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Countdown 2010 at Erawan Museum
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Thursday 31st December, 2009 at 23:29:50| Words: 26 words | Category: Thai Festivals
Thai welcome in the new year at The Erawan Museum in Samut Prakan by watching concerts and playing fun fair style games (Richard Barrow/Paknam.com)
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1.98 Million Amphetamine Pills Seized
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Wednesday 30th December, 2009 at 20:55:27| Words: 48 words | Category: News Photos
Police have arrested two suspects on charges of possessing 1.98 million methamphetamine pills, 32kg of crystal methamphetamine, known as ice, and 3.5kg of heroin with a combined street value of about 500 million baht, Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban told reporters at a press conference on Wednesday. (Matichon/Bangkok Post)
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Hmong Back in Laos
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Tuesday 29th December, 2009 at 19:52:36| Words: 58 words | Category: News Photos
Hmong returnees from Thailand settle in a temporary shelter in Laos' Paksan district, Bolikhamsai province, December 29, 2009. Thousands of ethnic Hmong asylum-seeker were forcibly repatriated from a camp in Thailand despite concerns they may be persecuted in their home country. (Reuters)
Hmong returnees from Thailand are seen in a temporary shelter in Laos' Paksan district, Bolikhamsai province, December 29, 2009. (Reuters)
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Thai Army Deports Hmong Refugees
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Monday 28th December, 2009 at 20:42:51| Words: 98 words | Category: News Photos
Thai soldiers stand guard during an operation to repatriate thousands of ethnic Hmong asylum-seekers to Laos, at the Ban Huay Nam Khao camp in Phetchabun province, about 416 km (258 miles) northeast of Bangkok December 28, 2009. The Thai army began the forced repatriation of thousands of ethnic Hmong asylum-seekers to Laos on Monday, defying international concerns that some would be persecuted back home. (Reuters)
Ethnic Hmong refugees stand inside a truck during an operation to deport of thousands ethnic Hmong asylum-seekers to Laos at the Ban Huay Nam Khao camp in Phetchabun province, about 416 km (258 miles) northeast of Bangkok December 28, 2009. (Reuters)
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Thailand Threatens to Deport Hmong
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Sunday 27th December, 2009 at 21:07:21| Words: 56 words | Category: News Photos
Thai Hmong woman walks by Thai Army soldiers outside the Hmong camp in northern Phetchabun province, Thailand, on Sunday, Dec. 27, 2009. The Thai government said it would not disclose the timing for its expulsion of 4,000 ethnic Hmong to Laos, but human rights groups warned it could begin as early as Sunday evening and degenerate into violence. (AP)
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5th Anniversary of the Tsunami
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Saturday 26th December, 2009 at 23:59:35| Words: 143 words | Category: News Photos
People launch floating paper lanterns into the sky over the Andaman Sea in remembrance of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami victims, in Khao Lak, in Thailand's Phang Nga province, about 110 km (68 miles) north of the resort island of Phuket, December 26, 2009. (Reuters)
Buddhist monks receive alms during the anniversary of the Indian Ocean tsunami in Thailand's Phang Nga province, about 110 km (68 miles) north of the resort island of Phuket, December 26, 2009. Thousands of saffron-robed Thai monks chanted and prayed for victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami on Saturday as Asia marked the fifth anniversary of one of history's worst natural disasters. (Reuters)
Policemen pray in front of Police Boat 813 that was washed ashore during the 2004 tsunami, at the marking of the fifth anniversary of the tsunami in Khao Lak, in Thailand's Phang Nga province, about 110 km (68 miles) north of the resort island of Phuket December 26, 2009. (Reuters)
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5 Years After Tsunami
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Friday 25th December, 2009 at 19:30:03| Words: 82 words | Category: News Photos
Tourists play volleyball on Khao Lak beach in Thailand's Phang Nga province, about 110 km (68 miles) north of the resort island of Phuket, December 25, 2009. Five years after a cataclysmic earthquake spawned the worst known tsunami known to mankind, the region has been rebuilt, thanks to more than $10 billion in aid and charity that poured in from across the world. (Reuters)
Tourists jog on Khao Lak beach in Thailand's Phang Nga province, about 110 km (68 miles) north of the resort island of Phuket, December 25, 2009. (Reuters)
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Elephant Santa Claus Visits Thai School
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Thursday 24th December, 2009 at 20:23:09| Words: 59 words | Category: News Photos
