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Thaksin Meets the King of Swaziland
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Monday 31st August, 2009 at 22:22:30| Words: 18 words | Category: News Photos
Former Thai PM Thaksin Shinawatra is seen pictured here with King Mswati III of Swaziland. (twitter.com/thaksinlive)
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7,000 Ordain at Dhamakaya temple
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Sunday 30th August, 2009 at 19:35:48| Words: 70 words | Category: News Photos
Ordinands chant prayers on the ground of the Golden Pagoda, background, during the mass ordination at Dhamakaya temple in Pathumthani province, central Thailand Saturday, Aug. 29, 2009. More than 7,000 men from the provinces throughout the country ordained Buddhist monks in a ceremony on Saturday. The newly ordained Buddhist monks will practice their teachings at the temples in the rural areas until the end of Buddhist lent which this year falls on October 4.
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Soldiers Guard Government House
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Saturday 29th August, 2009 at 20:44:58| Words: 99 words | Category: News Photos
Thai soldiers stand guard to prevent a mass rally by supporters of ousted former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra in front of Government House in Bangkok on August 29, 2009. Supporters of fugitive Thaksin postponed their mass rally planned this weekend after the government mobilised thousands of security forces to control the protest. (Getty Images)
A soldier stands guard next to a barricade at the Government House in Bangkok August 29, 2009. "Red shirt" supporters of ousted Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra have postponed Sunday's planned rally outside the office of Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva because of a tight security law passed this week. (Reuters)
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Thai Activist Jailed for 18 years
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Friday 28th August, 2009 at 19:55:39| Words: 57 words | Category: News Photos
A supporter of Thailand's ousted former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, Daranee Charncherngsilapakul (C), is escort by security guards during her arrival at the court in Bangkok on August 28, 2009. A Thai court convicted and sentenced a female 'Red Shirt' protester to 18 years in prison for insulting the country's revered monarchy during anti-government rallies, an official said. (Getty Images)
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Dr. Krisana Kraisintu
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Thursday 27th August, 2009 at 22:20:35| Words: 223 words | Category: People in the News
Krisana Kraisintu of Thailand, left, a 2009 Ramon Magsaysay awardee, Asia's equivalent of the Nobel Prize, receives her medallion and citation from Philippine Supreme Court Chief Justice Reynato Puno during awarding ceremony Monday Aug. 31, 2009 at the Cultural Center of the Philippines in Manila. The awards, which comes with a medallion and US$50,000, is given annually to 'Asia's Heroes' in honor of the late Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay. Krisana was cited for 'the scientific crusade for affordable medicines' (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
Thailand's Krisana Kraisintu, left, and India's Deep Joshi, two of the six 2009 Ramon Magsaysay awardees, Asia's equivalent of the Nobel Prize, pose for the media during a press presentation Thursday Aug. 27, 2009 in Manila, Philippines. The awards come with a medallion and US$50,000 is given annually to 'Asia's Heroes' in honor of the late President Ramon Magsaysay. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
The 2009 Ramon Magsaysay awardees, Asia's equivalent of the Nobel Prize, pose for the media during a press presentation Thursday Aug. 27, 2009 in Manila, Philippines. The awards come with a medallion and US$50,000 is given annually to 'Asia's Heroes' in honor of the late President Ramon Magsaysay. From left, Yu Xiaogang of China, Deep Joshi of India, Krisana Kraisintu of Thailand, Ma Jun of China, Antonio Oposa Jr. of the Philippines, and Ka Hsaw Wa of Mynmar also known as Burma. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
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TAN Network Launch Party
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Wednesday 26th August, 2009 at 22:15:32| Words: 25 words | Category: News Photos
PM Abhisit Vejjajiva at the launch party of TAN Network (Thai-Asean News Network), TAN is Thailand only 24 hours English language news channel. (manager.co.th)
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Car Bomb at Thai Restaurant
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Tuesday 25th August, 2009 at 17:44:12| Words: 46 words | Category: News Photos
Police officers survey the site of a bomb attack in Narathiwat province, about 1149 km (713) south of Bangkok, August 25, 2009. At least 42 people were injured when suspected insurgents detonated a bomb hidden in a truck parked in front of a crowded restaurant in Maung district, police said. (Reuters)
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Miss Thailand Wins Miss Photogenic
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Monday 24th August, 2009 at 17:46:15| Words: 29 words | Category: News Photos
Miss Thailand Chutima Durongdej accepts flowers after being named Miss Photogenic at the Miss Universe 2009 annual pageant at Atlantis on Paradise Island in the Bahamas August 23, 2009. (REUTERS/Lucas Jackson)
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M.V. Doulos 'bookship' in Bangkok
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Saturday 22nd August, 2009 at 20:54:59| Words: 104 words | Category: News Photos
Currently docked at Klong Toey Port, the MV Doulos, is visiting Thailand again and welcoming all bookworms until August 23rd 2009. The MV Doulos is the world's oldest active ocean-going passenger vessel, according to Guinness World Records. She was built in 1914. Doulos has visited more than 100 countries over the past 30 years. About half a million copies of books are loaded on board for the public to purchase. The subjects cover a wide range of genres, including books for children, science books, books on languages, novels, a large collection of publications on Christianity, and many other publications. (Richard Barrow/ThaiPhotoBlogs.com)
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50 million baht of Ivory Seized at Suvarnabhumi Airport
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Friday 21st August, 2009 at 13:04:13| Words: 59 words | Category: News Photos
Thai customs officials show seized ivory during a press conference at the customs office of Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok on August 21, 2009. The ivory was seized from a shipment from Uganda and Kenya to Thailand and included 316 pieces of ivory weighing a total of 2000 kilos. The ivory is estimated to be worth more than 50 million baht. (Richard Barrow/Paknam.com)
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Birth Control for Lopburi Monkeys
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Thursday 20th August, 2009 at 22:13:32| Words: 95 words | Category: News Photos
Thai veterinarian Juthamas Sumanam (L) performs a vasectomy on a macaque monkey in the town of Lopburi, 155 km (96 miles) north of Bangkok, August 19, 2009. Thailand started a birth control programme to sterilise male monkeys with the aim of controlling their population in the famous monkey town of Lopburi. The programme took place after many villagers complained about the increasing numbers of monkeys and their aggressive attacks on people. Picture taken August 19, 2009. (REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom)
A Thai veterinarian prepares male macaque monkeys before their vasectomy procedures in the town of Lopburi, 155 km (96 miles) north of Bangkok, August 19, 2009.
