Archives for: January 2010
Bangkok Snake Farm
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Sunday 31st January, 2010 at 19:07:18| Words: 74 words | Category: News Photos

A member of staff demonstrates to tourists how to catch a Yellow-striped Rat snake at the snake farm in Thailand's Queen Saovabha Memorial Institute in Bangkok. The farm serves as an educational organisation to provide better understanding about snakes, according to its official website. (Reuters)

A member of staff demonstrates to tourists how to extract venom from a King Cobra snake at the snake farm in Thailand's Queen Saovabha Memorial Institute in Bangkok. (Reuters)

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Abhisit Vejjajiva at Davos 2010
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Saturday 30th January, 2010 at 21:01:41| Words: 32 words | Category: News Photos

Abhisit Vejjajiva, Prime Minister of Thailand, pauses before speaking during a session 'Toward an East Asian Community' at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Saturday Jan. 30, 2010. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

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Gun Plane Decision Deferred
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Friday 29th January, 2010 at 18:02:49| Words: 110 words | Category: News Photos

Kayasit Pissawongprakan, Director General of the Office of the Thai Attorney General, center, is surrounded by reporters after a news conference at his office in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, Jan. 29, 2010. Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thuagsuban refused on comment on the pending decision by public prosecutors to drop all charges related the arms smuggling case from North Korea while Thai court on Friday extended another 12-day prison term for crew of plane carrying weapons from North Korea. The five men crew comprising four from Kazakhstan and one from Belarus, was arrested in Bangkok on Dec. 12, 2009. (AP)

A prison officer carrying a rifle stands guard outside a high-security prison in Bangkok January 29, 2010. (Reuters)

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Army Shows Support for Gen Anupong
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Thursday 28th January, 2010 at 22:35:28| Words: 88 words | Category: News Photos

Middle ranked soldiers led by Col. Apirat Kongsompong, third left, talks during a gathering with other soldiers at a military barrack in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, Jan. 28, 2010. The soldiers gather to show their support to Army Commander in Chief Gen. Anupong Paochinda and express opposition to key supporter of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, Maj. Gen. Khattiya Sawasdiphol, who they said showed no respect to Anupong. (AP)

Col. Apirat Kongsompong talks with reporters before a gathering with other soldiers at a military barrack in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, Jan. 28, 2010. (AP)

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Guards Double for Gen Anupong
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Wednesday 27th January, 2010 at 23:01:07| Words: 48 words | Category: News Photos

A Thai military personnel secures the gates of the office of Thailand's army chief in central Bangkok. (Reuters)

A Thai soldier checks the weapon of a fellow soldier as he stands guard outside the Bangkok army base, housing the office of army commander-in-chief, General Anupong Paochinda, January 27, 2010. (Reuters)

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Tiger Conservation in Thailand
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Tuesday 26th January, 2010 at 22:47:40| Words: 93 words | Category: News Photos

Students wearing tiger masks march to a market during a campaign to create local awareness on tiger conservation in the Thai resort town of Hua Hin January 26, 2010. Tiger numbers have fallen by more than 70 percent in slightly more than a decade in the Greater Mekong, with the region's five countries containing only 350 tigers, according to a World Wildlife Fund (WWF) report released on Monday. (Reuters)

Students wearing tiger masks march to a market during a campaign to create local awareness on tiger conservation in the Thai resort town of Hua Hin January 26, 2010. (Reuters)

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Oliver Stone in Thailand
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Monday 25th January, 2010 at 22:50:53| Words: 45 words | Category: News Photos

Hollywood film director Oliver Stone arrives at the New International School of Thailand in Bangkok January 25, 2010. Stone is in Thailand to promote peace through film-making. (Reuters)

Hollywood film director Oliver Stone stands with students at the New International School of Thailand in Bangkok January 25, 2010. (Reuters)

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Thai and Cambodian troops clash
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Sunday 24th January, 2010 at 20:24:38| Words: 87 words | Category: News Photos

In this March 13, 2009, file photo a Cambodian soldier looks at the Thai border through binoculars from an entrance of Cambodia's Preah Vihear temple near the Cambodian-Thai border, about 245 kilometers (152 miles) north of Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Cambodia's military says its troops have clashed briefly with Thai soldiers along a disputed border area. Lt. Gen. Chea Tara, deputy armed forces commander and field commander for the area, said Cambodia suffered no casualties in the fighting Sunday Jan. 24, 2010, about 12 miles (20 kilometers) east of Preah Vihear temple. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

