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Thousands Protest Party Dissolution
May 31, 2007 | Words: 62 words | Category: News Photos
Supporters of ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra shouts their approval for the former leader and the Thai Rak Thai political party during a rally Thursday, May 31, 2007, near the royal Palace in Bangkok, Thailand. The Thai Constitutional Court ordered the Thai Rak Thai party to be dissolved on Wednesday and banned Shinawatra from Thai politics for five years. (AP Photo/David Longstreath)
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Thailand's Oldest Political Party Cleared
May 30, 2007 | Words: 75 words | Category: News Photos
Leader of the Democrat Party Abhisit Vejjajiva (L). Thailand's Democrat Party, one of the kingdom's two main political groups, did not commit electoral fraud and will not be dissolved, a top court has ruled. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
Supporters of Thailand's Democrat Party cheer at the party headquarters in Bangkok May 30,2007. Thailand's constitutional judges acquitted the Democrat Party on charges that could have seen it disbanded and their leaders banned from politics. REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang
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Buddha Thongs
May 29, 2007 | Words: 54 words | Category: News Photos
The Thai Rath newpaper reported today a website in America that is advertising thongs and dog t-shirts with images of the Buddha. In Buddhist society, it is highly offensive to wear a Buddha image in such a manner. The Cultural Ministry have been asked to lodge a complaint to the website owners. (Thai Rath)
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Prime Minister in China
May 28, 2007 | Words: 85 words | Category: News Photos
Thai Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont, right, inspects the guard of honour along side Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, left during a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China Monday May 28, 2007. Surayud is on a two-day official visit to China, during which he will discuss with Chinese leaders issues such as building a railway line to link China's southern Yunnan province and Chiang Khong district in Thailand's Chiang Rai province via the Ban Houei Sai district of Laos.(AP Photo/Elizabeth Dalziel)
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7 Bombs in Songkhla
May 27, 2007 | Words: 64 words | Category: News Photos
Police officials survey the site of a bomb explosion at a market in southern Thailand's Songkhla province on May 28, 2007. A bomb planted in a motorcycle at a busy market in Songkhla killed four people on Monday, the army said, the latest victims of a Muslim separatist insurgency in which more than 2,100 people have died. Two of the dead were children. REUTERS/Surapan Boonthanom (THAILAND)
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Thai Rak Thai Party headquarters
May 26, 2007 | Words: 49 words | Category: News Photos
A man walks past the front of the Thai Rak Thai Party headquarters in Bangkok in October 2006. Thailand's two major political parties -- facing possible dissolution in an upcoming court ruling -- said Friday they would accept any verdict following rare comments by the country's revered king.(AFP/File/Pornchai Kittiwongsakul)
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Nong Grace from Thailand
May 25, 2007 | Words: 93 words | Category: People in the News
Nong Grace is the most famous child in Thailand on the Internet. Her father is the acclaimed Thai teenager Panrit “Gor” Daoruang who documented her life from birth on his Thailand Life website and now in his autobiography of the same name. Thousands of people from around the world have been monitoring closely her progress. Now Nong Grace has just started Kindergarten at Sriwittayapaknam School in Samut Prakan. Her favourite subjects are English and Computer. She is planning on taking over the running of her website soon. (NongGrace.com)
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Farung Yuthithum
May 24, 2007 | 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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Detox in a Thai Temple
May 24, 2007 | Words: 81 words | Category: News Photos
Drug addicts induce vomiting to detoxify their bodies at the Tham Krabok monastery in Thailand's Saraburi province May 14, 2007. The obscure Buddhist monastery, which advocates a secret herbal potion and ritual vomiting for drug addicts, has become the final source of hope for thousands of Thais and Westerners. Picture taken May 14, 2007. REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom (THAILAND)
A foreign drug addict pauses during induced vomiting to detoxify her body at the Tham Krabok monastery in Thailand's Saraburi province May 14, 2007. REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom (THAILAND)
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Siamese Twins
May 23, 2007 | Words: 34 words | Category: News Photos
These two baby girls were born with their chests joined in Trang Province in Southern Thailand. They have been sent to a hospital in Songkhla Province for an operation to part them. (Thai Rath)
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Aussie hurt in Thai bomb blast
May 22, 2007 | Words: 89 words | Category: News Photos
A villager (L) was killed and burnt by militants in Thailand's Yala province, 1,084 km (672 miles) south of Bangkok May 22, 2007. Suspected Muslim militants shot dead a Buddhist man on Tuesday, set his body ablaze and left a booby trap which wounded four people, including an Australian photographer, Philip Blenkinsop, working for Time Magazine, a Reuters witness said. REUTERS/Surapan Boonthanom (THAILAND)
Thai rescue workers carry an injured solider to a hospital after a bomb exploded in Thailand's Yala province, 1,084 km (672 miles) south of Bangkok May 22, 2007. REUTERS/Surapan Boonthanom (THAILAND)
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Thailand Blocks Blogspot.com