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Blessing for Thai Aussie Elephant
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Wednesday 19th August, 2009 at 21:54:40| Words: 98 words | Category: News Photos
Asian Elephant calf Luk Chai receives a traditional ecumenical Thai blessing for good health and success at Taronga Zoo in Sydney, Australia. To respect the Thai heritage of the elephant and herd, the blessing was performed by a senior Monk along with 8 other Monks from Canberra and Sydney temples, and the occasion was also attended by the former owners and mahout of the mother Thong Dee who travelled from Thailand to attend. (Getty Images)
Asian Elephant calf Luk Chai receives a traditional ecumenical Thai blessing for good health and success at Taronga Zoo in Sydney, Australia. (Getty Images)
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Moderation Society Meets PM Abhisit
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Tuesday 18th August, 2009 at 22:10:09| Words: 50 words | Category: News Photos
Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva strikes a pose with three celebrity presenters of the MO-SO (Moderation Society) project at the Praew magazine studio. The presenters are guitarist Add Carabao, far left, Pod Moderndog vocalist Thanachai Ucchin (in a checkered jacket), and vocalist Dan Worrawech Danuwong of former trio D2B. (DailyXpress)
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Red Shirts Submit Petition
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Monday 17th August, 2009 at 19:10:01| Words: 96 words | Category: News Photos
Thaksin Shinawatra supporters carrying boxes of petition march through nearby streets to the Grand Palace in Bangkok, Thailand, on Monday, Aug. 17, 2009. At least 20,000 Thaksin supporters gathered to seek a royal pardon for the deposed prime minister. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
Supporters of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra carry boxes containing the details of five million signatures through the Grand Palace in Bangkok August 17, 2009. More than 20,000 supporters of former Thai premier Thaksin rallied in the historic heart of Bangkok on Monday, seeking a royal pardon for the fugitive billionaire and illustrating a deep political divide. (Reuters Pictures)
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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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Abhisit in The Philippines
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Saturday 15th August, 2009 at 23:45:33| Words: 30 words | Category: News Photos
Thailand Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva (L) sits down with Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo during a courtesy call at the Malacanang grounds in Manila August 14, 2009. REUTERS/Cheryl Ravelo (PHILIPPINES POLITICS)
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Thai Costume at Miss Universe 2009
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Friday 14th August, 2009 at 19:44:38| Words: 42 words | Category: News Photos
Chutima Durongdej, Miss Thailand 2009, performs in a National Costume show in the Rainforest Theater at the Wyndham Hotel in Nassau, Bahamas. Thailand wins the 3rd place in Best National Costume at the Miss Universe Competition. (Hand Out, Miss Universe L.P., LLLP)
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Hawksbill Turtle Released to the Sea
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Thursday 13th August, 2009 at 22:04:47| Words: 70 words | Category: News Photos
People look at a 13-year old Hawksbill turtle after releasing it into the sea at the Sea Turtle Conservation Center of the Royal Thai Navy, in Sattahip, Chonburi province, east of Bangkok August 13, 2009. (REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom)
Thai naval troops carry a 13-year old Hawksbill turtle into the sea at the Sea Turtle Conservation Center of the Royal Thai Navy, in Sattahip, Chonburi province, east of Bangkok August 13, 2009. (REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom)
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Thais Celebrates Queen's Birthday
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Wednesday 12th August, 2009 at 22:04:03| Words: 66 words | Category: News Photos
Thai people from all walks of life across the kingdom are celebrating Her Majesty Queen Sirikit’s 77th birthday on Wednesday.
