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Get ready to flee flood, Thai PM tells Bangkok

21.10.11
Bangkok began to flood today and residents began to flee as a decision to open floodgates protecting the city appeared to have backfired.... more

Pace in a third alert after Thai floods disaster

20.10.11
Struggling set-top boxes maker Pace wallop investors with its third profit warning of the year as severe flooding hit a major supplier in Thailand... more

Elephant kills girl

17.10.11
A circus elephant in Vietnam has trampled to death a girl who sneaked into a yard to feed it... more

200,000 flee flood

17.10.11
Workers fled a huge industrial estate in Thailand as floodwater poured through its defences ... more

Jungle trek to find crash survivors

30.09.11
Rescuers believe there could be survivors after a plane crashed in dense jungle in Indonesia... more

Typhoon Nesat brings death and destruction to Philippines

27.09.11
A powerful typhoon struck the Philippines killing at least seven people and leaving swathes of the capital under water... more

'They were our heart and souls', say families of students killed in tragic Thai bus crash

22.09.11
Families of the three London gap year students killed in a Thai bus crash have told how they had been left 'desolate without them'... more

£4,000 a life for tragic gap year Britons

22.09.11
The mothers of three London gap-year students killed in a horrific bus crash in Thailand have been offered just £4,000 for each of their son's lives... more

Hundreds of elephant tusks are seized

06.09.11
About 700 African elephant tusks worth $1 million destined for China were seized by customs agents in Kuala Lumpur... more

Malaysia FA say sorry to Chelsea over Benayoun abuse

29.07.11
The Malaysia Football Association have apologised to Chelsea following the London club's complaint over anti-semitic abuse directed at midfielder... more

Malaysian fans go wild as Gunners continue their tour

12.07.11
Gunners have traditionally shunned money-spinning trips to the other side of the world but judging by their reception in Malaysia so far, this visit was long overdue... more

Residents on alert as volcano erupts

11.07.11
People living near the Mount Lokon volcano in Indonesia have been warned they may have to flee the area ... more

Giant croc trapped in maneater hunt

11.07.11
A 13.7ft-long crocodile captured alive in the Philippines is to be examined to determine if it killed a fisherman last month... more

Police free children in nursery siege

07.07.11
Police in Malaysia have stormed a kindergarten and subdued a man who took 30 children and teachers hostage for nearly seven hours... more

Apocalypse Now is one of the best films about war ever made

27.05.11
During the filming of Apocalypse Now, Martin Sheen had a heart attack and Coppola contemplated suicide. By the end, nearly everyone was either sick or exhausted. That is how some masterpieces are made... more

Jack Wilshere set for 14,000-mile Arsenal trip

24.05.11
Arsene Wenger will take 'tired' star to Asia for a two-match pre-season tour in July... more

Poachers murder elephant Beckham

26.04.11
An elephant called Beckham that gave tourists rides in Vietnam has been stabbed to death by poachers... more

Keu! Banh Mi Deli is Dalston's speciality

07.04.11
A staple of Vietnamese street food is proving popular with the denizens of London's trendiest district... more

Eco-chic paradise on Vietnam's Ninh Van Bay

04.04.11
EpiKurean - a newly formed hotel group of former members of Six Senses Resorts and Spas - launched An Lam Ninh Van Bay Villas on April 2 on Vietnam's remote Ninh Van Bay... more

Malaysian persuasion - 10 luxury hotels in Malaysia

17.03.11
Devanshi Mody puts 10 top luxury Malaysian hotels through their paces... more

Race to save sacred turtle

08.03.11
Thousands watched as rescuers in Hanoi, Vietnam, tried to save a dying turtle regarded as sacred ... more

Wife beats off tiger with her soup ladle

14.02.11
A woman in northern Malaysia rescued her husband from a tiger by clubbing it on the head with a wooden soup ladle and chasing it away... more

Army chief's suicide

08.02.11
A retired general, accused of using army funds to fund a lavish lifestyle, shoots himself dead at his mother's grave in Manila ... more

Prisoners flee on blankets

20.01.11
Sixteen inmates broke out of a Philippines jail today by cutting through their cell's iron bars and climbing down blankets into a river... more

Thailand lifts Red Shirt state of emergency

21.12.10
Thailand is to lift a state of emergency in Bangkok, eight months after it was imposed during anti-government demonstrations by Red Shirt protesters... more

Malaysian fund set to buy Freshfields' Fleet Street home

21.12.10
Malaysia's biggest pension fund is closing in on a £150 million deal to buy the home of City law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer... more

Malaysia bus crash kills Thai tourists

20.12.10
Bus carrying Thai tourists overturns in Malaysia, killing 26 people including the driver... more

British mother faces death penalty in Malaysia

17.12.10
British mother-of-two facing the death penalty in Malaysia after police raided a resort she was running with her husband and allegedly uncovered an estimated £16,000 of illegal drugs... more

Volcano clouds Barack Obama’s visit to Indonesia

09.11.10
President Obama and his wife Michelle arrive in Jakarta but aides say he may have to cut short his 24-hour visit to Indonesia because of concerns over a volcanic ash cloud... more

10,000 flee fighting after Burma election

08.11.10
Fighting between ethnic rebels and Burmese government troops sends at least 10,000 refugees fleeing across the border into Thailand... more


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