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A Blind Thai Musician
Jun 30, 2007 | Words: 32 words | Category: News Photos
A blind Thai musician, his microphone supported by yellow string, plays his harmonica for Bangkok weekend shoppers Saturday, June 30, 2007. Bangkok has a long tradition of blind street performers. (AP Photo/David Longstreath)
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Billboard Kills Thai Woman
Jun 29, 2007 | Words: 46 words | Category: News Photos
Strong winds in Bangkok on Thursday night caused a number of giant billboards to crash to the ground. One of them landed on a pickup truck and noodle shop killing a woman. Bangkok authorities vowed to crack down on illegal and oversized billboards. (Picture: Thai Rath)
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John Burdett
Jun 28, 2007 | Words: 117 words | Category: People in the News
The best-selling Thailand-based novels of British author John Burdett are poised for the big screen after being snapped up by a Hollywood production company, it was reported Wednesday. Film rights for Burdett's "Bangkok 8" -- featuring incorruptible hero detective Sonchai Jitleecheep -- have been purchased by Millennium Films, entertainment journal Daily Variety reported. No further details were available but director James McTeigue, who directed cult film "V for Vendetta" has been lined up for the movie, which may be the first in a series, Variety reported. Burdett is a former Hong Kong-based lawyer who has forged a successful writing career. "Bangkok 8" was published to acclaim in 2003 and is the first of three detective novels set in the Thai capital. (AFP)
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Thai Prime Minister in India
Jun 27, 2007 | Words: 71 words | Category: News Photos
Thai Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont, left, prays at a Buddhist temple in Sarnath, on the outskirts of Varanasi, India, Wednesday, June 27, 2007. Sarnath is considered as one of the holiest Buddhist sites, as it was here that the Buddha first preached his discourse after attaining enlightenment. Chulanont on Tuesday launched a weeklong tour of major Indian cities by prominent Thai investors to look into new business opportunities. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
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Burning Three Tonnes of Narcotics
Jun 26, 2007 | Words: 45 words | Category: News Photos
Thai officials prepare amphetamines for incineration during the 35th Destruction of Confiscated Narcotic drugs at Ayutthaya province, north of Bangkok. Thailand burnt almost three tonnes of drugs worth about 105 million dollars to mark the United Nations day against drug abuse and trafficking(AFP/Pornchai Kittiwongsakul)
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Abdullah Iba Abdul Muhsin Atturki
Jun 25, 2007 | Words: 68 words | Category: People in the News
Thai Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont, right, shakes hands with the secretary general of the Muslim World League, Abdullah Iba Abdul Muhsin Atturki, left, at Government house in Bangkok, on Monday June 25, 2007. Abdullah Iba Abdul Muhsin Atturki will be assured of a Thai government policy which promotes education, employment and entrepreneurship among local villagers of the southernmost region, the interior permanent secretary said.(AP Photo/Thai Spokesman Office, HO)
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Thai Ghost Festival
Jun 24, 2007 | Words: 91 words | Category: Thai Festivals
Phi Ta Khon is a type of masked procession celebrated on the first day of a three-day Buddist merit-making holiday know in Thai as "Boon Pra Wate". The annual festival takes place in May, June or July at a small town of Dan Sai in the northeastern province of Loei. Participants of the festival dress up like ghosts and monsters wearing huge masks made from carved coconut-tree trunks, topped with a wicker-work sticky-rice steamer. The Procession is marked by a lot of music and dancing. (Thai Rath)
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Anti Coup Rally
Jun 23, 2007 | Words: 80 words | Category: News Photos
Demonstrators march past Democracy Monument in Bangkok, Thailand, Saturday, June 23, 2007, on their way to Army Headquarters. Supporters of ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and others gather Saturday to demand the return to democracy in Thailand. (AP Photo)
Demonstrators hold banners while shouting anti-coup slogans during a protest rally at the Royal Thai army headquarters in Bangkok June 23, 2007. Supporters of ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra are running a campaign to reject the country's draft post-coup constitution. REUTERS/Kerek Wongsa (THAILAND)
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Thaksin Buys Manchester City
Jun 23, 2007 | Words: 79 words | Category: News Photos
Deposed Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra plays soccer in Bangkok, Thailand in this 2004 file photo. Thaksin, who is set to become the latest foreign owner of an English soccer club, offered 81.6 million pounds (euro121 million; US$162 million) for Manchester City, and the Premier League club's board recommended Thursday that its shareholders to accept the bid. The development at Manchester City came after Thai prosecutors announced they had filed corruption charges against Thaksin in his homeland. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)
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Chalard Vorachart
Jun 22, 2007 | Words: 32 words | Category: People in the News
Thai activist Chalard Vorachart stands in a mock jail next to a banner reading "anti-coup" outside the parliament in Bangkok June 22, 2007. Chalard is calling for a return to democracy. REUTERS/Stringer (THAILAND)
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Gold Shop Robberies
Jun 21, 2007 | Words: 45 words | Category: News Photos
