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HIV regimen prevents infection among drug users
Giving injecting drug users a daily pill against HIV nearly halved their risk of infection by the AIDS virus.
13 June 2013
World newspapers mull paywalls for survival
Global newspaper chiefs have some rare good news to share after years of slumping print sales and advertising revenues -- readers appear increasingly willing to pay for online news.
03 June 2013
No benefit from double dose of Tamiflu for flu: study
Tamiflu, the frontline treatment for influenza, offers no benefit for patients if it is administered in double the normal dose.
31 May 2013
Kazakhstan ambassador to Thailand appointed
Marat Yessenbayev was appointed Kazakhstan Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Thailand.
30 May 2013
Thai billionaire to visit Kazakhstan
Thai billionaire Vikrom Kromadit has started his third trip called Caravan Asia-2013. This year it will cover Asian countries, including Kazakhstan.
15 May 2013
Thai 'Yellow Shirts' face court over airport rallies
Dozens of Thai royalist activists packed a Bangkok courtroom Monday to face charges relating to their roles in 2008 rallies that paralysed Thailand's main airports stranding thousands of tourists.
29 April 2013
Thai Prime-Minister to visit Kazakhstan in summer
Prime-Minister of Thailand Yingluck Shinawatra plans to visit Kazakhstan in August.
24 April 2013
Cambodia, Thailand take temple dispute to top UN court
Thailand and Cambodia are to face off at the UN's highest court Monday in a dispute over land surrounding a flashpoint temple that has seen deadly clashes along their joint border.
15 April 2013
Five dead, 53 hurt in Thai bus cliff plunge
Five people died, including a seven-month-old baby and a Belgian woman, and 53 were injured when a Thai tour bus plummeted off a hillside in northern Thailand after its brakes failed.
08 April 2013
Ruthless crime gangs driving global wildlife trade
Ruthless and heavily armed "criminal syndicates" linked to drug smugglers and militias are running the global wildlife trade and turning their guns on the park rangers tasked with protecting endangered species.
09 March 2013
Thai tourist industry 'driving' elephant smuggling
Smuggling the world's largest land animal across an international border sounds like a mammoth undertaking, but activists say that does not stop traffickers supplying Asian elephants to Thai tourist attractions.
02 March 2013
Thailand, rebel group agree to seek peace talks
Thailand signed its first-ever public agreement with a rebel group in its Muslim-majority south on Thursday, pledging to work toward peace talks aimed at ending a festering insurgency.
01 March 2013
British world cycle couple dead in Thai crash: police
A British couple who were 18 months into a trip around the world by bicycle have been killed in a road accident in Thailand.
18 February 2013
Thai couple smooch to a new world record
A kiss lasting nearly two-and-a-half days propelled one determined Thai couple to a new record for the world's longest smooch on Valentine's Day.
15 February 2013
Kazakhstan won Thailand in Fed Cup
A Kazakhstan duo played against Noppawan Lertcheewakarn/Varatchaya Wongteanchai. This was a tough match for the Kazakhstan’s tennis players.
08 February 2013
Tennis: Shvedova unexpectedly looses to 19-y.o. Kumkhumas of Thailand
Kazakhstan's Shvedova experienced problems with her back during the second set. This cost her the victory.
08 February 2013
Tennis: Kseniya Pervak defeats her yet another rival at Fed Cup
Kazakhstan’s Pervak played against Thailand’s Nudnida Luangnam who is ranked 212th in the WTA ranking.
08 February 2013
Syringes, surgery and slaps: Thais suffer for beauty
From breast-slapping and gold thread face-lifts, to vaginal whitening soaps and olive oil penis enlargements, image obsessed Thais are going to ever increasing extremes in the quest for beauty.
27 January 2013
Thailand grants access to presumed Rohingya: UN
The UN's refugee arm said Wednesday it had permission from Thailand to access some 850 people, many thought to be from Myanmar's Rohingya minority, held after raids on hidden camps in the Thai south.
16 January 2013
Kazakhstan beauty won Miss Photogenic at Miss Tourism World 2012
Russia’s Tatyana Maksimova became Miss Tourism World 2012, while Kazakhstan beauty became Miss Photogenic of the pageant.
19 December 2012