Archives for: March 2010
Grenade Hurled at Prem's Foundation
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Wednesday 31st March, 2010 at 22:19:12| Words: 59 words | Category: News Photos
A hand grenade was thrown into the compound of the Gen Prem Tinsulanonda Foundation last night, a police source says. Nobody was injured but a car and an electrical transformer were damaged, causing a blackout. The foundation is located near the privy council president's Si Sao Thewes residence. Gen Prem was not home at the time. (Bangkok Post/Manager)
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Traveling by Train in the South
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Tuesday 30th March, 2010 at 22:02:04| Words: 46 words | Category: News Photos
An armed Thai policeman holds his weapon among passengers on the train near the Yala and Pattani provinces in southern Thailand March 30, 2010. (Reuters)
An armed Thai policeman holds his weapon as he secures a train between the Yala and Pattani provinces in southern Thailand March 30, 2010. (Reuters)
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Democracy Monument Covered in Red
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Monday 29th March, 2010 at 22:54:23| Words: 103 words | Category: News Photos
A supporter of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra rests during a rally at the Democracy monument in Bangkok March 29, 2010. (Reuters)
A protester and supporter of ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra writes a northern Thai language that reads 'Dissolve the Parliament' on the bottom of the democracy monument during an anti-government demonstration Monday, March 29, 2010 in Bangkok, Thailand. Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva met with his political opponents for the second time Monday to try to defuse a crisis that has produced huge demonstrations and sent him fleeing to live at an army base, but the protest leaders said new elections are the only answer. (AP)
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Historic Talks Between Reds and PM Abhisit
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Sunday 28th March, 2010 at 21:11:42| Words: 61 words | Category: News Photos
Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva (2nd L) shakes hands with the leader of the United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD) Veera Musikapong during a meeting at an academic institute in Bangkok March 28, 2010. Vejjajija agreed to meet leaders of anti-government protest movement in a move to defuse growing tentions and avert possible confrontation but is likely to make major concession. (Reuters)
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Red Stand-Off at Government House
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Saturday 27th March, 2010 at 22:27:21| Words: 55 words | Category: News Photos
Supporters of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra rally outside the Government House in Bangkok March 27, 2010. Thai "red shirt" protesters raised tensions on Saturday with threats to expel thousands of troops guarding Bangkok's old city during a rally to oust Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva. In the end the troops agreed to withdraw inside the compund. (Reuters)
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Oleydong Sithsanerchai
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Saturday 27th March, 2010 at 21:07:10| Words: 54 words | Category: People in the News
Thailand's champion Oleydong Sithsanerchai (R) and Japanese challenger Yasutaka Kuroki fight during their WBC Strawweight title match at Ariake Colosseum in Tokyo on March 27, 2010. Champion Oleydong Sithsanerchai won the match. (Getty Images)
Thailand's Oleydong Sithsamerchai (R) reacts after defeating Japan's Yasutaka Kuroki (L) during their WBC minimumweight boxing title bout in Tokyo March 27, 2010. (Reuters)
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Reds Force Soldiers to Withdraw
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Saturday 27th March, 2010 at 20:58:58| Words: 114 words | Category: News Photos
A supporter of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra hugs a Thai soldier as they move to a military barrack in Bangkok March 27, 2010. Tens of thousands of anti-government protesters marched around Bangkok's old city on Saturday in a "historic rally" to press Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva to step down and call a new election. (Reuters)
Thai soldiers, center, walk in line past anti-government protesters and supporters of ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra after they retreat from a temple where they use as their temporary base Saturday, March 27, 2010 in Bangkok, Thailand. Thousands of protesters marched to seven temporary bases comprising schools and temples and demanded soldiers to abandon their bases and return to their barracks. (AP)
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Bangkok International Motor Show 2010
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Friday 26th March, 2010 at 23:28:29| Words: 51 words | Category: News Photos
Models pose behind new Lexus LFA during the 31st Bangkok International Motor Show in Bangkok March 26, 2010. The Bangkok Motor Show will be from 26 March to 6 April 2010 at BITEC Bangna. (Reuters)
