Police seize smuggled pangolins
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Wednesday 3rd May, 2006 at 23:17:38| Words: 63 words | Category: News Photos
An endangered pangolin that was smuggled into Hong Kong in April 2005. Thai police have seized 76 pangolins destined for southern China and arrested four smugglers. In Thailand smugglers pay 1,800 baht (48 dollars) a kilogram for the animals. Their meat is considered a delicacy in China and is also used in traditional medicines to treat ailments such as prostate cancer and asthma. (AFP/File/Mike Clarke)
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Thai Army Cobra Gunship
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Friday 12th January, 2007 at 18:50:52| Words: 134 words | Category: News Photos
Thai school children react as they gather to look at a Thai Army Cobra Gunship on display Friday, Jan. 12, 2007, at Royal Plaza in Bangkok, Thailand. The helicopter and other military hardware are on display as part of the upcoming national children's day in Thailand. On the second Saturday of January the Thai people celebrate children's day by taking their children out to have fun. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
A Thai soldier shows a young boy the inner workings of an M60 Army tank Friday, Jan. 12, 2007, near the Royal Plaza in Bangkok, Thailand. The tanks and other military hardware will be on display as part of national children's day in Thailand. On the second Saturday of January the Thai people celebrate children's day by taking their children out to have fun. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
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Farung Yuthithum
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Thursday 24th May, 2007 at 19:22:18| Words: 34 words | Category: People in the News
Miss Thailand Farung Yuthithum performs during preliminary judging of the Miss Universe 2007 contest in Mexico City Wednesday, May 23, 2007. She will compete in the Miss Universe 2007 finals in Mexico City May 28. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
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Miss Teen Thailand 2007
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Saturday 13th October, 2007 at 08:37:06| Words: 31 words | Category: News Photos
Contestants from Miss Teen Thailand 2007 holding a five metre long python during a visit to a zoo on Koh Samui in Surat Thani Province. (Thai Rath)
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Thai Transsexuals on Burmese Border
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Monday 1st October, 2007 at 19:23:07| Words: 57 words | Category: News Photos
Thai transsexuals have their photos taken with tourists for a fee outside a border checkpoint between Myanmar, seen in background, and Ruili, in China's southwestern Yunnan province, Sunday, Sept 30, 2007. Even as Myanmar's military government brutally suppresses pro-democracy demonstrators, a steady stream of shoppers and traders flows from the Southeast Asian nation into Ruili. (AP Photo/William Foreman)
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AIDS Temple in Thailand
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Friday 18th August, 2006 at 06:48:49| Words: 78 words | Category: News Photos
Thai monk Alongkot Dikkapanyo, the founder of a Buddhist temple for AIDS patients, visits a female patient who is in the last stages of the diseaseat the hospital inside the temple in Lop Buri, Thailand. The temple is home to 550 AIDS patients, including 140 children.(AFP/File/Saeed Khan)
A patient with AIDS prays for her boy friend who died of of the disease at a temple for AIDS patients in Thailand's northern Lopburi province.(AFP/File/Saeed Khan)
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Miss Tiffany Universe 2008
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Sunday 1st June, 2008 at 18:18:06| Words: 54 words | Category: News Photos
Miss Tiffany 2008 Kangsadarn Wongdusadeekul (C), smiles along with the runners up after being crowned as the most beautiful transvestite in Thailand, in Pattaya, May 30. A teenage transvestite who grew up on a military base has been crowned Thailand's most beautiful transvestite, in an extravagant annual pageant which transfixed the nation. (AFP/File/Claire Truscott)
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Thailand International Motor Expo 2007
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Wednesday 28th November, 2007 at 19:55:26| Words: 73 words | Category: News Photos
Thai models present the Isuzu MU-7 Gold Executive during a preview of the 24th Thailand International Motor Expo 2007 on the outskirts of Bangkok November 28, 2007. The expo will be held from November 29 to December 10. REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom (THAILAND)
Thai models present the Harley Davidson V-ROD during a preview of the 24th Thailand International Motor Expo 2007 on the outskirts of Bangkok November 28, 2007. The expo will be held from November 29 to December 10. REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom (THAILAND)
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Fashion Week in Bangkok
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Sunday 25th February, 2007 at 21:54:19| Words: 37 words | Category: News Photos
A model walks on the catwalk showing a design by Thai designer Nopparat during the Elle Fashion Week 2007 in Bangkok, Thailand, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2007. The fashion show was held to promote Thai textile industry. (AP Photo /Sakchai Lalit)
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