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Reds Protest Illegal Golf Course
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Saturday 23rd January, 2010 at 20:50:02| Words: 67 words | Category: News Photos

Supporters of former Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra walk during a protest rally at a golf course they say was built illegally on forest reserve land in eastern Chantaburi province, 320 km (199 miles) from Bangkok January 23, 2010. The "red shirt" protesters accused royal adviser Prem Tinsulanonda of having links with the ownership of the golf course built on the forest reserve land, an accusation which the owners have denied. (Reuters)


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Thai Elephants Help Haiti
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Friday 22nd January, 2010 at 21:29:25| Words: 53 words | Category: News Photos

Mahouts steady their elephants as they ask tourists to donate money to a relief fund created by a local hotel owner to help earthquake victims in Haiti, Bangkok, Thailand. (AP)

Thai people donate money to a relief fund created by a local hotel owner to help earthquake victims in Haiti, Bangkok, Thailand. (AP)

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World Cup Trophy in Bangkok 2010
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Thursday 21st January, 2010 at 22:52:19| Words: 43 words | Category: News Photos

Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva holds up The FIFA World Cup trophy after it arrived at Don Muang airport in Bangkok January 21, 2010. The trophy will be in Bangkok for three days as part of its tour around the world for soccer fans. (Reuters)

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African Ivory Dealers Arrested
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Wednesday 20th January, 2010 at 22:45:51| Words: 102 words | Category: News Photos

Thai police arrange seized ivory before a press conference in Bangkok at the National Resources and Environmental Crime Suppression Division of the police department on Wednesday Jan 20, 2010. Thai police said Wednesday that they have arrested two people accused of dealing in illegal African ivory, a day after an American and a Thai national were indicted in California on charges of smuggling ivory from endangered elephants into the United States. (AP)

Police display an amulet made from illegally obtained ivory during a press conference in Bangkok at the National Resources and Environmental Crime Suppression Division of the police department on Wednesday Jan. 20. 2010. (AP)

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124 Teachers Killed in the South
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Tuesday 19th January, 2010 at 23:03:48| Words: 78 words | Category: News Photos

A child holds his toy gun next to a Thai soldier taking a break during a patrol in Yala province, about 1,084 km (674 miles) south of Bangkok, January 19, 2010. The soldier is part of a security team which escorts public school teachers to and from schools. 124 Teachers have been killed during the conflict in the South since 2004. (Reuters)

Thai soldier holds his weapon during a patrol in a village in Yala province, about 1,084 km (674 miles) south of Bangkok, January 19, 2010. (Reuters)

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New Cabinet Lineup
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Monday 18th January, 2010 at 23:30:00| Words: 91 words | Category: News Photos

Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva leads his five new cabinet members in a swearing-in ceremony in front of King Bhumibol Adulyadej (R) at a hospital in Bangkok January 18, 2010. (Reuters)

Thailand's new cabinet takes a group photo as they prepare to be sworn in by King Bhumibol Adulyadej in a ceremony at the Government House in Bangkok January 18, 2010. (From L-R) Deputy Transport Minister Suchart Chokechaiwattanakorn, Education Minister Chinnaworn Boonyakiat, Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, Deputy Prime Minister Trairong Suwankhiri, Public Health Ministry Jurin Laksanawisit and Deputy Public Health Minister Phansiri Kullanartsiri. (Reuters)

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Thai Armed Forces Day
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Monday 18th January, 2010 at 22:44:35| Words: 21 words | Category: News Photos


Thai soldiers march during a ceremony marking Thailand's Armed Forces Day at a military barrack in Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, Jan. 18, 2010. (AP)

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Admiral Kamthorn Pumhiran
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Sunday 17th January, 2010 at 20:48:25| Words: 71 words | Category: People in the News

On Sunday 17th January 2010, Navy Commander-in-Chief Admiral Kamthorn Pumhiran presided over the wreath-laying ceremony at the Royal Thai Naval Academy in Samut Prakan. The event commemorates the bravery of the naval heroes who sacrificed their lives in defence of the country's independence and sovereignty during that battle that took place against the French on 17th January 1941. The ceremony took place at the memorial for HTMS Thonburi. (Richard Barrow/www.Paknam.com)


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Thailand King's Cup football tournament
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Sunday 17th January, 2010 at 20:39:02| Words: 74 words | Category: News Photos

