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Japan, Thailand to share flood damage costs

By Thu, Jan 12, 2012 12:34PM UTC View Comments Pic: AP.

BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand and its biggest foreign investor, Japan, agreed Wednesday to jointly help businesses of both countries damaged by major flooding in the Southeast Asian nation last year. The measures include dispatching experts to damaged facilities, exempting import duties on machinery and parts, continuing to allow workers from closed Japanese-owned facilities in Thailand...

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Small business ingenuity thrives in Thai floods

By Tue, Nov 15, 2011 5:10PM UTC View Comments A Thai driver smiles as he navigates his modified TukTuk to make it cross high floods better in Bangkok. Pic: AP.

BANGKOK (AP) — Flooded out but still want to make a fashion statement? Try these lime green rubber boots. Feeling stir crazy with the fetid waters surrounding your home? How about special snorkels to keep your car running in high water – or a jet ski to navigate submerged streets? In Bangkok, a tireless Asian...

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