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Samak Refuses to Quit
Aug 31, 2008 | Words: 38 words | Category: News Photos
Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej speaks in parliament in Bangkok August 31, 2008. More than 1,000 government supporters marched on Thailand's parliament on Sunday as lawmakers began a special debate on street protests threatening to topple Samak. REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang (THAILAND)
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Phuket and Krabi Airports Blockaded
Aug 30, 2008 | Words: 48 words | Category: News Photos
File photo shows western tourists relax on Thailand's famous Pathong beach in southern Phuket Island. Tourists have been struggling to leave the Thai island resort of Phuket where protesters have blockaded the transport hub since Friday forcing a cancellation of all the nearly 120 daily flights.(AFP/File/AFP)
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Police Use Tear Gas on Protestors
Aug 29, 2008 | Words: 58 words | Category: News Photos
Thai riot policemen use tear gas before clashes with the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) supporters inside the Government House in Bangkok August 29, 2008. Thai riot police scuffled with demonstrators barricaded inside the prime minister's compound on Friday as they delivered an eviction order against the group seeking to oust the government. REUTERS/Stringer (THAILAND).
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Riot Police Attack Protestors
Aug 29, 2008 | Words: 69 words | Category: News Photos
Police were seen on TV pushing, hitting and stepping on protesters near a red building inside Government House compound Friday morning. The protesters were forced to sit down and cover their faces apparently to protect themselves from gas. Some protesters were also seen being pulled out of the group and were forced to lie face down on the floor. (Text: The Nation/Pictures: Manager)
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National Rail Strike Looms
Aug 29, 2008 | Words: 51 words | Category: News Photos
A worker walks on rail tracks at Hua Lam Pong Station in Bangkok, Thailand, on Friday Aug. 29. 2008. The Thai national rail service says mass absences by railway workers have forced it to suspend service on eight of the roughly 300 lines it operates. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
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Army and Police on Standby
Aug 28, 2008 | Words: 54 words | Category: News Photos
Thai soldiers take a relaxed position Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008, near the Government House in Bangkok, Thailand. Anti-government protesters Thursday defied a court order to end their occupation of the Thai prime minister's office compound in Bangkok, saying they had a right to remain and would stay until the country's leaders resign. (AP Photo/David Longstreath)
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Warrants for PAD Leaders
Aug 27, 2008 | Words: 53 words | Category: News Photos
Thai anti-government protest leaders Chamlong Srimuang (L) and Sondhi Limthongkul are pictured during a protest inside the Government House in Bangkok. Thailand on Wednesday ordered thousands of protesters to leave the main government complex and issued arrest warrants for their leaders, ratcheting up the pressure to end the two-day stand-off. (AFP/Pornchai Kittiwongsakul)
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Police Break into Government House
Aug 27, 2008 | Words: 106 words | Category: News Photos
Thai riot police break into the Government House through a gate in Bangkok, Thailand, early Wednesday August 27, 2008. Thousands of anti-government demonstrators had been occupied the Thai prime minister's office compound in a protest to accuse a prime minister too closely tied to his disgraced predecessor. They withdrew three hours later at 6 a.m.(AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
Protestors gather inside the compound of Thailand's Government House Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2008, in Bangkok, Thailand, after breaking through barriers. Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej, whose own offices besieged by thousands of demonstrators, called Tuesday for people to end protests that aimed to topple him from power.(AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
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Protestors Besiege Government House
Aug 26, 2008 | Words: 124 words | Category: News Photos
Members of the anti-government People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) push down barricades as they storm into the Government House in Bangkok August 26, 2008. Thousands of royalist protesters stormed Thai state broadcaster NBT and the official compound of Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej, as part of demonstrations to try to unseat the elected seven-month-old coalition government. REUTERS/Kerek Wongsa (THAILAND)
Members of the anti-government People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) stand on the grass of the Government House during a demonstration in Bangkok August 26, 2008. Hundreds of protesters climbed into Government House, waving Thai flags and yellow banners representing the monarchy before sitting on the lawn of the compound as police also opened the gates at the official complex for them, a Reuters witness said. REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom (THAILAND)
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Protestors Storm TV Station
Aug 26, 2008 | Words: 95 words | Category: News Photos
Anti-government activists protest outside the studios of Thai state broadcaster NBT in Bangkok August 26, 2008. About 40 armed anti-government activists broke into the studios of Thai state broadcaster NBT on Tuesday to try to halt programming as a prelude to a major demonstration against the seven-month-old coalition. REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang (THAILAND)
Demonstrators force their way into a Thai government television station during a protest rally Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2008, in Bangkok, Thailand. Dozens of anti-government protesters armed with knives and guns stormed a government-held TV station and briefly forced it off the air on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)
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Mass Rally in Bangkok
Aug 26, 2008 | Words: 45 words | Category: News Photos
Demonstrators gather outside Thailand's Government House during a rally Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2008, in Bangkok, Thailand. Thai media say several dozen protesters armed with knives and guns stormed a government-held television station in the Thai capital early Tuesday, forcing it off the air. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
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Welcome Home Olympic Heores
Aug 25, 2008 | Words: 65 words | Category: News Photos
(L-R) Thai Olympic gold medallist Somjit Jongjohor of the men's flyweight boxing (51kg), silver medallist Buttree Puedpong of the women's taekwondo (49kg) and gold medallist Prapawadee Jaroenrattanatarakoon of the women's weightlifting (53kg) are congratulated during a motorcade through the streets of Bangkok August 25, 2008. Thailand won two gold medals and two silver medals in the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.
REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom (THAILAND)
REUTERS/Kerek Wongsa (THAILAND)
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Thai Teacher Shot Dead
Aug 24, 2008 | Words: 45 words | Category: News Photos
Soldiers look at the body of a teacher in Thailand's Yala province, nearly 1,084 km (674 miles) south of Bangkok, August 24, 2008. The teacher and her sister were shot dead by suspected Muslim militants while riding a motorcycle to central Yala province, police said.
REUTERS/Surapan Boonthanom (THAILAND)
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Manus Boonjumnong Wins Silver
Aug 23, 2008 | Words: 62 words | Category: News Photos
Silver medallist Manus Boonjumnong of Thailand smiles during the medal ceremony after the men's light welterweight (64kg) final boxing match at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games August 23, 2008. REUTERS/Lee Jae-Won (CHINA)
Manus Boonjumnong of Thailand, left, fights Felix Diaz of Dominican Republic during the men's light welterweight 64 kilogram final boxing match at the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Saturday, Aug. 23, 2008. (AP Photo/Murad Sezer)
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Somjit Jongjohor Wins Gold
Aug 23, 2008 | Words: 57 words | Category: News Photos
Somjit Jongjohor of Thailand reacts with his gold medal in the men's flyweight 51 kilogram final boxing match at the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Saturday, Aug. 23, 2008. (AP Photo/Murad Sezer)
Andry Laffita (L) of Cuba fights Somjit Jongjohor of Thailand during their men's flyweight (51kg) final boxing match at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games August 23, 2008. REUTERS/Lee Jae-Won (CHINA)
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Thai King Richest in the World
Aug 22, 2008 | Words: 44 words | Category: News Photos
With a fortune estimated at 35 billion dollars, Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej, seen here in 2007, is the world's richest royal sovereign, and oil-rich Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan of Abu Dhabi is far back at No. 2, Forbes magazine reported Thursday. (AFP/HO/File/Ho)
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Car Bomb Kills Thai Reporter
Aug 22, 2008 | Words: 59 words | Category: News Photos
Officials inspect the wreckage of a car after a bomb explosion in Thailand's largely Muslim province of Sungai Kolok, south of Bangkok August 22, 2008. A car bomb exploded on Thursday in a town in southern Thailand that has been a target of insurgent attacks, killing a journalist and wounding 30 government officials and shoppers, security officials said. REUTERS/Surapan Boonthanom (THAILAND)
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1,000 Year Old Buddha Carving
Aug 21, 2008 | Words: 24 words | Category: News Photos
Chuan Leekpai, former prime minister of Thailand, inspects a Buddha stone carving in Sisaket Province believed to be more than 1,000 years old. (The Manager)
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Garry Glitter Arives in Bangkok
Aug 20, 2008 | Words: 84 words | Category: News Photos
British rocker Gary Glitter walks at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport August 20, 2008. Glitter was stuck at Bangkok airport on Wednesday after faking illness to avoid boarding a flight to Britain following his release from a Vietnamese prison for child sex abuse, Thai police said. The 64-year-old Briton, whose real name is Paul Gadd, flew to Bangkok after being booted out of the communist southeast Asian country on Tuesday, the day he completed his three-year sentence. REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang (THAILAND)
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Buttree Puedpong
Aug 20, 2008 | Words: 205 words | Category: People in the News
Thailand's Buttree Puedpong holds her silver medal for the women's taekwondo -49 kg class at the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2008. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
Daynellis Montejo of Cuba (R) competes against Buttree Puedpong of Thailand during their women's -49 kg taekwondo match at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, August 20, 2008. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi (CHINA)
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Protests at British Embassy in Bangkok
Aug 19, 2008 | Words: 51 words | Category: News Photos
Sondhi Limthongkul, a key figure of the People's Alliance for Democracy, second from left in front, leads protesters outside the British Embassy in Bangkok Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2008. Several thousand protesters gathered to demand that London extradite former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra to face criminal charges at home.(AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
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Vatana Asavahame Gets 10 Years