Denmark's Anders Moller Christensen (R) fights for the ball with Poland's Dawid Nowak during their Thailand King's Cup football tournament at His Majesty The 80th Birthday Anniversary stadium in Nakhon Ratchasima province northeast of Bangkok, January 17, 2010. (Reuters)

Poland's goalkeeper Mariusz Pawelek saves a shot from Denmark's Jakob Poulsen during the Thailand King's Cup football tournament against Denmark at His Majesty The 80th Birthday Anniversary stadium in Nakhon Ratchasima province northeast of Bangkok, January 17, 2010. (Reuters)

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Bangkok International Tattoo convention
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Saturday 16th January, 2010 at 19:23:42| Words: 44 words | Category: News Photos

Tattoo artist Shigenori Iwasaki of Japan works at the Bangkok International Tattoo convention in Bangkok January 15, 2010. The convention ends on Sunday. (Reuters)

A tattooed man poses for a picture at the Bangkok International Tattoo convention in Bangkok January 15, 2010. The convention ends on Sunday. (Reuters)

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Red Shirts Promise More Rallies
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Friday 15th January, 2010 at 19:21:29| Words: 55 words | Category: News Photos

A supporter of former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra holds a photo of him during a rally in central Bangkok January 15, 2010. Thai anti-government "red shirt" protesters will hold a long rally next month in what they say is a campaign for democracy and a fight against the domination of Thai politics by unelected elites. (Reuters)

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PM Abhisit at the FCCT
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Thursday 14th January, 2010 at 20:43:37| Words: 29 words | Category: News Photos

Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva gives a keynote address on "A Return to Tradition" to foreign media and the international business community at a hotel in Bangkok January 14, 2010. (Reuters)

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Monks on the Boat
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Wednesday 13th January, 2010 at 21:04:02| Words: 72 words | Category: News Photos

A Thai Buddhist Monk makes his rounds along Bangkok Noi Klong on the outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010. While Bangkok to most is a bustling, modern city of more than 10 million people there still remain areas where traditional culture survives. (AP)

Two Buddhist Monks return from their rounds along Bangkok Noi Klong on the outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010. The community provides all the daily meals for the monks. (AP)

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Saudi Case Suspects in Court
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Tuesday 12th January, 2010 at 19:53:32| Words: 39 words | Category: News Photos

Pol Lt-Gen Somkid Boonthanom (centre), commissioner of Provincial Police Region 5, and four other suspects are arraigned in the Criminal Court by the prosecution on Tuesday in connection with the disappearance of Saudi businessman Mohammad al-Ruwaili in 1990. (Manager/Bangkok Post)

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Poonsawat Retains WBA Belt
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Monday 11th January, 2010 at 20:42:38| Words: 68 words | Category: News Photos

Referee raises the arm of Poonsawat Kratingdaenggym, left, of Thailand, at the end of their WBA Super Bantamweight world title match against Japanese challenger Satoshi Hosono in Tokyo, Japan, Monday, Jan. 11, 2010. Poonsawat won the match by 2-0 decision to retain the title. (AP)

Champion Poonsawat Kratingdaenggym, right, of Thailand hits Japanese challenger Satoshi Hosono during their WBA Super bantamweight world title match in Tokyo, Japan, Monday, Jan. 11, 2010. (AP)

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Asia lose Royal Trophy in a thrilling finish
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Sunday 10th January, 2010 at 17:08:20| Words: 80 words | Category: News Photos

The Europe team members pose for photographs after defeating the Asia team at the 4th Royal Trophy men's team tournament between Europe and Asia, at the Amata Spring Country Club course in Chonburi province, southeastern Thailand, Sunday, Jan. 10, 2010. Front row, from left are Soren Kjeldsen of Denmark, Simon Dyson of England and Alexander Noren of Sweden. Second row, from left are Robert Karlsson of Sweden, Pablo Martin of Spain, Colin Montgomerie, Peter Hanson of Sweden, Henrik Stenson of Sweden. (AP)

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Children's Day in Thailand 2010
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Saturday 9th January, 2010 at 19:59:41| Words: 47 words | Category: Thai Festivals

A young Thai boy climbs up onto a tank during Children's Day activities Saturday, Jan. 9, 2010, in Samut Prakan, Thailand. The weapons were part of a display for Children's Day at the Royal Thai Naval Academy, a day in which Thailand's children are celebrated. (Richard Barrow/Paknam.com)


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The Opening Day of Royal Trophy 2010
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Friday 8th January, 2010 at 19:21:42| Words: 65 words | Category: News Photos

Thongchai Jaidee of Thailand hits his shot at the second hole during his foursomes match at the Europe vs Asia Royal Trophy at the Amata Spring Country Club in Chonburi province, Thailand, January 8, 2010.

