Thai kick boxer Buakaw Por.Pramuk is going for it again at the K-1 World MAX tournament. Three wins, all won in the third round by 3-0, the 25-year-old fighter as already on his list for this year.
Buakaw who's original name is Sombat Banchamek is the current K-1 World MAX Champion after mercilessly switching out Dutchman Andy Souwer's lights in the final fight last year.
Doing this he took what he was supposed to take already the year before. Then, he fought against Andy Souwer but the jury voted 2-1 after two extra rounds against him.
Buakaw, who was born in the Isaan Buriram province, can look back on a great carreer - despite his youth.
He only lost two out of 18 K-1 fights. Out of 157 Muay Thai fights he solely lost seven. But those fight are only those of his professional carrer. In total Buakaw took part in more than 400 fights.
Experts regard him as a complete kick boxer, who leads his legs to the aim at all levels, hits hard on his opponent's body, but who has nonetheless lots of power in his fists, with whoch he immediatly preys every carelessnes of his rival.
Buakaw, which means "White Lotus" grew up under poor conditions, startet his carreer as a Muay Thai fighter and entered the K-1 circus not until 2004. Then, he immediately qualified for the final tournament nd surprisingly won against against Masato from Japan.



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During the G 8-summit at Heiligendamm the german police's measures had been critisized more than once for their disproportion.
Now, the incidents were topic of a Berlin panel discussion: Which arrests and which deployment of water canons had been really necessary?
A review of confrontations of G8-critics and police is most necessary. German post-war history has shown, that the german constitutional state`s value can only be prooved thoroughly by such occurences.
Therefor it is crucial, that the media stick to the topic as well an keep up the discussion in society. They owe it themselves at least since the Spiegel-affair.
Doing so it is inconclusive to charge up each hit by a police club against each thrown stone, which will lead rather to a rigidification of fronts.
Questions we have to ask now are rather: Why did't police helicopters fly over the camp of the summit's critics but warplanes on a reconaissance mission? Where did the federal government derive the right to deploy it's army for highway surveillance from?
Why did they play after other rules at protests against the decisions of the economically most powerful nations than they usually do at big rock festivals or soccer games?

According to german constitutions 35th paragraph a deployment of the federal army is only possible in assistance to the police at natural disasters or other large disasters.
Both had not been the case at Heiligendamm. This means that the german federal government had just overridden the constitution.
It had already been known before they did so. So, why hadn't there been an outcry by the media and politicians?
If freedom is the price to keep up security, then what is our security worth, at all?

Watch a video showing a unit of the german federal army surveilling a highway (English subtitle)

Watch a video report on the review of the clashes during the G8-Summit

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Bangkok, like most of the large Cities in the developing Countries could become "uncotrolled, toxic anthill", warns the Thai demograph Kritaya Archavanitkul.
According to a report by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) the "dawn of the urban millenium" will begin by next year. Then, half of the world's population will live in urban areas.
Especially in developing countries, where 80% of the urban humanity will be living by the year 2030, this trend is significant.
"Global urban Polulation increased from 220 million to 2.8 billion people during the 20th century. During the next decades we will see a unprecedented growth of population in the developing world.", quotes the Thai Newspaper The Nation aUN-report.
"This is particularly concerning in africa and asia, where urban population will have doubled in the years between 2000 and 2030."
Within a single generation asia's metropoles will have duplicated.
The fact that half of the 65 million Thais already lives in urban areas is due to the "urban bias - rural neclected" policy at the beginning of the developing era in the 1060's, sais Kritaya Archavanitkul, director of the mahidol university population and social research institute.
"Thailands economic growth is based on the withdrawal of resources from the rural areas. Hydropower dams feed the industrialisation and urbanisation but take resources from rural population."
The demograph suggests plans for urban development for a banced to stop the massive migration to the cities.

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Cigarettes and other tobacco products wont't be available in duty-free shops worldwide if a proposal by Thailand is approved.
During the 2nd Framework Convention on Tobacco Protocol Health Minister Mongkol na Songkhla wants to lead tobacco products to the customs duty.
Also, the proposal askes for a ban of tobacco advertising in online-media and other visual media worldwide. As a result, Thailand will block all websites showing such advertising.
Thailand joined the Convention in June 2003 and ratified it November 2004.
About 600-800 participants from 161 nations will decide on global enforcements of smoking-bans and rstrictions against the tobaco industrie.
Thailand is recognised for its strict measures on anti-smoking campaigns and tobacco control.

Information on the 2nd Framework Convention on Tobacco Protocol

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Maka Bucha Day is the day of the Full Moon in the third lunar month.
"Maka" referrs to the month of the same name in the ancient indian lunar calendar. The word "Bucha" means prayer. So, "Maka Buch" means " Prayer in the month of Maka".
Maka Bucha Day is also known as the "Day of the fourfold assembly", a specaial congregation in the age of the Buddha, that occured in the bamboo grove of Veluvana on the full moon in the month maka. On that day 1.250 monks spontanously assembled in the grove without having arranged so.
All of these monks were "Arhant", monks who had reached the highest level of enlightment. Also all of them ha been disciples of the Buddha and had been ordained by the Buddha personally.

Watch the following short Clip, showing us celebrating Makabucha Day with firework at the chinese temple on Ko Chang:



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