Monday, 6 June 2011

australia, the sick country

the elected goverment in australia talks about the righteousness of sending small aghani girl refugees into malaysian prisons. australia is a very, very sick country.

Scramble for oil and gas in South China Sea

Six countries are all scrambling for the South China Sea. China, Vietnam, the Philippines, Brunei, Taiwan and Malaysia are all making claims to it.


But why now? China estimates there could be up to 213 billion barrels of oil beneath the sea. This would mean China would have the world's second-largest proven oil reserves, just falling behind Saudi Arabia, which has 264 billion barrels.
There are also estimates of up to two quadrillion cubic feet of hydrocarbon natural gas.

Monday, 30 May 2011

The contenders for Thai PM

The main contenders for prime Minister, Kingdom of Thailand, in July 2011 elections:

Abhisit Vejjajiva, the current PM, and Yinluck Shinawatra

Thailand Elections

US Embassy warns citizens against visiting Thailand in the run up to elections in July.
There have been some disturbances in the Bangkok city area as Red Shirts begin some operations.
Thaksin Shinawatra's sister will be running for PM.