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Heavy Rain in Bangkok
Apr 30, 2007 | Words: 74 words | Category: News Photos
Motorcyclists make their way on a wet street during the rain in Bangkok, Thailand Monday, April 30, 2007. The costs of cutting greenhouse gases and who will pay for it are likely to be the key issues at a major climate change meeting of scientists and diplomats in the Thai capital this week, participants said. 400 Climate change experts from 120 nations are taking part in a week long discussion starting on Monday, April 30, 2007. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)
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Karen "long-necked" teenager
Apr 29, 2007 | Words: 52 words | Category: News Photos
Karen "long-necked" teenager, Muko, washes her hair in Huay Pu Keng village near the Thai-Myanmer border 06 April 2007. A growing number of Padaung girls see the custom of having brass rings placed around their necks from a young age, as a stifling and outdated tradition in the modern age.(AFP/File/Pornchai Kittiwongsakul)
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Protests Against Junta
Apr 28, 2007 | Words: 51 words | Category: News Photos
A Thai protestor raises a placard decorated with pictures of ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra during a demonstration against the military government in front of Bangkok's famous Grand Palace. Some 4,000 people protested in Bangkok Friday against Thailand's military-backed government, which came to power after a September coup that ousted Thaksin.(AFP)
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Road Bomb in Pattani
Apr 27, 2007 | Words: 35 words | Category: News Photos
Military officials survey the site of road bomb in southern Thailand's Pattani province April 26, 2007. The bomb, which was detonated Wednesday evening, seriously injured five soldiers after striking their humvee, police said. REUTERS/Surapan Boonthanom (THAILAND)
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Draft Thai Constitution
Apr 26, 2007 | Words: 67 words | Category: News Photos
Thailand's Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont and the leaders of 11 constitution-related institutions gather to receive the first draft of the post-coup charter from its drafting committee in Bangkok's Parliament on April 26, 2007. REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom (THAILAND)
An assembly member holds the first draft of Thailand's post-coup constitution which was handed to Thailand's Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont and leaders of 11 constitution-related institutions on April 26, 2007 in Bangkok. REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom (THAILAND)
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Thai Monks Protest Against Parliament
Apr 25, 2007 | Words: 65 words | Category: News Photos
Thai Buddhist monks riding on elephants lead a group of monks and their supporters during their protest march to the parliament in Bangkok, Thailand, Wednesday, April 25, 2007. Hundreds of monks and elephants marched the city to demand that Thailand's new post-coup constitution enshrine Buddhism as the national religion. Elephants, considered sacred by many Buddhists, are often used in Thai religious ceremonies. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
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ANZAC Day in Thailand
Apr 25, 2007 | Words: 110 words | Category: News Photos
Kylie Robertson of Sydney, Australia places cookies at the Burma-Thailand Railway's "Hellfire Pass" memorial after ANZAC Day ceremonies in Thailand's Kanchanaburi province April 25, 2007. Nearly 12,400 of the 60,000 Allied POWs forced to build the railway died during its construction in World War II. ANZAC Day, which stands for Australian and New Zealand Army Corps, marks the anniversary of the first major military action fought by Australian and New Zealand forces during the first World War. REUTERS/Adrees Latif (THAILAND)
Beryl Sorensen of Perth, Australia places flowers at the site of the 'Hellfire Pass' of the Burma-Thailand Railway after ANZAC Day ceremonies in Thailand's Kanchanaburi province on April 25, 2007. REUTERS/Adrees Latif (THAILAND)
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Paradorn Announces Engagement
Apr 24, 2007 | Words: 45 words | Category: News Photos
Thailand's tennis ace Paradorn Srichaphan, left, and his bride to be, Miss Universe 2005 Natalie Glebova of Canada embrace during a news conference Tuesday, April 24, 2007, in Bangkok, Thailand. The couple took the occasion to announce their plans to marry later this year. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
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Thailand Plans to Buy Manchester City
Apr 23, 2007 | Words: 68 words | Category: News Photos
Ousted Thailand's Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra plays soccer in Bangkok, Thailand in this 2004 file photo. Thaksin, the toppled Thai leader, who earlier made an unsuccessful bid for Liverpool, is planning to buy more than 6 billion baht (US$185 million; euro136 million) for the Manchester City Football Club with partners from China and the Middle East, according to a Web site close to Thaksin seen Monday. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)
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Bangkok Boxing Stadium
Apr 22, 2007 | Words: 100 words | Category: Travel Photos
