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		<title>Western Women and Thailand’s Sex Tourism Industry</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Although Thailand’s main attractions for tourists usually revolve around Thailand&#8217;s beaches, Thai food, nature, adventure sports, and cultural activities, the country also has a significant adult entertainment industry. Though Thailand is perhaps less well know for the sex industry than some of its neighbors (like Singapore), nevertheless there are pockets of tourist areas that cater [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Divorce: An evolving phenomenon?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Divorce proceeding, whether located in the US or abroad, are rarely pleasant experiences for those involved. That said, a number of legal developments in the past week have conspired to make divorce a slightly easier, and much fairer, process for all involved. New York Awards Woman State’s First “No Fault Divorce” An aged Long Island [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thailawforum.com/blog/divorce-an-evolving-phenomenon</link>
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		<title>Gender Neutrality and Schools for Sex</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Would &#8220;Gender Neutrality&#8221; work in Thailand The British parents of five-year-old Sasha Laxton, a boy brought up to be “gender neutral” have posted a youtube video in defense of their widely-criticized parenting method. The video stars Sasha claiming that gendered colors (pink, yellow, blue, and green) are “silly”, and when his mother asks him if [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thailawforum.com/blog/gender-neutrality-and-schools-for-sex</link>
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		<title>Silverlake Music Festival to be held in Pattaya</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Music lovers trapped in Thailand take heart – band “Incubus” will rock Thailand on January 28th, for the “Silverlake Music Festival 2012”. The festival will be held inPattaya,Thailand, at the Silverlake Pattaya Vineyard, and will feature a variety of artists, including “Seether” and “Owl City”.  Check out the festival’s website for more details. Incubus is a band [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sick Leave:  Controversial Yemeni President heads to the US for “Medical Treatment”</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yemen’s president Ali Abudulla Saleh has left his home country to receive medical treatment in the U.S., despite widespread calls from Yemeni citizens for Saleh’s arrest. Saleh, who has been referred to by Yemeni opposition as “the Butcher”, is accused of authorizing a bloody crackdown on government protests during the “Arab Spring” of 2011. The [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thailawforum.com/blog/sick-leave-controversial-yemeni-president-heads-to-the-us-for-%e2%80%9cmedical-treatment%e2%80%9d</link>
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		<title>Thailand knows about Palestine, but does anybody else?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On January 19th, Thailand announced that it had recognized Palestine as an independent state. The news has been met with applause from a number of parties, including Thai academics, Southern Thai Muslim activists, and the Palestinian Authority; other groups, including the Israeli government, condemned the move. We visited the (in)famous Khao San Road in Bangkok to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thailawforum.com/blog/thailand-knows-about-palestine-but-does-anybody-else</link>
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		<title>Love at First Sight, or Love at Last Rites?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[January 17th was beautiful day for a wedding in Surin, Thailand, when Thai T.V. producer Chadil Deffy married his dead girlfriend Ann Kamasuk. Looking dapper in a mourning suit and top hat, Chadil married the wedding dress-clad body of Kamasuk in an “act of great love”.  Allegedly, Kamasuk, who had been Deffy’s significant other for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thailawforum.com/blog/love-at-first-sight-or-love-at-last-rites</link>
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		<title>Thai Government Ratifies UN Convention on Enforced Disappearance</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On 19 January, Thailand ratified the United Nation’s “International Convention for the Protection of All Person’s from Enforced Disappearance”. The convention will allegedly result in improved human rights protections in Thailand, as Thai law previously had no specific regulations for the treatment of missing persons. The term “Enforced disappearance” refers to government-supported arrest, detention, and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thailawforum.com/blog/thai-government-ratifies-un-convention-on-enforced-disappearance</link>
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		<title>US Border Patrol Cites Snoop Dogg for Marijuana Possession</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On 7 January, US Border Patrol agents cited rapper Snoop Dogg for marijuana possession at a checkpoint in Sierra Blanca,Texas. Border discovered roughly two ounces of the drug after performing a search; Snoop Dog, who has long been an outspoken advocate of marijuana legalization in the U.S., admitted to possession of the drugs. US Border Patrol [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thailawforum.com/blog/us-border-patrol-cites-snoop-dogg-for-marijuana-possession</link>
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		<title>NDAA Signed into Effect on December 31st, 2011</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On December 31st 2011, President Obama signed into law the “National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012”, a move that effectively legalized arbitrary military detention without trial for US citizens.   President Obama stated that he had “signed this bill despite having serious reservations with certain provisions that regulate the detention, interrogation, and prosecution of [...]]]></description>
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