Aug 18, 2008 | Words: 64 words | Category: News Photos
In this May 2007 file photo, Wattana Asavahame, center in black suit, chairman of Puea Pandin party, one of the six political parties in Thailand's coalition government, speaks in Bangkok, Thailand. The Thai supreme court on Monday, Aug. 18, 2008 sentenced him to 10 years imprisonment. He was charged with corruption in connection a water treatment project. Wattana fled the country before being sentenced. (ThaiPhotoBlogs.com/Richard Barrow)
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Troops Withdraw from Border
Aug 17, 2008 | Words: 57 words | Category: News Photos
A Thai soldier (R) talks with Cambodian soldiers and journalists at the front line near Cekakiri Svarak pagoda at the Preah Vihear temple compound atop Dang Reak mountain, about 245km north of Phnom Penh. Cambodian and Thai troops have begun to pull back from disputed territory around an ancient temple, an official said Saturday. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea
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Wanted Poster for Thaksin
Aug 16, 2008 | Words: 49 words | Category: News Photos
In this picture release by Royal Thai Police Headquarter, Thai police circulates the arrest warrant with a picture of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. The police issued the arrest warrant after Thaksin and his wife jumped bail and fled to live in England.(AP Photo/Royal Thai Police Headquarter)
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Christopher Paul Neil Sentenced
Aug 15, 2008 | Words: 49 words | Category: News Photos
Thai prison guards escort Canadian Christopher Paul Neil, center, at criminal court in Bangkok, Thailand Friday, Aug. 15, 2008. Neil, who pleaded guilty to sexually abusing a 13-year-old boy was sentenced Friday to three years and three months in jail in Thailand.
(AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
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Rottweiler Kills Thai Baby
Aug 14, 2008 | Words: 35 words | Category: News Photos
Two rottweiler dogs have mauled a 20-month-old girl to death in Thailand, police have said, despite the desperate efforts of her mother to save the child (AFP/File/Fred Dufour)
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Kuwait's Prime Minister in Thailand
Aug 13, 2008 | Words: 36 words | Category: News Photos
Kuwait's Prime Minister Sheikh Nasser al-Mohammad al-Sabah (R) and Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej (2nd L) review the guard of honour during a welcoming ceremony at the Government house in Bangkok August 13, 2008. REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang (THAILAND)
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Thaksin Goes Shopping in Surrey
Aug 12, 2008 | Words: 60 words | Category: News Photos
Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, centre and family members seen shopping in Guildford,England, Monday, Aug. 11, 2008. Thaksin Shinawatra and his family have fled to the United Kingdom, after he and his wife skipped a hearing on corruption charges in a Thai court. A handwritten statement from Thaksin says he fled because he could not expect justice (Surrey Advertiser/AP)
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Thaksin Seeks Exile in UK
Aug 11, 2008 | Words: 54 words | Category: News Photos
Ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra (R) and his wife Potjaman Shinawatra is seen at the criminal court in Bangkok July 31, 2008. Thaksin skipped bail on Monday to London, alleging that political enemies who removed him in a 2006 coup were interfering in the courts to "finish off" him and his family. REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang/Files
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Prapawadee Jaroenrattanatarakoon wins Gold
Aug 10, 2008 | Words: 43 words | Category: News Photos
Prapawadee Jaroenrattanatarakoon of Thailand lifted 126 kilograms in the clean and jerk to win the gold medal and set a new Olympic record in the women's 53 kg category of the weightlifting competition at the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Sunday. Aug. 10, 2008. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton)
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Pensiri Laosirikul
Aug 9, 2008 | Words: 26 words | Category: People in the News
Pensiri Laosirikul of Thailand competes in the women's 48kg Group A clean and jerk weightlifting competition at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games August 9, 2008. REUTERS/Oleg Popov (CHINA)
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Thailand's Olympic team
Aug 8, 2008 | Words: 36 words | Category: News Photos
Thailand's Olympic team follow their national flag-bearer Worapoj Petchkoom during the opening ceremony of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games at the National Stadium August 8, 2008. The stadium is also known as the Bird's Nest. REUTERS/Adrees Latif (CHINA)
