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Buffalo Racing Festival 2008
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Monday 13th October, 2008 at 20:16:26| Words: 40 words | Category: Thai Festivals
Thai buffalo racers compete in an annual water buffalo race in Chonburi Province, 110 kilometers (68 miles) south of Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, Oct. 13, 2008. The annual race was held as a celebration among rice farmers before the rice harvest. (Richard Barrow/Paknam Web)
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Rub Bua Festival in Bang Phli
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Monday 13th October, 2008 at 20:07:08| Words: 88 words | Category: Thai Festivals
Thousands of people at Wat Bang Phli Yai Nai, Bang Phli, attended the "Lotus Throwing" festival to mark the end of the Buddhist Retreat. A Buddha image on a boat, made its way down the canal, while worshippers on both banks threw lotus flowers at it. After one hour, the mound of lotus flowers had reached the neck of the Buddha. In the picture below, Anuwat Methiwibunwut, the Governor of Samut Prakan Province, says a prayer after throwing a lotus flower onto the boat. (Richard Barrow/ThaiPhotoBlogs.com)
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Queen Attends Funeral of PAD Protestor
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Monday 13th October, 2008 at 19:02:09| Words: 59 words | Category: News Photos
Thailand's Queen Sirikit attends the cremation ceremony of 28-year-old Angkana Radappanyawuthi at a temple in Nonthaburi province on the outskirts of Bangkok October 13, 2008. Queen Sirikit attended the funeral on Monday of Angkana Radappanyawuthi, an anti-government protester killed in clashes with police a week ago, the strongest sign yet of royal backing for the five-month-old street movement. REUTERS/Stringer (THAILAND)
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Thousands Rally to Support Government
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Sunday 12th October, 2008 at 19:03:28| Words: 47 words | Category: News Photos
Thousands of government supporters attend a rally at a park Sunday Oct. 12, 2008 in Bangkok Thailand. Thousands of government supporters rallied as anti-government protesters planned a demonstration Monday at the police headquarters in Bangkok to protest alleged police brutality during clashes last Tuesday. (AP Photo by Ed Wray)
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Thai Coffin Ceremony
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Friday 10th October, 2008 at 21:56:47| Words: 23 words | Category: News Photos
Thai participants pray as they stand in coffins next to a buddhist monk during the coffin ceremony at Wat Prommanee (AFP/Pornchai Kittiwongsakul)
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Chamlong Out on Bail
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Thursday 9th October, 2008 at 22:10:00| Words: 49 words | Category: News Photos
People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) leaders Chamlong Srimuang (R) and Chaiwat Sinsuwong gesture as they leave Bangkok Remand Prison after being granted bail at 100,000 baht ($2,905) each October 9, 2008. Chamlong, a key leader of a month-long anti-government protest inside Bangkok's Government House compound, was arrested on Sunday. REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang (THAILAND)
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Thai Soldiers Stand Guard in Bangkok
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Wednesday 8th October, 2008 at 10:06:26| Words: 40 words | Category: News Photos
Thai soldiers stand on guard at corners in Bangkok on Wednesday Oct. 8, 2008. Uneasy calm returned to Bangkok a day after fierce clashes between anti-government protesters and police left at least two killed and more than 400 injured. (AP Photo/Wason Wanichakorn)
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Thai hospitals Refuse to Treat Injured Police
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Wednesday 8th October, 2008 at 08:45:29| Words: 52 words | Category: News Photos
A policeman sits by the side of the road after being injured during clashes with anti-government demonstrators outside Parliament in Bangkok. Chulalongkorn Hospital refused to treat police injured from the clashes with the PAD to show that its doctors and nurses disagreed with the government and police actions. REUTERS/Kerek Wongsa (THAILAND)
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Car Bomb in Bangkok Kills One Man
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Tuesday 7th October, 2008 at 22:54:48| Words: 51 words | Category: News Photos
Protesters stand next to a burning car after a car bomb explosion near the Parliament building in Bangkok on October 7, 2008. One man died october 7 when a car bomb exploded in Bangkok near Thailand's parliament building, where thousands of anti-government protesters had clashed with police, a police official said. (AFP/Getty Images)
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Bloodshed on Streets of Bangkok
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Tuesday 7th October, 2008 at 18:02:50| Words: 167 words | Category: News Photos
A seriously injured anti-government protester cries after an explosion blew off his lower left leg during clashes with Thai police in front of parliament in Bangkok, Thailsnd, on Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008. The exact source of the explosion was not immediately known. (AP Photo by Wason Wanichakorn)
Anti-government demonstrators transport the injured in the back of a pick-up truck after riot police shot tear gas into a crowd of protesters blocking Parliament in Bangkok October 7, 2008. Thai police fired tear gas at anti-government protesters on Tuesday, clearing them from a road to Parliament after they had vowed to stop Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat delivering his maiden policy speech. At least 50 people were injured, three seriously, hospital officials said. (Reuters Pictures)
An injured anti-government protester asks for help in front of Parliament in Bangkok Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008. Police fired gear gas Tuesday at several thousand demonstrators attempting to block access by lawmakers to Parliament, heating up a political crisis that has gripped the country for six weeks. (AP Photo by Wason Wanichakorn)
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Police Fire Tear Gas on Protestors
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Tuesday 7th October, 2008 at 17:53:42| Words: 183 words | Category: News Photos
