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In this image made off MRTV video footage, a rare white elephant is caught in the jungles in Maungdaw township in northwestern Rakhine state, Myanmar. The rare white elephant has been captured in the jungles of northwestern Myanmar, a mostly Buddhist country where the animals are considered good omens, state media reported Tuesday, June 29, 2010. White elephants, actually albinos, have for centuries been revered in Myanmar, Thailand, Laos and other Asian nations. They were normally kept and pampered by monarchs and considered a symbol of royal power and prosperity.
Animal   Environment   Photos   Thailand   Wikipedia: Elephant  
Thailand to build DNA database to protect elephants
| Thailand Natural Resources and Environment Minister Preecha Rengsomboonsuk has vowed to solve within a year issues related to Thailand's elephants. | Preecha planned to build a DNA database on 4,000... (photo: AP / MRTV)
Jakarta Post
In this Oct. 31, 2011 file photo, Thai residents carry their belongings along floods as they move to higher ground at Bangkok's Don Muang district, Thailand.
Bangkok   Flood   Government   Photos   Wikipedia: 2011 Thailand floods  
Flood-proofing Bangkok could force canal dwellers out
Nearly three months after the worst of the flooding, life for most of Bangkok's 10 million residents has returned to normal. | The water has drained away and on many buildings only a dirty high-tide m... (photo: AP / Aaron Favila)
BBC News
The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh and the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Thailand, Ms. Yingluck Shinawatra being introduced to the dignitaries, at the ceremonial reception, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on January 25, 2012. India, Thailand hope to clinch free trade pact by mid-2012
| New Delhi - India and Thailand hope to finalise a free trade pact by mid-2012, Thailand's Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said at a meeting with business leaders in the Indian capital Wednesday. ... (photo: PIB of India) m&c
India   Photos   Thailand   Trade   Wikipedia: IndianThai relations  
 Elephant - Sri Lankan elephants - Animals - Zoo - Wild /aaeh Giant steps: Vacationing with Thailand's elephants
CHIANG MAI, Thailand -- | Guests volunteering at the Elephant Nature Park don't have phone service or television, and Internet access is limited to a single area. | But what they get instead of TV is ... (photo: Creative Commons) Richmond Times Dispatch
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Secretary general Ban Ki-moon has a Helicopter overflight of the flood-affected areas of Bangkok  Overflight of flood-affected areas of Bangkok The helicopter will take off and land at the same Thai army base (located 10 minutes from ESCAP), at 2nd Army Cavalry Division, Sanam Pao. The flight itself is expected to last for 30 min and will give the Secretary-General a bird-eye view of flooded areas in Bangkok, in particular the western part of the city, the Thonburi area, which has experienced the worst flood situation. Travel advice unchanged despite terror warning for Bangkok
| Australia has not altered its travel warnings for Thailand in response to warnings by US authorities about the increased chances of terrorist attacks in Bangkok. | The ... (photo: UN / Mark Garten) Sydney Morning Herald
Bangkok   Photos   Terror   Travel   Wikipedia: Bangkok  
Bangkok Vespa in business mode Bangkok Vespas combine style and substance
" />" /> | The Vespa scooter has always been a popular culture style icon, but on the busy streets of Bangkok, vintage Vespas go from being hip to serving a utilitarian p... (photo: Creative Commons / Da) Al Jazeera
Bangkok   Photos   Traffic   Vespas   Wikipedia: Bangkok  
 Central World Plaza - Thailand - BANGKOK - Thai capital - mall complex- CentralWorld is a large shopping mall and office complex in Bangkok owned by the Central Group. In 2006, after three years of design and renovation, the expanded, 550,000-square-mete Top 5 cheap things to buy in Bangkok, Thailand in 2012
| Bangkok is world-famous as a cheap shopping mecca. Malls, markets, department stores, independent boutiques -- there's every available shopping venue and just about eve... (photo: GFDL ) The Examiner
Market   Photos   Shopping   Thailand   Wikipedia: Thailand  
Betong,Thailand - Hawkers - Food Stalls - Food - Consumer - Inflation. UK university to open campus in Thailand
A UK university is to open a campus in Bangkok - in what is claimed as the first such UK branch university to be established in Thailand. | The University of Central Lanc... (photo: WN / patricia) BBC News
