on thursday a large number of ammunition and assault rifles were confiscated in eastern thailand. in the northeast police arrested 47 suspects on firearms and ammunition offenses. there have already been reports of attacks against political activists as the election campaign intensifies. police say additional officers will be assigned to protect candidates in the most hotly contested constituencies. >>> staying in thailand the tastes of thai consumers are changing rapidly. a recent survey found the most popular foreign cuisine in the kingdom is japanese food. and now an entrepreneur with a hunger for new ideas has taken a traditional japanese snack and developed it into a fast food sensation. >> reporter: this new menu mixes thai and japanese food and is getting popular in thailand. hum, good. this is an a omlete, fried rice covered with eggs, and is already popular among thais. but here it's the size of a tennis ball. these days more young thais are using convenient fast food over traditional cuisine. but this has met consumers' desires with its cute look and bite size. >> i trie

. >> greetings from the thailand capital. we begins bulletin with the asean summit. the international community will be closely watching whether asean can successfully resolve conflicts between its members. after the killing of osama bin laden on monday the world's most populous muslim nation beefed up security in jakarta after welcoming the delegates on the conference sidelines. they met with their cambodian counterpart to discuss security along the border between thailand and cambodia. the border issue is expected to be hot topic at the two-day leader summit. >> we also need to discuss situation in the region, because there are, as you are aware, developments that are occupying asean countries. the emphasis, the need to find peaceful solution to conflict situations. >> the thai and cambodian armies have repeatedly exchanged fire in the dispute, that is agreeing on the line of the border along the 12th century temple. 14 people have been killed and more than 50,000 forced to leave the area. >>> here in thailand the kingdom is heading for a general election that many

the bay area woman died in thailand. and her husband, who is in berkeley, is fighting for a thorough investigation, hoping to prevent another family tragedy. nbc's bay area jean is at the scene now. >> reporter: tonight, he is worried about other people. so far, no one knows what killed his wife and six other people in thailand. >> as soon as i walked into the icu, this was a really serious situation. and it took one information with the doctor to realize that we were going to lose her that night. >> reporter: tony said good-bye to his wife in a thailand hospital in january. the 33-year-old was working as a tour guide in thailand, a place the berkeley couple had visited many times. he says they had dinner with a colleague the night before and got sick. when the symptoms didn't improve, they went to the hospital. her husband found it hard to believe his wife, who is a seasoned traveler, died from food poisoning. >> the fact this her colleague who also was sick, recovered added to the mystery a little bit. >> reporter: in

she did a six day bike tour in thailand. she died three hours after her husband got to her hospital room. now nearly four months later her death is still a mystery. she is one of seven people that suddenly died in a three-month period. many were staying in the downtown inn but she was staying in a small house in a guesthouse. some families believe they die from a chemical. thai authorities insist that all seven deaths are a coincidence. >> we all want estimations including family my family and all the other victims. i imagine we might have to come to terms that we're not going to come to sure what this was. >> but another victim from new zealand. meantime, she has gotten the world health organizations to look into his wife's death. >>> coming up. the about-face the navy is making in a surprising policy change regarding same-sex marriages. >> also important new earthquake research. see how quakes on the other side of the earth can trigger changes right here in the bay area. >> the odds. >> new details on osama bin laden's dea

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. >> she died in thailand where she worked for a berkeley travel company. she was fit and healthy which makes her sudden death hard to understand. >> lisa amin gulezian talked with her husband tonight and is live in berkeley for us. lisa in. >> carolyn, the victim used to call berkeley home, and in the fall she left for thailand. that's where she died and still no one knows how. >> i'm trying to come to grips with the fact that we may never know. >> tony is in mourning. his wife died january 11th, just two days before she was supposed to leave thailand and join her husband in brazil. the 30 threer-year-old was a -- the 33-year-old was a guide for back roads, a tour company. she just finished leading a six-day bike tour through thailand when she suddenly fell ill. >> the details started coming out that she was in a coma. her kidneys had failed and her heart was inflamed and her lungs failed and she was on a ventilator. >> she died three hours after her husband got to her hospital room. now nearly four months later her death is a mystery. but she is one of se

finally, we have thailand's chiranuch premchaiporn. she is the executive director of an online newspaper sponsored by the foundation for community educational media to the organization promotes freedom of expression in thailand. she's also filled with a network which has been called a civil movement in cyberspace. she's also an activist and his work against hiv/aids in time. in 2009 she was charged for violating sections of time and computer crimes act and are cases now before court. we'll ask about that later. now, i want to give you all sometime to think about your own questions. so i'm going to kick off the conversation with the question of mine for the panelists. i want to ask you all starting with wael, how has new media proliferated in each of your countries? could you give me like a personal story of how it's impacted how you do your job? >> i didn't start as journalists. i started on internet. the internet gave me an opportunity to express myself and my opinions on the internet. and later, like i was able to get in touch with s

and heavy rain, too, is going to be possible in parts of northern thailand. you want to watch out for that flooding, landslides are becoming a major concern as that rain continues to pile up. tuesday's highs will show only 18 for you, those of you in tokyo. still on the cool side. chilly winds blowing in. it's nice and warm for seoul, though, at 28. also beijing still looking hot at 29 degrees. now, two-day outlook for the quake affected areas. sunny skies for tuesday and wednesday. staying largely dry. some clouds starting to move on in in the afternoon hours. for mito, you will see some showers in the morning hours before that tapers off. highs, though, will remain in the teens and they won't get too much higher on wednesday either. as for europe, well, we're looking at this big rotation going on right over the north sea. it's been windy and wet here. that continues again today. some very strong winds reported across ireland, british isles. that will continue for you all the way in toward the southern end of the scandinavian peninsula. going to be a stormy

