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John Yettaw arrives in Bangkok
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Sunday 16th August, 2009 at 19:52:49| Words: 64 words | Category: People in the News
American John Yettaw (C) arrives in Thailand's military airbase in Bangkok August 16, 2009. A U.S. senator met Myanmar's top general and opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, while arranging the release of prisoner Yettaw on a weekend mission that offered a rare opening for better ties with the isolated nation. Yettaw's swim to Suu Kyi's home in May led to her renewed detention. (Reuters)
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Artificial Legs for Elephants
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Sunday 16th August, 2009 at 15:03:56| Words: 93 words | Category: News Photos
Elephant keepers help a staff member from Protheses Foundation, bottom right, to fit an artificial leg for Motola, a 48-year-old female elephant who lost part of her left leg after stepping on a land mine 10 years ago at the Elephant Hospital in Lampang province, northern Thailand Sunday, Aug. 16, 2009. (AP)
Mosha, a 3-year-old elephant, is helped to walk by its keepers after putting on an artificial leg at the Elephant Hospital in Lampang province, northern Thailand Saturday, Aug. 15, 2009. Mosha, also a land mine victim, became the world's first elephant with an artificial leg. (AP)
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