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India should step up efforts to revamp its forest service and create a separate wildlife cadre for tigers which can work in partnership with other agencies to protect the animal, a top conservationist has said. Valmik Thapar, an Indian conservationist,...
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Net income fell 26 percent to 16.6 billion baht ($539 million), or 5.83 baht a share, from 22.5 billion baht, or 7.90 baht, a year earlier, Bangkok-based PTT said in a regulatory filing. That compared with the 18.1 billion-baht average estimate of nine...
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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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We encourage passengers to make this Christmas even more festive with holiday shopping in Bangkok. They will not only get to get the best value for money with the gifts they buy, but the lowest possible Bangkok airfare with this seat sale
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Thai police on Saturday found a cycle of violence that may have served the Iranian faceless myrmidons in their plot to attack Israeli targets in Bangkok, the Bangkok Post reported. A police source said the cycle of violence was bought for 26,400 baht. ...
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I am trying to write this of an iPhone with low battery but i hope it works! Anyway can't remember what I said last because so rushed but me and Kate travelled to Bangkok! And met the others :) me and ad stayehotels hotel called d and Ds the night...
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The poll was conducted on 2,585 people, aged from 18 up, between Feb 15-18 in Bangkok, Pathum Thani, Samut Prakan, Chachoengsao, Suphan Buri, Nan, Chiang Rai, Chiang Mai, Amnat Charoen, Si Sa Ket, Loei, Sakon Nakhon, Udon Thani, Nakhon Ratchasima,...
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Thai immigration officers escort detained Iranian Mohammad Kharzei at the immigration headquarters in Bangkok on February 16, 2012. Thailand is seeking the extradition of an Iranian suspected in an alleged bomb plot against Israeli diplomats in Bangkok... View Photo »
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This classmate of mine goes to Bangkok and Singapore once a year, when she brings back drawerfuls of Chloe sunglasses, Gas jeans and Louis Vuitton bags and what have you! All scoured from the streets there, mind you. But you should see her flaunting them as originals here. The guys drool over her as if ...
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The Indians claimed both the mixed team gold medals in the recurve and compound categories, according to information received here. Earlier in the day, the Indian archers picked up one gold, three silver and a bronze medal in the individual section The...
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Thai security guards inspect a car entering a parking lot of a building which houses the Israeli Embassy, a day after multiple explosions left four civilians wounded and led to the capture of two Iranian nationals , Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012, in Bangkok, Thailand.
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In this undated photo taken from a police surveillance camera and released by the Spokesman Office of the National Thai Police on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012, a man identified by police as Iranian bomb suspect, Saeid Moradi, is seen in Bangkok, Thailand. The Iranian man carrying grenades...
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CORRECTS SPELLINGS OF NAMES OF SUSPECTS SHOWN AT CENTER AND RIGHT - In this combination of images made from surveillance video on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012, and released by the Spokesman Office of the National Thai Police, three Iranian bomb suspects, identified by police from left, as...
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In this photo taken Feb. 14, 2012, Iranian suspect Mohammad Kharzei, is shown at an immigration office after he was arrested at Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Bangkok, Thailand. Kharzei was arrested in Bangkok along with fellow Iranian Saeid Moradi, after a cache of explosives...
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Thai bomb squad officials inspect the site of an explosion holding a magnet with shrapnel pieces in Bangkok on February 14, 2012. Three minor blasts rattled the Thai capital Bangkok, leaving a foreigner seriously wounded when a grenade he was suspected of carrying exploded, police said.
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This photo taken with an iPhone show a man (background C) lying on the ground with his legs blown off after an explosion in Bangkok on February 14, 2012. Three minor blasts rattled the Thai capital Bangkok, leaving a foreigner seriously wounded when a grenade he was suspected of...
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Onlookers watch as Thai Explosive Ordnance Disposal officials work on the bomb site in Bangkok, Thailand Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012. Two explosions boomed through a busy neighborhood in the Thai capital Tuesday, police said, but it was not immediately clear what caused the blasts or whether...
