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The 2006 World Cup January 2012 News Archive: Twitter turns evil?; Case study: Kraft’s takeover of Cadbury; Records broken in Dubai marathon; Jetstar Japan hypes its ambitions; Thai PM impresses India; The meaning of cricket; Thai Army Chief tells Nitirat group to think again; Etihad takes 40% of Air Seychelles, On the RAK; The rise and rise of the megacity; The threat hanging over Thailand; Cricket needs to support its real fans; The coming demise of the Metropolitan Hotel; Dubai's missed opportunity; Those in peril on the sea; Dubai financial markets reality check; Air Asia Ex?; Security alert, recall, recalled; "Accused slapper yet to appear"; The end of sodomy 2.0; EK runway incursion at Sydney; how serious?; Sunset over Dubai; Waiting for the man; EK Airbus in emergency landing at CPT; dnata acquires travel republic and a potential headache; EK to HCMC from June; Westjet's risky path; The march of democracy; Looking ahead to 2012; Firework traffic chaos; Nakheel continues its abuses January 2012 - Good reading from other sites:
Calls for change over Thai 'royal insult' law
December 2011 News Archive
BK stars in MI-4;Thailand's false peace; Paranoia in Hong Kong; An out of touch
Pope; With population milestone, is Dubai back in the high life again?; Centre
starts monitoring lese majeste; In Thailand, Support for King Grows Bellicose;
Both the FT and Robert Amsterdam are wrong; Melbourne and Tokyo to get EK's
A380; Etihad takes major stake in Air Berlin; A tough year for the bad guys; The
best job in golf; The road home?; The airline with a little bit extra; December2011 - Good reading from other sites:
Test of time; in defense of a game that last five days
November 2011 News Archive
President raises salaries of Federal Government staff, The UK's terminal demise?
Thai minister "certain" military killed Reuters cameraman, Beware of falling
masonry, 20 years for 4 text messages, The coming demise of Thomas Cook,
Emirates plans for Facebook, Leveson inquiry: Hugh Grant delivers damning
testimony, DWC passenger terminal to be ready by early 2012, The next financial
crisis will be hellish, and it’s on its way, Emirates flypast and tall orders,
Flydubai to shift base to DWC Al Maktoum Airport, Emirates adds a third daily
A380 to Heathrow, Emirates fleet to reach over 250 planes by 2020, As the floods
recede, the temperature increases, Cruise fever outbreak in Dubai, Eastern
Express to take off from Fujairah, Dubai speed machine defies slowdown,
Emirates: Dubai airline’s bid to be biggest takes off, Fake mob goes viral in
Dubai, Emirates Airline readies for Dubai Airshow, Bangkok flood update, The
beach police, Bangkok doesn't deserve its special protection and privilege,
Sinking Bangkok - floods a precursor, flydubai starts 45th route to Tbilisi, Big
ambitions for Middle east airlines, Bangkok's perfect storm, Golf's spoiled
brats, Luther's scary brilliance, Dubai Group's growing debt crisis, Pakistan
and England in the UAE 2012 schedule, Saving cricket, Emirates profits slump
during first half of 2011-2012, Business Bay construction saga continues...,
Madrid's nightclub therapy, Singapore roots for Scoot, ‘Reshoring’ jobs from
China won’t happen, Qantas flies again but problems unsolved October 2011- Good reading from other sites:
Joyce’s wildcat move has mauled the Flying Kangaroo September 2011 News Archive
Filipino maid wins landmark HK case on residency; Thailand: the
high price of freebies; Press release of the day; Gulf royalty pretends it is a
special case; EK's new routes; EK's US growth; The Nazis are back in Chiang Mai;
From 707 to 787; Pan AM - on TV; One election, two stories; Easyjet versus
Fastjet; Cottoning on; A piece of Canada on Sheikh Zayeed Road; Camfrog Thaksin;
Let them default; England Pakistan schedule; Nakheel's silted sukuk; Thai Smile
design unveiled; The UAE's quiet election; America's death penalty is wrong;
Emirates adds Lusaka and Harare in 2012; Making sense of the daily deal; Apple's
new UAE online store; FlyDubai launches Belgrade in November; The Twelve
Attributes of a Truly Great Place to Work; Corruption in Thailand begins right
at school; Five years on; Thai agency seeks new probe into death of Reuters
cameraman; Foreign Investors Turn Wary as Bangkok Starts Dabbling in the
Financial System; Phuket's decline; Flood hazard; Beijing's new airport plans
outshine Dubai; O'Emirates; Gaddafi’s and west’s love of the big lie; We
betrayed our values with torture; Managing the swiss franc; It's out with the
old, in with the new for Nok Air cabin crews; Glamour in the skies; Top ten
safest airlines; Emirates 777 continued flight after loud bang, messages -
report; Melbourne replaces Vancouver as the 'most liveable' city; Topless air
hostesses and champagne pool parties
Nazism in our brainwashed upbringing August 2011 News Archive Cathay to offer premium economy; Rewarded for bad behaviour; EK adds more HKG; Emirates engine incident; Gulf Air incident at Cochin; We're all terror suspects now; Going going; Qatar's 2020 Olympic bid; Is Scoot Air the new SQ brand?; FlyDubi seeks Belgrade rights; First class travel that is fit for a sheik; Should I, or not?; ID card farce; ‘Love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear’; Thai's silly name airline; Time for mouldy old fourth major to change; Thaksin's travels are bad luck for Yingluck; A Year of campaigning; Cameron's idiotic position on social networks; Blowing a good career; 'Strategic partnership' or monopoly?; The moral decay of our society is as bad at the top as the bottom; EK updates; Is EK missing out on China?; Emirates message to Airbus; Why?; Mall shambles; Anything for a dollar; Germany "releases royal jet"; Panic on the streets of London; China, China, China; The race to the Antarctic; Air Asia's strange MAS deal; Flydubai launches flight(s) to Ahmedabad; China's debt message - 2; Sacked stewardess stranded in UAE; China's debt message; Fun in a Cathay cockpit?; The problem with the Swiss franc; Thailand's PM elect; The End of Obama; Confusion over Statement August 2011- Good reading from other sites:
The City: Beijing (Ai WeiWei) July 2011 News Archive Revamped Don Muang Terminal Ready for Service; Emirates gets Real; From Ambridge to Dubai; What happened on AF447?; Puea Thai takes charge next week; Where will the NOTW scandal end?; No one to blame but themselves; Not plane sailing; Illegal children will be confiscated; Norway's attacks reveal world of hatred; Another day, another airplane; EK operating updates; Parish 'bullies' force vicar to flee his flock; Ten years on - and another carve-up; How not to land an A380; You can keep the jet; Murdoch catches a pie - and a break; Quick guide to the News Corp hacking scandal; Move the Volvo golf from Bahrain; Picking strawberries while hiding cars; Hail strike diverts EK flight; Songs as the key of life; The quiet crackdown in a tourist playground; DAE - from bubble to busted; UAE's mission impossible - cooling the desert; Crown Prince's jet impounded in Germany; Rome strains Italophile Germans; Air Asia X to move to Gatwick; What the papers won't say; Can EK salvage Qantas cockpit crew; Malaysia's discontent; The coming demise of Watford; Climbing through the clouds; The revenge of the Dems; The lowest low; Murdoch stuns critics, shuts down scandal-hit paperThe News of the World is gone - for now; China's unnecessary secrecy; The Nation's nonsense; Thailand - a divisive dynasty; Going to extremes - from the city to the farm; DXB announces strategic plan to 2020; Political headwinds for Thailand's airlines; A Maverick Festival review; Etihad to Shanghai; Still too little and too late; Etihad can do Chengdu?; Thailand's new PM Yingluck Shinawatra secures agreement with coalition colleagues; flyDubai's Russian growth; Singapore's Tiger Woes; Winning smile; A Thai government wish list; Thailand votes - what happens next?; Who wins Thailand’s election matters less than how the loser copes with defeat. July 2011- Good reading from other sites:
Pakistani troops aid Bahrain's crackdown
June 2011 News Archive This is not going to work; Too little too late; Thailand's fickle democracy; Affordable homes plan for Newton Ferrers
village; Emirates on the decline; Do not forget the Bahrain doctors who dared to
speak out; Thai story continues; Lucky Yingluck; Thai story turns rumours into reality;
Exiled Thai Prime Minister Awaits Chance to
Return; flydubai launches Damman; C-in-C's advice ratchets up the worry factor; China's damning comments on Thai army's
election campaign; Contrasting campaigns; Too hot for the Generals; Vancouver's predictable disgrace; Save up for Faye; Dubai tempts once again but dangers still lurk;
''Thailand Must Be United Again'; Thai General Weighs In on National Election; Emirates adds Baghdad from November; Robert's power dressing guide; Thailand's potash saga; The beauty of the Lake District; Emirates re-launches third daily flight to
Sydney; EK rejected take-off; In my dreams; A sporting decision that betrays the people of
Bahrain; End the gag on Thai citizens; Emirates pays for a glowing report card; Etihad also pushing for additional Canada
rights; Thailand's litter police scam; Insecure Gulf: The End of Certainty and the
Transition to the Post-Oil Era Exiled Thai leader's sister poised to become country's first female PM Stuck at the airport -- for 80 days Wikileaks cables, truth and Thailand The Kinky Beasts of 'True Blood' 'True Blood' Recap: Let's Do the Time Warp My husband was abducted by Bahrain 'security' Gen Prayuth, erratic and worrisome
If you pack a vibrator, don't get shaken by TSA Among 'red shirt' villagers in Thailand
In pictures: Second longest lunar eclipse of the century Can Bahrain's government sue the Independent for libel? First resort on The World to open Bahrain in the shadow of the Libya War
Swat the flies and tell the truth – live on al-Jazeera Thailand's political sensation Candidate in Thailand Follows Path of Kin The proper role of the armed forces in Thai democracy Wrigley Is Wrigley, and Nothing Else Is Thomson Reuters to War Reporters: Your Careers Are Expendable The Hangover Part II - the coup The man who screwed an entire country Life, the Universe and Everything Thai Election Campaign Posters Relax: China’s First Aircraft Carrier is a Piece of Junk May 2011 Why education is at the heart of Thailand's problems; Thaksin Shinawatra: Exiled in Dubai – but still he dreams of Thailand; From Dubai exile, Thaksin waits for Thai political winds to change; Driven to drink by Hangover 2; Congress to Palestinians; drop dead; SIA to form long-haul low-cost subsidiary; An African American Irish President; Tweetdecked; EK adds Germany flights; Dubai pins hopes on aerotropolis vision but project on go-slow; Recording Indicates Pilot Wasn't In Cockpit During Critical Phase; 17 reds summoned to hear charges; fly Dubai's Indian expansion; Poor, confused Thai Airways; A year has gone by without any answers; A year on, mystery shrouds Thailand's deadly unrest; Goodluck Yingluck - she will need it; Will the Thai election change anything?; Notes from Hong Kong; Thailand's most wanted; Why no outcry over these torturing tyrants?; More fiction from Dubai Properties; Thinking the unthinkable on Europe's debt crisis; Fixing an eletion; A terminal four at DXB; The GCC's strange expansion; Analysis - Reforms sidelined along with Bahrain's crown prince; Open - sort of; Emirates announces record profits; You have been Skyped; Thai historian to be charged for monarchy comments; Inept ASEAN is the sum of its parts; What will Qatar announce at the Paris Air Show?; 5 more years of PAPAs election nears, Thailand's military starts shooting; DXB plans Terminal 2 extension; Mr. Clegg, the tribe has spoken; Was bin Laden armed; who cares?; Dubai Airports growth projections; Was he betrayed? Of course.Pakistan knew Bin Laden's hiding place all along; Descent into Chaos; In Canada Tories win with majority; Plymouth Airport to close; Commander-in-chief keeps cool head; Bin Laden dead; Questionable allies; Bin Laden died in house close to military academy; Yes to AV - just Yes or No; Canada votes again, and again, and again; This voice from another side. May 2011- Good reading from other sites:
