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A Thai Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) official examines a house damaged by an explosion in Bangkok, Thailand Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012. Two Iranian suspects arrested in Bangkok after three explosions hit the city were likely planning to attack... View Photo »
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A Thai Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) officials examines a house that was the bomb site by a suspect bomber in Bangkok, Thailand, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012. Two Iranian suspects arrested in Bangkok after three explosions hit the city were likely... View Photo »
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CORRECTS DATE PHOTO TAKEN - Thai Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) officials examines a house damaged by an explosion in Bangkok, Thailand, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012. Two Iranian bomb suspects arrested in Bangkok after three explosions hit the city were... View Photo »
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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... View Photo »
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Nontawat Jaroengsornsinpose left and his partner Thanakorn Sittiamthong, right, kiss on their way to winning the World's Longest Continuous Kiss contest with a new record of 50 hours 25 mins 01, in Pattaya, southeastern Thailand Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012. View Photo »
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Nontawat Jaroengsornsinpose left and his partner Thanakorn Sittiamthong, right, celebrate winning the World's Longest Continuous Kiss contest with a new record of 50 hours 25 mins 01, in Pattaya, southeastern Thailand Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012. View Photo »
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Laksana Tiranara, left, takes an energy drink while kissing her husband Akechai Tiranarat during the World's Longest Continuous Kiss Competition in Pattaya, southeastern Thailand, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012. The event was held in an attempt to break the... View Photo »
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A Thai couple sits on a couch next to a Marilyn Monroe figure in a Pattaya shopping mall, Thailand, on Valentine's Day, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012. View Photo »
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Thai soldiers wear protection gears during the Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear & High Explosive training as part of the annual combined military exercise Cobra Gold 2012 at a Navy base in Sattahip on February 14, 2012. About 13,000 military... View Photo »
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Thai soldiers wearing protection gears walk past a chemical gas during the Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear & High Explosive training as part of the annual combined military exercise Cobra Gold 2012 at a Navy base in Sattahip on February 14,... View Photo »
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US marines evacuate a soldier during the Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear & High Explosive training as part of the annual combined military exercise Cobra Gold 2012 at a Navy base in Sattahip on February 14, 2012. About 13,000 military... View Photo »
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A judge prepares to close a curtain as contestants Akechai Tiranarat and Laksana Tiranara, right, kiss at each other at the restroom during the World's Longest Continuous Kiss Competition in Pattaya, southeastern Thailand, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012. The... View Photo »
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Laksana Tiranarat and her husband Akekachai Tiranarat, second from left, and Non Wittayanuch and his partner Tanasuk Ariyadej, right, kiss each at each other as they participate in the World's Longest Continuous Kiss Competition in Pattaya,... View Photo »
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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... View Photo »
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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. View Photo »
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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,... View Photo »
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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. View Photo »
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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... View Photo »
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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... View Photo »
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The Kingdom of Thailand lies in Southeast Asia, with Laos and Cambodia to its east, the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia to its south, and the Andaman Sea and Myanmar to its west. The country's official name was Siam (Thai: สยาม; IPA: [saˈjaːm], RTGS: Sayam), until 24 June 1939. The word Thai (ไทย) means "freedom" in the Thai language and is also... Full Article
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