Donning blue, the colour of Friday, the day of the week of the Queen’s birth, people in the capital and the provinces offered food to Buddhist monks Wednesday morning to mark her birthday, designated as Thailand’s Mother’s day. (Richard Barrow/Paknam.com)
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Thailand Refuses to Extradite Viktor Bout
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Tuesday 11th August, 2009 at 21:08:39| Words: 106 words | Category: News Photos
Alleged Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout gestures as he is taken to a van to be transported back to prison at a criminal court in Bangkok, Thailand Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2009. A Thai court has rejected a U.S. request to extradite Bout dubbed the 'Merchant of Death' to face terrorism charges. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)
Suspected Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout gestures after leaving a courtroom in Bangkok, August 11, 2009. A Thai court on Tuesday refused to extradite alleged Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout to the United States to face trial on charges of supplying weapons to Colombian rebels. (REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom)
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Name Chosen For Thai Panda
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Tuesday 11th August, 2009 at 20:08:09| Words: 36 words | Category: News Photos
A veterinarian holds Lin Ping, a 76 day-old panda cub, at Chiang Mai Zoo, August 11, 2009. The panda cub is born at the zoo to its mother, Lin Hui. (REUTERS/Phichaiyong Mayerku)
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Helping Street Elephants Go Free
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Monday 10th August, 2009 at 21:50:43| Words: 36 words | Category: News Photos
Bangkok Governor MR Sukhumbhand Paribatra signed the purchase contract and transport of 30-year-old street-roaming elephant Phang Buakham whose right eye is blind, with its owner Kammakan Madee. (manager.co.th)
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Elvis live in Bangkok
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Sunday 9th August, 2009 at 19:30:44| Words: 43 words | Category: News Photos
Elvis Presley impersonators, from left to right, Pharut Hussein from Thailand, Portuguese Rudy Souza, and Piranut Boonmalert from Thailand, pose for photographers before a performance in Bangkok Friday Aug. 7,2009, a week prior to the 32nd anniversary of the death of Elvis Presley. (AP)
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Elephants in the Rice Field
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Saturday 8th August, 2009 at 22:20:40| Words: 61 words | Category: News Photos
Karen villagers residing in Thailand use elephants to plough a rice field during a demonstration to promote tourism in Om Koi district, Chiang Mai province northern Thailand Saturday, Aug. 8, 2009. The villagers originally raised the elephants to work in the logging industry but after the government announced a ban on logging they began using them in rice fields. (AP Photo/Wichai Taprieu)
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Zim Djibouti Arrives in Thailand
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Friday 7th August, 2009 at 19:56:24| Words: 64 words | Category: News Photos
Deputy Transport Minister Kuakul Danchaiwijit and the PAT welcome the Zim Djibouti vessel on 7 August at C1 and C2 Terminals of Laem Chabang Port. The Zim Djibouti is a container ship constructed in South Korea with the capacity of 10,062 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU) and will serve the Pacific Northwest Express (PNX) loop from East Asia to the North American West Coast. (manager.co.th)
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1st Asian Martial Arts Games
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Thursday 6th August, 2009 at 22:03:24| Words: 69 words | Category: News Photos
Thailand's Wassanaporn, right, spars with India's Glue surkhab Wani during a competition in Women's 62k Jujitsu divison Thursday, Aug. 6, 2009, at the 1st Asian Martial Arts Games in Bangkok, Thailand. (AP Photo/David Longstreath)
Pakistan's Muhammad ashiq Mahmood, right, attempts to throw Thailand's Kreangkrai Suwannachat during a competition in the Men's 85k Juitsu division Thursday, Aug. 6, 2009, at the 1st Asian Martial Arts Games in Bangkok, Thailand. (AP Photo/David Longstreath)
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Thailand at Miss Universe 2009
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Wednesday 5th August, 2009 at 19:59:10| Words: 38 words | Category: People in the News
This undated photo provided Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2009 by the Miss Universe Organization shows Chutima Durongdej, Miss Thailand 2009 on Paradise Island, Bahamas. She will compete for the title of Miss Universe 2009 during the 55th annual Miss Universe competition on Aug. 23, 2009.
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Fatal Plane Crash on Samui
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Tuesday 4th August, 2009 at 15:40:18| Words: 52 words | Category: News Photos
Airport and emergency crews scramble to aid those injured when a Bangkok Airways ATRF72-500 landed in stormy weather in Samui, Thailand, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2009, and hit the airport's old traffic control tower, killing the pilot and injuring at least seven people including foreign tourists. (AP Photo)
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Phi Sua Samut Fortress Island
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Monday 3rd August, 2009 at 21:41:02| Words: 73 words | Category: Travel Photos
On an island on the Chao Phraya River in Samut Prakan, there is a 100 year old fortress called Phi Sua Samut Fort. It was built in order to protect the approach to Bangkok which is further upriver. The only skirmish that the three Armstrong guns have taken part in was the Paknam Incident of 1893 when Samut Prakan forts fired upon two French ships. (Richard Barrow/ThaiPhotoBlogs.com)
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