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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. Full Article
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A Thai woman makes a wish and prays with her Krathong, or a small boat made from banana leaf and decorated with candles and incense sticks, before floating it in a pond at Dusit Zoo during the Loy Krathong festival celebration in Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, Nov. 2, 2009.
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Thai forensic policemen inspect at the site where a villager was shot dead by Muslim militants in Yala province on October 30, 2009.
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Thai forensic policemen inspect a dead body of a Muslim villager who was shot by Muslim militants in Yala province on October 30, 2009.
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Thai activists wave Thai flags and chant slogans during a rally against the act of Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen toward Thailand outside the Cambodian Embassy in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009.
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Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (L) and Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva (R) join hands with India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (C) during a group photo session after concluding the 7th ASEAN-India summit at the 15th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)...
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Thailand Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva (R) talks to India Prime Minister Manmohan Singh after the 7th ASEAN-India meeting at the 15th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit in the Thai resort town of Hua Hin October 24, 2009.
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Thailand Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva (R) walks with India Prime Minister Manmohan Singh after the 7th ASEAN-India meeting at the 15th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit in the Thai resort town of Hua Hin October 24, 2009.
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Thailand Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva (R) walks with India Prime Minister Manmohan Singh after the 7th ASEAN-India meeting at the 15th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit in the Thai resort town of Hua Hin October 24, 2009.
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Thailand Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva (L) hands a bunch of rice stalks as a gesture of goodwill to Philippine President Gloria Macapacagal Arroyo after a working lunch of ASEAN leaders at the 15th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit in the Thai resort town of Hua H...
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Thailand Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva (L) hands a bunch of rice stalks as a gesture of goodwill to Philippine President Gloria Macapacagal Arroyo after a working lunch of ASEAN leaders at the 15th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit in the Thai resort town of Hua H...
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Thailand Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva (R) talks to India Prime Minister Manmohan Singh after the 7th ASEAN-India meeting at the 15th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit in the Thai resort town of Hua Hin October 24, 2009.
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Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (L) and Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva (R) join hands with India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (C) during a group photo session after concluding the 7th ASEAN-India summit at the 15th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)...
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Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva (L) hands to Thai representative Dr. Sriprapha Petcharamesree (R) a copy of the "Cha-Am Hua Hin Declaration on the Inauguration of the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights" as ASEAN leaders, including Singapore's Prime Minister L...
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Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva (L) hands to Thai representative Dr. Sriprapha Petcharamesree (R) a copy of the "Cha-Am Hua Hin Declaration on the Inauguration of the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights" as ASEAN leaders applaud during the 15th Association of...
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Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva makes a Thai wai gesture of respect after delivering his keynote address during the opening of the 15th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit, in the seaside town of Hua Hin, some 190 km (118 miles) south of Bangkok, October 23...
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A Thai soldier stands guard at a check point beside a Buddhist temple in the southern Thai resort town of Hua Hin on October 22, 2009, one day before the Southeastan Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit meeting.
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A Thai soldier stands guard at a check point beside a Buddhist temple in the southern Thai resort town of Hua Hin on October 22, 2009, one day before the Southeastan Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit meeting.
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A Thai soldier stands guard under national flags of the Southeastan Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit meeting participants in the southern Thai resort town of Hua Hin on October 22, 2009.
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A Thai policeman controls the traffic beside a road sign showing the exclusve lane for participants for the Southeastan Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit meeting in the southern Thai resort town of Hua Hin on October 22, 2009.
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A Thai policeman controls the traffic beside a road sign showing the exclusve lane for participants for the Southeastan Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit meeting in the southern Thai resort town of Hua Hin on October 22, 2009.
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A Thai security officer scans a vehicle entering one of the venues of the 15th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit in the seaside town of Hua Hin, some 190 km (118 miles) south of Bangkok October 22, 2009.
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A Thai soldier stands guard at a hotel during a meeting held ahead of the 15th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in the southern Thai resort town of Hua Hin on Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009.
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Thai soldiers patrol at a hotel in Cha-Am, a resort town in southern Thailand on Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009.
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A Thai soldier stands guard at a hotel in Cha-Am, a resort town in southern Thailand Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009. Cha-Am is the venue for the 15th ASEAN Summit meeting scheduled for Oct. 23-25.
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A Thai soldier uses a device to detect explosives outside the venue of the upcoming 15th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit and related summits in the southern Thai resort town of Hua Hin on October 21, 2009.