Relax: China’s First Aircraft Carrier is a Piece of Junk Thaksin denies Thai leadership plans (ABC video) Qatar's Bin Hammam accused of buying 2022 World Cup Air France crash inquiry details pilots' battle for survival 'The Hangover Part II': Follow the wolf pack's Thailand trail Thai army backtracks on the conspiracy to overthrow the monarchy chart Killings at Wat Pathum Wanaram Ajman resident targets to have 100 children
Thai Military Looms over July Polls At I.M.F., Men on Prowl and Women on Guard Is the military really protecting our monarchy? The GE 2011 Political Demise of Lee Kuan Yew: A Supreme Irony What will airports of the future look like? Secret Desert Force Set Up by Blackwater’s Founder (in the UAE) Strange encounter at a Saudi airport The FA has helped devalue its own Cup Thailand’s high-stakes gamble after crackdown
Lee Brown's family launch appeal for information UAE lures investors as 'Switzerland of Middle East' Poor upkeep may drive down rental prices in Dubai's JBR
What Happened to Air France Flight 447? Blindfolded, beaten and tortured: grim new testimony reveals fate of Bahrain's persecuted doctors Injunctions, Twitter and the law Malaysia blames Thailand over Cambodia border clash Thai PM Abhisit has deep pockets but a short memory Nuanced values of post-Osama world The Finland Phenomenon: Inside the World's Most Surprising School System Seve Ballesteros's life and career in pictures In Singapore, Political Campaigning Goes Viral Thailand’s political high wire Osama bin Laden death: How family scene in compound turned to carnage Bigger, Taller, Better? Architecture and Modernity in Contemporary Dubai Emaar chairman Alabbar plots $10bn mining empire Middle class, elite must take the blame for country's ills (The Nation) Notes on the death of Osama bin Laden Press Briefing by Senior Administration Officials on the Killing of Osama bin Laden Canada set for election, but result impossible to call White House Correspondents Dinner 2011 (watch the Obama show!) Tortured by tradition (Bangkok Post)
April 2011 A
day for turning cartwheels;Nice's sporting 22R Saleya approach; Green joins red
and yellow on Thailand's political battlefield; The must have wedding souvenir;
Not so Nice; Guantánamo piled lie upon lie through the momentum of its own
existence; Dubai seen as a refuge amid turbulence; Dubai’s Business Bay
struggling to attract tenants; The wedding invite shambles; Thaksin's policy non
starters; iPad, iPhone, i do; BSkyB - because you want to know; Briton dies in
Dubai Jail; Red Dawn - a remake; Tim Scott shatters marathon personal best;
Keeping abreast of the news from Bangkok; Open letter to BSkyB; A fishy soap
opera; Watford's questionable new owner; City plus Airport equals future; China
crackdown driven by fears of a broad conspiracy; He boldy went where no one has
gone before; First EKA380 to Shanghai; Another Green Line Delay in Dubai;
Emirates smoke diversion; Concerns about the rise of Gulf carriers; NOTW's
Wapping payout; Neighbours keep close eye on success of Dubai scheme; Qatar is
the thinking man's Dubai; Emirates launches Rio and Buenos Aires; Update on
Bahrain; The skeleton in the Thai election cupboard; How not to do a media
interview; Dubai does and donts; Rise and Shine; Winning pays for Indian team;
Qatar an Unlikely Champion of; Arab Democracy; Plutonium and Mickey Mouse April 2011- Good reading from other sites. The creeping coup (R Amsterdam on Thailand) The royal wedding finds Britain sitting in a puddle of feudal nostalgia Trump, birtherism and race-baiting ANALYSIS-As election looms, Thai generals go on offensive - Reuters Income equality - Economist (note for Thailand) A Fairytale Wedding? What Nonsense! Brave New Reuters? Apparently not Thomson Reuters to War Reporters: Your Careers Are Expendable The Guantanamo Files - Wikileaks Guantánamo files lift lid on world's most controversial prison Barack Obama must speak out on Bahrain bloodshed
Crackdown on Royal Comment Grows in Thailand
Bahrain escapes censure by West as crackdown on protesters intensifies Martin Amis bemoans England's 'moral decrepitude' (read the comments as well!) Thais Are Shocked, Shocked by Topless Dancers WSJ on Iran vs. Saudi (The Arabist) The new cold war (WSJ) While the Saudi elite looks nervously abroad, a revolution is happening What happened to the Arab Spring? Tony Tyler takes flight to a new horizon Accidental Tourist: Thai water torture Ai Weiwei's blog - A digital rallying cry CNN arrests expose crackdown in Bahrain United Airlines pilot, control tower conversation: 8 minutes and 44 seconds of steely calm Avoiding the grip of Singapore Inc Bahrain’s Rulers Tighten Their Grip on Battered Opposition Coups in Thailand - never say never Holidays in Hell: Bali's Ongoing Woes An Artist Takes Role of China’s Conscience Returning to ‘the New Bahrain’: It’s a Sadder Place Thai private eye lifts curtain on cheating spouses Wayne Rooney swore – so what? It's the response that's offensive The trials of Nunavut: Lament for an Arctic nation Thailand in Market for German Subs Of the 1%, by the 1%, for the 1% Gulf Arabs give camel racing modern facelift Muttiah Muralitharan is a magician whose prestige will never fade Qatar's Quest to Become the Leading Arab State In the wake of the quake - Burma March 2011 - Maids saving SingaporeThailand; A Democratic Failure and Its Lessons for the Middle East; The birth of an Obama doctrine; ME turmoil is Dubai's gain; Oh Canada - here we go again; Gulf News loses the plot; What is the point of the Thai parliament; BKK rail link suspended; Could the UAE be next for Middle East political unrest?; Your life for your child's education; Nonsense from the Gulf News; Snakes almost on an EK plane; UAE clarifies stand on no-fly zone in Libya (or not); Emirates expansion upsets Austrian; A mistaken war; Arab League duplicity; Koh Lanta - less than paradise; Calling in the big guns; Land of scams; Pot, kettle, black; The demise of Bahrain; Confused justice; Bahrain calls for state of emergency; Qatar's expansion plans could include acquisition; Japan's nuclear risk; Missed opportunity in Chiang Mai; Update from Dubai airports; The fight for Libya; Emirates Airline to hire another 4,000 cabin crew; China dragon grows in the UAE; Another Dubai property woes story; Obnoxious Brits; UK and Libya: Fumbling in the desert; Another delay for Dubai's new airport; TV's surprising and messy grey morality show; Will Dubai weather the storm?; Emirates airline sued over passenger death; Suvarnabhumi: a bad experience for travellers?; Once again the army shows who runs Thailand; Taxi kills British sailor in Dubai; Dubai private school fees are frozen again; Relaunching Open Skies March 2011- Good reading from other sites.
When a Girl Is Executed … for Being Raped Quakebook’: Bloggers Respond With Twitter-Sourced Charity Book
What is the point of the Makkasan Air Terminal? Bahrain: how did it come to this? Schadenfreude and Sympathy in Shanghai BBC team's Libya ordeal in their own words 39 missions, 39 patches for space shuttle Discovery What Charlie Sheen tells us about China Understanding Libya's Michael Corleone Desperate, Fading Celebrity Couple Attempts Last-Ditch Celebrity Divorce Thousands of Indians in jails abroad The South China Morning Post's Revolving Door Revolves Again U.S. Wavers on 'Regime Change' Why reform in the Gulf monarchies is a family feud Yunus departs as the Empire strikes back Macau: where China likes to spend it The LSE's Libya connection is only the tip of the iceberg Oman's Sultan Qaboos: a classy despot
Concerns of Thai whitewash in killing of Reuters' Muramoto Wikileaks Goes After The Saudi Royal Family February 2011 Qatar starts Montreal at the end of June; China's heavy handed controls; DSI changes its story - no one believes it; A nation mourns!; Aerotropolis: -The Way We'll Live Next; Revolts expose tawdry policies of west; Al Maktoum to get some general aviation; Thank goodness for The Gulf News;; Assange to be extradited; Libya fall out will be a crisis; Cities to live in; If not now, when?; Cruel. Vainglorious. Steeped in blood.; Advantage UAE; Libya on the edge; Thailand's airline start-ups; In Bahrain the Bullets Fly; Emaar's Pavilion Gallery; Welcome to our building site; Skirting the issue; Enter the orange shirts; Manx 2 in shameful legal dispute; Dubai airshow remains at DXB for 2011; Thuggery in Bahain should be condemned; The not so adventurous Aussies; The dogfight over Canadian skies; A limited vote; Reality check - modern TV golf is dull; Temple trouble; Dubai, the LSE and the TMX; Egypt's euphoria; Tiger in the desert; Avoiding a New Pharaoh; The Pharaoh Refuses to Go; Protest impact on Emirates; New A380 business class unveiled on Koh Lanta; Scoring a quick single on Emirates; Thai Tiger going nowhere soon; The wrong side of history; Build a wall; Be careful with that wok!; Flip flop Blatter; Dubai Airports to focus on existing terminals; The Tim Hortons' news gets better; Magnificent men in their flying machines; Deadly clash on Thai Cambodian border; How to maximise DXB, by making JXB work; The continuing woes of Dubai Aerospace; Now it is Qantas against Emirates; Singaporeans told to breed in rabbit year; Canadian favourite Tim Hortons to open shop in UAE; Emirates delivery plans for 2011/2012; Malawi To Make Farting In Public Illegal; Coup fever in Thailand; Terror in Tahrir; A cautionary tale for UAE photographers; Egypt: Death throws of a dictatorship; Dubai sandstorm; Serious allegations that Thai government will ignore; Fitness trainer dies on Emirates flight; Deadlock in Egypt; Oman uncovers UAE spy network. February 2011- Good reading from other sites.
Wikileaks Goes After The Saudi Royal Family Far from Myanmar's political turmoil, Inle Lake is an island of calm What does the Arab world do when its water runs out?
Chongqing: Hectic, sprawling symbol of China's economic success My Week In A Warzone: Covering The Conflict Between Thailand and Cambodia
Mubarak, Berlusconi and the King of Thailand: The 10 richest
world leaders Loose stalks posing as a sheaf
Is Thailand's prime minister secretly British?
