Bangkok Journal: Breathing Easier as the Battle for Blue Skies Pays Off
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A decade and a half after Thailand began a battle for better air quality, this erstwhile icon of smog has emerged as a role model for pollution-choked capitals in Asia.
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Of the 12 million tourists who visited Thailand this year, many headed straight to the gems of the south to soak up the sun along tropical beaches, dive on spectacular coral reefs and indulge in a languid, sometimes lascivious, lifestyle. Now, they're scurrying away in droves, reeling from a disaster of epic proportions which left five-star resorts and &#36;3-a-night bungalows in ruins and polluted the air with the smell of rotting corpses.
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In late afternoon, the wispy clouds part. For the first time I discern the distant domes, tiny and white, on the peak of blue-grey Mauna Kea, but a heavy cloud hovers above. Dr. Hammel tells me that once the sun sets, this cloud will cool, sink and wrap the telescopes in its fog, unless &#150; there&#39;s a small possibility &#150; the cloud sinks all the way beneath the summit, down below the telescopes. Despite the bleak predictions in all the weather forecasts for tonight, I begin to hope that we&#39;ll finally get some data.
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Deals worth more than $300m are expected to be signed at the Paris air show, yet the industry faces significant challenges reducing noise and air pollution.
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How tough do you have to be to survive in Baltimore? Try breathing toxic waste instead of air.
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Asia Pacific leaders overcame differences on climate change Saturday to agree to take action against greenhouse gases at a key summit protected by the tightest security in Australian history.
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It is a favored tactic in the Bush White House to take on tough criticism by boldly asserting the opposite. Keeping clean air regulations from forcing further cuts in emissions is labeled a &quot;clear skies&quot; initiative.
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DETROIT -- Some asthma sufferers in five states now can find out about air quality early enough to avoid being caught outside on a smoggy day.
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THAI army helicopters with loudspeakers hovered over remote jungle peaks in the south of the country yesterday, coaxing those who had fled Sundayâs massive tidal wave to come down to safety.
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JALALABAD, Afghanistan -- This month, two Afghan medical workers drove off into the hazy blue mountains that rise above this dusty provincial capital. They have not been seen since.
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ThailandÂs deposed prime minister seems to be having a better time than the generals who ousted him, who are struggling to control the country he left behind.
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By Srisamorn Phoosuphanusorn, Bangkok Post, Tha
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PANARE, Thailand - Around 50 Thai Air Force planes âbombedâ the largely Muslim southern with paper birds on Sunday as a symbol of peace for the restive region where nearly 500 people have been killed since January.
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NEW YORK  - A smog-filled sky can make it hard to breathe, but air pollution in the home may also be hard on people with lung disease, researchers have found.
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THE Thai military turned to the power of origami yesterday in its attempt to bring peace to the countryâs restive south. Air force planes dropped 100 million paper birds over the area, where fighting between
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Wanphen Sripirom has struggled for years to scrape a living as a subsistence farmer in Phichit Province, north of Bangkok. Chickens have provided
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Lung function dips and rises on a 24-hour cycle, reaching a peak for most people in late afternoon, researchers have found.