Models pose next to a new small concept Honda car during the 31st Bangkok International Motor Show in Bangkok March 26, 2010. (Reuters)
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Red Shirts Shave Heads
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Thursday 25th March, 2010 at 23:36:18| Words: 48 words | Category: News Photos
An anti-government protester, who demands that Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva dissolve Parliament and call new elections, has his head shaved, aiming at highlight his protest in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, March 25, 2010. (AP)
Supporters of former premier Thaksin Shinawatra have their heads shaved during a rally in Bangkok March 25, 2010. (Reuters)
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Opposition Boycotts Parliament
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Wednesday 24th March, 2010 at 23:04:41| Words: 97 words | Category: News Photos
Soldiers and policemen stand guard outside the parliament in Bangkok March 24, 2010. Thai police and soldiers cordoned off the roads around parliament ahead of a parliamentary session on Wednesday. (Reuters)
A member of parliament from the opposition Puea Thai Party stands next to a barricade outside the parliament in Bangkok March 24, 2010. Authorities cordoned off the area around parliament ahead of a parliamentary session which Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva is expected to attend, a few kilometres from where tens of thousands of anti-government protesters remained on the street, calling for Abhisit to dissolve parliament and call fresh elections. (Reuters)
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Another Grenade Attack in Bangkok
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Tuesday 23rd March, 2010 at 23:30:00| Words: 93 words | Category: News Photos
Members of a Thai bomb squad unit inspect the damage caused from a small grenade blast after a cabinet meeting at the Public Health Ministry in Bangkok on March 23, 2010. Two small blasts hit the Thai ministry complex, causing minor damage but no injuries, shortly after the prime minister and his cabinet met there under tight security, a minister said. (Getty Images)
A member of a police bomb squad investigates the site of an explosion at the Public Health Ministry after a cabinet meeting in Nonthaburi province on the outskirts of Bangkok March 23, 2010. (Reuters)
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Red Sticker Campaign
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Tuesday 23rd March, 2010 at 22:51:46| Words: 121 words | Category: News Photos
Anti-government protesters and supporters of former Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra hold stickers reading "Dissolve the Parliament" before distributing them on their motorcycles in Bangkok March 23, 2010. Thailand will likely extend a tough security law on Tuesday for another week after opposition protest leaders called for a "historic rally" this weekend to paralyze Bangkok in their campaign to force elections. (Reuters)
A supporter of ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra distributes a sticker that read "Dissolve the Parliament" in Thai to passengers on bus in Bangkok on Tuesday March 23, 2010. Thailand's prime minister offered to have his government hold talks with protesters trying to force him from power with massive demonstrations in the capital, but refused their demand that he immediately call new elections. (AP)
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Lee Chatametikool
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Monday 22nd March, 2010 at 23:41:00| Words: 47 words | Category: People in the News
Thailand's Lee Chatametikool holds the Best Editor award at the 4th annual Asian Film Awards presentation ceremony at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre on March 22, 2010. Started in 2007, the Asian Film Awards (AFA) honours fimmakers with outstanding achievements in the field of Asian cinema. (Getty Images)
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Paintings in Red Blood
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Sunday 21st March, 2010 at 22:11:30| Words: 157 words | Category: News Photos
A supporter of former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra draws a picture of the Democracy Monument using human blood during a rally in Bangkok March 21, 2010. Opposition activists prepared for talks with Thailand's government on Sunday to seek a way out of an intractable political conflict, but with neither side willing to budge, a resolution seems far from likely. (Getty Images)
Thai anti-government protesters write poems and slogans and a banner with the remains of the blood donated by fellow protesters earlier in the week at the site of a mass rally in downtown Bangkok on March 21, 2010. Thailand was mired in political deadlock as demonstrators used their own blood to create a piece of protest art after refusing talks with the government. The Reds back ex-prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra and say the current government is illegitimate as it came to power with army backing via a 2008 parliamentary vote after a controversial court ruling removed his allies. (Getty Images)