May 22, 2007 | Words: 90 words | Category: News Photos
The Thai government are again targeting google.com by blocking their popular blogging site blogspot.com. Thousands of Thai bloggers are now finding that they can no longer access their blogs from within the country. According to reports, the government were aiming at blocking only saturdayvoice.blogspot.com and a few other political sites. However, their technicians mistakenly blocked all the sub-domains used by millions of people around the world. Thai bloggers can only access their blogs by proxy servers which is now punishable by prison terms. (ThaiPhotoBlogs.com)
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Sakorn Yangkhiawsod
May 21, 2007 | Words: 28 words | Category: People in the News
Sakorn Yangkhiawsod, seen here, one of Thailand's last great puppeteers and a world-renowned guardian of the traditional art form, has died peacefully aged 85, doctors said Tuesday(AFP/File)
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Thich Nhat Hanh
May 20, 2007 | Words: 66 words | Category: People in the News
Thich Nhat Hanh, a 80-year-old Vietnamese monk who lives in exile in France, front right, is greeted by Phra Alongkot a senior Thai Buddhist monk, front left, upon Thich's arrival at Suvarnabhumi international airport in Bangkok, Thailand Sunday, May 20, 2007. Thich, also the master of Zen, is in Thailand to participate in a week long Buddhist gathering at a temple on the outskirts of Bangkok. (AP Photo)
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New Species of Frog
May 19, 2007 | Words: 52 words | Category: News Photos
The Odorrana Aureola frog, a new species of mountain frog discovered at Phu Luang National Park in northeast Thailand. The frog, known locally as the Phu Luang Cliff frog after the national park where it was found, can grow to 80 millimeters (3.5 inches) and has a green body which occasionally turns brown.(AFP)
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Foundation Stone Ceremony for Paknam Tower
May 18, 2007 | Words: 157 words | Category: News Photos
A Brahmin priest and local politicians from Samut Prakan took part in a foundation stone ceremony today for the 139 metre high Paknam Tower. The ceremony took place at exactly 2.19 p.m. this afternoon. In Thai culture, the number nine is regarded to be auspicious as it sounds like the Thai word for “progress”. Nine Thai monks were also invited to the ceremony. Nine sticks of nine different kinds of wood were first hammered into the fine grain sand. Then nine bricks made of gold, silver and alloy were laid in a pattern. Next, the foundation stone, containing the horoscope of the building, was placed on top. Then coins and flowers were scattered on top by each of the dignitaries. The Paknam Tower is due to be completed during 2009. It will have a viewing platform, restaurant, museum, library and OTOP shops. (Richard Barrow/ThaiPhotoBlogs.com)
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Earthquake in Bangkok
May 17, 2007 | Words: 53 words | Category: News Photos
Thai employees stay outside their high rise office building following a powerful earthquake that was felt in Bangkok. A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1 struck western Laos near the border with Thailand on Wednesday, sending people fleeing buildings and running for cover as far away as Bangkok and Hanoi.(AFP/Saeed Khan)
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Alan John Davies
May 16, 2007 | Words: 123 words | Category: People in the News
A man from England has been released from a Thai jail after serving more than 17 years for a crime he says he did not commit. Alan John Victor Davies, 66, arrived at Heathrow Airport to be met by friends and well-wishers. Businessman Mr Davies lived in Parkstone, in the late 1980s, when he left the UK for Thailand. He intended to visit his elderly mother in Poole in May 1990, but never saw her again. Instead he was plunged into a nightmare when he and two other men were arrested at a Bangkok bank in January 1990 and charged with conspiracy to smuggle heroin. From the outset, Mr Davies insisted he had been framed.
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Thai Girl with Enlarged Head
May 15, 2007 | Words: 39 words | Category: News Photos
A young Thai girl called Nong Palm, who has an unusually enlarged head, is being sent by ambulance from Ranong to a hosptial in Bangkok for treatment. It is believed that she has a form of encephalitis. (Thai Rath)
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Pojaman Shinawatra
May 14, 2007 | Words: 46 words | Category: People in the News
Pojaman Shinawatra, wife of ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, arrives at criminal court in Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, May 14, 2007. Pojaman, her brother and her secretary were fighting in court against charges of evading millions of dollars in taxes over a 1997 share transfer. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)
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Police Break Up Demonstration
May 13, 2007 | Words: 57 words | Category: News Photos
Policemen, holding batons, stand guard after arresting hundreds of landless locals for occupying a palm-oil plantation in Thailand's Surat Thani province May 12, 2007. Police broke up a 3,000-strong demonstration by landless people who had occupied a palm-oil plantation for more than two weeks, arresting 1,000 and injuring a dozen, local media reported. Picture taken on May 12, 2007. REUTERS/Stringer (THAILAND)
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Thanyarat Jirapatpakorn
May 12, 2007 | Words: 30 words | Category: People in the News
Thanyarat Jirapatpakorn smiles after winning the Miss Tiffany's Universe transsexual beauty pageant in the Thai resort city of Pattaya, about 150 km (93 miles) southeast of Bangkok May 11, 2007. REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom (THAILAND)
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Heavy Rain Continues in Bangkok
May 11, 2007 | Words: 63 words | Category: News Photos
