Archives for: April 2008, 10

54 Foreigners Die in Thailand

Apr 10, 2008 | Words: 123 words | Category: News Photos

Rescue team members remove the body of a Myanmar immigrant from the truck that was carrying immigrants into Thailand at Ranong province, south of Bangkok April 10, 2008. Fifty-four illegal Myanmar immigrants died of suffocation while being smuggled into Thailand in a refrigerated container near the Thai-Myanmar border, a police officer said on Thursday. REUTERS/Daily Newspaper (THAILAND).

Thailand volunteer rescue workers collect the bodies of dead Myanmar migrant workers Thursday, April 10, 2008, from the back of a seafood van in Ranong, Thailand. Fifty-four migrant workers from Myanmar, most of them women, suffocated in the back of an unventilated seafood truck in southern Thailand while being smuggled to the popular resort island of Phuket, police said Thursday. (AP Photo/Daily News)

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Songkran Starts Early

Apr 10, 2008 | Words: 60 words | Category: Thai Festivals

Children in Chiang Mai Province, in the north of Thailand, throw a bucket of water over passing motorcyclists as part of the traditional Songkran Festival. The annual festival isn't supposed to start until Sunday 13th April, but due to the hot weather and long summer holidays, some children have started the festivities early. (Thai Rath)

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