World Environment Day in Bangkok
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Saturday 5th June, 2010 at 23:19:42| Words: 79 words | Category: News Photos
Volunteers plant trees and flowers Saturday, June 5, 2010, in downtown Bangkok, Thailand, in areas where anti-government demonstrators had previously camped and caused damage. Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva is pushing for a possible Cabinet shakeup to shore up a coalition government shaken by a no-confidence vote this week and a forcible army crackdown on anti-government protestors. (AP)
Volunteers plant trees and flowers Saturday, June 5, 2010, in downtown Bangkok, Thailand, in areas where anti-government demonstrators had previously camped and caused damage. (AP)
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Jeff Savage & Conor David Purcell
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Friday 4th June, 2010 at 22:25:52| Words: 89 words | Category: People in the News
British national Jeff Savage (front) and Australian national Conor David Purcell arrive at the Pathumwan Municipal court in Bangkok June 4, 2010. Savage and Purcell appeared on Friday at Thai court for breaking emergency decree as they are accused of joining the anti-government protesters. (Reuters)
Australian national Conor David Purcell shouts at the media as he arrives at the Pathumwan Municipal court in Bangkok June 4, 2010. British national Jeff Savage and Purcell appeared on Friday at Thai court for breaking emergency decree as they are accused of joining the anti-government protesters. (Reuters)
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Thai Consumption fell in April
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Thursday 3rd June, 2010 at 20:53:20| Words: 66 words | Category: News Photos
Workers prepare before the re-opening of a luxury shop at a shopping mall that was damaged during recent clashes between anti-government "red shirt" protesters and Thai troops in central Bangkok. Thai consumption fell in April from March, which analysts said reflected violent political unrest during the month and, along with other monthly data, meant the central bank would hold back from raising rates this week. (Reuters)
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Senator Jim Webb meets PM Abhisit
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Wednesday 2nd June, 2010 at 20:10:08| Words: 48 words | Category: News Photos
Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva (R) talks with US Democratic lawmaker Jim Webb (L) at the Government House in Bangkok on June 2, 2010. Webb, a strong supporter of engaging Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, is visiting South Korea and Thailand during his May 29-June 6 trip to Asia. (Getty Images)
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Abhisit is Facing a No-confidence Motion
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Tuesday 1st June, 2010 at 21:32:05| Words: 57 words | Category: News Photos
Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva watches the television during a parliamentary session for a debate by the opposition against Thailand Government at the Parliament in Bangkok June 1, 2010. Abhisit is facing a no-confidence motion submitted by the parliamentary opposition for the current administration's suppression of a two-month protest that left at least 85 dead, according to local media. (Reuters)
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Deaths at Wat Pathum Wanaram?
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Monday 31st May, 2010 at 23:34:10| Words: 70 words | Category: News Photos
A Thai woman prays at a Buddhist temple where six civilians, including a volunteer nurse, died within the sprawling protest encampment in downtown Bangkok that was supposed to be a safe house and a no-weapons zone during recent clashes May 31, 2010. Thailand's parliamentary opposition accused Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva of human rights abuses Monday in a no-confidence motion centred on the use of violence during a crackdown on anti-government protests. (Reuters)
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BRT Dedicated Bangkok Bus
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Sunday 30th May, 2010 at 23:33:30| Words: 53 words | Category: News Photos
The first BRT (Bus Rapid Transit) route in Bangkok was opened on Saturday 29th May 2010 and runs from Sathorn Station (BTS Chong Nonsri) to Rajapruek Station. There are 25 buses and 12 stations on the 15 kilometre route. It is free from now until 31st August 2010. (Richard Barrow)
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Roadside Bomb in Pattani
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Saturday 29th May, 2010 at 20:35:05| Words: 98 words | Category: News Photos
A Thai policeman holds his weapon next to a police vehicle that was hit by a roadside bomb in the southern Pattani province May 29, 2010. Three policemen and a civilian were seriously wounded in the roadside bomb attack on a passing police pick-up truck in the largely Muslim province bordering Malaysia, police said. Pattani, Yala and Narathiwat provinces were part of an independent sultanate known as Patani until annexed in 1909 by predominantly Buddhist Thailand. (Reuters)
Thai security forces investigate the site of a police vehicle that was hit by a roadside bomb in the southern Pattani province May 29, 2010. (Reuters)
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Visakha Bucha 2010
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Friday 28th May, 2010 at 23:14:47| Words: 38 words | Category: Thai Festivals
Thai Buddhists attend a prayer procession at Marble Temple in Bangkok on May 28, 2010 during Visakha Bucha or Buddha Day celebration. Visakha Bucha is a commemoration of the Birth, Enlightenment and Passing Away of the Buddha Gautama. (Getty Images)
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