A Thai policeman stands guard at a gold shop in Chinatown of Bangkok, May 2007. According to police, gold robberies are on the rise, leading them to organise gun training courses and other security services for gold shops around the Thai capital.(AFP/File/Pornchai Kittiwongsakul)
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Sirivat Voravetvuthikun
Jun 20, 2007 | Words: 38 words | Category: People in the News
Sirivat Voravetvuthikun sells sandwiches to Thai school children, Monday, May 14, 2007, in Bangkok. Ten years earlier Voravetvuthikun was wiped out financially in the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis. Since then he has rebounded with his sandwich business. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
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Roadside Bomb Kills Three
Jun 19, 2007 | Words: 57 words | Category: News Photos
Soldiers stand guard next to an overturned vehicle after it was hit by a roadside bomb in southern Thailand's Pattani province June 19, 2007. A district chief, an army colonel and their driver were killed early on Tuesday by a 15-kg (33 lb) roadside bomb as they returned from another school fire in Pattani, police said. REUTERS/Surapan Boonthanom (THAILAND)
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Tea Shop Bomb Blast
Jun 18, 2007 | Words: 40 words | Category: News Photos
Muslim girls walk past the scene of a bomb blast in southern Thailand's Yala province June 18, 2007. Militants used a mobile phone to detonate a 5-kg (11-lbs.) bomb next to a tea shop, injuring 14 people, police said. REUTERS/Surapan Boonthanom (THAILAND)
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Daily Rallies Support Thaksin
Jun 17, 2007 | Words: 56 words | Category: News Photos
The Royal Palace of Thailand shines in the background as supporters of ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra gather nearby Sunday, June 17, 2007, for a rally. Anti-government protesters demanded on Sunday that coup leaders who ousted Shinawatra resign and call for immediate elections. Daily rallies by Shinawatra supporters continue in the Thai capital. (AP Photo/David Longstreath)
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Thaksin in Video Message
Jun 16, 2007 | Words: 55 words | Category: News Photos
Thousands of pro-democracy protestors listen and watch a speech recorded in London by Thailand's ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra on screens at Sanum Luang in Bangkok. Thaksin urged the military government on Friday to press ahead with new elections, in a videotaped address shown to thousands of his supporters at an anti-coup rally.(AFP/Saeed Khan)
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Seven Soldiers Killed
Jun 15, 2007 | Words: 145 words | Category: News Photos
Thai soldiers examine the wreckage of a pickup truck which was hit by a bomb while their colleagues were riding on for a morning patrol in Yala province, southern Thailand Friday, June 15, 2007. Seven Thai soldiers were killed in the attack Friday one of the deadliest attacks on security forces this year in Thailand's restive south, amid tightened security on a key anniversary of a 15th Century Islamic sultanate. 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 2,300 people. (AP Photo/Sumeth Panpetch)
Thai soldiers carry the coffin of a commrade at Pattani military airport, in southern Pattani province. At least seven soldiers were killed Friday in a roadside bomb blast and a shooting attack by Islamic insurgents in Thailand's Muslim-majority south, police said(AFP/Tuwaedaniya Meringing)
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13 Thai Schools Burned Down
Jun 14, 2007 | Words: 41 words | Category: News Photos
Thai Muslim students look at the gutted structure of their school building in Thailand's restive southern Yala province. Three Muslim men were gunned down, while separatist insurgents set fire to 13 schools in Thailand's Muslim-majority south, police said Thursday.(AFP/Muhammad Sabri)
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Thai Boxer Released from Prison
Jun 13, 2007 | Words: 114 words | Category: News Photos
Convicted drugs dealer Samson Sor Siriporn Taweesook (L), 24, celebrates with fellow prisoners before being released on parole from the Women's Correctional Institution for Drug Addicts in Pathum Thani province, on the outskirts of Bangkok, June 13, 2007. REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom (THAILAND)
Convicted drugs dealer Samson Sor Siriporn Taweesook (L), 24, is released on parole from the Women's Correctional Institution for Drug Addicts in Pathum Thani province, on the outskirts of Bangkok, June 13, 2007. Siriporn was released three years earlier as a reward for winning the World Boxing Council (WBC) female light flyweight title. She was caught selling "ya ba" (crazy drug) or methamphetamine pills 10 years ago when she was only 17. REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom
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Thousands Rally to Support Thaksin
Jun 12, 2007 | Words: 50 words | Category: News Photos
A demonstrator holds a picture of ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra during an anti-coup rally near Bangkok's Grand Palace June 11, 2007. Freezing ousted Thai prime minister Thaksin assets could backfire for the army-appointed government and bring more outraged Thaksin supporters onto the streets, analysts said on Tuesday. (Chaiwat Subprasom/Reuters)
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Thai Teachers Shot Dead
Jun 11, 2007 | Words: 58 words | Category: News Photos
Thai soldiers gather in a class room Monday, June 11, 2007 where two Thai teachers were shot to death by insurgents in Narathiwat province, Thailand. More than 50 schools are set to be closed on Tuesday in the violence plague area. More than 70 teachers working in government schools have been killed in Thailand's since the January 2004 insurgency broke out. (AP Photo)
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Protected by Amulets
Jun 10, 2007 | Words: 42 words | Category: News Photos