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Thai forensic policemen inspect at the site where a villager was shot dead by Muslim militants in Yala province on October 30, 2009.
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In the refugee camps in Thailand, many of the people are veterans or descendants of veterans who served in the Royal Lao Army and 'U.S. Secret Army' in Laos during the Vietnam War in defense of the Kingdom of Laos and Thailand from invading divisions from North Vietnam and the North Vietnamese Army from...
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The Kingdom of Thailand should immediately open the door to the United Nations High Commissioner for refugees and allow all of the over 5,000 Lao Hmong refugees in Thailand to be screened and resettled in the third countries that have agreed to grant them political asylum
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If they are a victim of malpractice, they will likely find that in India or Thailand there's very little they can do in terms of pursuing legal remedies ... I think it's seeking health care without a safety net of any kind.
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Since many heads of state and senior officials in the region would attend the forum, efforts to settle dispute between Cambodia and Thailand could be started from the forum
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If I want to go golf in Thailand or Hong Kong, I can, but this is more convenient
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With signs of a resurgence in exports in North Asia in October, we think shipments out of Thailand are likely to benefit, thus helping support the recovery.
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I bought some dry fruits from the Afghanistan pavilion. But they didn't reduce the prices. We could bargain in the Pakistan pavilion and the Thailand pavilion more easily. The items were more or less similar to what was on display last year. Just that this time, they were more expensive
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For mobile operators in China, India and Thailand, IDC believes a low flat-rate Internet access fee would complement and increase mobile SNS adoption
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The prevalence of owning a cellular phone over a PC in China, India and Thailand has directly boosted the popularity of mobile SNS access
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Once it becomes clear to Thailand, which has a massive six million tonne stock currently but is holding it back with a view to offload it at the best possible price before the new harvest comes in end 2009/early 2010, that India is determined to not rush into a high priced imports through tender-based d...
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They have made a lot of missteps in the last few years ... They need to play to their strength. If your sport is more popular in some countries than others, go there. You must have a world view. If you are relevant in Thailand, Korea and Japan, American sponsors will notice. Next year will be a year of ...
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In a month, DSI will be operating in Saudi Arabia and is looking at organic growth. We are bidding projects in construction and hence also acquiring a base since we need the workforce with our future acquisition. We have also started an office in Jordan, Bahrain and Thailand. In the coming week, we will...
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We are quite positive about Pakistan and Thailand, which has just started ordering jumbo cylinders
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I staged the coup to overthrow the Thaksin government and to preserve democracy. But a diplomat asked me recently how can Thailand have backtracked so much in the past two years
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If Hun Sen sees Thaksin's return to power in Thailand as a reason to offer him work and sanctuary, then I think he is either delusional or extremely badly informed ... Thaksin has absolutely no chance, in my view, of recovering his political mantle in Thailand.
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I'm still optimistic about bilateral relations between Cambodia and Thailand ... the PPP will win the next election and that means Thaksin and his supporters will be returned.
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Today, cooperation between Cambodia and Thailand on this arrested individual, Siwarak Chotipong, has been quite successful
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Uptown is not that far. I mean, c’mon, I travel to India for a few days, I go to Thailand for a meeting, I go to Paris for a shoot; I think I can make it to midtown for dinner. It’s a shift in mood ... I think we just went through a period of dirty glamour—you know, you’ve got it but you’re hiding it—an...
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Canada have six teams, we want to follow in their footsteps. We are starting with one team. In Canada they have Toronto Maple Leafs and the Montreal Canadiens and so on, now Abu Dhabi has the Storms. Maybe soon we’ll have more. We want to be the first Arabic country creating a power league. There are le...
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It’s ridiculous, it’s a complete farce ... Under extradition treaties, and reciprocal arrangements, the prosecution must provide sufficient facts for the case … against the accused before extradition can be completed. In my case there are only accusations filed with the Dubai police that have been forwa...
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Justice in Thailand depends on whether you are rich or poor
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If you look at the positions in the group, it's an advantage for anyone taking three points. We slipped in Singapore and it's up to us to try to make this game more difficult for Thailand and achieve what we want
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Four countries -- the United States, Australia, Canada and the Netherlands -- have offered resettlement places to the refugees, and we believe they should be allowed to leave Thailand for resettlement
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