Colin Montgomerie of Britain tees off on the third hole during his foursomes match at the Europe vs Asia Royal Trophy at the Amata Spring Country Club in Chonburi province, Thailand, January 8, 2010.

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PM Abhisit Opens New Road in the South
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Thursday 7th January, 2010 at 20:54:41| Words: 40 words | Category: News Photos

Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva greets Thai Muslim women during his visit to the southern Thai province of Yala January 7, 2010. (Reuters)

Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, white jacket, is greeted by Thai military officials Thursday, Jan. 7, 2010, in Yala, Thailand. (AP)

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Thailand Play Jordan in Asian Qualifier
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Wednesday 6th January, 2010 at 20:02:44| Words: 72 words | Category: News Photos

Thailand's Teeratep Winothai (L) fights for the ball with Jordan's Bashar Bani Yaseen during their 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualifying soccer match at the Rajamangala national stadium in Bangkok January 6, 2010. Thailand was held to a goalless draw against Jordan. (REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom)

Thailand's Panupong Wongsa (R) fights for the ball with Jordan's Odai Alsaify during their 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualifying soccer match at the Rajamangala national stadium in Bangkok January 6, 2010. (REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom)

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The Royal Trophy 2010
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Tuesday 5th January, 2010 at 20:24:27| Words: 84 words | Category: News Photos

Asia team players Liang Wenchong of China (L-R), Gaganjeet Bhullar of India, captain Naomichi "Joe" Ozaki of Japan pose with Europe team captain Colin Montgomerie of Britain, players Pablo Martin of Spain and Robert Karlsson of Sweden during a news conference on the Bhumibol bridge in Bangkok January 5, 2010. Asia will play against Europe at this week's Royal Trophy in Chonburi province. (Reuters)

Europe team player Robert Karlsson of Sweden takes a swing during a news conference on the Bhumibol bridge in Bangkok January 5, 2010. (Reuters)

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Paradorn to Attend Hong Kong Tennis Classic
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Monday 4th January, 2010 at 20:32:05| Words: 46 words | Category: News Photos

Paradorn Srichaphan of Thailand (L-R), Ayumi Morita of Japan, Vera Zvonareva of Russia and Yevgeny Kafelnikov of Russia pose during a news conference introducing players for the upcoming Tennis Classic in Hong Kong January 4, 2010. The tournament will be played between January 6 and 9 in the territory. (Reuters)

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New Year road deaths rise to 279
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Sunday 3rd January, 2010 at 17:48:20| Words: 79 words | Category: News Photos

The fifth day of the seven dangerous New Year holidays saw 41 people killed and 460 others injured, bringing the cumulative casualty count for the long holiday to 279 and 3,185. Deputy Permanent Secretary for Interior Ministry Wibul Sanguanpong told a press conference at the road accident monitoring centre that 421 accidents were reported on Saturday, the fifth day of the monitoring period. The cumulative road accidents reached 2,931, he said. Drunk driving remained the main cause of the accidents, he said. (The Nation/Manager)


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Maria Sharapova in Thailand
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Saturday 2nd January, 2010 at 20:37:23| Words: 70 words | Category: News Photos

Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova eyes the ball during her exhibition match against Venus Williams of the U.S. in Hua Hin, southern Thailand, Saturday, Jan. 2, 2010. Sharapova won the match 6-3, 6-4. (AP Photo)

Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova, right, shakes hands with Venus Williams of the U.S. at the end of their exhibition match in Hua Hin, southern Thailand, Saturday, Jan. 2, 2010. Sharapova defeated Williams, 6-3, 6-4. (AP Photo)

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Offering Alms for New Year Luck
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Friday 1st January, 2010 at 18:24:35| Words: 29 words | Category: Thai Festivals

Buddhist Thais offer alms to Buddhist monks at the morning alms offering on the New Year day Friday, Jan. 1, 2010 in Samut PrakanOffering Alms for , Thailand. (Richard Barrow/Paknam.com)


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