The U.A.E.: A boom town where dollars trump democracy In post-Mubarak Egypt, the rebirth of the Arab world For Egypt, this is the miracle of Tahrir Square The Secret Rally That Sparked an Uprising Selling the sky: the man who made Airbus number one Istanbul trembles at pace of change Qantas, Joyce and the bleeding obvious Even the Middle Ground is Perilous in Cairo Mubarak intensifies press attacks with assaults, detentions Arab World Faces Its Uncertain Future How Cairo, U.S. Were Blindsided by Revolution
Massive transports helping Canadian Forces deal with banishment from U.A.E. The battle of Cairo is over, or is it? January 2011: Dubai sandstorm; Serious allegations that Thai government will ignore; Fitness trainer dies on Emirates flight; Deadlock in Egypt; Oman uncovers UAE spy network; Davos is silent as Egypt burns; Why the BBC world service cuts are bad; Desert airplane; Analyst says plenty of new markets for Emirates' A380s; A new truth dawns on the Arab world; Egypt follows Tunisia; Mandela's health alarms his nation; Qatar world cup under pressure; PC Air - an airline with something extra; Thai Inquiry Into Violence Falters; UK media shame; Etihad flight diverts after bomb threat; Wikileaks Arabia; Another strike out by Air Canada; Canada/UAE dispute simmers along; Airport nonsense from Phuket; China - global hawk or global citizen; Emirates needs some new friends; The brutal truth about Indonesia; Big changes coming; Beijing feels that time is on its side; Arab despots should heed events in Tunisia; Still in a debt hole?; What does Tunisia mean for the Middle East?; Thunderbirds may go - again; And on and on....; On and on and on and on....; Drop the gloves with UAE; Harper to UAE - give me a break; Qatar will be a winter world cup; Predicting another Thai airline failure; England's Aussie demolition job; flydubai's unusual success story; Coffee spill grounds airliner; Emirates leaves rivals in slipstream; Dubai Holding looks to clear debt cloud; Debt forgetfulness; The risk of war in the Middle East; Testing waters, embarrassing Thais; Thailand's road carnage; The full story of one of Canada's deadliest days in Afghanistan; UAE acting like a spoiled child; Matching ambition with organisation; What is going on? January 2011- Good reading from other sites. The Egyptian revolution threatens an American-imposed order of Arabophobia and false choices
A report card for Air Asia Watford shine in spotlight but promotion may not be a desirable goal Emirates' airline hopes on wing and prayer Carey Mulligan: A modern movie star is born Conditions of Dubai's immigrant workers highlighted Dispute over the state of The World
The Rise of Chinese Cheneys How we'll fly in 2025 -- NASA's vision Tunisia - Watching and waiting 'UAE deserves an apology from Canadian PM' Dubai paper off base on Canada Tampa airport runways renumbered due to magnetic north movement
In the company of a legend (cricket) Qatar has 11 years to vindicate Fifa's strange decision to hand them 2022 World Cup Foundations for England success laid two years ago The Man Who Spilled the Secrets How did Quakers conquer the British sweet shop? Why EL PAÍS chose to publish the leaks Diplomats Help Push Sales of Jetliners on the Global Market
New Year picture album 2010 News Archive December 2010: What is going on?; Going too far; flydubai to Chittagong; Beware the watermelons; When Harvey met Bob; England's white, unpleasant land; EK 29 diverts and then gets stuck at BHX; Emirates lashes out at BAA amid winter chaos; Bling the halls with too much jewelry; Heathrow chaos; Let it snow; Thai media and government unite in confusion; Wikileaks on the big issues in Thailand; The rights and wrongs of hacktivism; The slow demise of DAE; flydubai's new Saudi routes; The cost of eliminating an ex PM; Dubai's North Korean restaurant; Questions from Bangkok; Singaporean diplomats neighborly views; A Wie problem with the Par 5s; Probe reveals Thai troops' role in civilian deaths; Fifa backtracking on Qatar 2022; Liu Xiaobo – a democratic hero forged in the fire of Tiananmen Square; The right reaction; Shame on countries boycotting Nobel ceremony; Second technical win for Democrats; The man who kicked the hornet's nest; Two steps backward; Wikileaks deserves protection, not threats and attacks; Assange arrested and detained in UK; Dubai delays passenger launch at new airport; Fifa says Russia 2018 and Qatar 2012; Press freedom: The Singapore grip; EK changes for 2011. December 2010 - Good reading from other sites. Pai Canadian murder - the dilatory truth The Julian Assange Investigation -- Let's Clear the Air of Misinformation Humility the hardest lesson for humbled Australia (note - written by an Aussie!) The Ashes 2010: England continues eternal fight with Australian potency Golfing shankers told there is no need for 'Fore!' Singapore needs to get over its condom phobia Amazing aerial photos of frozen London A Holiday Message from Ricky Gervais: Why I’m An Atheist Reuters pictures of the year - 2010
The inhumane conditions of Bradley Manning's detention WikiLeaks may make the powerful howl, but we are learning the truth
Andrew Buncombe: I didn't see who shot me – but those who were looking have few
doubts Anti-human rights forces dig in, regional group warns - AHRC Qantas QF32 flight from the cockpit Julian Assange Captured by World's Dating Police Panda Lin Ping Makes A Break For It Live with the WikiLeakable world or shut down the net. It's your choice. The Shameful Attacks on Julian Assange Thailand's Withering Democracy Leading to Political Impasse Retreat and revenge: England's options after their 2018 World Cup snub Qatar is more boring than backward A small stage, a ping pong bomb and a burning spirit house Is the Thai Military Torturing Muslim Detainees? November 2010 World Cup sites face D-day; Democrats win; democracy loses; After a year of living dangerously, Dubai is getting back to basics; Wikileaks tells us what we already know; Abhisit's last days?; One year on - Dubai begins to rebuild; Tiger Woods dream evaporates in the desert; Flying into trouble; Emirates and Qantas planes '40 seconds from collision'; Pilot fatigue debate reaches UAE media; Emirates wish list; Among the Dead After Phnom Penh Stampede; Second blast ends all hope; Kuwait bans digital slrs; One year on; Missing the point; Mining miracle unlikely in NZ; Euro crisis?; Never a truer word; No Thai Christmas for the Camerons; In China's orbit; Six months on; Willy and Katie to wed; Here we go again; Japanese journalist Muramoto possibly killed by Thai state security; JetBlue Airways joins up with Emirates; Can't get to Canada, so try Basra; Emirates takes on Canada; Twitterers beware; Judges in the dock; The QF 32 scarebus; Short memory expats; Dubai's continuing debt problems; Canada finds a new friend in the Gulf; Poppy-gate - or how to offend your host; For Canadians, the grass is greener on the other side; An aviation spat turns much sourer; Emirates versus Indian bureaucracy; Thailand's silence on Burma poll is deafening; Emirates plane in Dubai airport touch and go; This is getting silly; Journalism in the Gulf is losing its appeal; Swapping uniforms for suits; Potash Wars; SQ now delaying A380 flights; Qantas A380 suffers engine explosion; flydubai to where? again; Emirates half year profit surge November 2010 - Good reading from other sites. Is the Thai Military Torturing Muslim Detainees? Wikileaks shows up our media for their docility at the feet of authority A creeping military regime gets 'creepier every day' (yes - this is Thailand!) Drama in cockpit of Qantas A380 In Abu Dhabi's 'Formula,' a fast force for change The Anatomy of the Airbus A380 QF32 near disaster Aung San Suu Kyi's talks exclusively to the BBC With the Conviction of Paul Chambers, it is now illegal to be English Are Amnesty breaching their own core values in Thailand? Guardian Style: brilliant, not controversial, and not many exclamation marks! The Mysterious Case of Aya Takanashi What's the point of Amnesty International in Thailand? Only Britain can beg for scraps from China and tell them how to behave UAE imposes new visa requirements on Canadians
Lamma Island will be a hippie haven no more
Slowly, the army eases its grip Extent of peripheral damage to Qantas A380 unclear Despite dry run, timing midair explosion not easy Lone Emirates still flying high on luxury
October 2010 Yemen bombs were meant to blow up in flight; Parcel bomb in Dubai 'looks like al Qa'eda's work'; Breaking news on US bomb threat and Dubai connection; RAK succession battle; In defence of Thaksin Shinawatra; rascott meets bacon spammer; We don't want democracy; Thai Air confusion; The Iraq war logs; It's not getting better; The dogfight over Emirates; No marks allowed; Left out in the cold; UAE dispute: Holdup at Camp Mirage; UAE says it opposed Canada's Security Council bid; Delay in Ikea punch-up case;; Chile's mine rescue; Come fly with me; Emirates eyes 120 A380s, works with Boeing on 777; Only the Nation; Thai Air Asia starts India flights; The Queen is coming - but not to Dubai; Thai-Burma port deal: great for trade, bad for reform; Negotiating with a stick; Government’s Use of Emergency Law Under Fire; How government holds back Thailand; Canada, the UAE and the art of negotiation; An assertive stance on landing rights; RAK Airways resurrected - but for how long?; flydubai to where?; Canadian troops must quit U.A.E. base after airline demand rejected; Who controls the Internet; China's unwanted prize; Blackberry out of Dubai jam; UAE threatens to kick Canada out of covert military base Camp Mirage; Tiger to play in Thai skins; Canada and UAE dispute escalates (updated); Canceling Dubai Property Deals Is Nearly Impossible; Dubai Properties Group says all is well; Recovery or more gloom; Tim Clark on the A380; Dubai finds itself between Hollywood and reality; Sports picture of the year?; Woods is back; Arrested for poor sandals; The full Monty; No evidence required; A tale of two cities; On my wish list; The Ryder Cup sell out October 2010 - Good reading from other sites. Lone Emirates still flying high on luxury US space shuttle programme faces its final countdown NATO, UN urged to stand up to U.A.E. eviction notice Government Cancels All Decisions Until "Film" Paternity Scandal Sorts Itself Out Everyone can fly with Miss Thailand 2005
One day, son, all this will be yours: North Korean dictator presents 'Young
Commander' to the world Thailand military: the lovely conscripts Airline "surprised" as dance safety demo goes viral At the right hand of the Father India's surprising economic miracle September 2010 Special report: How Dubai got serious; Canada - September 2010; US mergers put pressure on American; Is he really Ed the Red?; The clocks are striking thirteen; Canada's G20 cost; Registering your gun should be the law; Why the Games must go on; Bangkok's Human Rights Blunder; This turbulent and troubling priest; Bouncing briefly back; Merging for necessity; EK's cost cutting eats into customer service; Did Dubai hire Klass for her name?; 9/11 anniversary: Charged with hate; Qatar extends Thailand flights; Ninety is not enough; Strange events around a TG bomb scare; EK 380 in Manchester scare; One rule for some...again; The crash of UPS 6; Tony Blair's journey; Is Bangkok under lockdown?; Emirates' funding. September 2010 - Good reading from other sites. Air Traffic Controller speaks out after 'Close Call' Boeing patent may provide glimpse into 737 replacement plan The implications of coloured movements Thai colors bleed a complicated mosaic A Thai City of Sleaze Tries to Clean Up Its Act Foreign creditors try to sell Dubai loans with little luck Hong Kong's 'Milkshake Murderer' to ask for freedom Serbia's Testicle Eating Festival Draws Daring Diners August 2010
RTA delays opening final Metro stations; FlyDubai to Yekaterinburg; When
blocking software makes no sense; Emirates denies interest in AMR; Wie wins in
Winnipeg; Pak cricketers just want money, women, food: Bookie; Aamer, Asif, how
could you?; Cricket scandal after no ball bets; Wie leads in Canada; Bout tells
all; What's it all a Bout?; Wacky UAE races; Bangkok blames the international
media; Sad but true; Out of the Woods; Truly, madly, bloodily; DSI - dithering
special investigators; BKK opens dysfunctional airport link; Australia's
didgeridoo parliament; Simple pleasure in Seaton Carew; America's identity
crisis; Not quite as planned; Red Shirt v Yellow Shirt: Thailand's political
struggle; The cockpit strikes back; Thailand’s anti-corruption bureau is a paper
tiger; Stumbling in chains towards a poll?; Emirates winter schedule changes;
One rule for some (again); EK double daily to Houston and LAX (updated); Double
standards?; Goodbye to Dubai; Banyan Tree cites political risk for sale; Sheikh
Zayeed Road comes to Knightsbridge; Build that mosque; More DAE cancellations;
Behave, you silly cow; Double standards; Cathay Pacific makes money and orders
new jets; Thailand update; Thaiger Air?; Boeing gets earful of 777 advice from a
customer with clout; New LCC for Thailand; Emirates takes first A380 to China;
Blackberry blackballed In Rural Thailand, an Unappeased Opposition Bides Its Time Trapped miners: depression fears mar 'miracle' as Chileans rally around Thailand’s bad men and the challenges for Abhisit Vejjajiva Blackpool: profile of a ghost town Singapore shows symptoms of urban stress The World's Most Unusual Airports If the World Were a Village of 100 People Battle of Britain: in men and machines Divided Thailand seeks elusive 'normalcy' Unique Jeppesen Approach Plate: The Hudson Miracle Approach 'Fantasy and Feathers' in the United Kingdom ABU DUBAI: A Forward Tale of Two Cities That Could Only Be One Jailed in Dubai, Accused Wait Long After Good Times Have Gone - Bloomberg How can England win the World Cup? They could start by asking Watford - Guardian
Fed-Up Flight Attendant Makes Sliding Exit The crisis of middle-class America A visual diary documenting a flight from New York to Berlin (with a layover in London). Thai Leader Says Polls Will Follow 'Peace,' 'Stability'
Immigrant Maids Flee Lives of Abuse in Kuwait New Silk Road Built by China Connects Asia to Latin America Singapore: Silence of the Lions July 2010
Politics as unusual; Sign of the times; Thai probe of
journalist deaths called inadequate; LinkedIn dollars; Escape at Riyadh; One
rule for some; Let's hear it for Chongqing's lawmakers; A Thailand update;
Thaksin strikes back; Leaving Asia' shade; Not normal in Bangkok; Dubai's
continuing debt problem; Campaign shows lingering divisions in Thailand; EK's
thirty 777s order is not new Boeing revenue; Another fine mess; Thailand's no
limited censorship; Bangkok's stupid war; Washington Post sends a message to
Abhisit; Keep on clogging; Clogs of war; Another Brit jailed in Dubai; UAE
airlines to recruit 80,000 staff in a decade; Rejoice - Arabtec is paid
something; The trouble with Twitter; Thailand - Licence to kill; Irreconcilable
differences; Why the CRES is wrong; Thailand's red shirts vow to fight on;
Carrefour to leave Thailand; The Queen is coming; One rule for some; Emirates
flying into protectionism; What happened to the RTA/Emirates contract?;
Lockerbie bomber alive and well; The curious case of UAE banks; He dies; she is
jailed; only in Dubai; The fragile peace may not last until the poll; Emirates
Wins with Big Planes and Low Costs; The crushing of debate in Thailand; Spoiling
for a fight; Spies like us; flydubai announces flights to northern Iraq Singapore: Silence of the Lions It looks like a big Tylenol, but produces far more laughs FIFA Look Into North Korean "Public Denunciation" Reports How cricket matches are scripted
11 air travel innovations to change the way you fly 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 Dubai emerges from a sea of troubles
How do you hold a majlis in 140 letters or less? Severiano Ballesteros denied an emotional return to St Andrews Octavia Nasr's firing and what The Liberal Media allows UAE royals see fortunes shrink amid global crisis - Forbes Dubai investment body sues former MD
Dubai jail 'more like an army camp' June 2010 RAK Airways to relaunch (again); Spies are (among) us; Can Emirates beat the Germans; Dubai's DAE postpones aircraft deliveries; FA are a conniving bunch of no-hopers; England re-enact a drama of failure; Woeful England over run by Germany; Dubai World Central opens for business; Labourers left to starve; Thailand recruits convicted felon to promote tourism; UAE lifts Thai travel warning despite SOE; G for gross waste of time and money; Singapore spray painter gets caning sentence; Dubai's ambitions soar with new airport; EK confirm that they will place a new airplane order; The runaway general; The end of Emirates Business 24/7; A fatal loss of face?; Will Emirates order more Boeings?; Reconciliation the Thai way; Fix the cheating; Will Emirates Business 24/7 survive?; Is Qatar Airways growing faster than Emirates?; Revile not reconcile; First flight into JXB; flyDubai does Turkey; Predictably hopeless at the Cape of No Hope; RIP - Andy Ripley; Dubai Properties ex-chairman released; Who would be a goalkeeper; Indonesian man seduced by cow; Military rule in all but name; Thaksin and Me (A Marshall - Reuters); Abhisit's Democratic choice; Obama has not learned the lessons of Bhopal; Brits turn on Obama; Thai inmates world cup; Obama's Bopal lesson; Emirates A380 order is a game changer; How Obama lost me over oil hypocrisy; EK's bold A380 purchase; Fall out from Gaza flotilla raid; Nakheel's bizarre PR; The roots of Thailand's turmoil; California Dreaming; Rulers of the New Silk Road; The End of Brand Thailand; 21 years on; Good or bad it beats propaganda; More property woes for Dubai; The demise of Thailand; Murder in the name of reconciliation; The Nation versus Robert Amsterdam; Thai media fiction; Dubai Holding reports big loss; Du send in the cavalry; Censored Thailand June 2010 - Good reading from other sites. Can we just admit that we’re not very good at football? No stopping Emirates as it plans to add 700 pilots Qatar Air profile How will 787's new materials fare in a crash landing? Apple iPhone 4: an object of rare beauty that leapfrogs the competition The Spill, The Scandal and the President - Rolling Stone The Runaway General - Rolling Stone No Reconciliation for Thailand's Red Shirts English football's future at stake against Slovenia Thoughts on Thailand's turmoil Who rules Dubai's private education sector?
