The News Review:

- Ammo blast kills at least 5 injures scores
- Thai wines win a little latitude
- – DAWN – RSS Feeds; March 15 2008

Ammo blast kills at least 5 injures scores
Denver Post – Mar 15, 2008
Ciudad Juarez has been plagued by violence as Mexico’s crackdown on powerful drug cartels stokes turf wars. Cartels frequently use “safe houses” in border cities to store drugs house gunmen and dispose of dead rivals. Bomb hits hotel in southern ThailandPATTANI Thailand — A bomb exploded in the parking lot of an upscale hotel in Thailand’s restive south Saturday killing two people and wounding 14 others police said. The blast shattered windows as high as the eighth floor of the C. Pattani Hotel the largest hotel in Thailand’s southern provinces where a Muslim insurgency has been underway since 2004. Police found and defused a second bomb in a hotel restroom officials said.

Thai wines win a little latitude
The Australian – Mar 15, 2008
Gaksch says we are precisely at the tropical latitude of 14. 3 degrees north at this vineyard and output from the Khao Yai region has been dubbed "new latitude" wine. It’s a label reminiscent of the "new world" tag once applied to Australian and New Zealand wines (and still seen on some European hotel and restaurant lists) and one imagines Thai winemakers must be working hard to overcome scepticism about these fledgling drops. The winery has been named for the initials of its owner Piya Bhirombhakdi who also runs the massive Singha beer corporation. "Not a bad hobby" one of my fellow travellers says with a smirk. But this vineyard is more than a plaything. Recent international successes with tempranillo shiraz and chenin blanc vintages have made the international wine community reassess the credibility of quality Asian wine.

- DAWN – RSS Feeds; March 15 2008
Pakistan Dawn – Mar 15, 2008
The bomb went off in the evening at the car park adjacent to a hotel in Pattani one of three insurgency-torn provinces bordering Malaysia. Earlier a man was killed when explosives inside his car went off in Yala police said. (Posted @ 20:44 PST).

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