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The next day he declared a state of emergency in Bangkok to disperse the protesters.

Only a handful of protesters might be allowed to travel to Bangkok's remand prison where their colleagues are being held.

The question is whether the goods are to be repacked at Bangkok since the charges for special packing are excluded from our price.

The airport was still closed last night, although most of the passengers had managed to leave for hotels in Bangkok and elsewhere.

Nor was his reputation helped by his fomenting of red-shirted riots in April, when he called for a "people's revolution" in Bangkok.

In Bangkok an Iranian man blew his legs off with a grenade while trying to flee after similar devices were found.

Just a month earlier, before I stepped off the plane in bustling Bangkok, I had been utterly depressed.

My Bangkok gallery sold one of my pieces to a bank for its courtyard's inaugural, and I flew there for the opening.

How much for a one-way ticket to Bangkok?

Bangkok remains under a state of emergency and a string of bombings there and in the northern city of Chiang Mai have rattled the public.

Thousands of anti-government protesters in Thailand have continued to defy a state of emergency declared in the capital Bangkok.

In 1997, when I was an intern at The Associated Press's Bangkok bureau, my editors asked if I would travel to help cover a coup there.

The deadline set by the Thai Prime Minister for the thousands of protestors to leave his official compound in Bangkok has passed.

Bangkok has been under a state of emergency since April, but Sunday's protest was allowed to go ahead.

Barring some sort of accord between the pro- and anti-Thaksin factions, the streets of Bangkok are primed for a new round of mass protests.

Mr. Mutha and his wife settled on Bangkok for its museums and temples and good shopping close to the InterContinental.

The other big title challenger, Xray , was also in Bangkok this week but appeared to want to keep their WC challenger out of the public eye.

The latter staged a sit-in at Bangkok's international airport for a week that left thousands of passengers stranded.

With a bit of planning, you can enjoy a perfectly civilized rail journey from Bangkok to Vientiane, Laos , at a fraction of the E&O; price.

If I ever return to Bangkok, and plan to pamper myself, Oriental is going to be my only choice!

Parents in Bangkok fret that schools around the protest site will not be able to reopen after a hot-season break.

Another two or three decades and Michael might have the most impersonators from Bangkok and Brazil.

My trip had begun at The Oriental, Bangkok, where I woke up to the news that the city was in a state of emergency.

He was found hanged June 4 in Bangkok in a reported case of autoerotic asphyxiation, but that's not all that needs explaining.

The company will be established on the current Royal Can place, in the Bangkok area.

Below me, over the ledge, is Bangkok, a twinkling city that I've always thought looked better in the dark.

Within a few days, cargo and passengers should be flowing normally through Bangkok's international airport.

Glad to hear from you. I learnt from the news today that Bangkok was also flooded. Are your safe enough?

We spent most of our trip exploring Bangkok, and the more we did so, the more we realized we were only scratching the surface.

Abhisit therefore accept the "Bangkok Post" interview, said he hoped the first half of the dissolution of Parliament, a general election.

Far from the epicentre of power in Bangkok, grass-roots governance is beginning to flourish.

John Yettaw, an American sentenced to seven years with hard labor in Myanmar, he is arriving right there, as you see it, in Bangkok.

Two weeks in Bangkok, does not mean that you know Thailand.

THE best that can be said about this week's bloody street battles in Bangkok is that they [could] have been so much bloodier.

We stopped at a junction on a main highway, which runs across the northern end of the central business district of Bangkok.

It has been raining for a couple of days, and the air does not seem that bad to me after Bangkok and Delhi.

I stopped over in Bangkok twice but didn't have long enough to get the measure of the city or put it to much of a shade test.

Taxis are now metered in Bangkok. Local custom is to round the fare up to the nearest five baht.

But even such public-spiritedness is as much an act of partisanship as of solidarity. Bangkok is still beleaguered; and Thailand divided.

He planned to go back to Bangkok as a private citizen, he said, "definitely, but not now" .

The wranglers have been performing the stunts at the zoo on the outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand, since it was set up in 1985.

All of this was under discussion a year ago, after Bangkok's last conflagration.

Often referred to as the "Turkish toilet" or "Eastern toilet, " squat toilets are common from France to Bangkok.

The owner of a nightclub in Bangkok was charged with negligence after a fire on New Year's Eve in which at least 64 people died.

The protesters also tightened their control over one of Bangkok's main shopping districts, near the U.

Authorities in Thailand gave people five days off work to allow residents of Bangkok to leave the capital ahead of expected flooding.

Thai soldiers have set up in accordance street by street around the protesters' huge 45 camps in central Bangkok.

The Thai authorities have ordered a five-day holiday to allow residents of Bangkok to leave the capital ahead of expected flooding.

But from my desk, it seems as if Bangkok's architecture has outpaced its political maturity.

There was more turmoil in Thailand when red-shirted opposition protesters set up an encampment in central Bangkok.

Theroux's trip involved all manner of rolling stock, but in 1974 there was no Eastern &Oriental Express linking Singapore with Bangkok.

With the tropical weather and the lack of a unified planning, it reminded me of the streets of Bangkok in Thailand.

Bangkok firefighters have been working through the night to put off the fires.

However, if you want a natural, relaxing experience in the heart of the behemoth city that Bangkok is, I doubt it will be beaten.

Red Cross officials in Bangkok said the seasonal rains will bring new floods and complicate relief efforts.

I have stayed in Bangkok around 5 times & each time have had not a great experience.

