http://photojourn.wordpress.com Freelance global news, features articles, analysis, and travel reports Thu, 12 Nov 2009 01:12:10 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ en hourly 1 http://www.gravatar.com/blavatar/e16341025e4bf64cab4e0c746bcf84a2?s=96&d=http://s.wordpress.com/i/buttonw-com.png http://photojourn.wordpress.com http://photojourn.wordpress.com/2009/09/01/scottish-expat-lydia-riach-critical-in-bangkok-after-bag-snatch/ http://photojourn.wordpress.com/2009/09/01/scottish-expat-lydia-riach-critical-in-bangkok-after-bag-snatch/#comments Tue, 01 Sep 2009 02:28:26 +0000 John Le Fevre http://photojourn.wordpress.com/?p=3841 ]]> http://photojourn.wordpress.com/2009/09/01/scottish-expat-lydia-riach-critical-in-bangkok-after-bag-snatch/feed/ 17 photo_journ Douglas and Lydia Riach Douglas Riach comforts Lydia Riach after her bag was stolen in Bangkok Lydia Riach and Douglas Riach in Bangkok Lydia Riach in Bangkok Lydia and Douglas Riach receive assistance in Bangkok Aberdeen Press and Journal masthead the Daily Record masthead Scottish Sun masthead Bookmark and Share http://photojourn.wordpress.com/2009/06/22/the-secret-kidnapping-of-david-rhode-how-did-the-ny-times-muffle-the-media/ http://photojourn.wordpress.com/2009/06/22/the-secret-kidnapping-of-david-rhode-how-did-the-ny-times-muffle-the-media/#comments Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:35:40 +0000 John Le Fevre http://photojourn.wordpress.com/?p=3789 Last week Pulitzer Prize winning and The New York Times (The Times) journalist, David Rohde escaped from seven months of Taliban captivity – without the world ever knowing he was held hostage. Rohde, along with local reporter Tahir Ludin and their driver, Asadullah Mangal, were abducted in Logar, outside Kabul, Afghanistan, on November 10, 2008, while [...]]]> http://photojourn.wordpress.com/2009/06/22/the-secret-kidnapping-of-david-rhode-how-did-the-ny-times-muffle-the-media/feed/ 3 photo_journ The New York Times journalist David Rohde Do not copy content from the page. Plagiarism will be detected by Copyscape. Bookmark and Share http://photojourn.wordpress.com/2009/05/20/msf-protest-places-hmong-refugees-in-thailand-at-risk-of-humanitarian-crisis/ http://photojourn.wordpress.com/2009/05/20/msf-protest-places-hmong-refugees-in-thailand-at-risk-of-humanitarian-crisis/#comments Tue, 19 May 2009 18:32:56 +0000 John Le Fevre http://photojourn.wordpress.com/?p=3743 Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), or Doctors without Borders as they are otherwise known, runs the risk of creating a humanitarian crisis if it goes ahead with plans to withdraw from a Hmong refugee camp in Northern Thailand in protest at the Thai governments treatment of Hmong. This warning was sounded yesterday by Yap Swee Seng, director [...]]]> http://photojourn.wordpress.com/2009/05/20/msf-protest-places-hmong-refugees-in-thailand-at-risk-of-humanitarian-crisis/feed/ 1 photo_journ MSF logo Gilles Isard MSF Do not copy content from the page. Plagiarism will be detected by Copyscape. Bookmark and Share http://photojourn.wordpress.com/2009/05/17/us-demands-royalties-on-pandemic-vaccines-as-thousands-more-fall-ill-with-influenza-ah1n1-mexican-swine-flu/ http://photojourn.wordpress.com/2009/05/17/us-demands-royalties-on-pandemic-vaccines-as-thousands-more-fall-ill-with-influenza-ah1n1-mexican-swine-flu/#comments Sun, 17 May 2009 10:10:14 +0000 John Le Fevre http://photojourn.wordpress.com/?p=3698 ]]> http://photojourn.wordpress.com/2009/05/17/us-demands-royalties-on-pandemic-vaccines-as-thousands-more-fall-ill-with-influenza-ah1n1-mexican-swine-flu/feed/ 2 photo_journ An image of the A (H1N1) influenza virus Picture 3 Do not copy content from the page. Plagiarism will be detected by Copyscape. Bookmark and Share http://photojourn.wordpress.com/2009/05/07/traders-riot-in-bangkok%e2%80%99s-patpong-tourist-precinct-tourists-scurry-for-cover-as-shots-fired/ http://photojourn.wordpress.com/2009/05/07/traders-riot-in-bangkok%e2%80%99s-patpong-tourist-precinct-tourists-scurry-for-cover-as-shots-fired/#comments Wed, 06 May 2009 18:55:42 +0000 John Le Fevre http://photojourn.wordpress.com/?p=3609 ]]> http://photojourn.wordpress.com/2009/05/07/traders-riot-in-bangkok%e2%80%99s-patpong-tourist-precinct-tourists-scurry-for-cover-as-shots-fired/feed/ 7 photo_journ Patpong vendor riots 001 