SUMMARY:More and more in Thailand, rural students learn in traditional classrooms, but with an emphasis on hands-on activities. The idea is to empower young villagers to bring economic development to their communities, as well as learn leadership, empathy and compassion. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro returns to Thailand to talk with the man leading the effort there.
SUMMARY: Viruses like avian flu, Ebola and Marburg often fester in animals before moving into human populations. Animals in regions that are geographically remote present particular challenges for disease containment. But in Thailand, local residents are using technology, including digital scanning, to track animals and stop outbreaks before they start. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports.
SUMMARY:The daunting and incredible rescue of a dozen boys trapped with their coach, in a flooded cave complex in Thailand completed against very difficult odds today, 18 days after the group was first trapped. John Irvine of Independent Television News reports, then William Brangham talks with The New York Times’ John Ismay.
JEFFREY BROWN (Newshour): Next tonight, narrowing the gap between urban and rural dwellers that exists even in a relatively prosperous country such as Thailand.
Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on one social entrepreneur's project in that Southeast Asian nation.
A version of this segment aired on the PBS program "Religion and Ethics Newsweekly."
FRED DE SAM LAZARO (Newshour): It looks more like a theme park than a school. And it's not just its location in one of Thailand's most impoverished regions that's unusual. Buildings are made of bamboo, including a geodesic dome, just one way Mechai Viravaidya getting people to think differently.
JEFFREY BROWN (Newshour): .... we turn to Thailand.
Three suspected insurgents were shot dead today in a firefight with security forces in the southern part of the country. It was the latest example of the simmering religious violence there that's killed more than 5,000 people since 2004.
NewsHour special correspondent Kira Kay recently traveled to Thailand's troubled south, and filed this report.
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