Thai police riot throws tear gas to anti-government protesters in front of Parliament in Bangkok Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008. Police fired gear gas Tuesday at several thousand demonstrators attempting to block access by lawmakers to Parliament, heating up a political crisis that has gripped the country for six weeks. AP Photo by Wason Wanichakorn
An anti-government demonstrator runs away from riot police after they fired tear gas at protesters blocking Parliament in Bangkok October 7, 2008. Thai police fired tear gas at anti-government protesters on Tuesday, clearing them from a road to Parliament after they had vowed to stop Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat delivering his maiden policy speech. At least 50 people were injured, three seriously, hospital officials said. (Reuters)
Anti-government demonstrators attempt to fight back from behind a barrier blocking Parliament after they were hit by tear gas from riot police in Bangkok October 7, 2008. Thai police fired tear gas at anti-government protesters on Tuesday, clearing them from a road to Parliament after they had vowed to stop Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat delivering his maiden policy speech. At least 50 people were injured, three seriously, hospital officials said. (Reuters)
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Protestors Besiege Parliament
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Tuesday 7th October, 2008 at 07:18:33| Words: 45 words | Category: News Photos
Supporters of the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) sit next to their barbed-wire barricade outside Bangkok's parliament October 6, 2008. More than 1,000 anti-government protesters marched on Thailand's parliament on Monday vowing to disrupt Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat's maiden policy speech set for Tuesday. REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom (THAILAND)
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Thai Soldiers Badly Injured
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Monday 6th October, 2008 at 23:42:19| Words: 76 words | Category: News Photos
A Cambodian soldier keeps watch after hearing two explosions from anti-personnel landmines at Engel field on Phnom Trop mountain, near the Thai border and the disputed 900-year-old Preah Vihear temple, October 6, 2008. Two Thai soldiers were seriously injured after stepping on a landmine, a Thai official said. A senior provincial official in Thailand's northeastern Si Sa Ket province said that one soldier lost a leg and another lost both legs in the blast. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea (CAMBODIA)
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Rehearsal for Royal Cremation
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Monday 6th October, 2008 at 19:23:08| Words: 67 words | Category: News Photos
Thai Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat (C) walks in front of soldiers pulling out the royal funeral chariot for a religious ceremony ahead of Thai Princess Galyani Vadhana's cremation at the National Museum in Bangkok on October 6, 2008. Princess Galyani the only sister of revered King Bhumibol Adulyadej who died January 2, 2008 from a cancer at the age of 84 will be cremated in a ceremony on November 16. (AFP/Getty Images)
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Chamlong Arrested for Treason
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Sunday 5th October, 2008 at 15:26:48| Words: 65 words | Category: News Photos
Chamlong Srimuang, right, a former Bangkok governor and a key anti-government protest leader, is escorted by a police officer to a waiting car after he was arrested at a polling station in Bangkok, Thailand Sunday, Oct. 5, 2008. Chamlong was arrested on charges of insurrection in a continuing crackdown against an anti-government movement that spearheaded the ouster of a prime minister last month. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)
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Siamese Fish
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Saturday 4th October, 2008 at 15:42:18| Words: 57 words | Category: News Photos
Two conjoined Nile Tilapia fish, dubbed "Siamese Twin", swim in a small aquarium in Bangkok October 3, 2008. They are both eight months old and share part of the skin together. The bigger fish tends to protect the smaller one from harm while the smaller one looks for food at the bottom of the aquarium. REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang (THAILAND)
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Vegetarian Festival in Phuket
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Friday 3rd October, 2008 at 20:26:14| Words: 124 words | Category: Thai Festivals
A devotee of the Chinese Shrine Ban Tha Rue, with his cheek pierced with swords, looks on during ceremonies Friday, Oct. 3, 2008, at the Vegetarian Festival in Phuket, Thailand. The festival celebrates vegetarianism and calls on devotees through self mortification to purify themselves as they take on the sins of the community. Each of the main shrines in Phuket will hold processions. (AP Photo/David Longstreath)
Fireworks explode over devotees of the Chinese Shrine Ban Tha Rue during ceremonies Friday, Oct. 3, 2008, at the Vegetarian Festival in Phuket, Thailand. The festival celebrates vegetarianism and calls on devotees through self mortification to purify themselves as they take on the sins of the community. Each of the main shrines in Phuket will hold processions. (AP Photo/David Longstreath)
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End of Ramadan
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Thursday 2nd October, 2008 at 09:45:15| Words: 41 words | Category: Thai Festivals
Balloons are released into the air outside the Pattani Central Mosque, as Thai Muslims celebrate Eid al-Fitr in south Thailand's Pattani province October 1, 2008. The Eid al-Fitr festival marks the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan. REUTERS/Surapan Boonthanom (THAILAND)
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Beach Landing for Thai Navy
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Wednesday 1st October, 2008 at 09:09:23| Words: 72 words | Category: News Photos
Thai navy troops disembark from a boat on a beach in Narathiwat to swap with another unit taking over for duty on September 30, 2008. Suspected separatists have killed two men in Thailand's largely-Muslim far south, police said. (AFP/Getty Images)
Thai navy troops stand by equipments and weapons after they disembarked from a boat on a beach in Narathiwat to swap with another unit taking over for duty on September 30, 2008. (AFP/Getty Images)
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