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Monsoon predicted in Myanmar delta
Los Angeles Times Staff WritersMonsoon winds and rain were predicted on Wednesday to whip through Myanmar's Irrawaddy River delta, compounding the misery for at least 1.6 million survivors of this month's deadly cyclone and spawning fresh appeals from the international community for...Tags: Ban Ki-moon, Society, National or Ethnic Minorities, Foreign Aid, Charity
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Asian art expert dies in custody
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterAn internationally known expert on Asian art who was implicated in a scheme to smuggle looted antiquities from Thailand to Los Angeles-area museums died Wednesday at a federal detention center in Seattle four days after being arrested there on a visit...Tags: University of California, Los Angeles, Arts and Culture, Heart Attack, Colleges and Universities, Archaeology
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One night with Bangkok
Bangkok Five has plenty of friends
There have been mountains of media coverage given to the influence of social-networking sites such as MySpace.com — but the L.A. band the Bangkok Five has managed to start a career out of it. The band not only...Tags: Hawaii, Defense, MySpace, Armed Forces, New York
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Fixer-upper becomes tropical paradise for a Woodland Hills couple
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterLOUNGING ON a chaise beneath a Balinese umbrella in the backyard of Edward Sorano and Scott Ellis, you can imagine yourself on vacation at a tropical resort. Surrounded by tiki torches, Indonesian fabrics, gurgling fountains and tropical plants, you half-...Tags: The Home Depot, Hawaii, Los Angeles Times, Real Estate Sales, Hotels and Accommodations
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Quick Takes
France aims against TV for toddlers
France's broadcast authority has banned French channels from airing TV shows aimed at children under 3 years old, to shield them from developmental risks it says television viewing poses at that age.
The ruling also...Tags: Ricky Martin, News Corp., Entertainment, Book, United Kingdom
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Her career revived, scholar turns tipster
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterSecond of three parts Roxanna Brown never saw the car that hit her. The 36-year-old expert in Southeast Asian art was pulling her motorcycle out of a parking lot in Bangkok when the vehicle knocked her onto a busy road. There she was repeatedly...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Arts and Culture, Material Science, National or Ethnic Minorities, Anaheim
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The charm of Thai fusion at Naraya
Times Staff WriterLIGHT from the tabletop votives flickers in the large framed mirrors on the tiny cafe's gray walls as Patrick Suwan, chef and co-owner of Naraya, who also works the front of the house, sets our appetizers before us. There's not a seen-this-one-before dish...Tags: Shrimp, Foods and Beverages, Family, Lifestyle and Leisure, Salads
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Dining Finds
Gourmet Latino/Mi Casita, Boca Address: 7-Eleven Plaza, 111 W. Palmetto Park Road Phone: 561-750-8298 Type of food: Authentic Mexican Hours: 10 a.m. to 1 a.m. daily Dining facility: Storefront full-service eatery with about a dozen...Tags: Shrimp, Sushi and Sashimi, Foods and Beverages, Lifestyle and Leisure, Salads
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Joan Silber's "The Size of the World"
Joan Silber's ambitious new novel, "The Size of the World," sets out to examine the longing for connection when one is far from home. In unadorned prose that takes tremendous psychological and geographic leaps, Silber offers a dizzying array of insights...Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, Hospitals and Clinics, Key West, Family, Immigration
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Cage Picks 'Dangerous' Role
Zap2It.comNicolas Cage is circling "Bangkok Dangerous," an independently financed remake of the 1999 Thai thriller. According to Variety, the directors of the well-regarded original -- Oxide Pang Chun and Danny Pang -- will also direct the English-language update....Tags: Academy Awards, Bangkok Dangerous (movie), Nicolas Cage, Sony Corp.
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World Watch
BarbadosA Canadian woman remains in a coma after she and her daughter-in-law were beaten with a piece of wood in a midday attack Feb. 28 on Long Beach. In April 2008, two other women were attacked by a man with a knife on the same beach, also during the...Tags: Long Beach (Los Angeles, California), Guatemala, U.S. Embassy, Crime, Law and Justice, Murder
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Camaraderie, Carnage Stylishly Collide in 'Bangkok Dangerous'
TIMES STAFF WRITER"Bangkok Dangerous" takes a high-voltage, ultra-stylish dive into the lethal, shadowy underworld of the Thai capital and comes up with a taut thriller as drenched in romantic fatalism as it is in extreme violence. Twin brothers Oxide and Danny Pang...Tags: Organized Crime, West Los Angeles, Entertainment, Cinema Industry, Hong Kong
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