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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.
(photo: AP / MRTV)
Thailand to build DNA database to protect elephants
Jakarta Post
| 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 or so domesticated elephants in order to stop people taking over identity papers of deceased pachyd...
The DG, ICCR, Shri Suresh Goel and the Vice President of Chulalongkorn University, Thailand,  Assist. Prof. M.R. Kalaya Tingsadadh signing the MoU between ICCR and Chulalongkorn University for setting up a Chair at the India Studies Centre, in the presence of the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh and the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Thailand, Ms. Yingluck Shinawatra, in New Delhi on January 25, 2012.
(photo: PIB of India)
India, Thailand sign six key accords
Irna
New Delhi, Jan 26, IRNA -- India and Thailand here Wednesday inked six pacts in key areas, including defence, security and economy. | The other agreements are programs for cooperation in the fields of science and technology and cultural exchange progams from 2012 to 2014 and an MoU between india's I...
Retiring to Thailand in 2012? Important things you need to know
The Examiner
| As Thailand continues to be one of the world's top retirement destinations, tens of thousands more retirees will move here in 2012. Since I moved to Thailand a decade ago though (to live, not to retire), things have changed quite drastically, so ma...
AP Exclusive: New practice of eating elephant meat in Thailand adds to extinction threat
The Washington Post
| BANGKOK — A new taste for eating elephant meat — everything from trunks to sex organs — has emerged in Thailand and could pose a new threat to the survival of the species. | Wildlife officials told The Associated Press that they w...
Growing taste for elephant meat in Thailand raises risk of extinction claims horrified animal welfare group
The Daily Mail
| The elephant, a national symbol in Thailand, is facing a new threat because of a developing taste for its meat in the country, it was claimed today. | The new interest in consuming the animal includes everything from trunks to sex organs, and could...
 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
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Top 5 cheap things to buy in Bangkok, Thailand in 2012
The Examiner
| Bangkok is world-famous as a cheap shopping mecca. Malls, markets, department stores, independent boutiques -- there's every available shopping venue and just about every type of...
Betong,Thailand - Hawkers - Food Stalls - Food - Consumer - Inflation.
WN / patricia
UK university to open campus in Thailand
BBC News
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 Lancashire has...
KLps1 - May 07 - Perth Zoo,Australia - Tiger - Animal - Wildlife - Nature. (ps1)
WN/Patricia
Rubber plantation worker beats off tiger attack in Thailand
m&c
| 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 reported Wedn...
Fastener Fair Thailand 2012 driving Thailand as ASEAN’s exhibition hub
TravelDailyNews
Famed international exhibition organizer Mack Brooks Exhibitions Limited brings to Thailand for the first time the renowned Fastener Fair to cater demand of cost-effective fastening and fixing solutions in Thailand and its neighboring countries, furt...
Trade accord with India by mid-year, says Thailand industry minister
The Times Of India
Trade accord with India by mid-year, says Thailand industry minister | Email this articlePrint this articleTweetThe author has posted comments on this articleIANS | Jan 26, 2012, 12.42PM IST NEW DELHI: India and Thailand hope to conclude a far-reachi...
India, Thailand sign six key accords
Newstrack India
| New Delhi, Jan.26 (ANI): India and Thailand have inked six pacts in key areas, including defence, security and economy.   | The agreements were inked after bilateral talks between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Thai counterpart Yingluck...
Bangkok
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.
(photo: UN / Mark Garten)
Travel advice unchanged despite terror warning for Bangkok
Sydney Morning Herald
| 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 United States on Friday warned of a terrorist threat against tourists "in the near future" in the Thai capital. | This followed an announcement by Thai authorities that they had de...
Tourism
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.
(photo: UN / Mark Garten)
Travel advice unchanged despite terror warning for Bangkok
Sydney Morning Herald
| 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 United States on Friday warned of a terrorist threat against tourists "in the near future" in the Thai capital. | This followed an announcement by Thai authorities that they had de...



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