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Thai soldiers cut away opium plants along the Burmese border / Reuters In an extensive article in the Bangkok Post, Australian National University professor Desmond Ball, a longtime expert on Myanmar, highlights the issue that, above all, may be the...
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Lalit / AP Thai immigration officers escort detained Iranian Mohammad Kharzei, center, at the immigration headquarters in Bangkok on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012. Kharzei and two fellow Iranians arrested after accidentally setting off an explosives cache in...
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An Airport Security officer talks to a tourist during a patrol at Suvarnabhumi airport in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, Feb. 17, 2012. Thai police said Friday they are searching for two more suspects, including a possible explosives specialist, in a... View Photo »
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We operate via Southeast Asia to Europe and connecting new points together, [such as] from Bangkok or Ho Chi Minh City to Europe. In the past, we focused more on transpacific flights.
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According to information received here, the compound archers bagged one gold, one silver and one bronze, while in the fancied recurve section, India settled for two silvers. The day belonged to teenage duo of Chittibomma Jignas and national champion...
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Thai media outlets are reporting that a mix of pool cleaning agents exploded into a cloud of gas beside a pool at the Karon Orchid hotel in Phuket this afternoon (AEDT), injuring 10 Thai nationals and more than 20 foreigners. "Local authorities have...
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A Thai policeman patrols at Suvarnabhumi airport in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, Feb. 17, 2012. Thai police said Friday they are searching for two more suspects, including a possible explosives specialist, in a botched terror plot against Israeli... View Photo »
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The study looked at Bangkok, Ho Chi Minh City and Manila and what can be expected over the next 40-50 years. It predicted exactly the kind of things that occurred in Bangkok.
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"Local authorities have advised us that so far 25 foreigners have been taken to local hospitals (Bangkok Phuket Hospital and Phuket International Hospital) and that of the 25, none are Australian citizens," DFAT said in a statement. "Consular officials...
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Taxi drivers are the best indicators of the public mood in Bangkok. These days, they tell you that Iranians have spoiled the peace of the city. "No terrorism in Bangkok, but for the Iranians," said one. The city was still in the new year hangover when...
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Bangkok, officially known as Krung Thep and always used in Thai (กรุงเทพฯ (help·info)), is the capital and largest city of Thailand, with an official 2000 census population of 6,355,144. Bangkok is located at 13°45′N 100°31′E, on the east bank of the Chao Phraya River, near the Gulf of Thailand. Full Article
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