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1000's of Reds take to Streets of Bangkok
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Saturday 20th March, 2010 at 13:52:22| Words: 39 words | Category: News Photos
Anti-government protesters move through central Bangkok March 20, 2010. Thousands of opposition activists prepared to fan out across Thailand's capital on Saturday in a bid to win the hearts of Bangkok's middle classes and recruit them for their anti-government campaign. (Reuters)
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Life Goes On for Red Shirts
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Friday 19th March, 2010 at 23:01:29| Words: 34 words | Category: News Photos
Supporters of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra rest during a rally in Bangkok March 19, 2010. (Reuters)
Supporters of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra line up to collect free food during a rally in Bangkok. (Matichon)
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Thaksin in Montenegro
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Thursday 18th March, 2010 at 23:15:27| Words: 46 words | Category: News Photos
Ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has been granted citizenship by Montenegro and is currently visiting the Balkan country with his children, local police say. They say Mr Thaksin arrived from Dubai at the weekend and there have no legal reason to arrest him. (thaksinlive.com)
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Red Shirts at US Embassy
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Wednesday 17th March, 2010 at 21:15:29| Words: 124 words | Category: News Photos
Riot policemen stand guard while supporters of former Premier Thaksin Shinawatra gather outside the U.S. embassy in Bangkok March 17, 2010. Despite the fourth day of street rallies in Bangkok, Thai stocks hit a 19-month high and the baht currency raced to its strongest level in 22 months. Investors have been emboldened by the lack of violence and the view that Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva would survive the crisis. (Reuters)
Surrounded by police, anti-government leader Jatuporn Promporn enters the U.S. Embassy Wednesday, March 17, 2010, in Bangkok, Thailand. Earlier in the day red-shirted protesters hurled plastic bags filled with gallons (liters) of their own blood into the residential compound of the Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva's Wednesday, hoping their shock tactics will bring down his government. (AP)
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Thai PM's House Splattered with Blood
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Wednesday 17th March, 2010 at 16:21:05| Words: 69 words | Category: News Photos
Supporters of former Premier Thaksin Shinawatra carry containers of human blood as they make their way to pour the blood on the gates of Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva's home in Bangkok March 17, 2010. (Reuters)
Supporters of former premier Thaksin Shinawatra splash human blood on the gates of Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva's home after they broke a police cordon in Bangkok March 17, 2010. (Reuters)
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Democrats Cursed in Blood Ritual
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Tuesday 16th March, 2010 at 21:38:04| Words: 50 words | Category: News Photos
Supporters of former premier Thaksin Shinawatra break the police line to pour human blood in front of the Democrat Party headquarters in Bangkok March 16, 2010. (Reuters)
A Brahman Priest performs a religious ritual in the pool of human blood poured in front of the Democrat Party headquarters in Bangkok March 16, 2010. (Reuters)
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Red Shirts Spill Blood at Govt House
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Tuesday 16th March, 2010 at 20:11:17| Words: 101 words | Category: News Photos
A Brahman Priest pours a canister of human blood on the gates of the Government house in Bangkok March 16, 2010. Thousands of protesters in Thailand donated blood and poured it later outside the premier's office on Tuesday, a "sacrifice for democracy" aimed at energizing their movement after the government refused to step down. (Reuters)
Supporters of former premier Thaksin Shinawatra hold canisters with human blood before pouring it outside the Government house in Bangkok March 16, 2010. (Reuters)
A team of cleaners use disinfectant to mop the road after human blood was spilled on the gates of the Government house in Bangkok March 16, 2010. (Reuters)
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Thailand's RoboCop
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Tuesday 16th March, 2010 at 20:04:06| Words: 108 words | Category: News Photos
Thai riot soldiers holding army shields take part in a practice at the Government House in Bangkok March 16, 2010. Tens of thousands of protesters pressed ahead with a mass rally in Bangkok on Tuesday, some expressing frustration that four days of peaceful protests had failed to force Thailand's premier to call elections. Early on Tuesday, leaders of the "red shirts" were collecting a vial of blood from each supporter which they intend to spill outside Abhisit's office in what they are calling a symbolic shedding of blood for democracy. (Reuters)
