news stories by richard s. ehrlich



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1. *recent updates* of my published stories and photographs (click *here* for *recent updates* of my published stories and photographs)


or read the stories -- listed below -- grouped by *countries* (includes many more of my earlier published stories and photographs, going back in time from 2009 to 1978):


Bangkok -- Counterfeit Money is a Genuine Worry for Thailand
www.scoop.co.nz

Bangkok -- A Bland, Squeaky Clean, Yuppie Politician Becomes Prime Minister
www.scoop.co.nz

Bangkok -- Canadian and Americans Accused of Sex Crimes in Thailand
www.scoop.co.nz

Bangkok -- Thais Yearn for Leadership / Struggle of "Yellow Shirts" vs. "Red Shirts" Turns Political Landscape Black and Blue
washington times

Bangkok -- Darwinian Struggle To Find a Ticket Out Of Thailand
www.scoop.co.nz


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burma

Bangkok -- Suppressing Burma's "Beacon" / Democracy Activist Suu Kyi Completes 13 Years of House Arrest; Junta Still Unrelenting
washington times

Bangkok -- Burma: U.S. Relief Ready For Delivery
washington times

Bangkok -- Burma's Generals Take Aid Credit
washington times

Bangkok -- Military Junta Won't Let Cyclone Slow Vote
washington times

Bangkok -- U.S. Aid Team Stuck Waiting For Burma Visas
www.scoop.co.nz


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afghanistan

Bangkok -- U.S. Mercenary Made His Mark With Viciousness / Intimidated Reporters While in Afghanistan
washington times

Mir Bacheh Kowt -- Afghanistan: Terror-Training Videos Found in Al Qaeda Camp
washington times

Kabul -- GIs Sit Ready at 'Ghostlike' Former Soviet Base
washington times

Kabul -- British Begin Patrol as Italians Take 'Fort'
washington times

Kabul -- Afghanistan: Judge Decries Taliban's Killing 'Justice'
washington times


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bangladesh

Rangamati -- Far From World's Eyes, Religious War Rages in Bangladesh
washington times


bhutan

Lhasa -- Bhutan Finally Ready for Prime Time
washington times

New Delhi -- King of Bhutan Secretly Wed Four Sisters, and Now Has Four Queens


Thimpu -- The King of Bhutan is Guided by India
united press international



cambodia

Bangkok -- Khmer Rouge Trial
www.scoop.co.nz

Bangkok -- American Euthanasia Promoter Faces Possible Imprisonment In Cambodia
www.scoop.co.nz

Bangkok -- Sihanouk's Son Named King / Prime Minister and Half-Brother Back Sihamoni's Ascension to Throne
washington times

Phnom Penh -- America's Felons Deported to Cambodia
electronic times

Phnom Penh -- Placing Khmer Rouge on Trial / Making a Case for Trying the Guerrilla Leadership
bangkok post


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china and tibet

Lhasa -- Life Gets Tougher For Tibetans
washington times

Gyantse -- Tibet Castle, Chinese Propaganda
city times

On The Friendship Highway -- On the Road in Tibet
city times

Lhasa -- Potala Palace: Chinese Corporate Logo
city times

Lhasa -- The Tibetan Book of the Living Dead
city times


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europe etc.

Istanbul -- Letter from Turkey
www.scoop.co.nz

Istanbul -- Political Turkey
www.scoop.co.nz

Vatican City -- Vatican Rapes
city times

Budapest -- Gypsies
city times

Prague -- Prague Prison and the Communist Legacy
city times

Prague -- The Golem
city times

Paris -- Doors Singer Jim Morrison's Grave May Be Evicted
elle magazine (thailand)

Amsterdam -- Reefer Refugees
san francisco bay guardian



india

Calcutta -- Only the Doms Can Burn the Dead

Calcutta -- Hope, Despair in "City of Dreadful Night" / A Diary of Life in Calcutta
washington times

Srinagar -- Guerrilla Prefers Grenades: Kashmiri Brags of His Killings
washington times

Srinagar -- Medical Records Document Torture of Kashmiris
washington times

Sopore -- Outsiders Join "Jihad" in Kashmir
washington times


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indonesia and east timor

Jakarta -- U.S. Defector to Make Indonesia Trip
washington times

Jakarta -- Ex-General Holds Strong Lead in Vote / Electorate Angry With Megawati
washington times

Jakarta -- Christians Worry Over Weak Electoral Finish by President / See Rights Threatened by Other Candidate in Runoff
washington times

Jakarta -- Indonesia: Jakarta May See More Hits by Terror, Jemaah Islamiyah is Prime Suspect
washington times

Jakarta -- Terror in Indonesia / Bashir: Jakarta Risks Angering God
bangkok post


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laos

Bangkok -- Lao Group Hopes for U.S. Asylum / CIA-Linked Role Cited, But Story Prompts Doubts
washington times

Bangkok -- Thai Officials Order Hmong Refugees Abandoned
www.scoop.co.nz

Bangkok -- US Veteran Deported From Laos For Assisting Rebels
www.scoop.co.nz

Bangkok -- Amnesty International Accuses Laos Government of Atrocities Against Children
www.scoop.co.nz