A Thai celebrity reacts in surprise to the large number of amulets and talismans this man has around his neck. In total, this man from Northern Thailand has 1,000 amulets which he believes both protects him and gives him good luck. (Thai Rath)
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Old Canoe Reveals Lottery Numbers
Jun 9, 2007 | Words: 67 words | Category: News Photos
Villagers from Kamphaeng Phet Province crowd around an old canoe carved out of a tree. The old dugout is believed to be more than 100 years old. In the picture, you can see the villagers rubbing the outside of the canoe looking for anything that looks like numbers which will help them win the next Thai lottery. (Thai Rath)
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Alexander Winstone
Jun 8, 2007 | Words: 61 words | Category: People in the News
Thai policemen escort Briton Alexander Winstone at the Crime Suppression Bureau, in Bangkok, Thailand, on Friday June 8, 2007. Winstone admitted Friday that he had sent e-mail seeking 2 million British pounds (US$3.9 million; euro2.9 million) in extortion money from British retail giant Tesco by threatening to poison food in its supermarkets. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
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Ethnic Karen Refugees
Jun 7, 2007 | Words: 65 words | Category: News Photos
A boatload of ethnic Karen refugees wait for Thai authorities to let them into a refugee camp in Mae Hon Son province, north of Bangkok, June 6, 2007. Thailand has denied entry to 250 ethnic Karen refugees from Myanmar who said they had fled attacks by soldiers from the ruling military junta, Reuters witnesses and a refugee leader said on Thursday. Picture taken June 6, 2007. REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang (THAILAND)
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Holland in Thailand
Jun 6, 2007 | Words: 54 words | Category: News Photos
Holland forward Kuyt Dirk (R) vies for the ball with Thailand's defender Jetsada Jitsawad during an Asian Cup warm-up match at Rajamangala stadium in Bangkok. Thailand were given plenty to think about before next month's Asian Cup campaign after a quality Netherlands side coasted to a 3-1 victory in their international friendly.(AFP/Saeed Khan)
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Den Junlaphan
Jun 5, 2007 | Words: 49 words | Category: People in the News
World Boxing Council (WBC) minimum weight champion Japan-based Den Junlaphan (C), popularly known as Eagle Kyowa, of Thailand poses with his sons Ryuto (bottom R) and Ryuki after defeating challenger Akira Yaegashi of Japan during their 12-round title bout in Yokohama, south of Tokyo June 4, 2007. REUTERS/Toru Hanai (JAPAN)
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Insurgents Derail Thai Train
Jun 4, 2007 | Words: 107 words | Category: News Photos
A soldier stands guard near a train derailment in Thailand's Pattani province, nearly 1055 km (655 miles) south of Bangkok June 4, 2007. Thailand's state railway halted all train services in the rebellious Muslim far south on Monday after a derailment, probably caused by insurgents, injured 14 passengers and crew, a senior rail official said. REUTERS/Surapan Boonthanom (THAILAND)
Soldiers stand guard near a train derailment in Thailand's Pattani province, nearly 1055 km (655 miles) south of Bangkok June 4, 2007. Thailand's state railway halted all train services in the rebellious Muslim far south on Monday after a derailment, probably caused by insurgents, injured 14 passengers and crew, a senior rail official said. REUTERS/Surapan Boonthanom (THAILAND)
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Protests Against Violence in the South
Jun 3, 2007 | Words: 47 words | Category: News Photos
Thai-Muslim students and villagers stage a rally in Pattani province, about 1,150 km (715 miles) south of Bangkok June 3, 2007. The rally was staged to protest against the rising violence and the military in Thailand's restive south, which is reeling from the deadliest attack against soldiers. REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang (THAILAND)
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Protests Continue Against Junta
Jun 2, 2007 | Words: 116 words | Category: News Photos
Thai protesters shout slogans during a rally against the military-installed government in Bangkok on Saturday June 2. 2007. 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/Sakchai Lalit)
A supporter of PTV (People's Television) holds a picture of exiled former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra during a rally near Bangkok's Grand Palace June 2, 2007. PTV, founded by supporters of ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, are running a campaign to reject the country's draft post-coup constitution. Lettering on flags read "coup get out". Lettering on picture reads "Thaksin in the prime minister of all Thais" and "love Thaksin". REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom (THAILAND)
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Five Thai Muslims Shot Dead
Jun 1, 2007 | Words: 54 words | Category: News Photos
Thai Muslims offer prayers after the burial of five worshippers, who were shot dead in a mosque, in Thailand's insurgency-torn Saba Yoi district of Southern Songkhla province. Tensions spiralled Friday in Thailand's troubled south after 12 soldiers were killed in the single deadliest attack against security forces since a separatist insurgency erupted there in 2004.(AFP)
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Roadside Bomb Kills 11
Jun 1, 2007 | Words: 45 words | Category: News Photos
Police and military officials survey the site of a road-side bomb explosion in southern Thailand's Yala province June 1, 2007. A pick-up truck with troops returning to base was stuck by a roadside bomb killing 11 and injuring one, an army spokesman said. REUTERS/Surapan Boonthanom (THAILAND)
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