Thai school children at Jirasariwithaya School in Ayuttaya, Thailand, react to an elephant, dressed as Santa Claus, as it passes out toys. The tradition has been held for at least five years at the Thai school where almost all students are Buddhists. (AP)
Thai students at Jirasariwithaya School in Ayuttaya, Thailand, react to elephants dressed as Santa Claus. (AP)
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Abhisit First Year as PM
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Wednesday 23rd December, 2009 at 19:20:31| Words: 55 words | Category: News Photos
Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva gives a speech detailing his achievements in the 1st year of his administration to the public at the Government House in Bangkok December 23, 2009. Thailand's economy is projected to switch to 2.7-3.2 percent annual growth in the fourth quarter after contraction in the four previous quarters, Vejjajiva said on Wednesday. (Reuters)
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Iran Denies Link to Arms Plane
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Tuesday 22nd December, 2009 at 21:05:41| Words: 62 words | Category: News Photos
Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili (L) shakes hands with Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (R) during their meeting at the latter's official residence in Tokyo December 22, 2009. Jalili on Monday denied Tehran was linked to weapons seized in Thailand this month from a plane travelling from North Korea, after reports that their final destination might have been Iran. (REUTERS/Junko Kimura/Pool)
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Thai Spy Joins the Monkhood
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Monday 21st December, 2009 at 21:21:14| Words: 18 words | Category: News Photos
Thai spy Sivarak Chutipong enters the monkhook for 9 days at a temple in Nakhon Ratchasima on Sunday. (Naewna)
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Jumbo Queen beauty contest 2009
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Sunday 20th December, 2009 at 20:02:50| Words: 42 words | Category: News Photos
Participants in the Jumbo Queen beauty contest get ready to go onto the stage in Ayutthaya late December 19, 2009. More than 30 Thai ladies took part in the Jumbo Queen beauty contest for women over 80 kg in the world heritage site of Ayutthaya. (reuters)
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Thailand Tops Medals at SEA Games
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Saturday 19th December, 2009 at 16:41:40| Words: 59 words | Category: News Photos
Thailand's 4x100m relay team celebrate after taking the gold medal in their final race against Singapore, Indonesia and Laos at the 25th Southeast Asian Games being held in Vientiane. Thailand has finished atop the medals table at the Southeast Asian Games, narrowly holding off Vietnam to retain their crown as the region's sporting powerhouse.
(AFP/Hoang Dinh Nam)
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Swine Flu Vaccine Trial Begins
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Friday 18th December, 2009 at 18:48:09| Words: 63 words | Category: News Photos
Dr Vichai Chokewiwat, chairman of Thailand's Government Pharmaceutical Organization (GPO) demonstrates how to use a new swine flu vaccine during a news conference in Bangkok December 18, 2009. A trial of Thailand's first locally produced swine flu vaccine will begin with 24 people. (Reuters)
Dr Vichai, chairman of Thailand's Government Pharmaceutical Organization (GPO) shows a swine flu vaccine during a news conference in Bangkok December 18, 2009. (Reuters)
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PM Abhisit at UN Climate Summit
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Thursday 17th December, 2009 at 20:37:20| Words: 58 words | Category: News Photos
Thailand Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, center, speaks with journalists at a UN Climate Summit in Copenhagen, Thursday Dec. 17, 2009. Environment ministers get down to the final hours of bargaining over a climate agreement to put before U.S. President Barack Obama and more than 100 national leaders converging on the Danish capital for a global warming summit on Friday. (AP)
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Santa Claus in Bangkok
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Wednesday 16th December, 2009 at 20:43:39| Words: 45 words | Category: News Photos
Children look at a diver in a Santa Claus outfit at Siam Ocean World during the Christmas season in Bangkok, December 16, 2009. (Reuters)
A woman poses with a diver in a Santa Claus outfit at Siam Ocean World during the Christmas season in Bangkok, December 16, 2009. (Reuters)
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Gunbattle in The South
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Tuesday 15th December, 2009 at 20:52:37| Words: 84 words | Category: News Photos
Policemen and soldiers inspect the body of one of two suspected Muslim militants after a raid in southern Thailand's Yala province, about 1,084 km (674 miles) south of Bangkok December 15, 2009. Thai security forces killed two suspected insurgents on Tuesday in a gunbattle in the country's troubled Muslim south bordering Malaysia, police said. (REUTERS/Surapan Boonthanom)