Thai riot soldiers wearing gas masks take part in a practice at the Government House in Bangkok March 16, 2010. (Reuters)
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Red Shirts aim to Paint Bangkok Red with Blood
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Tuesday 16th March, 2010 at 12:01:20| Words: 110 words | Category: News Photos
Supporters of former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra donate blood during a gathering in Bangkok March 16, 2010. Anti-government protesters will collect one million cubic centimetres of blood to pour outside the Government House in Bangkok, in a symbolic move to denounce the government as part of their demonstration to call for fresh elections. (Reuters)
A nurse deposits collected blood into a bottle as supporters of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra gather in Bangkok March 16, 2010. Anti-government protesters will collect one million cubic centimetres of blood to pour outside the Government House in Bangkok, in a symbolic move to denounce the government as part of their demonstration to call for fresh elections. (Reuters)
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Grenade Launched at Army Base
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Monday 15th March, 2010 at 23:00:00| Words: 94 words | Category: News Photos
Thai security forces inspect the site of a grenade attack on a military base in Bangkok on March 15, 2010. The attack wounded two soldiers as tens of thousands of anti-government protesters massed at another barracks in the Thai capital, a military spokesman said. Four M-79 grenades exploded at the base in the center of the capital at 1:30 pm, injuring one soldier in the arm and the other in the stomach, army spokesman Colonel Sunsern Kaewkumnerd said. (Getty Images)
Thai security personnel investigate the site of a grenade attack at an army base in Bangkok March 15, 2010.
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Red Shirts Protest Outside Military Barracks
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Monday 15th March, 2010 at 21:43:02| Words: 78 words | Category: News Photos
Red-shirted supporters of deposed Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra wave flags and shout slogans during an anti-government protest outside a military barracks in Bangkok on March 15, 2010. Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva rejected an ultimatum by tens of thousands of protesters to dissolve parliament as they marched on a military barracks sheltering the government. (Getty Images)
Supporters of deposed Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra gather near main gate of the 11th Infantry Regiment on March 15, 2010 in Bangkok, Thailand. (Getty Images)
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Thai protesters demand new elections
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Sunday 14th March, 2010 at 23:34:32| Words: 38 words | Category: News Photos
Thousands of anti-government demonstrators gather Sunday, March 14, 2010, in Bangkok, Thailand. Protest leaders have given the government until Monday at noon to accede their demands or face mass marches on key locations in Bangkok. (Richard Barrow/www.paknam.com)
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Red March from Samut Prakan
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Sunday 14th March, 2010 at 23:23:14| Words: 47 words | Category: News Photos
Thousands of red shirt supporters from Samut Prakan, 30 kms south of Bangkok, make the long journey into Bangkok on 14th March to join the rally in Bangkok. They went on foot, by motorcycle, on the back of pick-up trucks and in taxis. (Richard Barrow/www.paknam.com)
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Red Boats from Ayutthaya
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Sunday 14th March, 2010 at 23:16:03| Words: 92 words | Category: News Photos
Supporters of former premier Thaksin Shinawatra travel by boat from Ayutthaya provinces into Bangkok March 14, 2010. Tens of thousands of protesters converged in Bangkok on Sunday to give Thailand's military-backed government an ultimatum: either call elections or face crippling demonstrations across the capital in coming days. (Reuters)
Supporters of former premier Thaksin Shinawatra travel by boat from Ayutthaya provinces into Bangkok March 14, 2010. Tens of thousands of protesters converged in Bangkok on Sunday to give Thailand's military-backed government an ultimatum: either call elections or face crippling demonstrations across the capital in coming days. (Reuters)
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Red Shirts on Highway to Bangkok
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Saturday 13th March, 2010 at 14:11:32| Words: 98 words | Category: News Photos
Supporters of former Premier Thaksin Shinawatra gather on a highway in Bangkok March 13, 2010. Anti-government protesters headed for Bangkok from the countryside on Saturday for what they are calling a "million-man march," aiming to paralyse the capital and topple a government they say is a front for unelected elites. (Reuters)