Thailand’s latest and most modern Muay Thai stadium is the Bangkok Boxing Stadium. Muay Thai, sometimes called Thai Kick Boxing, dates back hundreds of years and and is different to Western boxing because eight limbs are allowed to be used. Namely: hands, shins, elbows and knees. Fights at Bangkok Boxing Stadium take place every Saturday from 2.30 p.m. to 6.30 p.m. Boxing matches during the first two hours are usually broadcast live on Channel 11. Muay Thai matches also include female fighters (Muay Ying) and foreign kick boxers. (Richard Barrow/ThaiPhotoBlogs.com)
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Three Soldiers Killed in South
Apr 21, 2007 | Words: 80 words | Category: News Photos
Thai soldiers help carrying the body of their comrade out of the site where the bomb on the road side exploded while the vehicle they were riding on run past in Pattani province, southern Thailand Saturday, April 21, 2007. Three soldiers were killed and one injured in the incident. Bombings and drive-by shootings occur almost daily in Thailand's three Muslim-majority provinces of Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat which have claimed more than 2,000 lives since the insurgency flared in January 2004. (AP Photo/Sumeth Parnpetch)
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Paradorn and Natalie to Marry
Apr 20, 2007 | Words: 65 words | Category: People in the News
Thailand's tennis ace Paradorn Srichaphan, left, and Miss Universe 2005 Natalie Glebova of Canada are seen together in this photo taken Feb. 15, 2007, in Bangkok, Thailand. Paradorn and Glebova will announce their engagement to the public next week in a ceremony to be held at a hotel in Bangkok, local media reported, Saturday, April 21, 2007. (AP Photo)
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Krabi Krabong
Apr 19, 2007 | Words: 37 words | Category: Thai Festivals
Two Thai students demonstrate the martial art of krabi krabong at the Ancient City in Samut Prakan. Krabi Krabong was originally the art of fighting with weapons as taught by the Siamese army. (Richard Barrow/ThaiPhotoBlogs.com)
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Thai Organic Vegetables
Apr 18, 2007 | Words: 51 words | Category: News Photos
A Thai farm worker packs organic vegetables at a farm in Ratchaburi province. Rai Plook Rak Farm, in Ratchaburi province, is one of many certified organic farms that have sprung up across Thailand in recent years hoping for a slice of the burgeoning market for all things chemical-free.(AFP/Pornchai Kittiwongsakul)
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Buddhism to be National Religion?
Apr 17, 2007 | Words: 51 words | Category: News Photos
Thai monks join in a silent protest in front of Parliament in Bangkok on Tuesday April 17, 2007, to demand that Buddhism be stated as the national religion in the new constitution. The banner reads 'Say Buddhism is the national religion.' (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
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5 More Thai Schools Set Ablaze
Apr 16, 2007 | Words: 47 words | Category: News Photos
A student of Keya elementary school in Pattani, southern Thailand, searches for his papers Monday, April 16, 2007, following an overnight fire at the school. Several Thai schools were set ablaze overnight in Pattani as violence continues to plaque the Muslim-dominate area of southern Thailand. (AP Photo/David Longstreath)
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Water Fights at Songkran
Apr 15, 2007 | Words: 57 words | Category: Thai Festivals
Thai youths playing waterfights during Songkran, which is the traditional Thai new year. Pickup trucks loaded with barrels of water roam the streets looking for victims. In the above picture, the occupants of the pickup truck are splashing water on pedestrians. However, one of them, in the photo below, gets his sweet revenge. (Richard Barrow/ThaiPhotoBlogs.com).
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39 Dead in Flashfloods at Waterfall
Apr 14, 2007 | Words: 56 words | Category: News Photos
Rescue workers carry the body of a victim at Prai Sawan waterfall in Thailand's Trang province, south of Bangkok April 14, 2007. The death toll in flash floods which swept scores of Thai New Year holidaymakers over three waterfalls in the southern province of Trang rose to 39 on Sunday, disaster officials said. Picture taken April 14, 2007. REUTERS/Stringer (THAILAND)
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Celebrating Songkran
Apr 13, 2007 | Words: 88 words | Category: Thai Festivals
Thai Buddhist gather for the traditional New Year's blessing and to make offerings Friday, April 13, 2007, in Pattani, Thailand. Violence against Buddhist in southern Thailand continues to grow as authorities battle a growing Muslim insurgency. The Muslim-dominated region that has been plagued by a violent insurgency that has lasted more than three years and claimed more than 2,000 lives. (AP Photo/David Longstreath)
Thai teenagers play with water guns in Bangkok on Friday, April 13, 2007 during Songkran festival, or water festival, to celebrate Thailand's ancient New Year. (AP Photo/Chatchawan Lekthai)
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Bangkok Scams at Grand Palace
Apr 12, 2007 | Words: 131 words | Category: News Photos
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A tourist from the the UK is being scammed outside the Grand Palace. Every day, dozens of scammers lie to tourists that Wat Phra Kaew is closed for a special ceremony. They then suggest that they go to the Big Buddha and the Lucky Buddha. A nearby tuk tuk driver is in on the scam and says he will take the tourists there for only 10 baht. But the tourists end up being taken to a tailors and gem store where they are often cheated. All of this happens in front of the soldiers on guard duty. Despite the fact that the Tourist Authority of Thailand knowing about these scams, they have done little to help the foreign tourists.
