abc.net.au Rising numbers of Australian methamphetamine users are travelling to rehabilitation centres in Thailand to beat their habit. The so called 'rehab resorts' offer budget-priced treatment, far away from the possible temptations of home.


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reuters Thailand's agriculture minister said he had confidence in measures designed to combat illegal fishing after the European Union gave the country six months to clean up its act.

bangkokpost.com A British fugitive who allegedly masterminded a cigarette-smuggling ring that cost the UK 2 million pounds in lost tax revenue was captured in Hua Hin. Paul Joyce is wanted on an arrest warrant from UK police and had fled to Thailand to escape prosecution for evasion of excise taxes.



AP Southeast Asian lawmakers are urging their leaders to discuss Myanmar's Rohingya Muslim crisis at their summit in Malaysia this weekend, saying it has led to the highest outflow of asylum seekers by sea in the region since the Vietnam War.

theday.com The Asean Parliamentarians for Human Rights, a grouping of regional lawmakers, said in a statement that the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations must abandon its policy of not interfering in each other's affairs, which has been used as a justification to avoid holding a discussion on the Rohingya issue.



theguardian.com The monetary value of the world's oceans has been estimated at US$24tn in a new report that warns that overfishing, pollution and climate change are putting an unprecedented strain upon marine ecosystems. The report, commissioned by WWF, states the asset value of oceans is $24tn and values the annual ''goods and services'' it provides, such as food, at $2.5tn.

demilked.com Masturdating and 23 Other Brilliant New Words That Must Be Added To A Dictionary.
http://www.demilked.com/new-modern-funny-random-words-portmanteus/

bangkokpost.com It's now one strike and you're out for bad-behaving taxi drivers who will have their licences revoked after a single, serious offence, the Land Transport Department.

scmp.com A young man who made headlines last week for dating at least 17 girlfriends at the same time has been taken home early from hospital by his mother - with a police escort - the Xiaoxiang Chen Bao reports. After a traffic accident put him in hospital on March 24, one girlfriend after another started turning up at the hospital.

nationmultimedia.com In Bangkok, Procter and Gamble Trading (P&G Thailand) has joined with UN Women Asia and the Pacific in declaring its commitment to foster gender equality within the company and its affiliates as well as to reach out to Thai males to support this global agenda.

bangkokpost.com The Bangkok Post views that the CJR's admission that elements of the article were factually incorrect and indeed, outright fabrications validates the position that the piece is without credibility.
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/general/537639/columbia-journalism-review-admits-errors-fabrications-in-justin-heifetz-article-about-the-bangkok-post

nationmultimedia.com Twelve Chinese and Myanmar crewmen aboard a cargo ship stranded on the Chao Phraya River have been rescued. Rachen Rangmarerng, head of the Port Authority of Thailand's labor union, said the crewmen, seven of who were Chinese, were starving and dehydrated.

scmp.com China is driving the rapid growth of global vanity consumption - money spent on self-indulgence and enhancement of appearance and prestige - according to a Bank of America Merrill Lynch global research report. The investment bank said in a report that the ''vanity capital'' market in the Greater China region, which covers the mainland, Hong Kong and Taiwan but not Macau, grew at an annual rate of 15.6 percent and led the world in the past five years.

news.sky.com Tesco made a loss of 6.38bn pounds in its last financial year, the worst in its history and the sixth-biggest announced by a UK company.

belfasttelegraph.com Scientists have found evidence that people's genes determine how attractive their body smell is to mosquitos.



cpj.org Seven of the 10 most censored countries - Eritrea, Ethiopia, Azerbaijan, Vietnam, Iran, China, and Myanmar - are also among the top 10 worst jailers of journalists worldwide, according to CPJ's annual prison census.

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goal.com Carlo Ancelotti described Javier 'Chicharito' Hernandez as a ''fantastic solution'' after the Mexican grabbed a late winner to edge Real Madrid into the Champions League semi-finals at the expense of Atletico.



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