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FIFA Futsal World Cup 2008
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Tuesday 30th September, 2008 at 08:34:13| Words: 27 words | Category: News Photos
Italy's soccer player Grana, center, tries to score against Thailand during a FIFA Futsal World Cup 2008 match, in Rio de Janeiro, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2008. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
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Chuwit Kamolvisit
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Monday 29th September, 2008 at 09:11:38| Words: 52 words | Category: People in the News
Former massage parlour tycoon Chuwit Kamolvisit (C) distributes leaflets from a three wheeler - locally known as tuk-tuk - to supporters during the campaign for the forthcoming city's governor election in Bangkok. More than 4.2 million Bangkok residents will be eligible to vote on October 05, 2008 in all 50 districts of the Thai capital. AFP/Getty Images
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Thailand Open 2008
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Sunday 28th September, 2008 at 07:55:08| Words: 29 words | Category: News Photos
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France holds his trophy after winning his final tennis match against Novak Djokovic of Serbia at the Thailand Open 2008 in Bangkok September 28, 2008. REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom (THAILAND)
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Jean-Claude Van Damme
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Saturday 27th September, 2008 at 16:15:10| Words: 42 words | Category: People in the News
BANGKOK, THAILAND - SEPTEMBER 26: Actor Jean-Claude Van Damme and actress Claudia Bassol arrive for the red carpet and gala screening of 'Queeen of Langkasuka' during day four of the Bangkok International Film Festival 2008 at SF World Cinema, Centralworld on September 26, 2008 in Bangkok, Thailand.
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Cabinet Meets at Don Muang Airport
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Friday 26th September, 2008 at 16:07:53| Words: 51 words | Category: News Photos
Thailand's Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat, center, chairs his first cabinet meeting at Don Muang international airport building Friday, Sept. 26, 2008 in Bangkok, Thailand. King Bhumibol Adulyadej on Thursday swore in the new government, urging them to work honestly as the country tries to move beyond its political crisis. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)
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Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
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Thursday 25th September, 2008 at 22:48:37| Words: 40 words | Category: People in the News
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France (R) practices Thai boxing, also known as Muay Thai, with Olympic gold medallist boxer Somluck Kamsing in Bangkok September 25, 2008. Tsonga is in Bangkok to take part in the Thailand Open tennis tournament.
REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom (THAILAND)
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Governor Candidate Falls into Canal
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Wednesday 24th September, 2008 at 19:53:35| Words: 54 words | Category: News Photos
Candidate running for Bangkok governor Leena Jangjanja fell into Sansab canal when she was campaigning for the city's top job Wednesday afternoon. She was campaigning on the boat to ask for supporters from those residing along the canal. She accidentally fell into the canal. She was reportedly unhurt. (Text: Bangkok Post / Photos: The Manager)
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Children of the Dark
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Tuesday 23rd September, 2008 at 16:45:08| Words: 37 words | Category: News Photos
"Children of the Dark," a film by acclaimed director Junji Sakamoto, seen here in 2002, has been pulled from the sixth Bangkok International Film Festival, organisers said Tuesday. (AFP/DPA/File/Jens Kalaene)
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Floods in Lopburi
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Monday 22nd September, 2008 at 08:15:04| Words: 77 words | Category: News Photos
A monk paddles a boat through flood waters at a temple in Thailand's Lopburi province, about 150 km (93 miles) north of Bangkok, September 22, 2008. REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang (THAILAND)
Aerial view of a flood in Thailand's Lopburi province, about 150 km (93 miles) north of Bangkok, September 22, 2008. Flash floods have damaged rice fields in the north of Thailand in recent days but it is too early to say how the main crop will be affected, officials said last Tuesday. REUTERS/Stringer (THAILAND).
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Floods Across Thailand
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Sunday 21st September, 2008 at 22:03:43| Words: 43 words | Category: News Photos
A woman wades through flood waters in Thailand's Lopburi province, about 150 km (93 miles) north of Bangkok, September 20, 2008. At least 14 people died after 36 provinces in Thailand have been affected by flood waters caused by heavy down pours, local newspapers reported. REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang (THAILAND)
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School Burned to Ground
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Saturday 20th September, 2008 at 22:00:08| Words: 44 words | Category: News Photos
A Thai soldier walks past a school building that was set on fire by suspected militants in Yala on September 19, 2008. Three people have been killed in fresh separatist violence in Thailand's Muslim-majority south, while an elementary school was burned to the ground, police said.