Policemen and soldiers inspect the body of one of two suspected Muslim militants after a raid in southern Thailand's Yala province, about 1,084 km (674 miles) south of Bangkok December 15, 2009. (REUTERS/Surapan Boonthanom)
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Thai Spy Released From Prison
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Monday 14th December, 2009 at 21:09:11| Words: 120 words | Category: News Photos
Cambodia prime minister Hun Sen (L) shakes hand with Thai Sivarak Chutipong (3rd-R) after meeting and offered a pardon later at his house in Phnom Penh December 14, 2009. Cambodia's King Norodom Sihamoni granted a pardon on Friday to Sivarak, a Thai engineer sentenced to seven years in jail for leaking the flight schedule of Thaksin. (Reuters)
Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen, fifth from left, poses for a photograph with Sivarak Chutipong, center, a former Thai airline employee convicted of spying on Thailand's former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, his mother Simarak Na Nakhon Panom, fifth from right, and parliament members from the Peua Thai Party at Hun Sen's residence in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Monday, Dec. 14, 2009. Cambodia on Monday officially released Sivarak. (AP)
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Thaksin Meets "Thai Spy" in Cambodia
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Sunday 13th December, 2009 at 18:20:37| Words: 109 words | Category: News Photos
Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra (C) shakes hands with Mong Kim Heng, the director of Prey Sar prison, during his visit to see Siwarak Chutipongse in the outskirts of Phnom Penh December 13, 2009. Cambodia's King Norodom Sihamoni granted a pardon on Friday to Siwarak, a Thai engineer sentenced to seven years in jail for leaking the flight schedule of Thaksin. (Reuters)
Thailand's former Prime Minister Thaksin Sinawatra, center, talks to convicted Sivarak Chutipong, second right, at Prey Sar prison on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Sunday, Dec. 13, 2009. Thaksin arrived in Cambodia on Sunday where he met the Thai airline employee convicted of spying on the toppled leader. (AP)
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Thailand detains plane with guns from N.Korea
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Saturday 12th December, 2009 at 18:55:15| Words: 61 words | Category: News Photos
Thai police officers and soldiers surround a suspect foreign-registered cargo plane to make a search at Don Muang airport Saturday, Dec. 12, 2009 in Bangkok, Thailand. Five foreigners were detained and their foreign-registered aircraft impounded after it landed in the Thai capital Saturday with tons of war weaponry on board that originated in North Korea, Thai media quoted officials as saying. (AP Photo)
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Thailand Crash Out of SEA Games Football
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Friday 11th December, 2009 at 22:00:00| Words: 71 words | Category: News Photos
Malaysia's Talaha Norshahrul Idlan, left, and Thailand's Suttinun Phukhom, right, look on after a ball battle during their soccer match at the 25th Southeast Asian Games in Vientiane, Laos, Friday, Dec. 11, 2009. Malaysia won the match 2-1. (AP)
Thailand's Anawin Jujeen, right, keeps his eye on the ball as Malaysia's Muslim Mohamad Azmi, left, looks on during their soccer match at the 25th Southeast Asian Games in Vientiane, Laos, Friday, Dec. 11, 2009. (AP)
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Constitution Day Painted Red
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Thursday 10th December, 2009 at 19:39:40| Words: 29 words | Category: News Photos
Demonstrators sit on Ratchadamnoen Road near the Democracy monument during a rally in Bangkok December 10, 2009. Thousands of red-shirted protesters have gathered to press their demand for fresh elections. (Reuters)
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Malaysian PM in Thailand
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Wednesday 9th December, 2009 at 20:28:10| Words: 96 words | Category: News Photos
Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak (C) and his Thai counterpart Abhisit Vejjajiva (2nd L) attend a ceremony to rename a bridge in Narathiwat province, south of Bangkok, December 9, 2009. Abhisit and Najib visited an Islamic school and attended the opening of a new bridge linking the two countries. (Reuters)
Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak (C) and his Thai counterpart Abhisit Vejjajiva (L) are greeted by local residents during their visit to Narathiwat province, south of Bangkok, December 9, 2009. Abhisit and Najib visited an Islamic school and attended the opening of a new bridge linking the two countries. (Reuters)
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Thai Spy Gets 7 Years
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Tuesday 8th December, 2009 at 15:33:34| Words: 56 words | Category: News Photos
Sivarak Chutipong of Thailand (R), 31, an employee at the Cambodia Air Traffic Service, is escorted by Cambodian police after his trial at the Phnom Penh municipal court December 8, 2009. He was sentenced to 7 years imprisonment and fined Bt 100,000 over the charged of spying on fugitive former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's flight information, Thai television reported Tuesday. (Reuters)