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A well-wisher, top left, blesses brides and grooms during a mass wedding held to celebrate St. Valentine's Day in Bangkok, Thailand Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012.
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A Thai Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) official makes a check on a backpack that was left on the bomb site by a suspect bomber in Bangkok, Thailand Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012. Two explosions boomed through a busy neighborhood in the Thai capital Tuesday, police said, but it was not...
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Reungsit Maksornteerachote, a 60-year old Thai groom, and his bride Ananya Ngarmarom, 50, right, get the blessing from a well-wisher during a mass wedding held to celebrate St. Valentine's Day in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012.
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A Thai police officer walks past wreckage of a taxi that was hit by a bomb in Bangkok, Thailand Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012. Two explosions boomed through a busy neighborhood in the Thai capital Tuesday, police said, but it was not immediately clear what caused the blasts or whether there...
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A man looks at a police van with its windshield damaged by a bomb near the bomb site in Bangkok, Thailand Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012. Two explosions boomed through a busy neighborhood in the Thai capital Tuesday, police said, but it was not immediately clear what caused the blasts or...
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A Thai Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) official examines a backpack that was left on the bomb site by a suspect bomber in Bangkok, Thailand Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012. Thai police say two explosions have occurred in a Bangkok neighborhood. But it was not immediately clear what caused the...
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A Thai couple poses for a photograph with a marriage registration in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012. Many Thais signed their marriage registrations on Tuesday to celebrate St. Valentine's Day.
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Wreckage of a taxi lies on the road at the explosion of an explosion in Bangkok, Thailand Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012. Two explosions boomed through a busy neighborhood in the Thai capital Tuesday, police said, but it was not immediately clear what caused the blasts or whether there were any...
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In this photo taken Feb. 14, 2012, an officer talks to Iranian suspect Mohammad Kharzei, front right, at an immigration office after he was arrested at Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Bangkok, Thailand. Kharzei was arrested in Bangkok along with fellow Iranian Saeid Moradi, after...
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A Thai lottery vendor reads a newspaper showing a photo of the late singer Whitney Houston with an article reading "American Queen of Pop Whitney Houston died" in Bangkok, Thailand on Monday, Feb. 13, 2012. Houston died Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012. She was 48.
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Malaysian actress Michelle Yeoh poses during an interview in Bangkok, Thailand on Wednesday Feb. 1, 2012. Yeoh plays Myanmar�s most prominent politician, Aung San Suu Kyi, in a new movie titled "The Lady," which will come out in U.S. theaters in February.
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Panitan Prueaksakasemsuk stands next to portrait of King Bhumibol Adulyadej during a hunger strike outside the Criminal Court in Bangkok on February 11, 2012. The 20-year-old Thai student whose father has been detained for ten months under the kingdom's strict lese majeste laws began a...
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A scuba diving couple from Thailand, Manit Kansadanpipob (L) and his bride Nachakul Sirityoungkul, kiss during an underwater wedding ceremony in the Andaman Sea, Trang province, south of Bangkok February 11, 2012. Six couples, both local and foreign, attended the annual underwater...
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Julian, a two-month old pet monkey, bites the right ear of Kan, a transvestite performer, backstage at the Tiffany's Show in Pattaya, 150 km (93 miles) east of Bangkok, February 10, 2012. The first Tiffany's Show was performed as a one-man show for friends on New Year's Eve in 1974. It...
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A transvestite performer waits to have pictures taken with tourists for tips, after the Tiffany's Show in Pattaya, 150 km (93 miles) east of Bangkok, February 10, 2012. The first Tiffany's Show was performed as a one-man show for friends on New Year's Eve in 1974. It has since become a...
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A transvestite performer keeps herself cool with a fan before going on stage at the Tiffany's Show in Pattaya, 150 km (93 miles) east of Bangkok, February 10, 2012. The first Tiffany's Show was performed as a one-man show for friends on New Year's Eve in 1974. It has since become a...
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Thai security guards inspect a car entering a parking lot of a building which houses the Israeli Embassy, a day after multiple explosions left four civilians wounded and led to the capture of two Iranian nationals , Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012, in Bangkok, Thailand.
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