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Government Move to Old Airport
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Friday 19th September, 2008 at 08:59:32| Words: 55 words | Category: News Photos
New Thai Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat poses for a photograph while getting a tour of the conference room inside the new government offices at Bangkok's Don Mueang (Muang) airport September 19, 2008. Don Mueang's VIP rooms were converted into government offices as anti-government demonstrators have now occupied Government House for over three weeks. REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang (THAILAND)
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Thailand's 26th Prime Minister
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Thursday 18th September, 2008 at 08:50:58| Words: 70 words | Category: News Photos
Thailand's new Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat pays his respects in front of a portrait of Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej during a ceremony to accept his post, at his residency in Bangkok September 18, 2008. Parliament elected Somchai, a brother-in-law of Thaksin Shinawatra, as prime minister on Wednesday to replace Samak Sundaravej, who had to step down last week after being found guilty of a conflict of interest. REUTERS/Pornchai Kittiwongsakul/Pool (THAILAND)
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Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat
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Wednesday 17th September, 2008 at 21:40:43| Words: 87 words | Category: People in the News
Thailand's Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat, center, is surrounded by aides after his meeting with cheering supporters outside Parliament Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2008 in Bangkok, Thailand. Lawmakers elected Somchai, a brother-in-law of deposed leader Thaksin Shinawatra as the new prime minister of Thailand on Wednesday, setting up a showdown with protesters determined to tear down his political legacy. Somchai, a 61-year-old bureaucrat who is married to Thaksin's sister, won a firm majority of votes in the lower house of Parliament, backed by the governing six-party coalition. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)
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Two killed, 8 wounded in Thai south
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Tuesday 16th September, 2008 at 21:23:07| Words: 86 words | Category: News Photos
Policemen and soldiers stand at the scene of a shooting, which left two men dead, in south Thailand's Yala province on September 16, 2008. Militants shot dead two Muslim rubber tappers in Thailand's rebellious south on Tuesday, then detonated a bomb wounding five policemen and three villagers in a patrol security truck rushing to the scene, police said. Police say that they believe the victims, a father and son, were killed because they were working for the largely Buddhist government as village defense volunteers. REUTERS/Surapan Boonthanom (THAILAND)
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Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games
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Thursday 11th September, 2008 at 21:18:36| Words: 69 words | Category: News Photos
Prawat Wahoram of Thailand celebrates his victory in the final of the Men's 5000m T54 competitions at the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games held in Beijing, China, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2008. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
Thailand's blind swimmer Prasit Marnnok is tapped by his coach, as a signal that he is reaching the edge of pool, during the men's 400m freestyle S11 heats at the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games September 11, 2008. REUTERS/Jason Lee (CHINA)
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Somchai Wongsawat
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Wednesday 10th September, 2008 at 07:59:30| Words: 73 words | Category: People in the News
Thailand's Deputy Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat (R), who was appointed as acting Prime Minister by the caretaker government, walks at the Supreme Command Headquarters in Bangkok September 10, 2008. The parties in Thailand's ruling coalition met behind closed doors on Wednesday to agree a replacement prime minister for Samak Sundaravej, who was removed by the courts for hosting TV cooking shows while in office. REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang (THAILAND)
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PM Samak Forced to Resign
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Tuesday 9th September, 2008 at 18:36:22| Words: 43 words | Category: News Photos
An anti-government demonstrator at Government House in Bangkok, Thailand, shouts with joy as she and others learn Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2008, that Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej is forced to resigned from office by constitutional court. (AP Photo/David Longstreath)
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Udon Thani Show Support for Samak
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Monday 8th September, 2008 at 22:55:49| Words: 45 words | Category: News Photos
Thailand's Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej speaks to his supporters in Udon Thani province, about 580 km (360 miles) east of Bangkok, September 8, 2008. Samak vowed on Monday not to resign or dissolve parliament ahead of a court ruling that could force him from power. REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang (THAILAND)
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Samak at the Constitutional Court
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Monday 8th September, 2008 at 22:39:22| Words: 44 words | Category: News Photos
Thailand's Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej sits before judges at the Constitutional Court in Bangkok September 8, 2008. Thailand's Constitutional Court will rule on Tuesday whether Samak violated the constitution by hosting television cooking shows while in office, a judge said on Monday. REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom (THAILAND)
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Morale High at Government House
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Sunday 7th September, 2008 at 23:05:44| Words: 91 words | Category: News Photos
Morale remains to be high at the protest site at Government House. The muddy grass has been covered with packing cases. Over the weekend, the area was turned into a tourist attraction as people came to have their photos taken and to buy souvenirs. Others said it was more like a temple fair, though without the fairground rides. Protestors are giving free medicine, food and drink and they say they are prepared to stay as long as it takes. (ThaiPhotoBlogs.com/Richard Barrow)