The un-seasonal heavy rains have continued in Bangkok and other areas in Thailand. Although summer is over and the central region is now moving into the rainy season, it is unusual to have so much rain in such a short period during May. The consequence has been rising rivers and floods causing damage to property and traffic chaos. (Photo by Kent F. Kruhoeffer)
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Royal Ploughing Ceremony
May 10, 2007 | Words: 40 words | Category: Thai Festivals
Brahman offer food to an oxen during the Royal Ploughing ceremony in Bangkok. Sacred Thai oxen nibbled on rice, maize and grass in an ancient fortunetelling ceremony which royal soothsayers said predicted a bountiful harvest this year.(AFP/Pornchai Kittiwongsakul)
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Seven Thai Soldiers Killed
May 9, 2007 | Words: 105 words | Category: News Photos
A Thai forensic expert stands by a crater following a bomb blast in Thailand's insurgency-torn southern Narathiwat province. Seven soldiers were killed Wednesday in a bomb attack by separatist insurgents in Thailand's restive south, military and police said.(AFP/File/Madaree Tohlala)
Thai police inspect the wreckage of a vehicle after a roadside bomb attack in Thailand's Narathiwat province, nearly 1149 km (713 miles) south of Bangkok on May 9, 2007. A roadside bomb killed seven soldiers in a pick-up truck in Muslim majority southern Thailand on Wednesday, one of the single deadliest attacks in three years of separatist unrest, army and police officers said. REUTERS/Stringer (THAILAND)
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Thai Muslims Protest Arrests
May 8, 2007 | Words: 79 words | Category: News Photos
Thai soldiers confront with protesting Thai-Muslim villagers, top, during a protest outside Ingkhayuth military base in Pattani province, southern Thailand Tuesday, May 8, 2007. Hundreds of villagers took part in the protest demanding Thai soldiers to release 24 suspected Muslim militants who are being kept at this base. Since a Muslim rebellion flared in Thailand's three southernmost provinces of Pattani, Yala and Narathiwat in early 2004, near-daily bombings, drive-by shootings and other attacks have killed more than 2,000 people. (AP Photo/Sumeth Parnpetch)
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Panrit "Gor" Daoruang
May 7, 2007 | Words: 155 words | Category: People in the News
Panrit “Gor” Daoruang, center, receives alms from a local during the period that he ordained as a monk. Panrit was one of the first bloggers in Thailand when he started blogging about his life back in 1997 when he was only twelve years old. His secret diary became compulsive reading for thousands of readers around the world as he described his turbulent relationship with his junior high school sweetheart. However, it was his drug interviews that catapulted him to international fame for his honesty to reveal his darkest secret. Now, at the age of only twenty one, Panrit has just published his autobiography, “Thailand Life”. In the book he talks about his life as a teenager growing up in Thailand. He writes about his wedding and the birth of his daughter. The book can be bought online at BuyThaiBooks.com and all major book stores in Thailand. (Richard Barrow/PaknamWeb.com)
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Bangkok Bomb Blast
May 6, 2007 | Words: 44 words | Category: News Photos
Thai police forensic workers investigate the site of a bomb which exploded near one of the king's palaces, in Wang Suan Jit. in Bangkok on Saturday May 5 2007. The iTV television channel said the slightly injured person was a 22-year-old man.(AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
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Boonsak Ponsana
May 5, 2007 | Words: 29 words | Category: People in the News
Thailand's Boonsak Ponsana celebrates after beating China's Lin Dan in their men's singles quarter-final match at the Singapore Open Badminton Super Series 2007 in Singapore May 4, 2007. REUTERS/Tim Chong (SINGAPORE)
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Demonstration Outside US Embassy
May 4, 2007 | Words: 34 words | Category: News Photos
A security guard stands next to a protest banners during a demonstration in front of the US embassy in Bangkok. Some 30 Thai activists demonstrated against downgrading Thailand to priority watch list.(AFP/Pornchai Kittiwongsakul)
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Orangutan Skulls
May 3, 2007 | Words: 58 words | Category: News Photos
A policeman holds the skull of an orangutan after a raid at a house yield several hundred animal skeletons in Bangkok May 3, 2007. Police confiscated hundreds of skulls and carcasses of animals, protected under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), after a Thai graduate student was found selling them online, police said. REUTERS/Kerek Wongsa (THAILAND)
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Thaksin to head PGA Thailand
May 2, 2007 | Words: 37 words | Category: News Photos
Former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra playing golf in Bangkok, April 2006. Thailand's deposed premier has been named the new chief of the Professional Golf Association of Thailand (PGA), according to the organisation's executive.(AFP/File/Pornchai Kittiwongsakul)
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Meeting on Climate Change
May 1, 2007 | Words: 88 words | Category: News Photos
A farmer clears his rice field by using a motorized plough instead of the traditional slash-and-burn method in Thailand's Angthong province. The U.N. climate panel, grouping more than 2,500 scientists, will issue a report in Bangkok on May 4 outlining ways governments can tackle climate change and how much it might cost. Scientists and representatives from more than 100 countries are meeting in the Thai capital to review and approve the draft, the third of four this year by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom (THAILAND)
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