Thai government continues crackdown on opposition Underdog ferry rides around Hong Kong Iran using Dubai to smuggle nuclear components What Not to Say When Your Company Is Ruining the World When a Crime Writer becomes part of the Story Thai turmoil rips at even families, friends The dilemma of western democracy
Fore! A guide to Thailand's best golf courses, bogeys and all May 2010 Thailand update - 31 May 2010;
Du doesn't do; Blind, Deaf and Dumb; Thailand update 29 May 2010; In Bangkok,
scapegoats of the rude and fatuous; Dealing with 'the devil', the reds and
looking within; Thailand update - 27 May 2010; flyDubai's 21st is Sri Lanka;
Thailand watch 26 May 2010; A guide to the perfect Thai idiot; Du's World Cup
balls-up; This should be bye bye Salwan; The Thaksin terrorism charge needs
evidence; How bad is the UK debt?; Dubai Holding may be next to restructure
debt; An open letter to the red shirts; Thailand Update - 25 May 2010; Death in
Bangkok - The Day the Thai Army Moved In; What next for Thailand; Beating
up CNN; Thailand: country needs a credible leader; The red threat; Mangalore
crash is a Dubai tragedy; Emirates slides down world airline rankings; Twitter's
role in Bangkok conflict unprecedented; Dubai Panorama; Thailand update - 21 May
2010; A polity imploding; Media under fire in Bangkok; Where is turbulent
Thailand headed; Thailand update - 20 May 2010-2; Amsterdam's nonsense; Bus to
work for EK crew; BKK's torched buildings; Where next for Thailand;Military
crackdown only widens divide; Bangkok - how did it come to this?; What next for
Korea?; Thailand update - 20 May 2010; Reality check The battle for Bangkok;
Crackdown coming; The Long Winding Red Road to Ratchaprasong and Thailand’s
Future; Thailand update - 18 May 2010; Sun, sea, sand and sleep; Banning
the burqa - a bad idea...; A not very odd couple; Thailand updates - 17 May
2010; Slingshots versus gunshots; Thailand update - 16 May 2010; Bangkok's war
zone; Thailand's sideshow is over; Don't take offence at our coalition. Its aims
are liberal; Thailand update - 15 May 2010; Land of snarls; Thailand update - 14
May 2010; Sold out by Clegg; EK to Baghdad; Emirates' strong rebound;
flydubai to India (at last); Mystery of Tripoli crash; Harrods sold; Post
election blues; Not well hung; flydubai adds Karachi; Voting Liberal Democrat is
the one hope for real change; Tracked from Times Square to EK 202; Emirates five
year plan for Americas; A qualified and cautious agreement; The ever evolving 5
points for an election; Emirates almost flew the New York bomber; Thaksin
Shinawatra Hires Amsterdam & Peroff; Thai PM sets conditional election date; The
good and bad of the uk election; One months gone already; Thailand update - 2
May 2010; Message Battle Heats Up in Thai Crisis; Money and Power - Q&A with
Niall Ferguson; Guardian endorses Liberal Democrats;Thailand's drama. April 2010 - Good reading from other sites.
March 2010 Athens and Santorini; Burj Khalifa under a full moon; EK's A380 to Manchester; Emirates seeking daily Tokyo flight; Qatar to start South American flights; Thailand update -30 March 2010; Lee Mill's spoilsports; Debt-Burdened Dubai May Need Years to Rebuild Creditors’ Trust; Is Dubai Holding next in line to restructure?; Thailand update - 29 March 2010; Why does this airline exist?; Thailand update - 28 March 2010; Fears rise over Dubai debt plan; Coming home to a car wreck; Dubai does better; Thailand update - 26 March 2010; FT calls for election in Thialand; No backbone; Witness the death of deference; Hands in the Dubai till; Dubai's pointless new airport; We can pay - just wait nine years; Biased TV stations intensify divides in Thailand protests; British MP's code of misconduct; Thailand update; Google versus China; Dubai's Coq au Vin is back; In Dubai, the party's far from over; Where is Sammy?; Dubai's alcoholic food problem; Thailand update - 21 March 2010; Sunrise in Dubai; The battle for Thailand; Thailand update - 17/18 March; Emirates to order more airplanes; EK crew jailed for lewd texting; Red shirts need leadership; Amazing Thailand and its vulgarities; Desperate and impotent red shirts; Can Thaksin return to Dubai?; Snogging in Dubai; Open letter from Thailand to Thaksin; AC catches a cold over Emirates; Arabian Business and Thaksin; Thailand Update - The Brutus Conspiracy; Red Shirt Futility; Swiss roll; Thailand update - 13 March; Thaksin, expelled on not?; Was this necessary; Has Thaksin left the UAE; Thailand watch - 12 March; Thailand update - 10 March; AC blowing cold over Emirates; Quicksand?; Emirates riding on economic recovery; The Murdoch in Abu Dhabi; Road misery in Dubai; Thailand update - the watermelon army; Venice watercoloured; EK to Dakar from 1 September; Thailand watch - 8 March; Thailand watch - 7 March; Dubai PR firm blows hot air; In Thailand it's not 'Rule of Law' but 'Law of Rule'; Divided loyalties; The last four minutes of Air France flight 447; BKK rail link delayed again; As transparent as a foggy day; Space twitterer; Is Dubai attracting illegal trade; Tea, coffee or my uniform; Am I on Emirates; flydubai expands GCC network; The ceiling of press freedom in the UAE is falling; The Games that changed a Nation; Chiang Mai's charm March 2010 reading from other sites
February 2010 Global village accident; How to manage a pilot shortage; A costly decision; Most of it now - the rest later; It is judgment day for Thaksin; Jaws and the Dubai Mall; Thailand Bracing for Ruling on Thaksin’s Assets; Moving Beyond Thaksin; Who is backing Emirates now?; EK's Canadian Air Wars; White, elite Olympics; Dubai's second airport to open - but no one is flying there; Dubai's collapsed job market; UAE asked to monitor Thaksin; Thousands apply to work as EK crew; Short memories; Do they really want Thaksin back?; Cat and Mouse in Thailand; The world is run by those who show up; Dubai Metro's continuing delays; Now we know who runs the country; Not out of the Woods; The ongoing pursuit of Thaksin; Murder in Dubai; Peerless tennis; Passport to the truth in Dubai remains secret; Blue Rodeo's homecoming show; Mandelson's Dubai Warning; Two thirds back and wait seven years; Should tourists avoid Thailand as threat of violence grows?; The media as chief agitator; Thailand under military rule; Vancouver's poet laureate: Why I have declined to participate in theOlympic Celebrations; Why "fly-by-wire" matters; Air Asia's risky VietVenture; BYOB on American; Forget all the gloom - this is TOO cute; Dubai World debt update; What happened to yes we can?; Man claims fiancee hid beard under niqab; Cathay CEO rubbishes Gulf airlines; Executive Towers update; Dubai offered an alternative future; Building up to BT Day; Credibility starts by telling the truth; Talk about double standardsIn Thailand 41% has replaced 25%; Thai military anticipate court verdict; Banks express concern at debt deal; Closed after only a month; DSF is now the Dubai Selling Festival; Here we go again in KL; Blooming in Dubai; Flying Cheap; The end of NASA as we know it; Air Asia X pulls out of Abu Dhabi; Dubai World Silence on Debt Standstill Evaporates Bailout Rally; Dubai's Business Bay January 2010 - Reading from other sites Thai Media Warns Of Thaksin-Less Doomsday For Journalism - from Not the Nation - funny and too true!