Bangkok -- Danger in Laos / U.S. Warns of Security Risks
bangkok post


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malaysia

Bangkok -- Israel Responds To Mahathir Mohamad Remarks
www.scoop.co.nz

Bangkok -- President Bush Unleashed "Slaughter and Humiliation" in Iraq, According to Malaysia's Most Famous Convict, Anwar Ibrahim
european press network

Bangkok -- Nurul Izzah Anwar, Her Father's Daughter
city times

Kuala Lumpur -- Police Clash With Anwar's Supporters in Violent Protests
washington times

Kuala Lumpur -- The Trial of Anwar
city times


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nepal

Kathmandu -- Electro-Shock In Kathmandu
www.scoop.co.nz

Bangkok -- Charles Sobhraj: Accused "Bikini Killer" Resurfaces
bangkok post

Kathmandu -- Nepalese Maoists "On a Roll"
washington times

Kathmandu -- The Slaughter of Nepal's Royal Family
city times

Kathmandu -- Canadians In Bid To Light Up Nepal Villages
bangkok post

Kathmandu -- Communist Rebels Wage War High in Nepal
washington times


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pakistan

Islamabad -- Pakistan's General Musharraf Seized Power in Coup But is America's Friend
european press network

Islamabad -- Benazir Bhutto, the Candidate

Islamabad -- Pakistan's Women Are Lifting Their Veils

Lahore -- America and Pakistan Behind the Scenes in Election

Lahore -- Bhutto Backers Loud and Menacing
washington times


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philippines

Manila -- Macapagal-Arroyo Refuses to Identify Her Foes
washington times

Manila -- Uprising Gives New Twist to Technological Revolution
washington times

Manila -- New Philippine Leader Gets Off to Shaky Start
washington times

Manila -- An Unbowed Estrada Refuses To Go Quietly
bangkok post

Manila -- The Backlash Against Gloria Arroyo
city times


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sri lanka

Bangkok -- Sri Lanka Negotiations: Talks Are First Step on Long Road
bangkok post

Pamunugama -- Multi-millionaire Herman Steur was sleeping peacefully in his new mansion on a tropical beach...

Bentota -- Endless Strife Tearing Apart Once Gentle Sri Lanka
washington times

Colombo -- Corpses Dumped Along Jungle Highways During Election

Jaffna Peninsula -- A Tamil Tiger Guerrilla Unreeled a Thin Braid of Blue and Brown Electric Wire Beneath Some Palm Trees...


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united states of america

San Francisco -- San Francisco's Limousines, "Dot Commies," and Revolutionary Graffiti
www.scoop.co.nz

Alcatraz Island -- Escaping Alcatraz? Keep Swimming & Don't Get Shot
www.scoop.co.nz

San Francisco -- Political Cartoonist Pat Oliphant Hopes McCain "Would Disappear"
www.scoop.co.nz

Bangkok -- U.S. Soldiers Trade Images of Iraqi Dead For Porn
www.scoop.co.nz

Bangkok -- Hans Blix Says Iran Has "Legal Right" To Enrich Uranium
www.scoop.co.nz

Bangkok -- Dame Anita Roddick: "Bush Is A War Criminal"
www.scoop.co.nz

Bangkok -- Race in America / Blacks in Bush Cabinet Are Token
bangkok post

New York -- Visiting Ground Zero: New York Trauma
the foreign correspondents club of thailand's *dateline* magazine

New York -- Gas Masks
european press network

New York -- Where Was God on September 11?
european press network

New York -- America's First Anti-War Demonstration After World Trade Center Attack
european press network

San Francisco -- Hello My Big Big Book Tour
the foreign correspondents club of thailand's *dateline* magazine

New York -- throat talk...
international house news, new york city

New York -- Human Marvels: "I Take Off My Clothes in Public"

Brooklyn -- Son of Sam / "He Should Be Hung Upside-Down From a Tree and Destroyed"

San Francisco -- Q and A with William Burroughs: "I've never been interested in politics, nor do I feel that politics have accomplished much or changed things. There has been a terrific cultural revolution that has made more alterations"
san francisco phoenix
(later reprinted in *beat scene* magazine, london)



vietnam

Hoi An -- Tourists Return to Revive Faded Gem of Vietnam / Port City of Hoi An Advertises Opulent Past, Romantic Appeal
washington times

Bangkok -- Country Joe Still Says No
washington times

Bangkok -- Vietnam Buys Russian Warplanes for 100 Million Dollars
www.scoop.co.nz

Hanoi -- Vietnam Repression: Rights Groups Charge Abuses of Minority Highlanders
washington times

Hanoi -- Ho's Ideas Shunned in Vietnam: Minh Combines Capitalism, Iron Political Grip
washington times

Hanoi -- Market Strategy Mixes Artisans With Piracy
washington times


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I am co-author and co-photographer of the non-fiction book of interviews, documentation and investigative journalism, titled:

"Hello My Big Big Honey!"

Love Letters to Bangkok Bar Girls and Their Revealing Interviews

ISBN 0867194731





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