Bangkok   Education   Photos   UK   Wikipedia: Thailand  
KLps1 - May 07 - Perth Zoo,Australia - Tiger - Animal - Wildlife - Nature. (ps1)  Rubber plantation worker beats off tiger attack in Thailand
| Bangkok - A rubber tapper managed to beat off a wild tiger that attacked him in a plantation in southern Thailand, surviving with wounds to his face and arms, media rep... (photo: WN/Patricia) m&c
Environment   Nature   Photos   Wikipedia: Tiger   Wildlife  
Thai soldiers run as they make their way into the encampment of anti-government protesters on Wednesday, May 19, 2010, in Bangkok, Thailand. Thailand compensation for protest victims approved
The Thai government has approved a compensation fund for victims of political unrest in the country. | A total of 2 billion baht ($63m, £40.8m) will be paid, said govern... (photo: AP / Wong Maye-E) BBC News
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Thai prime minister-to-be Yingluck Shinawatra arrives at Parliament in Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, Aug. 1, 2011. Republic Day: Thailand PM to be chief guest at parade
SHARE | AND | DISCUSSTweet | BANGKOK: Thailand's first woman Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra will be the chief guest at India's Republic Day parade celebrations on Jan... (photo: AP / Sakchai Lalit) The Times Of India
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Thailand - Tourism - Travel - Adventure -  Culture - Buddhism. March 2011 Thailand still a cheap holiday destination in 2012? No, not anymore
| The myth for years has been that Thailand is a cheap holiday destination. When you look at the 15-30 percent cost of living increases over the last three years, the ris... (photo: WN / Agnieszka Dziubinska) The Examiner
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Society Politics
British award for two Indian novelists
Rock with an Indian twist
Fresh blooper: US veep mimics Indian accent
Bringing down the fatwa wall
India Village Woman making food on the roadside at Kolkata in Eastern India City
Will India's poor remain hungry?
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A cartload of Mumbai
Musharraf will return to Pakistan after tensions end: APML
Musharraf postpones return to Pakistan
Fresh blooper: US veep mimics Indian accent
A view of saluting dais of the 63rd Republic Day Parade-2012, at Rajpath, in New Delhi on January 26, 2012.
India celebrates its 63rd Republic Day with patriotic fervour: Report
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Sport Business
Pakistan fight back
India not embarrassed by performances, says Ashwin
Rookie Jules Bianchi to join Force India
Pakistan fights hard as England chases win
India's Virender Sehwag catches the ball while playing Australia on the second day in their cricket test match at the Sydney Cricket Ground in Sydney, Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2012. India made 191 in their first innings.
Sehwag's cameo was not what India needed
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Top 10 travel getaways of 2011
North America boosts Ford in 4Q
North America boosts Ford in 4Q
North America boosts Ford in 4Q
In this Feb. 8, 2008 file photo, a for sale sign stands in front of a bank-owned home in Las Vegas. Las Vegas was second to Stockton, Calif., which was first, with 9.5 percent of all housing units receiving a foreclosure filing in 2008.
World stocks muted ahead of US growth figures
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Human Rights News & Media
Taste for meat poses new threat
Delhi: Battered baby critical, police hunt for parents
Bangladesh coup bid or conspiracy?
Baloch Could Divide Administration and Congress on Pakistan
India Village Woman making food on the roadside at Kolkata in Eastern India City
Will India's poor remain hungry?
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Taste for meat poses new threat
Jumbo problem: ‘Elephant cuisine’ fad poses fres
Notes to self: Bright dreams
Re-Inventing the Classics with Chef Larry Edwards: Thai Temp
In this image made off MRTV video footage, a rare white elephant is caught in the jungles in Maungdaw township in northwestern Rakhine state, Myanmar. The rare white elephant has been captured in the jungles of northwestern Myanmar, a mostly Buddhist country where the animals are considered good omens, state media reported Tuesday, June 29, 2010. White elephants, actually albinos, have for centuries been revered in Myanmar, Thailand, Laos and other Asian nations. They were normally kept and pampered by monarchs and considered a symbol of royal power and prosperity.
Thailand to build DNA database to protect elephants
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