
Although Plaa still had a deep mistrust of her mother ("there was no love, no affection, I felt no warmth from her or towards her"), she decided to move to Chiang
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At its head is the prime minister, founder of the Thai Women Empowerment Fund, and surrounding her is a committee of five women's issues experts, 13 relevant
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The Burmese government has done little to quell the violence or to set up proper support structures within the camps, where conditions are extremely poor with little
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We were dancing away, when at the peak of a well-orchestrated albeit rather inebriated body roll, I felt a sharp shard of glass pierce my toe.
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I started reading more about consensual non-monogamous relationships, a category that extends to polyamorous couples, open relationships, swingers and other
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Your Chiang Mai questions answered; dengue fever, bugs and what to do about pesky tourists.
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In Okkan District, a monk in robes was observed at the wheel of a bulldozer, attacking the walls of a mosque. Ashin Issariya laughs in disbelief.
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There, he lives the kind of semi-ascetic existence one might assign to any artist, amidst the buzz of the rainforest with his lovely wife and their pets.
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“I had all these comments from people saying, ‘Can’t believe you’re hitchhiking to Brazil, congratulations!’” Garcia said laughing.
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Worldwide polls have shown that ophidiophobia, or the fear of snakes, affects up to 50 percent of all adult humans, making it perhaps the most common phobia in the
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It has been exactly one year since I left the United States and decided to move quite literally as far away from home as possible: 24 hours on a plane plus 13 hours
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Unfortunately, Domiduca closed down and Ton was out of a job. Fortunately, a few clients still had his number and would sometimes call to ask him for help here and
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