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Social Function at Government House
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Monday 7th December, 2009 at 21:07:31| Words: 39 words | Category: News Photos
On December 7th, Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn and other members of the royal family joined Prime Minister Abhisit and others at a social function at government house. The party was for the birthday of H.M. The King. (Matichon)
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Thaksin Beef Noodle
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Sunday 6th December, 2009 at 18:01:43| Words: 54 words | Category: News Photos
One of the more popular beef noodle shops in Singapore has the brazen name of "Thaksin Beef Noodle". There is no indication that it has anything to do with the former deposed prime minister of Thailand, but this chain of shops has certainly proved a hit with the people of Singapore. (superfinefeline.blogspot.com)
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Thai King makes birthday speech
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Saturday 5th December, 2009 at 13:43:59| Words: 53 words | Category: News Photos
Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej speaks during a ceremony at the Grand Palace in Bangkok December 5, 2009 in this picture provided by the Royal Household. Thailand's aging monarch, King Bhumibol, appeared in public for the first time in more than a month on Saturday ahead of a royal ceremony to mark his 82nd birthday. (Reuters)
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HM the King grants Audience for Well-wishers
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Saturday 5th December, 2009 at 12:01:04| Words: 61 words | Category: News Photos
Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej waves to the crowd as he leaves from Siriraj Hospital to the Grand Palace in Bangkok December 5, 2009. King Bhumibol celebrates his 82nd birthday on Saturday. (Reuters)
Well-wishers hold portraits of Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej at Siriraj Hospital in Bangkok December 5, 2009. King Bhumibol, who be turning 82 on December 5, remains in the hospital since his admission in mid-September. (Reuters)
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Thais Unite at National Stadium
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Friday 4th December, 2009 at 19:43:37| Words: 113 words | Category: News Photos
Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva (C) waves the national flag and sings the national anthem in front of a portrait of King Bhumibol Adulyadej in Bangkok December 4, 2009. The King will turn 82 on December 5. (Reuters)
Thais gather and sing the songs around the portrait King Bhumibol Adulyadej on the eve of his 82nd birthday and celebrating the end of the 76-day Thai United campaign at Supachalasai stadium in Bangkok, Thailand Friday, Dec. 4, 2009. Several thousands of the people took part in the ceremonies. (AP)
Fireworks light the sky above Supachalasai stadium as Thais celebrate King Bhumibol Adulyadej's 82nd birthday and hail the end of the 76-day Thai United campaign in Bangkok, Thailand Friday, Dec. 4, 2009.(AP)
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Thailand International Balloon Festival 2009
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Thursday 3rd December, 2009 at 20:41:15| Words: 71 words | Category: News Photos
Hot air balloons take off during the International Balloon Festival in Ayutthaya December 3, 2009. Pilots and their balloons from all over the world arrived for the four-day balloon festival at the world heritage site of Ayutthaya as part of Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej's 82nd birthday celebration, which is on December 5. (Reuters)
Thai children gather after a hot air balloon landed in their neighbourhood during the International Balloon Festival in Ayutthaya December 3, 2009. (Reuters)
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Speedboat Crash in Pattaya
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Wednesday 2nd December, 2009 at 20:50:28| Words: 52 words | Category: News Photos
Rescue workers treat a man at the beach town of Pattaya December 2, 2009. Two speed boats collided in Pattaya killing two Chinese men and wounding 15 foreigners including Britons, police said. (Reuters)
Friends and relatives react as rescue workers treat victims of a speed boat collision at the beach town of Pattaya December 2, 2009. (Reuters)
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World AIDS Day in Bangkok
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Tuesday 1st December, 2009 at 19:32:42| Words: 51 words | Category: News Photos
Mascots in the shape of a heart and a condom are seen at a march during a campaign against HIV to mark World AIDS day in Bangkok December 1, 2009. (Reuters)
A heart-shaped mascot is seen at a march during a campaign against HIV to mark World AIDS day in Bangkok December 1, 2009. (Reuters)
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