Maimed pilot in Phuket: 'I will fly again' (Reasons to avoid Phuket) Shooting the messenger will not right the wrongs at Vancouver 2010 Canadians should lighten up over the Winter Olympics – Britain is next Don Martin: Britain's Viagra brigade whines right on time Vancouver Games continue downhill slide from disaster to calamity Climate of fear among Dubai's property investors Thrusting young nation goes ice todger mad as Vancouver Olympics open Luge men back on Vancouver track as IOC lets responsibilities slide Pictures from Vancouver 2010 Opening Ceremony
State of denial: Robert Fisk searches for peace in Israel In Udon Thani, a different Thailand
Properties
rates in Dubai on a downward spiral
All About Airline Food: Behind The Scenes at Emirates airline QE2 sets sail in Dubai sell-off The king, judicialization and “rule of law” Dubai Through the eyes of Christopher Wilson
January 2010
Faye's return; Preempting Emirates; Lagos memories; Tanks in the night
spark coup talk; Blair's lack of regret; Reasons to swim in the
pool; The Doha debates; As Olympics near,
people in Vancouver are dreading Games; What happens to the Thaksin billions; Understanding Dubai;
Beware the vengeance of
an angry flight attendant; China battles USA over
Google; A reality check at
Cadbury; Making bad worse; Growth of aid and the
decline of humanitarianism; Thailand's pathetic
Haiti response; Getting humanitarian
relief right; From Bournville to
Mournville; Abu Dhabi's depleted
aid; Airbus reaches 6,000; Buying EVIL; Thailand: faded smiles; Sanctimonious Google
gives up on China; Aussie and Loonie
approach dollar parity; Avatar fails to inspire; UAE Sheikh cleared in
videoed torture case; UAE ranks low on
Quality of Life index; Burj Khalifa – a bleak
symbol of Dubai's era of bling; Not cleared for take
off in the west; When silence is not the
answer; Three lousy drunks
arrested on Emirates plane at Heathrow; Executive Towers - The
Depressing Reality; Contractors set to
suspend work on Dubai metro; Labour Party attempts
suicide; Abi Dhabi - we have a
problem; Thailand unhinged; EK announces Madrid; The Burj January 2010 - Reading from other sites
The Bangkok Hot List: 20 people to watch Flintoff aiming for the top again
i-Pad About - Stephen
Fry on the i-Pad Dubai's unwritten social contract
NTSB files on
the One Two Go crash at Phuket Dubai Debt Crisis Halts Building Of World's Largest Indoor Mountain Range - The Onion (yes - not real!!) Al Qaeda linked to rogue aviation network
Heritage Photography of Dubai and
Surroundings
Dubai Downturn Sends Ripples Throughout Arab World Tom Jenkins's pictures of the decade - The Guardian Why twitter will endure - New York Times Iran’s increasing turmoil-Growing desperation 2009 News Archive December 2009 - Reading from other sites
Iran’s increasing turmoil-Growing desperation The BA strike is off – so that’s many a Christmas ruined 38 Stunning Photos Of Dubai From Sky The grim reality of life as an air stewardess Baby Toys and National Security - Ask the Pilot Jet Cemetery: Where Airplanes Go to Die
The inside story of Northwest 188 New Burj Dubai Pictures - worth a look
October and November - Good reading from other sites.
Raining on Dubai's Day at the Beach Leaders pay for Dubai excesses THAILAND: Computer crime law as lese-majesty substitute Plots seen in Thaksin's Cambodia gambit A380 inflight service report - detailed Thai government bans Thaksin Shinawatra interview with The Times Bangkok's counterfeit card and ID emporium Gordon Brown is right: rich western banks should pay for the developing world to go green Berlin's moment of freedom that turned world history The real story emerges behind 'most noble' Victoria Cross hero Business Traveller on the marvels of Singapore Airport In defence of Singaporean exceptionalism Deputy PM Suthep and the Saxena case
December
2009 Terror and the west: A decade
of misjudgment; EK to link KL and Melbourne; After tough year, Dubai expats pack
up, eye Asia; Big cuts at the SCMP; Qatar's growing network; The Akmal Shaikh
fallout; China's message to Britain; Iran stands on the brink November 2009 America's Cup still in court; EK to slow A380 deliveries; Thailand Update - 30 November 2009; Does Emirates have the solution for Heathrow?; Sharjah's aviation heritage; Tiger has the blues; Down but not out; Who is being tacky?; Dubai gives holiday shocker to financial markets; Very Tacky; Better off as we are; Dubai Surrenders Autonomy as Crisis Bolsters Oil-Rich Abu Dhabi; Thailand Update - 24 November 2009; Emirates to Tokyo from 28th March 2010; Emirates Woman of the year is from EK; Behind the scenes in Dubai; Dubai is a golfing winner; Does Henry coach the PLA?; Thailand update - 21 November 2009; Hand Gaul - Henry's sleight of hand; DWC day 1 tee off times; Golf on a lunar landscape; Thailand update - 18 November 2009; Does Emirates need more A380s?; Thailand update - 17 November 2009; How long will the UAE let Thaksin stay?; Another Dubai Properties rant; At the Dubai airshow; Thailand update - 16 November 2009; Thailand update - 15 November 2009; Thailand update - 14 November 2009; Thailand update - 13 November 2009; Golf balls are humanity's signature litter; BA and Iberia to merge; Northwest goes viral; Thailand update - 12 November 2009; Blaming the demons; Emirates may look to buy more planes amid downturn; Emirates mulls more Airbus A380s despite delays; Thailand update - 11 November 2009; Siamese spat; A380’s stellar performance undermined by ongoing technical issues: operators; Taking stock of Bangkok; Thaksin faces lese majeste complaint; Thaksin to sue Times Online; Tiger Airways to Hong Kong; Desert kingdoms – how the Gulf’s network carriers are riding out the storm; Dubai's airports have growing ambitions; Blue Rodeo delivers classic roots-rock; True of false; Rejected Kraft bid lacks sweetener; Thaksin continues to raise the stakes; Bittersweet weekend for Cadbury; Japanese contractors owed billions by Dubai firms; Thailand's urban-rural split; EK route rumours for 2010; Thaksin overplays his hand; Another yellow shirt revival?; Thailand's poll manipulation disease; Getting their man; Fictional dross from the Nation; The lessons from how our children learn; Emirates half year profit boost; Riled Thailand's response; Wie to draw crowds in Dubai; Another Burj Dubai delay; Riling Thailand; Hunting the rumour writers in Thailand; flydubai backs Baku; War of words; Thailand's Panda TV; DSI believes SET attacked with coordinated efforts; MPs say happiness is a warm gun; Bangkok arrests make little sense; Blair should never be European President; EK winter schedule update; EK A380 flight changes; Cash at risk on delayed projects; Too many hands in the Dubai till; TTV testing on Sunday; The perils of buying property in Dubai; The state of Dubai's construction sector; Dubai Properties chief arrested October 2009 EK winter schedule update; EK A380 flight changes; Cash at risk on delayed projects; Too many hands in the Dubai till; TTV testing on Sunday; The perils of buying property in Dubai; The state of Dubai's construction sector; Dubai Properties chief arrested; Rumour charges pending; Racism still haunts ASEAN; Desperate friends in Thailand; RAK loses the America's Cup in a US court; The future of the Internet; UAE plan to nationalise private schools; Thai government losing the Twitter war; Yemen claims plane shot down by French navy; Debt watch in Dubai; Market for rumour; Absent Thaksin is still the talk of ASEAN; Crash pilot saves lives on ground; Cargo plane crashes at Sharjah; Thailand's muzzled press; Petulance and the Prize; Wrong message; The Sarkozy dynasty; Thais use Hitler image again; Time for Thailand; Exile and the Kingdom; Thaksin's Economist interview; Not so inspired by Santorini; UAE's growing population of foreigners; Tsunami may have inspired Atlantis legend; Socialists take control in Greece; flydubai launches doha; How to rewrite history; Not really open - again!; Emirates vents anger at Aussie media claims; Listen to the Emirates pilots; Thailand update; The German influence; Letterman's creepy confession; Shocked in Schicago!; EK ups A380 capacity; Cyberspace meets the ancients in Thailand; Thai King remains in Hospital September 2009 End distracted driving now!; Fly Emirates, meet Dubai; A voice of reason; Man in the middle; Can PM Abhisit mend Thailand?; Visa free travel for Thais; China at age 60 - from pariah to world power; 60 years of modern China; BA confirms that it is low cost and low service; Shareholder value or give us the money?; Emirates fleet planning; Living up to the stereotype; Sydney sees Red; Did PM know of military budget increase?; Getting high in Dubai; Flydubai's Indian pickle; Coup induced happiness; Bangkok airport's superficial makeover; Thai military threatens to use noise weapon; Three years on; Government finds solution to Thai problems; Shoot the messenger; Where power lies; Anything can happen; TV show causes big trouble in Thailand; Whither Istithmar?; Does the FCPA disadvantage Americans?; Kai Tak today; Uncertainty is the sum of all fears among Thai elite; Is gambling recession proof?; Is the world dead?; The devil is in the data; Eight year's on; Thai journalist's statement on Thaksin interview; EK A380 in Birmingham; Reuters leaves London; Cadbury bid is a global reality; Fly like an Egyptian; Only in Thailand; A Dubai metro reality check; Why the security changes at BKK; Minister fires before he aims; Silencing Mr T; In a mess again; Discussing the unspoken; Kraft will need to sweeten Cadbury deal; Unity and Dissent; The slow death of legacy airlines; Standing room only; "There She Was: Daranee Charnchoengsilpakul on The New York Times"; Paranoia in Thai government; Blue Rodeo highlights from Toronto; Twin villages celebrate reopening of post office; Financial crisis hits conference business August 2009
Making it up on the Metro; BKK's masked taxi
drivers; Tape-gate in Bangkok; Elegy: Reflections on Angkor; The President's
Eulogy at the funeral of Edward Kennedy; Daranee gets 18 years; Democrats
foolish proposal to reduce airport security; Lese-majeste cases in Thailand;
Fall release for new cd from Blue Rodeo; Told you so; Smoke and mirrors;
Thailand brings back the death penalty; Whose bell is it anyway?; Flintoff - a
very English hero; What a sports team says about its country; Funny old game;
Releasing Al-Megrahi Bodes ill; FBI Director slams Scots; Boycott Scotland;
Scotland’s misplaced sympathy for an unforgivable criminal; Justice and Power;
Ramadan to start on Saturday; Lockerbie bomber's freedom is at a cost; Etihad's
US alliance; Forget the great in britain; Compassion or justice; Manchester
airport chaos; The annual uniform outrage; Big, bigger, biggest; An astonishing
rebound; Why the Premier League does not work; Conspiracy watch; ASEAN summit
move; Canada's misjudged bail out of Air Canada; Regional shame over Suu Kyi;
The human face of Burma's tragedy; The petition saga; One of the greats - Ricky
Ponting; Djibouti next for flydubai; "As Dubai's Glitter Fades, Foreigners See
Dark Side"; British Idle; Dubai metro to open unfinished; The Langer dossier; My
petition is bigger than yours!; Is the era of free internet news over?; How much
of the UK is owned by the UAE?; AirAsia X to Hub in Abu Dhabi; Race to Dubai
slowing down; Abhisit's slow demise; Thailand's tourist scams; Boeing's
7-late-7; Dubai's opaque bond plan leaves investors wary; SQ cuts salaries after
Q1 loss; Pilots tell the miracle on the Hudson; Thaksin paranoia hurts Thai
