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22 Nov 2007
An estimated 33.2 million adults and children are living with HIV at the end of 2007, including 2.5 million newly infected. More than two million men, women and children died of AIDS-related complications over the past year, bringing the cumulative number of deaths to more than 20 million.
22 Nov 2007
Local people in Prachuab Khiri Khan gathered to pressure local authorities to halt the giant steel company's site clearance for its planned construction of a smelting plant. The Chair of Mae Ramphueng administrative body finally gave in and revoked the approval he previously gave to allow clearance of the site.
21 Nov 2007
Following its analysis of a leaked copy of the ASEAN Charter, FORUM-ASIA is urging for the postponement of the signing of the ASEAN Charter until meaningful consultation has taken place with the people of Southeast Asia
21 Nov 2007
Hundreds of southern insurgent suspects detained in military bases for occupational training programmes and banned from returning home by order of the 4th Army Commander, finally came home and met their families after the ban order was lifted.
17 Nov 2007
Montri Im-ake of San Pa Tong community radio FM 89.00MHz in Chiang Mai told Prachatai of an order by the Internal Security Operations Command (ISOC) banning the use of Karen language in community radios near the Thai-Burma border for fear of communicating sensitive information concerning recent unrest inside Burma.
17 Nov 2007
Reporters Without Borders notes that cable TV operators haveresumed distribution of the Pakistani television channels Aaj TV and DawnTV and two foreign news channels, BBC and CNN.
16 Nov 2007
Reporters Without Borders hailed theannouncement that the United States Internet company Yahoo! has settled aCalifornian lawsuit brought by the families of journalist Shi Tao andpro-democracy activist and blogger Wang Xiaoning, who were convicted andimprisoned on information which Yahoo! gave the Chinese authorities.
16 Nov 2007
Security expert warns that Thai society has summoned a genie and is unable to put it back into the lamp.
15 Nov 2007
The Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Paulo Sergio Pinheiro, continued today with his agenda in Nay Pyi Taw.
14 Nov 2007
CPJ expressed alarm that the government's plan, which includes amassing recordsof thousands of foreign journalists seeking Olympics accreditation, is apretext to block critical reporters from covering the Games.
13 Nov 2007
A Woman Detainee Suffered from Heart Attack, Two NLD Leaders Sentenced , Recent arrests of monk, NLD-members and Karenni villagers.
13 Nov 2007
Journalists in Pakistan have set up coordinating committees in citiesacross the country to maintain their opposition to emergency decrees issuedby President Pervez Musharraf on 3 November.
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