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Heavy Rain Dampens Protestors
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Saturday 6th September, 2008 at 23:56:20| Words: 51 words | Category: News Photos
Anti-government protesters sleep inside Government House in Bangkok, Thailand, Sunday, Sept. 7, 2008. Living conditions at a continuing protest at Thailand's Government House were worsening, with thousands camped in mud enveloped by the stench of urine, but organizers said Saturday they will not leave until the prime minister resigns. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
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Peter Reid is Thai Football Coach
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Friday 5th September, 2008 at 10:28:20| Words: 68 words | Category: People in the News
Thailand's new national football coach Peter Reid, left, listens to a question as former Thai Deputy Premier Suwat Liptapallop looks on during a news conference at a hotel in Bangkok, Thailand Friday, Sept. 5, 2008. Reid, 52, former Everton and England international, arrived in Bangkok last week and has signed a four-year contract with the Football Association of Thailand (FAT) to coach the Thai football national team. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)
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PM Samak Refuses to Resign
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Thursday 4th September, 2008 at 08:30:46| Words: 128 words | Category: News Photos
Thailand's Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej arrives at the Thai national radio station in Bangkok September 4, 2008. Samak rejected calls for his resignation on Thursday, saying he would not "jump ship" in the face of a three-month-old street campaign to unseat him. Speaking on national radio, a defiant Samak also dismissed speculation that he would call a snap election to defuse the protests, which have dragged on despite Tuesday's declaration of emergency rule in Bangkok. REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang (THAILAND)
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An anti-government supporter reacts to a speech by Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej at Government House Thursday, Sept. 4, 2008, in Bangkok, Thailand. In a live radio speech Samak vowed not to resign and to stay on to protect democracy. (AP Photo/David Longstreath)
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FM Tej Bunnag Resigns
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Thursday 4th September, 2008 at 08:26:29| Words: 30 words | Category: News Photos
Foreign Minister Tej Bunnag yesterday handed in his resignation to Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej in a serious blow to the administration, Foreign Ministry officials said. REUTERS/Adrees Latif/Files (CAMBODIA)
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Democratic Alliance Against Dictatorship
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Wednesday 3rd September, 2008 at 23:19:07| Words: 84 words | Category: News Photos
Chuchart na Bangprai, a leader of the Democratic Alliance Against Dictatorship, threatened Wednesday night to lead protesters from Samut Prakan to raid the Democrat Party's head office. Addressing the DAAD-led government supporters at the Samut Prakan provincial hall at 8:30 pm, Chuchart said the DAAD would lead demonstrators to raid the Democrat head office soon to retaliate against the seizure of the Government House by People's Alliance for Democracy. (Text: The Nation/ Photos: Richard Barrow)
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General Anupong Paochinda
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Tuesday 2nd September, 2008 at 17:14:53| Words: 48 words | Category: People in the News
Thailand's army chief Gen. Anupong Paochinda answers a question during a news conference at an army hall in Bangkok, Thailand Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2008. Anupong, appointed chairman of the emergency committee, said that he would solve the country's political crisis by not using arms but through negotiation means.(AP Photo)
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State of Emergency in Bangkok
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Tuesday 2nd September, 2008 at 10:13:41| Words: 104 words | Category: News Photos
A pro-government protester walks with a Thai flag in front of riot police blocking a street during a demonstration in Bangkok on September 2. Thailand has declared a state of emergency in the city, banning gatherings of more than five people in a bid to clamp down on anti-government protests that erupted into deadly clashes overnight. (AFP/Nicolas Asfouri)
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Thai soldiers stand guard with shields as they block a street to avoid clash between Thai pro-government protestors and anti-government protesters near the Government House, in Bangkok in the early morning of Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2008. (AP Photo/Wason Wanichakorn)
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Bloodshed and Riots in Bangkok
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Tuesday 2nd September, 2008 at 04:00:07| Words: 102 words | Category: News Photos
A Thai anti-government protestor reacts during clashes with a group pro-government rivals Tuesday Sept. 2 2008. A mob of about 500 supporters of Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej headed toward the Government House compound. Protesters began occupying the prime minister's office on Aug. 26 and have tried to block streets in the capital. At least one PAD has been shot dead and dozens injured. The army has been called out to restore order. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
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Thai medical staff rush an injured pro-government supporter to a hospital in Bangkok after violent clashes in the city Tuesday Sept. 2 2008. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
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Bomb Explodes in Bangkok
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Monday 1st September, 2008 at 17:55:42| Words: 76 words | Category: News Photos
Members of the bomb squad survey the site of a damaged police booth near an anti-government protest held at the Government House in Bangkok September 1, 2008. A small bomb was suspected to be the cause as no injuries were reported. REUTERS/Kerek Wongsa (THAILAND)
A member of the bomb squad inspects a damaged police booth near the site of an anti-government protest at the Government House in Bangkok September 1, 2008. No injuries were reported. REUTERS/Kerek Wongsa (THAILAND)
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