LOS ANGELES (AFP) - - Pop icon Michael Jackson died Thursday after suffering a cardiac arrest, the entertainment website TMZ.com reported.
The website reported that Jackson, 50, suffered a heart attack just after 12:00 pm (1900 GMT) local time and paramedics ... 
Hua Hin, Thailand, April 2009 … THE BARAI recently received another achievement at the Asia Spa & Wellness Festival 2009, winning two Gold Awards in the categories of “Best Resort Spa”, which emphasises guests’ experiences, and “Best Spa Ambience”, which ... 
YALA, Thailand (AFP) - - A Buddhist female teacher has been shot dead and two policemen have been killed by a bomb in Thailand's south as suspected Muslim separatists step up an anti-government insurgency, police have said.
Gunmen opened fire on ... 
WASHINGTON (AFP) - - Popular US breakfast cereal Cheerios is a drug, at least if the claims made on the label by its manufacturer General Mills are anything to go by, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has said.
“Based on claims made on your product’s label, we have determined that your Cheerios Toasted Whole [...]
WASHINGTON (AFP) - - Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in the US on Sunday ahead of his maiden meeting with President Barack Obama amid divisions over Middle East peacemaking and Iran’s nuclear ambitions.
The hawkish premier, who wants a “fresh” approach to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, will unveil in the White House meeting on Monday his [...]
CANNES, France (AFP) - - Spanish film-maker Alejandro Amenabar took Cannes back to Egypt 400 AD on Sunday with a toga-clad parable on religious extremism starring Rachel Weisz as a martyred philosopher.
Set in Alexandria during the dying days of the Roman Empire, the big-budget movie “Agora” charts the bloody struggles that pitted pagans and Jews [...]
PATTAYA, Thailand (AFP) - - Resplendent in a figure-hugging grey and black dress, Sorrawee Nattee wept tears of joy after being crowned Thailand’s most beautiful transsexual at a unique pageant.
Sorrawee took the top prize at Miss Tiffany’s Universe 2009 in the beach resort of Pattaya, beating off 29 other transsexuals and receiving a small Honda [...]
Great Thai and Western food in our beach-side restaurant!
Bon Island can easily be reached by the local long-tail boat or speed boat from any of Phuket’s main beaches. Enjoy the scenery as you travel along Phuket Island’s west coast from Patong, Karon or Kata beaches. Ask your boat driver to stop at the south-west corner [...]
NEW YORK (AFP) - - Chrysler asked a bankruptcy court Thursday to shut down 789 dealers, nearly one-fourth of its sales outlets, saying this will cut costs and boost the odds for the success of its alliance with Italy’s Fiat.
The troubled auto giant, which is aiming for a quick court restructuring to start fresh under [...]
MANADO, Indonesia (AFP) - - Climate change could wipe out the world’s richest ocean wilderness by the end of the century without drastic cuts in greenhouse gas emissions, environmental group WWF said Wednesday.
Rising water temperatures, sea levels and acidity are threatening to destroy the vast region of Southeast Asia known as the Coral Triangle, labelled [...]
CANNES, France, May 13, 2009 (AFP) - - Cannes lifted off Wednesday with 3D cartoon comedy “Up” as Brad Pitt and Quentin Tarantino and a bevy of auteur directors and megastars lined up for the French Riviera film festival frenzy.
The notoriously extravagant event has toned down the glitz in this time of economic crisis, but [...]
BANGKOK (AFP) - - Thai police have arrested two Swedish men and one Briton in the coastal resort of Pattaya on charges of sexually abusing underage boys, an officer said Wednesday.
Karl Erik Berglund, 60, Lars Anders Elleman, 65, and Briton George Stanley Gibbs, 67, were paraded in front of the media after being arrested in [...]
‘What About Meω’ Charity Event at Kamalaya Koh Samui
Movie-Stars, Rock Aristocracy, Spiritual Leaders and Grass Roots Activists Together in Grammy Nominated Innovators New Film
Thailand’s first screening of ‘What About Meω’, the latest film from global philosophy and music concept band 1 Giant Leap, will be held at Kamalaya Koh Samui on 14 March, 2009. The [...]