government June 2009 Thaksin wins two in a row; The Gulf can’t deal with Iran until Iran deals with itself; Dubai's proposed mega property merger; Be aware what you wear in Dubai; Jackson's death saves his life; Iran's vengeful faith; The Bangkok Post's hypocrisy; So funny, it hurts; flydubai adds Indian connections; Mergers amid the airline gloom; Afridi and the joy of Twenty/20; Airline culture gone wrong; The richest of them all; Dubai development may be down, but it's not out; Man on the moon x12; Regime against change; Emirates adding third Sydney flight; Emirates pilots and the ATSB; Emirates US$70 million repair bill; flydubai adds Aleppo; People power in Iran; Blue Rodeo to join Canada's walk of fame; China's censorship is about control; 50 over cricket will die; Mr. T - still in Dubai?;From panic to prejudice; The fate of Flight 447 is a nightmare for us all; An epidemic of anxiety; Far from bottom; Not at the bottom yet; No help but at least a reply; Open letter to the UK embassy visa section; EIU liveability index is good news for Canada; Middle East airlines have few friends; Tube strike hits London; Inside the world's biggest private jet; EK may slow deliveries; Dubai house prices "may never return to 2008 peaks"; Thai likely to cancel A380; The computer crash; Hong Kong's Tiananmen Beacon; Being honest about the past; Clear skies for economic growth; Emirates and Air Canada battle over access; BKK rail link delayed; Marital vengeance in Dubai; Where is Mr. T?; Dirty buses; The sadness of AF 447; Phuket crash report released May 2009 The urbanisation of Dubai; Justice Iranian style; Citizen spies and new political ties; Court whitewash in Tak Bai case; Emirates to add more Indian flight; Air Asia profits from recession; ASEAN on trial again; The MPs falling on swords list; Etihad's predictable Manchester sponsorship; Thailand's shrinking economy; The storm underlying the calm; PAD wants Thailand to be the new North Korea; What the future looks like; Justice Minister launches yellow guards; Asia risks a flu panic; A PAD political party; Garbage from the Bangkok Post; Burma's foot in mouth consul; Smith and Thaksin; Emirates crew jailed for bomb hoax; Emirates Group profit drop 72%; Was Northern Exposure the best TV drama of the last 20 years?; UAE says "no" to monetary union; Defying even Thai logic; Big Congress win should be good for India; Maradona shows his hand; Emirates Passenger has swine flu; Media freedom dieing in Thailand; 36 hours in Toronto; There’s a new awakening in Thai society; Arriving on Sunday; Abhisit urges Thaksin to return home; Thaksin's denial while police seek translators; Asian nations under fire for Suu Kyi inaction; The expenses crime gets worse; SQ's profit collapse; Thainess; EK drops BKK fares to fill A380 seats; Dubai golf project may be delayed; Emirates on EU blacklist; ASEAN's shameful tolerance of Burma's junta; PAD goes political; Police to charge Thaksin with lese majeste; Biting the gland that feeds you; Ladyboys of Great Yarmouth!; Reality bites; Heads in the Phuket sand; Thaksin gets a Montenegro passport; NTSB releases Buffalo crash data; Jazeera loses Dubai hub; Expenses farce; More information needed; The UK government's expenses mess; Disturbing find off the coast of Sattahip; Thailand's tourism woes; Inflated prices on Palm Monorail; A room with a flu; Etihad's fiction; Banker builds ugly in Newton Ferrers; Fatal flaws that wrecked Thailand’s promise; The Road Home; Emirates defends safety procedures; Many splendoured films; An invention that could change the internet for ever; Fatigue an issue at Emirates - Herald Sun editorial; Star Trek (number 11) coming soon; HKG's dramatic quarantine measures; Mr. T. - Where are you now? April 2009 H1N1 - don't panic - yet; EK407 - the untold story; ATSB report fails to say Why?; Obama needs to take action over NYC flyby; Playing with numbers; What is going on at EK?; Australian newspaper raises issue of tired pilots; Bomb scare crew committed to trial; A new world; Batman saves Bangkok; UAQ to close bars and clubs; Is the UAE helping Thailand?; How did I get left out !?; Utterly irresponsible; Bizarre Thai newspaper cover; And now the propaganda; The rage before the rampage; Is there another delay at JXB?; Where next for Thailand; Swiss/UN rollover; Red shirt rising - eye witness; Transparency is good provided we don't mind being shocked; An introduction to Toronto; Blocked in the UAE; Looking to Burma as an example; Behind the Sondhi attack; Why Thais are angry; Moving on from crisis; Nicaragua's newest diplomat; A Nicaragua primer; A week of chaos; Bye Bye Thaksin; Dousing the flames; A thankful backing down; Are the red shirts beaten?; Back in the real world - Geriatric porn star an inspiration for the old; Morning round up from Bangkok; Censorship as a weapon; The Songkran toll; The morning after; Aussie media update on EK407; Thaksin's role; Mob rule; The view from ASEAN; Latest from Thailand - updated; Farce, fiasco, shambles; What next for Abhisit?; Charnchai assassination plot thickens; Masters Par 3 event is a family affair; Arabtec CEO's feeble response to the BBC; 40th anniversary and now coming to Dubai; It's red shirt mayhem day in Bangkok (updates here); Escalating tensions but solution unlikely; A price on his head; That handshake; Slumdogs and millionaires; Fly Dubai announces launch plans; Defining the next eight years; 2009 Skytrax awards; EK407 pilots resigned?; Employees don't trust UAE companies; New minimum taxi fare in Dubai; Don't underestimate the red shirts' wrath; Off to meet the Queen; EK407 update; Emirates announces service to Angola; BTS goes convertible; EK offers unpaid leave to crew; A G20 survival guide. March 2009
A G20 survival guide;
More gloom forecast for Dubai; Expats return as media
oasis in the desert dries up;
Thai government to chase Thaksin in Dubai;
Economic woes complicate Thai politics;
Thailand's latest unrest;
New medical rules in Dubai;
Nasa's latest view of Dubai;
Now and Zen; How
to spend your Baht2,000;
Bomb hoax update;
Emirates steward is alleged bomb hoaxer;
Here we go again;
China; recession fuels status;
SQ
may defer some A380 deliveries;
EK in Melbourne incident;
Weekend distraction;
The bonus red herring;
Cheap but not nasty;
Good times end for Dubai expats;
Update on EK A380 story;
Indian airlines slow growth;
Emirates to take A380 to Toronto from June; The
critical demise of the Bangkok Post;
Democrats running out of Political friends; Blue Rodeo at the
Lobero (review);
Is Emirates unhappy with the A380?;
Reinforcing the rules in Dubai;
Do
not believe reports of Dubai's demise;
I wish I was there;
But some things never change!;
Changing for better in Singapore;
The irony of Abhisit;
The Economist on a class apart;
The X factor;
Monkey see, monkey do?;
Qantas and Etihad to take on Emirates;
Qatar's 2009 expansion; It's T2 for flydubai;
Tibet under blockade - fifty years of occupation;
Chinese navy's naked aggression;
Emirates still seeking Canada expansion;
Singapore revisited;
Pakistan's continuing decline into chaos;
Keep February 2009 A taxing situation; How Not to Make a Political Fashion Statement in Bangkok; The outstretched palm; Happy birthday bunny; No hope for Zumanity; A class act; Allegiant Who; Dear Mr. President; Nicolaides freed after Royal pardon; Emirates boldly continues expansion; The perils of sponsorship; It's not safe anywhere; Fate is the Hunter; SQ cuts aircraft and capacity; Hong Kong - the new refuge of the rich fugitive; Caught in the crossfire; Traffic chaos expected soon; ARG cricketing farce; Dubai tennis - where love-all does not apply; Dubai's six-year building boom grinds to halt as financial crisis takes hold; The world's scariest airports; Something for your Valentine; Bangkok airport train to half open; Laid-Off Foreigners Flee as Dubai Spirals Down ; Burma's shocking racism; Slumdog's emotional pull; Qatar jet makes emergency landing in China; Whither Dubai; Thaksin Shinawatra in the Air; Emirates seeks to open Canada's skies; Frozen trunks; USAir update; Caught in the Act; More refugee allegations tarnish Thailand; Investigating the Santika fire; The Aussie birdman; Where are Thai protestors now?; Etihad wins race to the windy city; Not the Nation; London's winter wonderland; Fantasy flight; Bill Frindall dies in Dubai hotel; Recession speak; Dubai's new airport delayed; Muzzle Ramsey; National Security vs Democracy; Thailand's hard working Ministry of Culture; Red shirt pretties January 2009 Thailand's hard working Ministry of Culture; Red shirt pretties; Red shirt demands; Different rules for some; Banned again; A sad slide backwards; Being careful with gestures in the UAE; Not so elite; Fly Dubai update; Medical Tourism; Cathay Nostalgia; The truth that demands a response; How cold is the UAE?; Where is Mr.T? UAE announces boxing monstrosity; Economist withdrawn again; Myanmar’s unwanted human flotsam; UFO checks in on Obama's inauguration; Nigeria, Myanmar and the UAE; Suppressing dissenting voices; Expat murder in Thailand; Memories; The state of the UK; President Obama attacks "failure" of the Bush era; White House gets online revamp; A special inauguration; From the lower deck; Obama's Day; Abandoned at Sea: The Sad Plight of the Rohingya; Nicolaides jailed for 3 years; Watford Football Club's Wembley moment provides inspiration for author; Thailand's shame; The Bush years - the good and the bad; Singapore Air cuts flights and costs; US Airways Crew Is Credited for Quick Reaction; Kai Tak's future; Reactionary woes in Hong Kong; Buying votes and loyalty; Too short sighted; Emirates to drop Nagoya - start Durban; The international media and the missing parts of the puzzle; Fears for Thomson Reuters UK listing; 'Has Pai become to big for its boots?;' The Gulf News plumbs new depths; Not your average lunch; India's Enron; UAE may help redundancy victims; Kingfisher flies into Dubai; Sorrow, anger, hatred, revenge; Economic mess and political fall-out in 2009; Metro plans up in the air; How to tell the time in Thai; Singapore's abhorrent death penalty; Understanding the Gaza conflict; 10 years of the Euro; Umm Al Quwain ruler dies;Tragedy in Bangkok nightclub. 2008 News Archive December 2008 New Year confusion; New Year uncertainty for Dubai; Thai police put on a happy face; Arab-Israel tensions worsen; Reflections; Elite still call the shots; Emirates updates - Summer 2009 and 2009/2010; Time to free Harry Nicolaides; FCCT under police investigation; UAE airlines get Tokyo rights; Malaysian FM's foot in mouth; Prosecuting Thailand's PAD 2008 in pictures;Planning a coup; here's how Defence Minister shows Democrats' weakness; the old Thailand returns; Apollo 8 - 40 years on; Emirates Golfing Ambassadors; DXB to SFO; Questioning EK's so called green flight; How badly hit is Thai tourism?; Thaksin loses diplomatic passport; Thailand reverts to old-style politics; Africa needs to deal with Mugabe; Chinese celebrity catch up; Bye buy Woolworths; Viva Macau to launch UAE service; Rich Dubai Flirts With Hard Times, But its Airline Is Still Flying High; Abhisit's attract; Emirates schedule update; Stansted copycats; The right to debate; The Economist breaks the taboos; Air Asia's cash cow; The battle of the classes; Emirates - final update from Bangkok; Shuffling towards fascism; "Thailand turns Banana Republic;" One-Two-Die is back today; EK pilots find A380 too quiet; King too ill to deliver birthday speech; BA Qantas merger is all about costs; Emirates Update; Dark rumours in Thailand; Confusion continues over airport re-opening; PAD to leave airport; declaring victory; Who runs this country; Breaking news; Tourists die escaping Bangkok; Canada's Coup; Smiley face over Bangkok; Bizarre driving license rules; UAE public sector gets a 10 day holiday; The fall out from the Mumbai atrocity; Abu Dhabi wants stake in Emirates?; Embarrassed citizens plan retaliation. November 2008 Embarrassed citizens plan retaliation; Thaksin's Arabian Business interview; Constitutional court may be a temporary resolution; Latest update from BKK; EK-EY merger talks continue; U-tapao chaos; What happens next; Emirates Update - 2; Mumbai attacks are a reminder of the terror threat; BKK airport closed until at least Saturday night; From airport to protest camp; Emirates Bangkok update; One-Two-Die is back on 5 December; PAD takes over the airport; Why was BKK airport left unprotected?; Villain or Victim?; Thailand sinks into hopeless anarchy; "Birth of an Icon?"; Crisis takes hold in Dubai; Crisis, what crisis?; GM should not be bailed out; Thaksin's turn to start a foundation?; The Misalignment Of Dubai, Abu Dhabi; Macau's boom may be bust; Is it time for the UAE airline merger?; What next for Thailand?; From democracy to dictatorship; Emirates 380 to greet the Queen; A meek British Lamb; Anti democracy in Thailand; Bangkok bomb warnings; Emirates profits fall on oil prices; Thaksin caged in no-man's land; The PAD claims supernatural threats; Another election first; Cash crisis averted in Newton Ferrers; America is cool again; Has the UK cancelled Thaksin's visa; Quantum of gloom; Elton John gives up on Watford; Emirates continues Australia growth; Thai Airways in trouble; Emirates to complete T3 move; Obama's transcendence is beyond race; Prediction Time - Obama by 154; China and Taiwan agree closer links; Race and the race for the white house; 'The election of Obama would, at a stroke, refresh our country's spirit'; Looking for the fat controller; Beware of what you post online; Thaksin stars at Bangkok rally. October 2008 Clapper fever; Asian Golf Tour coming to Hua Hin; Is Thailand's PM a movie star?; Dubai delays mall opening at the 