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Elephants Enjoy Songkran
Apr 11, 2007 | Words: 89 words | Category: Thai Festivals
Mahouts and their elephants spray water on locals in celebration of the Songkran water festival in Thailand's Ayutthaya province, about 80 km (50 miles) north of Bangkok April 11, 2007. Songkran, the most celebrated festival of the year, marks the start of Thailand's traditional New Year. REUTERS/Adrees Latif (THAILAND)
With an assist from its mahout, an alephant blows water at passing motorcyclists from its trunk at a Songkran or ancient Thai New Year celebration in Ayutthaya province, central Thailand Wednesday, April 11, 2007. The three-day festival will start on April 13. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
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Bombs in Bangkok Again
Apr 10, 2007 | Words: 57 words | Category: News Photos
A Thai police officer, left, talks on a mobile phone as he guards the site where a bomb exploded late Monday, in Bangkok, Thailand Tuesday, April 10, 2007. No one was hurt in the blast outside the Major Cineplex Ratchayothin shopping complex, the same location where one of nine bombs exploded on New Year's Eve. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)
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Thai Elephant Gives Birth
Apr 9, 2007 | Words: 42 words | Category: News Photos
An elephant named Nampheung, 20, gives birth to her second baby at the Royal Elephant Kraal in Ayutthaya, 80 km (49 miles) north of Bangkok April 9, 2007. The baby is the Royal Elephant Kraal's 26th successful birth procedure since 2000. Picture taken April 9, 2007. REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang (THAILAND)
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People's Television Protest TV Ban
Apr 8, 2007 | Words: 61 words | Category: News Photos
Thai protesters cheer and shout during a demonstration against the military-installed government and its move of blocking the signal of a satellite-based television, PTV or People's Television, formed by closed-aides of ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra at the royal ground in Bangkok, Thailand Sunday, April 8, 2007. Hundreds of protesters attended the demonstration organized by executive members of PTV. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)
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Thai Government Bans Youtube.com
Apr 7, 2007 | Words: 46 words | Category: News Photos
Thai teenagers surf the Internet at a Bangkok cybercafe in 2000. YouTube says it has offered to "educate" Thai authorities about how the popular video-sharing service works in the hope of ending a ban on the site over videos mocking Thailand's revered king.(AFP/File/Pornchai Kittiwongsakul)
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Calf with Two Heads
Apr 6, 2007 | Words: 55 words | Category: News Photos
In Chiang Mai Province, in Northern Thailand, a calf was recently born with two heads. The calf, which is still alive, proved an instant hit for the locals who flocked to the site to see if they could discover any lucky numbers which could be used to win the next Thai lottery. (Picture: Thai Rath)
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Siamese Twins
Apr 5, 2007 | Words: 59 words | Category: News Photos
In this photo released by Siriraj Hospital, female Thai conjoined twins Panwad Tiyenjai, left, and Pantawan Tiyenjai who are joined at the heart and liver are seen at Siriraj Hospital in September 2006. Thai surgeons at Bangkok's Siriraj Hospital announced Thursday, April 5, 2007, that they had successfully separated the pair, in a ground-breaking operation, conducted on Feb. 20. (AP Photo/Siriraj Hospital)
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Samson Sor Siriporn
Apr 3, 2007 | Words: 105 words | Category: People in the News
Thailand's Samson Sor Siriporn, left, lands a right at Japan's Ayaka Miyano during their WBC women's light flyweight title fight in Bangkok, Thailand, on Tuesday, April 3, 2007. Samson, who is a convicted prisoner at Women Correctional Institution for Drug Addicts, won with the score of 97-93, 98-92 and 100-91. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
New champion Samson Sor Siriporn of Thailand celebrates after defeating Japan's Ayaka Miyano in their WBC women's light flyweight title fight in Bangkok, Thailand, on Tuesday, April 3, 2007. Samson, who is a convicted prisoner at Women Correctional Institution for Drug Addicts, won with the score of 97-93, 98-92 and 100-91. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
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Panda Porn Fails
Apr 3, 2007 | Words: 103 words | Category: News Photos
Chuang Chuang, left, and Lin Hui, the two giant padas are seen in their cage in Chiang Mai zoo in Chiang Mai province, northern Thailand in November 2003. The porn didn't work so Thai zoo authorities turned Monday, April 2, 2007 to artificial insemination in a bid to get its lone female panda pregnant. Officials at Chiang Mai Zoo impregnated Lin Hui with semen from Chuang Chuang and will repeat the procedure on Tuesday. The artificial insemination is a last ditch effort to get Lin Hui pregnant, after images of panda porn failed to entice Chuang Chuang into mating with his partner. (AP Photo/Wichhai Tapeiru)
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Thailand-Japan Tourism Friendship Year
Apr 2, 2007 | Words: 63 words | Category: News Photos
Thai Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont, center, accompanied by his wife Chitravadee Chulanont, fourth from left, toasts with other attendants at a reception of the Thailand-Japan Tourism Friendship Year of 2007, marking the 120th anniversary of the Thai-Japanese friendship treaty signed in 1887, at a Tokyo hotel in Tokyo, Monday, April 2. 2007. Smiling at right is Tourism Authority of Thailand Governor Phornsiri Manoharn. (AP Photo/Junji Kurokawa)
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