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Bush in a Thai Slum
Aug 7, 2008 | Words: 94 words | Category: News Photos
A girl greets U.S. President George W. Bush as he visits The Human Development Foundation-Mercy Centre in Bangkok's largest slum, Klong Toey, in Bangkok August 7, 2008. Just hours before flying to Beijing for the Olympics on Thursday, Bush used some of his bluntest language yet in publicly pressing China to improve its human rights record. REUTERS/Larry Downing (THAILAND)
U.S. President George W. Bush (R) poses with children next to Father Joseph Maier (L) while he visits The Human Development Foundation-Mercy Centre in Bangkok's largest slum, Klong Toey, August 7, 2008. REUTERS/Larry Downing (THAILAND)
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Laura Bush Visits Thai-Myanmar border
Aug 7, 2008 | Words: 123 words | Category: News Photos
U.S. first lady Laura Bush, center left, is flanked by her daughter Barbara as she talks with a Karen refugees family at Mae La refugee camp in Thailand's Mae Sot town near the Thai-Myanmar border Thursday, Aug. 7, 2008. The camp houses thousands of refugees from Myanmar who fled the economic hardship and widespread persecution. Mrs. Bush with her daughter is in Thailand when she accompanied President George W. Bush for a three-nation Asian tour that included South Korea and China. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)
U.S. first lady Laura Bush, right, looks at a Myanmar medic fit an artificial leg for a Myanmar migrant worker at Mae Tao clinic in Mae Sot town near the Thai-Myanmar border Thursday, Aug. 7, 2008. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)
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10 killed in helicopter crash
Aug 6, 2008 | Words: 63 words | Category: News Photos
Rescue workers carry the body of victim out of a Thai army helicopter after it crashed in a jungle in southern Thailand's Yala Province August 6, 2008. A Thai air force helicopter crashed on Wednesday in the country's troubled south, killing all 10 aboard, an army spokesman said, the second military helicopter to go down in the region in less than two months. REUTERS/Stringer (THAILAND)
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President Bush in Thailand
Aug 6, 2008 | Words: 27 words | Category: People in the News
President Bush hakes hands with Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej, Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2008, after a joint conference at the Government House in Bangkok, Thailand
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Bangkok Tailor for President Bush
Aug 5, 2008 | Words: 59 words | Category: News Photos
Bangkok, Thailand, Sikh tailors Jesse Gulati, right, and son Victor, pose next to bolts of Egyptian cotton cloth at their shop. Gulati and his son are tailors to President George Bush and his family and on his visit to Thailand President Bush is expected to pick up a special package of five Egyptian cotton shirts. (AP Photo/David Longstreath)
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Thailand Pulls Grand Theft Auto
Aug 4, 2008 | Words: 50 words | Category: News Photos
Police officers watch as a Thai teenager (2nd R) re-enacts a crime in Bangkok August 3, 2008. The teenager has confessed to robbing and murdering a taxi driver after trying to imitate scenes from the controversial "Grand Theft Auto" video game, police said on Monday. REUTERS/Stringer
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7 Bombs in Southern Thailand
Aug 3, 2008 | Words: 40 words | Category: News Photos
Bomb squad units inspect a blast site in Hat Yai. Seven small bombs exploded at shops and restaurants in southern Thailand's tourist hubs injuring two people, officials said Sunday, while two people were killed in separate attacks (AFP/Tuwaedaniya Meringing)
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'Shanghai' in Bangkok
Aug 2, 2008 | Words: 23 words | Category: News Photos
Thai models pose on a set during a press conference about movie 'Shanghai' in Bangkok, Thailand, on Saturday August 2, 2008. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
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Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn in Tonga
Aug 1, 2008 | Words: 78 words | Category: News Photos
Tongan King George Tupou V, right in second row, poses with Japanese Crown Prince Naruhiro, center in second row, and Thailand's Crown Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, left in second row, for photos after George V's coronation in Nuku'alofa, Tonga Friday, Aug. 1, 2008. George V was crowned as the 23rd King of Tonga on Friday in an elaborate Christian ceremony that many expect will usher in a new, more democratic era for the South Pacific nation.(AP Photo/Kyodo News)
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