11th hour; The PAD and Thai politics; Emirates' lavish LA launch; Venice's charm; Going backwards in Bangkok; Bangkok on the edge; A day to remember; The bounce of a ping pong bomb; Thailand's urban rural divide; Open letter to EK; Dubai's worrying debt levels; This government will not last; The darker side of Dubai; Killer coach accident in E Thailand; British council funds in deep freeze; Three outside views of the Thai crisis; Thais behaving badly; Qantas mishaps continue; Thailand's establishment supports chaos; Tense stand off in Thai capital; PAD siege broken; The haunting of the new Bangalore airport; Thailand moves closer to political anarchy; Singapore loses a lone and needed voice; Thai Ginger Chicken; Lèse majesté and Harry Nicolaides; Dubai wastes its best asset; Dubai next for credit squeeze; The A380 in service - early reviews; Political farce fuels wall street meltdown September 2008 Political farce fuels wall street meltdown; The contagion spread; Tuesday is first day of Eid; Dubai's stinking beaches; UA lays off Thai staff; Electing dead officials may be the answer; Should we laugh or cry?; Bartlet's advice for Barack; Opening up the airways; China's Capricorn One; Singapore's leaders enjoy predictable win; Michael Palin for President; Looking after No1; The cost of bailing out the markets; China's sour milk; EK's 2009 plans; A new architecture for the financial world; Wall Street woes; global implications; Thaksin's dynasty; Beyond the Palin; A less appealing view of Dubai; Et tu Samak; Jetstar Vietnam goes international; Land of Trials; XL is the latest failure; Samak stirs the pot; Menasa to be world's next economic powerhouse; So Far, It Just Isn't Looking Like Asia's Century; Half Baked Politics; Asif Ali Zardari: the godfather as president; Dubai to buy into Manchester United - rumour?; The mirror has 60 million faces; India's mushrooming nuclear ambitions; Worse than a coup; Emirates A380 takes sick leave; Questions for John McCain; Thakin's legacy; Thai impasse; Doha flight will be first departure from new terminal; SQ crew detained in Abu Dhabi; United closing Asian bases - again; Bangkok Post shows its true colours; Is Samak about to resign?; Lese majeste charge for AussieTyranny of a minority; Funny old game August 2008 A high wire act in Thailand; Counting the cost in Phuket; Palin may be the new Dan Quayle; Coup leader; Thailand's battle for power continues; Never ending coup; Doom for Zoom; What next for Thailand; Only in Thailand; Bangkok Airport expansion approved; The price of China's Olympic Games; The PAD is anything but; Xinhua wins trumpet blowing gold; Are the Chinese cheating?; Dubai's terminal 3 to open from October 14; Aussies in a lather; Medal silliness; Ramadan set for 1 September; Beijing's flawed planning; How Russia reshaped the world in a week; The wild west wanted poster; Pammie has her Milkie Way; SQ wins annual Skytrax award; Thailand's new internet watch; The two sides of Beijing; Thaksin flees; London to produce the credit crunch games; EK's A380 on medical diversion - update; The unlikely producer of China's biggest show; Russia and Georgia on the brink of war; Time to change banks; Stop bashing Beijing; Let the doping Olympics begin; It's looking grim for Thaksin; Grim murder of singer in Dubai; Dubai expats face legal limbo; Emaar delays opening Dubai mall; Emirates A380 - the inside view. July 2008 Emirates A380 - the inside view; EK forgets domain name renewal; Gulf airlines don't feel the pinch; Court sentences Pojaman to three years in jail; A night out at the FCC; EK places another airbus order; The mile high shower club; News of the World gets a mild slapping; Dubai; more bubble or more boom?; Emirates unveils its mega model; Pad: bulldog on a leash or another nail in democracy's coffin; Fly Dubai starts to outline its plans; One-two-well and truly gone; The paper -free, cost-saving A380; Coming to DXB on 28 July; One-Two-Gone; The degenerates of Dubai; The UAE and Congo air pact; Man the barricades - this will get ugly; The "just business" defence; FlyDubai goes Boeing; Dubai; the vulnerability of success; Feed the G8 and forget the rest; Public interest or privacy invasion?; In the dock; Thaksin's friends go one by one; Top ten cities - 2008; Boozy Brits down and out in Dubai; Emirates winter schedule changes; The evolution of English; Dubai Mall's parking woes; Is Dubai catching a cold?; Nok Air knock out; Cathay to be hit by new Taiwan flights; Aussie FM visits Sister Joan; Bangkok weird; Something in the Air;Happy Canada Day; Emirates aims for more cost savings; The evolution of Bangkok retailing. June 2008 Democracy in Asia; beware of Thailand; How oil is reshaping the aviation industry; The road hazards of the UAE; Amazing Thailand; Samak denies insanity; Duck; Donald does Dubai; Thaksin linked to pastry-gate bribes; Dubai LCC is FlyDubai; EK delays west coast launch; Google's costly misjudgment; How to get your UAE ID card; DSS: Dubai's shocking summer; EK update; Brits warn of UAE terror attack; Winding up the Aussies; Potash mine future in doubt; Pastry Gate; European disunion; The airline industry mess; Toothless UN watches Mugabe's crimes; Emirates crew get a new look; Emirates A380 arrives early in New York; Where next for Hillary?; Crude reality; Tradition versus modernity keep Thai politics in turmoil; The reality of Myanmar; Thaksin's amazing insight into his city dream; Emirates to raise fares again; US withdraws Myanmar relief; Tiananmen; 19 years on; Obama wins; Clinton digs in; UAE in mourning for three days; Reforming the UN May 2008 How versatile is your shower cap; Dubai's sewage woes; No Silver(jet) lining; Thailand's squabbling elites seem intent on ruining the country; Time for another coup?; Burj base jumper faces jail; More bad news on taxes; Salik Shocker; Emirates increases India flights; Dubai searches for identity as it grows worldly; Weddings studio primer; Wedding studio blues; The reality of flying Emirates; It's raining concrete; Dubai - then and now; Burma's junta will survive the cyclone; Avoid the Krispy Kremes; Turning a blind eye; Invade Myanmar now; Tremors hit China and Thailand; Tearing down Burma's bamboo curtain; Myanmar places votes before relief; Keeping the foreigners out; Sanity prevails; Not so motivational; Emirates gets a nose job; Burma's twin disasters; a cyclone and the generals; Thailand's next coup - when not if?; Watford squeeze into play-offs; Emirates announces Durban; Emirates will move to new Jebel Ali airport
April 2008
Emirates posts record profits; Thailand's next coup? EOS to cease operations;
One stop curio shopping in Bangkok; Emirates- new long range 777s enable
American expansion; Living in Dubai; EK feedback; Justice avoided; Feeding at
the trough; Rice - the new global currency; Thai AIr Asia drops Xiamen; Dubai
announces tram system for Burj; EK new routes before end 2008; Emirates goes
double daily to Moscow; A Quest too far; A law unto themselves; Dubai - another
UK visitor guide; In praise of Bournville; Thomson Reuters is launched today;
Hanoi - a city to avoid; Emirates Profit Record; The Burmese refugee tragedy;
Dubai Mall sets opening date; China's torch thugs; Emirates to the Golden Gate;
Oasis runs dry; Dubai Prince buys US$2.7m camel; Putting out the Beijing Olympic
Torch; China reinvents the propaganda machine; Dubai planning 2016 Olympic bid;
Next mega mall by year end; The World Cup queue fiasco; No racing refunds. February 2008 The Hua Hin boom; Emirates to where?; Back to the future in Thailand; Edison's unlikely repent; Thomson gets approval for Reuters acquisition; Is Hillary Down and Out?; Sports Day; Pai - not such a paradise; Lessons from Hong Kong's latest internet frenzy; Dubai's rocketing food prices; Bangkok airport woes continue; Thailand's annual V-Day crusade; The new flying yeti!; No kissing - this is Dubai; More traffic chaos in Dubai; No victory in this coup; Dubai's new crown prince; EK's 2008 expansion; Thailand's dismal new cabinet January 2008 Discrediting cricket; Bangkok Airways to grow Samui as international hub; Venice at Carnival; Sad times at HKG's Peak Tower; Good riddance to the Thai junta - The Economist; Xinhua annnounces Beijing Games will be the best; New York Times backs Clinton and McCain; Phone call is latest BA38 speculation; Thai crew upset at high flying soap opera; What next for Thaksin; The great Dubai floods; Bush holiday watch; Air Arabia to start Nepal operation; Monday latest traffic news; US President to bring Dubai to a grinding halt; Whatever happened to radar?; Thailand's extended smoking ban; SQ mishap put A380 out to graze; A gripping race to the Presidency; Emirates divorces Sri Lankan; NIB launched with big ambitions; President Obama; A380 deliveries in 2008; Au Bon Dubai; The new downtown Dubai; A Royal death saddens Thailand; Latest news from Emirates 2007 News Archive December 2007 Thailand's election; Dubai's 2008 calendar; Bhutto's assassination; Thailand goes to the polls; Dubai goes Cuban via Canada; UK travel chaos ahead; 2007 - thoughts and forecasts; Possible outcomes in Thai election; Book now for EK's A380 launch; YMA - yet another mall!; Whither the Baht; The Bangkok Post tours Samut Songkram; Emirates announces Cape Town from March 2008; Dubai's sewage alarms; TAA launches Guangzhou flights; Dubai: the new Gold Coast; The Thai social etiquette guide; The King calls for unity and biofuels; Thailand gets ready to celebrate; Dubai's own Chinatown; Miss World is Chinese; Stiffening the Thai vote November 2007 The perils of a foreign land; court to rule on BKK night flights; Bahrain Air to launch in February; Will Labour win down under; RAK Air ready to launch; Dubai built it and the world did come; Meaningless Asia values; Emirates slow Aussie expansion; Too much money; Forbes' wasted opportunity; Paper says all is well as fog hits Dubai; UAE extends no smoking ban; Emirates places biggest ever airliner order; A day out in Dubai; Culture clash; Royal Barge procession honours absent king; The aviation world comes to Dubai; The indestructible Mr Thaksin; The other face of Dubai: Emirates chairman denies global warming. October 2007 Homesick Aussie; Emirates Airline - the big picture; EK's Spanish opportunity; Thailand's election rules; Thai AirAsia latest; Progress on open skies in SEA; Singapore's A380 is ready to fly; Will Bangkok be submerged? ; The Seven wonders of Thailand; Birthday celebrations planned for Thailand's King; Landing rights for prison release; Emirates nears decision time; Dangerous separatist or spiritual leader; Hong Kong's Heyday (from the Boston Globe); Dubai - from sand to world city; Dubai, past, present and future; Here comes Thaksin and the PPP; Back to reality; Another world; Bahrain proposes expat term limit for GCC; Burma's foul regime depends on China; Non-stop to anywhere September 2007 Forgotten Folkestone; Fears for Myanmar; The adult wurst; Dubai cares - but the message needs to get out; Policing Thai style; For sale from EK; Between the sheets in Singapore; Phuket airport systems were not fully operational; The Bangkok coup - one year on; A cruel twist of fate; Start the bidding for the 2016 Olympics; The new Beijing; Dubai extends no smoking rules; Thaksin enjoying Manchester City; A Ramadan glossary; Stating the obvious; We have your money so we really don't care - update; Ramadan starts this week; Golf in Dubai - but at an increasing price; Emirates newest airliner; Things best not said; The A380 in Hong Kong; We have your money so we really dont care; BKK airport has early A380 woes August 2007 Fairy tale that had no happy ending; More Salik to come?; Bigger may not be better; Playing around with Thaksin; Faye Wong approached to sing 2008 Olympic theme; New UAE airline, terrible name; Not a vote for the Generals; Emirates to go double daily to Shanghai; Dubai Aerospace goes shopping; Dubai goes gambling; What next for Thai politics; Dubai's road chaos; Losing the Ashes; Suan Lum's temporary reprieve; Sunday's vote in Thailand; A380 delivery plans; Thailand's flawed referendum; Emirates on Tour; Virgin Asia; A view from the top; A bad day at the EK office; Casablanca - the movie; A380 coming to Dubai next week; CCTV everywhere; The best places to call home July 2007 Why the Auckland Airport bid?; Our new road to no where; Dubai seeks control of Auckland Airport; Dubai - 800 new residents every day; Time to rethink airplane safety; Summer sweat in Dubai; Life on Mars; Flushed with success in China; Bangkok commuters to take to their bikes; Iran and China - opportunistic bedmates; Save the