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Barak Obama

Thailand and the rest of the World need Obama as President at this critical time
5 novembre 2008
Barack Obama, a 47-year-old first-term senator from Illinois, shattered more than 200 years of history Tuesday night by winning election as the first African-American president of the United States.
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5 novembre 2008
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French aid worker kidnapped in Afghanistan
4 novembre 2008
French aid worker kidnapped in Afghanistan
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2008 Corruption perceptions index
25 septembre 2008
2008 CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX
The Transparency International CPI measures the perceived levels of public-sector corruption in a given country and is a composite index, drawing on different expert and business surveys. The 2008 CPI scores 180 countries, the same number as the 2007 CPI, on a scale from zero, highly corrupt to ten, highly clean.

Denmark, New Zealand and Sweden share the highest score at 9.3, followed immediately by Singapore at 9.2. Bringing up the rear is Somalia at 1.0, slightly trailing Iraq and Myanmar at 1.3 and Haiti at 1.4.

While score changes in the Index are not rapid, statistically significant changes are evident in certain countries from the high to the low end of the CPI. Looking at source surveys included in both the 2007 and 2008 Index, significant declines can be seen in the scores of Bulgaria, Burundi, Maldives, Norway and the United Kingdom.

Similarly, statistically significant improvements over the last year can be identified in Albania, Cyprus, Georgia, Mauritius, Nigeria, Oman, Qatar, South Korea, Tonga and Turkey.

Thailand along with Burkina Faso, Brazil, Saudi Arabia and Morocco shared 80th place, each scoring 3.5. Thailand in 2007 earned a 3.3 rating from Transparency International and was ranked 84th.

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Somali piracy
16 août 2008
Piracy in Somalia
Piracy off the Somali coast has been a threat to international shipping since the beginning of Somalia’s civil war in the early 1990s. Since 2005, many international organizations, including the International Maritime Organization and the World Food Programme, have expressed concern over the rise in acts of piracy. Combined Task Force 150, a multinational coalition naval task force, has taken on the role of fighting piracy. In May 2008, Islamist fighters, who are opposed to the Transitional Federal Government, also attacked pirates.
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Leaders of the Group of Eight industrialised nations
7 juillet 2008
Leaders of the Group of Eight industrialised nations
TOYAKO - Leaders of the Group of Eight industrialised nations Monday launched their annual summit in Japan with surging oil and food prices and climate change set to dominate the agenda. The leaders of the G8 — Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Italy, Russia and the United States — will be joined this year by those of some 15 other countries including China, India, Brazil, South Korea and Australia.
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The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Thailand, HE Mr Noppadon Pattama
7 juillet 2008
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Thailand, HE Mr Noppadon Pattama
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Thailand, HE Mr Noppadon Pattama, and the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Australia, the Hon Stephen Smith MP, met in Bangkok on 4 July 2008, during Mr Smith’s first visit to Thailand as Foreign Minister.
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7 juillet 2008
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Some of the best quotes from the final week of the Wimbledon championships : *"I was almost playing in the parking lot. I almost need a helicopter to go to my court." — Jelena Jankovic exaggerates about the drawbacks of playing on Court 18. *"I tried the best that I could and she was quite solid. She didn’t make many mistakes. She was just blocking all those balls. She did quite well, so credit to her." — Second seed Jankovic on her defeat by Thailand’s Tamarine Tanasugarn.
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FARC Terrorist Raul Reyes
4 juillet 2008
FARC Terrorist Raul Reyes
FARC Terrorist Raul Reyes Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez is having a fit of hysterics because the Columbian Army has reportedly killed the FARC terrorist Raul Reyes and perhaps 16 comrades. Reyes was reportedly killed when the Columbian Airforce fired on the FARC camp in Equador from Columbian airspace. Reyes, who often delivered anti-capitalist messages on the FARC website, was wanted for extraditon by the U.S. for drug trafficking. Columbia’s former president Ernesto Samper expressed concern that Reyes’ death may endanger the 40 hostages held by the FARC.