peace may not last until the poll

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Emirates Wins with Big Planes and Low Costs

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The crushing of debate in Thailand

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Spoiling for a fight

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Spies like us

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flydubai announces flights to northern Iraq
 

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July 2010 - Good reading from other sites.

It's India's poor who need British aid, not its military and business elites (Guardian)

UNESCO 1962 ruling - Temple of Preah Vihear (Cambodia v. Thailand)

Burma in Limbo, Part 1

Shooting the messenger in Singapore

A new journalism on the horizon

Eamonn Holmes gets the BBC jokes eating away at him banned

The Bangkok Massacres; A call for accountability

Contented in Hua Hin

Dubai emerges from a sea of troubles

How do you hold a majlis in 140 letters or less?
The sad saga of Salt Spring Coffee

Severiano Ballesteros denied an emotional return to St Andrews

Octavia Nasr's firing and what The Liberal Media allows

Dubai: A trade to ply

UAE royals see fortunes shrink amid global crisis - Forbes

Thailand - Licence to Kill

Dubai investment body sues former MD

Dubai jail 'more like an army camp'
Anna Chapman - Pretty Russian Spy (there must be a movie to come from this story)

 

Other new or recent content on this web site:

 

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June 2010 news update

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AOB May and June 2010

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May 2010 news update

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UK election watch

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Executive Towers - The reality

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A personal flying history

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Tai's travels - now with improved picture galleries

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Photo Albums

Wedding pictures from "PamFolio"

My own photographs have been moved off this site and are now stored on Picasa. The most recent picture updates:

Hua Hin - July 2010
Amp and A - wedding dinner in Bangkok
Newton Ferrers - June 2010
World Cup Dinner
Lamma Island with Alex
Broken Bangkok
Mother-in-Law does the UAE
Dubai Panorama
Sydney - May 2010
With the red shirts
Amp's leaving party
Beach Days
Flat warming
Greece with Alex - Easter 2010
Burj Dubai/Khalifa
Dubai 2010
Old style Chiang Mai
Bangkok and Chiang Mai - February 2010
A day with Tai at the Burj Khalifa
Lunchtime around the Burj Khalifa
Executive Towers - Tower B - Handover
Hong Kong - Tung Chung and Nong Ping 360
Burj Dubai/Khalifa opening ceremony
Christmas in Dubai updated for 2009
Bam, Tai and Lynn in the old town, Dubai
UAE National Day - 2 December
Dubai Air Show - 2009
Paris - in Black and White
Greece and Paris in October 2009
Newton Ferrers, Devon Coast, Wembury.
Switzerland

Please use this link to see my list of photo albums.

UNESCO 1962 ruling - Temple of Preah Vihear (Cambodia v. Thailand)

 

 

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Dubai Watch Before the current 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


Asian and Middle East Aviation

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Dubai's LCC

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Asia's Low Cost Airlines - all you need to know

 

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:

Africa
Europe
Asia and Australia
Americas

The Business of Emirates Airline is reviewed here.