By Ian Williams, NBC News correspondent
BANGKOK, Thailand – Late tonight, one of Asia’s busiest airports remained under siege, sealed off by several thousand anti-government protesters. The protesters, clad in yellow – the color of the king – sat on mats and cardboard, in the road outside the main terminal building, where cars and buses usually [...]
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25 Nov, 2008
Flood-resistant rice feeds hope for Filipinos
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By Ian Williams, NBC News correspondent LAGUNA, Philippines - Robert Zeigler was a terrific host, bubbling with enthusiasm as he told me about the new varieties of rice that could bring enormous relief to the world’s poor.
“This is a transformational technology. It gives me goose bumps,” he said, pointing at clusters of rice stems [...]
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