Patpong vendor riots 002 Patpong vendor riots 004 Patpong vendor riots 003 Do not copy content from the page. Plagiarism will be detected by Copyscape. Bookmark and Share http://photojourn.wordpress.com/2009/04/30/thailand-tourism-industry-prioritised-to-lead-200-recovery-as-economy-shrinks-5/ http://photojourn.wordpress.com/2009/04/30/thailand-tourism-industry-prioritised-to-lead-200-recovery-as-economy-shrinks-5/#comments Thu, 30 Apr 2009 13:00:16 +0000 John Le Fevre http://photojourn.wordpress.com/?p=3418 ]]> http://photojourn.wordpress.com/2009/04/30/thailand-tourism-industry-prioritised-to-lead-200-recovery-as-economy-shrinks-5/feed/ 1 photo_journ Thailand Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva Empty bars Thapae Gate market 2 Do not copy content from the page. Plagiarism will be detected by Copyscape. Bookmark and Share http://photojourn.wordpress.com/2009/04/27/red-shirts-defiant-as-%e2%80%9cthird-hand%e2%80%9d-blamed-for-thailand-riots-and-assassination-attempt-thai-tourism-plummets/ http://photojourn.wordpress.com/2009/04/27/red-shirts-defiant-as-%e2%80%9cthird-hand%e2%80%9d-blamed-for-thailand-riots-and-assassination-attempt-thai-tourism-plummets/#comments Sun, 26 Apr 2009 18:34:15 +0000 John Le Fevre http://photojourn.wordpress.com/?p=3356 ]]> http://photojourn.wordpress.com/2009/04/27/red-shirts-defiant-as-%e2%80%9cthird-hand%e2%80%9d-blamed-for-thailand-riots-and-assassination-attempt-thai-tourism-plummets/feed/ 2 photo_journ Sanam Luang April 25 - 02 Red shirt Rally Sanam Luang 25/4 - 1 Sanam Luang April 25 - 25 Red shirt Rally Sanam Luang 25/4 - 30 Red shirt Rally Sanam Luang 25/4 - 20 Red shirt Rally Sanam Luang 25/4 -021 Restaurant 2 Red shirt Rally Sanam Luang 25/4 -008 Red shirt Rally Sanam Luang 25/4 - 009 Red shirt Rally Sanam Luang 25/4 Red shirt Rally Sanam Luang 25/4 - 017 Do not copy content from the page. Plagiarism will be detected by Copyscape. Bookmark and Share http://photojourn.wordpress.com/2009/04/21/rumours-fester-among-red-shirts-as-emergency-decree-continues/ http://photojourn.wordpress.com/2009/04/21/rumours-fester-among-red-shirts-as-emergency-decree-continues/#comments Tue, 21 Apr 2009 06:16:56 +0000 John Le Fevre http://photojourn.wordpress.com/?p=3174 ]]> http://photojourn.wordpress.com/2009/04/21/rumours-fester-among-red-shirts-as-emergency-decree-continues/feed/ 6 photo_journ Battle for Bangkok red-shirt-leaders Sanu Luang April 19 black-may-1992 ordered-to-disperse Prime Minister of Thailand Abhisit Veijajiva thaksin-april-091 shot Red Shirt rally at Government House April 8, 2009 Red Shirt rally at Government House Battle for Bangkok Battle for Bangkok Do not copy content from the page. Plagiarism will be detected by Copyscape. Bookmark and Share http://photojourn.wordpress.com/2009/04/16/monk-i-saw-thai-army-shoot-monk-and-people-at-din-daeng/ http://photojourn.wordpress.com/2009/04/16/monk-i-saw-thai-army-shoot-monk-and-people-at-din-daeng/#comments Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:46:03 +0000 John Le Fevre http://photojourn.wordpress.com/?p=3045 ]]> http://photojourn.wordpress.com/2009/04/16/monk-i-saw-thai-army-shoot-monk-and-people-at-din-daeng/feed/ 61 photo_journ "Sajja" Battle for Bangkok Puea Thai complaints Do not copy content from the page. Plagiarism will be detected by Copyscape. Bookmark and Share http://photojourn.wordpress.com/2009/04/12/thailand-prime-minister-dead-man-walking-as-asean-leaders-flee-pattaya/ http://photojourn.wordpress.com/2009/04/12/thailand-prime-minister-dead-man-walking-as-asean-leaders-flee-pattaya/#comments Sun, 12 Apr 2009 10:03:50 +0000 John Le Fevre http://photojourn.wordpress.com/?p=2874 The ongoing political protests in Thailand and the hasty cancellation of the 14th Asean economic summit that saw 14 heads of state hurriedly evacuated from a Pattaya hotel rooftop by helicopter will have a long-lasting affect on Thailand. After only four months in office Prime Minister Abhisit  Veijajiva already looks like a dead man walking following [...]]]> http://photojourn.wordpress.com/2009/04/12/thailand-prime-minister-dead-man-walking-as-asean-leaders-flee-pattaya/feed/ 3 photo_journ Prime Minister of Thailand Abhisit Veijajiva General Anupong Paojinda, commander-in-chief of the Royal Thai Army Do not copy content from the page. 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