Supporters of former Premier Thaksin Shinawatra gather on a highway in Bangkok March 13, 2010. Anti-government protesters headed for Bangkok from the countryside on Saturday for what they are calling a "million-man march," aiming to paralyse the capital and topple a government they say is a front for unelected elites. (Reuters)
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Red Shirts Start to Rally in Bangkok
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Friday 12th March, 2010 at 21:42:09| Words: 67 words | Category: News Photos
Supporters of deposed Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra take part in a rally at Victory Monument in Bangkok on March 12, 2010. Tens of thousands of supporters of Shinawatra began to mass in their trademark red shirts ahead of weekend protests in Bangkok aimed at toppling the government. (Getty Images)
Supporters of deposed Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra wave clappers and flags during a rally in Bangkok on March 12, 2010. (Getty Images)
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Bangkok invokes Tough Security Law
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Thursday 11th March, 2010 at 07:41:26| Words: 50 words | Category: News Photos
A Thai policeman stands guard outside Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva's house in Bangkok March 10, 2010. The Thai government has invoked a tough security law, the Internal Security Act, giving the armed forces broad powers to control an upcoming rally by supporters of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra if necessary.(Reuters)
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Record Lows for Mekong River
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Wednesday 10th March, 2010 at 22:06:39| Words: 128 words | Category: News Photos
A fisherman works on his fish farm on a partially dry reservoir on the Mekong River during a drought affecting the Thai-Lao border area of Wiang Kaen district, Chiang Rai province, north of Bangkok. Severe drought has hit Southeast Asian countries, parching the region's major river, Mekong, whose water level has dropped to only 33 centimeters, the lowest in 50 years. Apart from the drought, villagers who live along the Mekong, which flows 4,350 km (2,700 miles) from the glaciers of Tibet to the rice-rich delta of southern Vietnam, attributed the falls of water level to newly constructed dams in China. (Reuters)
A boy runs on a dried up reservoir on the Mekong River during a drought affecting the Thai-Lao border area of Wiang Kaen district, Chiang Rai province, north of Bangkok.
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Checkpoints Set Up Around Bangkok
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Tuesday 9th March, 2010 at 21:43:49| Words: 65 words | Category: News Photos
Thai policemen inspect identity cards at a checkpoint in outskirts of Bangkok. The Thai government has invoked a tough security law, the Internal Security Act, giving the armed forces broad powers to control an upcoming rally by supporters of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra if necessary. (Reuters)
A Thai policeman stands guard at a checkpoint on a highway on the outskirts of Bangkok March 9, 2010. (Reuters)
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PM Meets HM The King
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Tuesday 9th March, 2010 at 13:55:17| Words: 41 words | Category: News Photos
His Majesty the King receives a briefing yesterday on the situation in the country from the prime minister. Abhisit Vejjajiva was granted a private meeting with His Majesty on the 14th floor of the Chalermphrakiat building, Siriraj Hospital. (ROYAL HOUSEHOLD BUREAU)
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Maj Gen Khattiya Sawasdipol
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Monday 8th March, 2010 at 21:43:14| Words: 71 words | Category: People in the News
Escorted and guarded by Thai commandoes, Maj. Gen Khattiya Sawasdipol (center), alias Seh Daeng, a supporter of ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, is brought to criminal court Monday, March 8, 2010, in Bangkok. Khattiya and seven associates were arrested on Saturday on charges of illegal possession of firearms. The Criminal Court on Monday granted bail to Maj-Gen Khattiya Sawasdipol and six of his aides after a lawyer placed 1.6 million baht as collateral. (AP)
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Bird Singing Contest in Yala 2010
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Sunday 7th March, 2010 at 20:47:04| Words: 62 words | Category: Thai Festivals
Thai Muslim villagers look at birds in cages during in a bird-singing contest in Yala province, about 1,100 km (683 miles) south of Bangkok March 7, 2010. About 6,000 birds took part in the competition. (Reuters)
Thai Muslim villagers look at birds in cages during in a bird-singing contest in Yala province, about 1,100 km (683 miles) south of Bangkok March 7, 2010. About 6,000 birds took part in the competition. (Reuters)
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Maybank Malaysian Open 2010