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accept, and expend the city's fiscal year 2011-2012 community development block grant program in thailand from the department of housing and urban development in the amount of $18,583,517 and to expand program income and reprogram funds in the about $1,966,471. item six, resolution approving the fiscal year 2011-2012 home investment partnership program and authorizing the mayor on behalf of the city and county of said it is good to apply for, accept, and expand the city's fiscal year 2011-2012 whole program entitlement from the u.s. arm of housing and urban development in the amount of $7,576,727 and to expand program income in the amount of $430,000. supervisor chu: thank you. we have two representatives on this item. >> good morning, supervisors. director of community development for the mayor's office of housing. we have in front of you three resolutions. we come to you on an annual basis to ask for the approval for the acceptance and expenditure of our community development block grant funds, emergency shelter funds, and home funds. you see in the attachment to your materials the list

the 33-year-old was working as a tour guide in thailand, a place the berkeley couple had visited many times. he says they had a dinner the night before and got sick. when the symptoms didn't improve, they went to the hospital. she never recovered. her husband found it hard to believe his wife, who's a seasoned traveler, died from food poisoning. >> the fact that her colleague, who also was sick, recovered added to the mystery a little bit. >> reporter: in the midst of his grief, he kept hearing more grim news. since january, six more people, mostly tourists, have died after having symptoms similar to food poisoning just like his wife. >> it was devastating. i mean every week or so to get another report of a death. i mean up to seven deaths. it was just like she was the first one and to keep hearing about more and more was really hard to take because i know what everyone's family is going through. >> reporter: all of the victims except his wife are connected to the downtown hotel. a new zealand television show are reporting the deaths are linked to a chemical used to kill bed bugs but

group produced industrial narcotics in home laboratories and sent them to malaysia, indonesia and thailand hidden in milk shipments. >>> time for your weather update. across eastern asia still looking windy across japan this morning. the remnant low of typhoon songa caused flooding problems in quake-affected regions and continues to bring windy conditions along the east coast of japan here. high wind warnings posted now. we will look at calmer and brighter conditions up toward the north. warm and bright down in the okinawa islands. across china, lots of clouds building over the region across the north central portions toward the northeastern corner here. this low pressure system continues to bring drenching downpours in isolated areas. starting to spread across the korean peninsula. light to medium showers, but nothing on the severe side. just to the west of the philippines we've got an active low pressure system that is, in fact, showing signs of intensifying as it moves slowly over the south china seas. this will bring heavy rain to taiwan as well as persistent rain off the philippines,

japan's ambassador to thailand told those attending the ceremony at the japanese ambassador's residence that he believes the medical team will bring hope to the survivors. the two doctors and two nurses will work with staff from the fukushima medical university. they'll begin next monday. the doctors are pediatricians and experts in infectious disease. they have trained in japanese medical institutions. >> translator: i feel very honored and thankful for this opportunity. >> the government has temporarily eased restrictions on foreign doctors so they can provide medical services in the quake-stricken areas without a japanese license. israel and jordan sent medical teams in march and april. thailand is the third such country. >>> as global competition heats up, elementary schools in japan have started mandatory english education for children. the government says that improving japanese people's language skills is vital for the country. here's our report on how a new generation rises to the challenge. >> reporter: employees at this major online sales company are attending an extraordinary

in thailand, construction has begun on one of the world's largest solar power plants. the project is the first to receive funding and aims to power 70,000 homes when completed in 2012. foreign firms and investors are increasingly interested in regional opportunities for solar power. >> working in laos, cambodia, and indonesia to help develop programs in the solar sector. >> currently, solar energy accounts for less than a quarter of 1% of asia's overall energy supply. the adb hopes to enlist the help of the private sector to increase the solar market sixfold to 3,000 megawatts in 2012. >>> the tibetan parliament in exile has approved the transfer of political powers from the leader, the dalai lama, to the prime minister and other officials. it ushers in a new era for the leadership of tibetans in exile around the world. nhk world reports from the exiled government's base in northern india. >> translator: the announcement to step down from active political leadership has left the tibetan community in exile concerned about its future. the tibetan parliament in exile on s

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second tier opposition in thailand. with another football is france coach ron brown has been cleared by the country sports minister of racial discrimination he and football federation colleagues had allegedly discussed whether to curb training academy access the young french plays a jewel nationality many of them black and arab but after investigation sports news the shanta as you are know said no anti discrimination laws were broken she called the coach's discussion at a meeting last november as borderline racist but said the idea was subsequently dismissed and quotas were never implemented. no fact shows that bruce not discrimination on the contrary traced to moral values and respect for people back and again and the union minded as a during the debate. meanwhile allegations have been made in the british parliament that for free from members sought bribes in return for backing england's failed twenty eighteen world cup bid in last december's vote england is carrying out a parliamentary investigation into why they got

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