earth - have a concert; Emirates aims to redraw world aviation map; Trying to make sense of the Thai economy; Gulf expats feel the financial pinch; EK confirms India expansion; NASair - covering all the Saudi markets; The dangers of cheap Chinese exports; Salik is here to stay June 2007 China's heavy handed Hong Kong celebrations; Salik shambles; Hong Kong - the great survivor; Britain's declining influence in Hong Kong; Beach police make a fair cop; Emirates adds to India flights; The Orlando of the Gulf; The Gulf's major airlines continue to flourish; QE 2 heading for Dubai; Emirates buys even more A380s; Somchai is back; Emirates cabin upgrade; Let battle commence; The Generals' Blunder; Emirates A380 plans; Emirates to Toronto; Flak for the French Consul; AED movement predicted; Dubai's metro plans; Postcard from New York May 2007 The verdict is in - Thaksin and cronies are out; Emirates to become world's largest long haul carrier; The last chance Thai tycoon; Thaksin robbed in Moscow; Emirates USA plans; The land of the paranoid; New packing restrictions for flights from the UAE; A weekend in Bangkok; How technology and innovation propel Emirates; Thai censors going too far; A rant - the French consul in Dubai is a disgrace; Pay day for Reuters axe man; More on Blair's departure; Blair to step down on June 27; Thomson in Reuters bid; Izmir at last; The good interview guide; Ten years of Tony Blair - a case of what might have been. April 2007 The Dubai censor at work; Air Asia Long Haul to fly Airbus A330s; Bye bye Boris; Primark - UK fashion on a budget; Thaksin in bidding for Manchester City; Game, set and match in Bangkok; Deputy PM cleans up in Bangkok; Dubai's largest island will be on the mainland;The blessing box; Sister Joan at work in the slums of Khlong Toei - for more on Sister Joan follow this link; Thailand's web-savvy censor?; Size is not everything; Beware of personalised Nigerian scams; Is 2007 the year we wake up to global warming; Gong Li on curse of the Golden Flower; Memories of Antigua; Farewell to a Heathrow Landmark March 2007 One year on: Brian W. Scott; Put your money to a good cause for my baby brother; The coming crisis with Iran; Strange politics in Bangkok; The continuing erosion of civil rights in Thailand; Emirates says no to takeovers; Trial by Proxy; UAE airlines to compete on Kangaroo route; More EK to Australia; Woolmer's suspicious death should end this world cup; Famed Thai hospitality shows signs of strain; Emirates - a friend of Australia but not of Qantas; Another UAE airline set to fly; Dubai Metro on track for 2009 opening; Jebel Ali move expected by 2016; Emirates eyes head start for A380 preparations; Latest update on Emirates schedule; Emirates A380 woes; Sir Bob Geldof concert in Dubai on Friday; Update on the Dubai runway incident; Chang sperm donors wanted; Dubai Airport closed after Incident; Abe needs to admit the past to have a future; Where next for the Thai Baht?; Business Bay in years to come; The Thailand coup - six months on; Dubai: why Brummies like Emirates; Dubai: Dubai's growth - some statistics; Dubai: Jazeera's fast growing Dubai hub. February 2007 Iran/Dubai: Brinkmanship or a real threat?; Bangkok: The end of Suan Lum night bazaar; Bangkok: Please Sir, may I have my satellite back; Bangkok: The dress that is the news in Bangkok; Dubai: Visa Madness; Dubai: Fact and fiction from Sofitel; Bangkok: Making their minds up at Don Muang?; Bangkok: Sights that you wont see in Dubai; Bangkok and Vancouver - opposites attract; Dubai: EK to Houston; Bangkok: Setting the record straight on Thaksin; Bangkok: The rebirth of Don Muang; Dubai: Desert Golf; Bangkok: Thaksin does Time; Bangkok: Thailand's Titanic struggle; Dubai: Budget airlines taking off in the Middle East; Dubai: Every city should have one January 2007 The Bangkok airport fiasco; EK to Brazil from October; Ten ways for budget airlines to make more money; Thaksin makes his case in Japan; Air Asia's plea for common sense; Emirates planning expansion to Americas; The fun begins as Clinton enters the White House Race; Censorship puts Thailand in the dark ages; Time magazine on the land of fading smiles;Opening night of Dubai's horse racing season; Building Dubai's image; Thaksin's interview creates ASEAN fall-out; Dubai; sky's no limit (from the Chicago Tribune); Thaksin banned from Thailand for one year (at least!); Emirates goes to Tyneside; Foreign investors react to Thai FBA changes; Beginning to feel sorry for Thaksin; Changes to FBA have a long way to go; Plans to change Thailand's foreign business act could have a serious impact; Seeing will be believing; worth the risk? Air Asia announces ambitious long haul plans; Coup rumours across Bangkok; Emirates Bullish for 2007 2006 News Archive December 2006 Australian Travel Advisory; Bangkok Bombing update - 1 January 2007; Bangkok bombing latest; New Year's Eve Bomb Chaos in Bangkok; EK expansion news; An uninspiring global village; Christmas in Dubai; Thailand's first ladyboy band; Why Blair is past his "use by" date; More on Thailand's bungled capital controls; Old BKK airport might re-open - told you so !!!; The benefits of sex; Amateurs at the helm; 2006 in review - from loss to great optimism; Where next for Emirates; Dubai's shopping addiction; EU's cold Turkey is bad for everyone; Beware the Baht; EK crew spotted in Bolton; Santa comes to Dubai; The growth of Emirates; Welcome to Dubai - can this be the Arab Centre of the Modern World; New direction? November 2006 archive Dusk over the Blue Mosque; No Turkish delight for the Pope; A new cold war?; A not entirely welcome visitor; The Thaksin Question; Death in the Lebanon; Emirates to fly Aussie cricketers; Let battle commence; CNS unveils the sins of Thaksin; Paradise Lost; Sexpo Singapore - don't get excited; Heineken=Green Space=Jazz Festival; Thaksin cannot come home until after new elections; The end of flying as we know it as Emirates goes mobile; Hot news from Singapore; Rumsfeldisms; New York Times ends its Republican support; Low cost air travel comes to the Gulf; WTO comes to Bangkok; Tax reversal hits at Thaksin offspring; TPI releases corruption perceptions index; Hanging Saddam is wrong; Party time in Watford; Concerns in Thailand at lack of post coup progress; Thaksin goes to China; A380's Asian schedule in November; China's African takeover; Throw enough mud, something will stick October 2006 archive The deadly floods that protect Bangkok; Fishy meetings in Bangkok; Oasis launch flight left high and dry; Understanding China's support of rogue nations; FEER versus Singapore, let battle commence; The end of the Thai visa run; The curious case of the missing assets; Bkk airport - a pilot's view; Hong Kong's exchange powers ahead; Trying to balance growth and identity in Dubai; Star Bores; 300 million Americans; A balanced fight is the holy grail; Who would be a goalkeeper;Thaksin - a failure?; Government proposes booze-ad ban; Tag Board Woes; Equal opportunity employment; Who next?; Could I build a bomb?; Kicking Singapore in the Shins; FEER banned in Singapore; Home truths about life under martial law; A flying dumbo; Thaksin resigns while the TRT sinks like a stone; Coup Updates; Shake Up of Visa and Immigration Rules September 2006 archive Ready for business; Hallo Suvarnabhumi; Farewell Don Muang; If we build it will they come?; Images of Macau; Blair's final message - change or perish; The BKK airport building site; New visa rules confirmed; Pope on the Ropes; Small earthquake rattles HKG; Sunset over Kantarat; The downside of the proposed Thai visa rules; The plot thickens again!; 9/11, never forgotten; News from Thailand's strangest town; Thai immigration rules to change; Blair's departure will be the beginning of the end for New Labour; The perils of celebrity death as a nation mourns; Taking sides in Thailand; Thai Day's self delusion August 2006 Archive "I had a dream"; The beginning of the end of the Star Ferry; TAT versus Fox News; The plot (if there is one) thickens; Pluto gets a downgrade; Assassination attempt: real or not?; Premiership predictions; Myanmar's people; A fading light; Taking to the water: Inle Lake; Currency woes; All templed out in Bagan; Yomping around Yangon; Why?; Muddled security; London on major alert; How to move an airport; Happy birthday Singapore, no criticism please; Thoughts from Central Vietnam; New York dating tips; Thai dating tips. July 2006 archive A little romance in Copenhagen; Strange safety tests at new airport; Two months to go; there are still questions; Truth in advertising; The French Hot Dog; Mixed message from Thai politics; Someday all cities should be like this; England, this England; A bad experience at Subhapruek; Killer pedestrian crossings in Thailand; Middle East mess; A Wie bit sick; Dear George; Full moon over Samui; Airlines seek Suvarnabhumi delay; 7 July 2005 - the London bombings one year on; Bye Bye Becks; Tied up in the courts. June 2006 archive Pattaya news update; Makes you proud to be a Brit??; QandA on Thailand'spolitical woes; Award yourself the CDM; Is Mr. T coming or going; The Nation responds to The Economist; Dreams; United 93; Government confirms airport opening date; Airbus debacle; Let battle (re-) commence; Angkor Wat; preserving the past at the cost of the present; A sea of yellow for the 60th anniversary; Another opening date for BKK airport; Sources of Hope; Nine Lives...One Left; The King's Sixtieth anniversary; The Royal Barges; Girl interrupted; Will Cathay Pacific buy its way into China; United 93 - the film of the year; The Royal Barge Procession; Atrocity and Cover Up; the US failings at Haditha. May 2006 archive If Arsenal upset you beware the World Cup; Brazil 1 England 1; Le roue de Paris dans Bangkok; Asia's foul air cities; Watford win on DeMerit; Watford's dream season comes down to the final 90 minutes Da Vinci Uncut - make your minds up; The Da Vinci Cut; 40 years on; Thai election update; Wise advice; Why we travel; Whatever happened to: Janine Turner; United 93- a review; Thai politics; mysteries never cease; Air Asia's Bangladesh plans; Michelle Wie; The West Wing - two more weeks; Jurors send Moussaoui to life in prison. April 2006 Archive Sex and the British Media; Seven magnificent marathoners; Courts asked to solve Thailand's political chaos; Zacarias Moussaoui would be a poor choice of martyr; Ashes Schedule announced for 2006/7; Celebrating St. George; The World Cup cometh?; Differing democracies; The nine true survivors; Totally confused in Bangkok; What about the new airport?; RAS - the essence of India?; The future of inflight; Voting Day in Bangkok March 2006 archive Bangkok; Thailand's Luxembourg; Thailand's election from afar; Cathay Pacific and Dragonair Merger Rumours; Sunset at White Rock; Choices; Near disaster brings out the best of BC; Why democrats shun the Thai election; Superstition clouds over the Thai election; Thaksin: Survivor Thailand; Whithering Reuters; Thoughts of home; Nothing in Common at these Games; The Coming Resource Wars; Golfing terms; Shingapore under threat from Thaksin opponents; If you build it they will come; The politics of confusion or compromise; Taking the life out of night life February 2006 archive: Snap election called in Thailand; bad news for drinkers; Ignorance and racism in ports dispute; "Westerners usually kill themselves like this"; Not always the land of smiles; The lexicon of anti-love; Name this city; Know your Stans; No sex please - its Valentines in Thailand; Another nasty Nigerian scam; Another limp condom campaign; Has TAA been kicked in the Shins; Nok Air emergency landing - all safe; Much ado about a cartoon; Bangkok's confused airport policy; No Geisha memoirs for China; England in India - your tour dates; US embassy issues caution before weekend protest; Gig or Gik; Pretty Woman meets Geisha Girl January 2006 archive: Gig or gik; Pretty Woman meets Geisha Girl; Rotiboy; is the taste worth the wait ?; Happy Chinese New Year; Ample Rich indeed; The demise of Google; Happy families; A vote for Sven, but not from the FA; Conservatives win in Canada (sort of, eh); Canada votes -eh !; A room with a view; West Wing ending on May 14; Survivor Thaksin; Hasty Justice; Something that you will not read in the Thai press; Budget terminal - Singaporean originality; 12 years is enough; where Canada goes the UK will follow; The freedom to blog; The quiet death of freedom; Thaksin's misplaced praise of Singapore's media; Thailand's Grand Invitation in 2006; Some predictions for 2006; Sex Toys 'R' Us.
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