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Saturday 6th March, 2010 at 22:08:15| Words: 85 words | Category: News Photos
KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA - MARCH 06: Thongchai Jaidee of Thailand waits with his caddie on the 18th hole during the the third round of the Maybank Malaysian Open at the Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club on March 6, 2010 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (Getty Images)
KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA - MARCH 04: Thaworn Wiratchant of Thailand plays his second shot on the 15th hole during the first round of the Maybank Malaysian Open at the Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club on March 4, 2010 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (Getty Images)
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Jumma Monks Protest in Bangkok
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Friday 5th March, 2010 at 22:04:55| Words: 110 words | Category: News Photos
A traffic policeman walks past a group of Bangladeshi Jumma Buddhist student monks and novices during a rally outside the United Nations building in Bangkok March 5, 2010. The monks urged the Bangladesh military and Bengali Muslim settlers to stop attacks on the Jumma indigenous people in Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) and asked the U.N. to help victims of the attacks. The group said 76 people were injured and 25 villagers are still missing from the attack on February 20. (Reuters)
Bangladeshi Jumma Buddhist student monks sit with placards during a rally calling for an end to violence in Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) in Bangladesh, outside the United Nations building in Bangkok March 5, 2010. (Reuters)
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Baby Thai Elephant in Australia
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Thursday 4th March, 2010 at 21:51:14| Words: 54 words | Category: News Photos
Photo provided by the Melbourne Zoo, Mali, a baby Thai elephant, walks from beneath her mother Dokkoon after a naming ceremony performed by Buddhist monks in Melbourne, Australia. Mali is Thai for jasmine and was chosen out of five possibilities derived from her Thai lineage in a public vote held by the zoo. (AP)
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Paradon stars in Bang Rajan 2
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Wednesday 3rd March, 2010 at 23:00:00| Words: 57 words | Category: News Photos
Thai tennis player Paradon Srichaphan poses next to a cutout of himself in "Bang Rajan 2", a new historical movie at the opening ceremony of the movie in Bangkok March 3, 2010. The movie is expected to have a general release in Thailand at the end of March 2010. (Reuters)
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Cope Tiger 2010
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Wednesday 3rd March, 2010 at 21:00:00| Words: 88 words | Category: News Photos
Parachutists from the Thai Air Force board a U.S. aircraft, the C-17 Globemaster III, during a parachute jumping training session as part of the "Cope Tiger 2010" joint Air Force exercise at Royal Thai Air Force headquarters in Bangkok March 3, 2010. About 1,600 soldiers from three countries -- Thailand, U.S. and Singapore are participating in the two-week air force exercise. (Reuters)
Thai parachutists attend a training session as part of the "Cope Tiger 2010" joint Air Force exercise over Lop Buri province, about 153 km (96 miles) North of Bangkok March 3, 2010. (Reuters)
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PM Abhisit Receives WBC Belt
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Wednesday 3rd March, 2010 at 19:22:16| Words: 70 words | Category: News Photos
Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva (R) poses with a boxing champion belt upon receiving it from World Boxing Council (WBC) President Jose Sulaiman during their meeting at Parliament House in Bangkok March 3, 2010. (Reuters)
President of the World Boxing Council Jose Sulaiman, left, presents a champion belt to Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva during their meeting at parliament in Bangkok Wednesday, March 3, 2010. Sulaiman is on a private visit to Thailand. (AP)
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Bombs at Banks in Narathiwat
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Tuesday 2nd March, 2010 at 20:48:05| Words: 42 words | Category: News Photos
Thai security forces inspect the site of a bomb attack in front of the Government Saving Bank in Narathiwat province, south of Bangkok March 2, 2010. Series of bomb attacks in Thailand's rebellious Muslim-majority far south of Narathiwat, injuring two people, police said. (Reuters)
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Figurines of Thaksin on Sale
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Monday 1st March, 2010 at 21:32:14| Words: 27 words | Category: News Photos
A woman holds up figurines in the shape of former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra at her shop in Bangkok February 24, 2010. Each figurine sells for 100 baht ($3.02). (Reuters)
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