A year earlier, a British research institute rated Beijing a third-tier city on a par with Warsaw and Bangkok.

"Yellow Shirts" Since the beginning 25 May in Bangkok, Prime Minister Fu Wai demonstrations so far 2 weeks.

There was talk in Bangkok of the princess's funeral being a "dress rehearsal" for the end of Bhumibol's reign, 62 years long so far.

Many criminals seem to find refuge in Pattaya, the seedy seaside resort southeast of Bangkok known for its vast stretches of girly bars.

HE WAS the Jay Gatsby of Bangkok: rich, charming, glamorous and endlessly hospitable , but with something mysterious in his background.

Even the insect that makes a cameo in the Bangkok hotel room looked to me like a Madagascan hissing cockroach and not the local variety.

So my team set off to Beijing via Saigon, Bangkok, New Delhi and Rawalpindi on an announced fact-finding journey on behalf of the president.

Thousands of political demonstrators have gathered in Bangkok in the first mass action since the violence that erupted in the city in April.

Anti-government demonstrators in Thailand broke through a police cordon as they continue to control the main airport in Bangkok.

Quintana spoke in Bangkok after spending a week visiting with Burmese refugees in Thailand.

Scores of their number were gunned down during a prolonged protest in central Bangkok a year ago.

Bangkok In general, the more Westernized the place is, the more likely you will be expected to leave a gratuity .

Protests and street violence in early September led to a two-week state of emergency being declared in Bangkok.

Thai police say they raided an apartment in Bangkok where they found equipment and supplies used for altering passports.

You make what you will of Bangkok, Its a great place for a few nights before moving on !

In neighboring Thailand my embarrassment was caused when a Bangkok tailor used "special" fabric to create a one-of-a-kind shirt for me.

I spotted General Khattiya as he was greeting supporters on Thursday inside the encampment that protesters have built in central Bangkok.

Within months, yellow-shirted royalist protesters were back on the streets in Bangkok, refusing to leave until the government did.

The Bangkok-based interbank settlement system under the control of the Bank of Thailand. (See ACH above).

Today's Bangkok Post even raised the prospect of a civil war and warned that "violence cannot be avoided" .

Burma is ill prepared to deal with natural disasters, says the BBC's Rachel Harvey in Bangkok.

Addressing a crowd in Bangkok, Mr Thaksin said thousands of bad people had been imprisoned , and others had been killed.

Though only an hour away by plane from Bangkok, Yangon in many ways feels more like a journey back in time.

Our oldest son got a job as a gardener in a rich man's home in Bangkok but later an employment agency sent him to a foreign land to work.

"They already spend more time in traffic jams anyway, " he said, referring to Bangkok's notoriously congested streets.

There was also speculation in Bangkok that it was destined for Pakistan or Afghanistan.

U. N. officials have put food prices at the top of the agenda for an Asia-Pacific ministerial meeting in Bangkok next week.

That friendly beer is all they can remember when they wake hours later in a dilapidated room on the fringes of Bangkok.

"We bought and sold twice and made a nice tidy sum, " says Ivy Mok, a mother of two who lives in Bangkok.

The U. S. Embassy in Bangkok issued a warning Tuesday for citizens to avoid areas where the protesters are gathering.

By last night the streets of Bangkok had returned to a sort of calm.

The vision was to take this huge tract of land and build a city, basically. between the downtown congested Bangkok and the airport.

It has now become a landmark structure in Bangkok and is now printed in the current 20-notes Thai baht .

The company has moved its operations from central Bangkok to a suburban office space and set up 100 employees in temporary workstations.

By last night the streets of Bangkok had returned to a sort of calm.

The vision was to take this huge tract of land and build a city, basically. between the downtown congested Bangkok and the airport.

It has now become a landmark structure in Bangkok and is now printed in the current 20-notes Thai baht .

The company has moved its operations from central Bangkok to a suburban office space and set up 100 employees in temporary workstations.

IN TRUCKS, boats and buses, protesters streamed into Bangkok for a non-stop rally that was billed as a "people's war against the elite" .

Officials from fifteen Asian countries gathered Wednesday in Bangkok for a two-day meeting of the Asian Disaster Preparedness Center.

He gave me a free ice cold bottle of water when I arrived and it was soooo nice, the heat in bangkok is boiling!

Clinton traveled to Bangkok for bilateral meetings with her Thai counterparts prior to attending the ASEAN gathering.

In a protest last week in Bangkok, the nationalists demanded that the United Nations withdraw the temple's World Heritage designation.

At Puea Thai's headquarters in Bangkok, Ms. Yingluck was besieged by photographers as she stepped out to greet supporters.

At Puea Thai's headquarters in Bangkok, Ms. Yingluck was besieged by photographers as she stepped out to greet supporters.

Nai escaped and is now one of over 300, 000 Burmese working in the seafood industry in Samut Sakon province on the outskirts of Bangkok.

Red Shirt protesters in Thailand have built barriers like this around Bangkok's shopping district.

Bangkok can be quite chaotic, so they aimed for an uncomplicated design as a counterweight.

The pull of understanding in the hospital, she begged sayin sayin nurse with her back to her child's papers and Bangkok nanny (mammy).

A Red Shirt protester who had been shot in the head is carried into a hospital on Wednesday, May 19, 2010, in Bangkok, Thailand.

As commissioner of the Bangkok Metropolitan Police Bureau, I've have been involved in investigating all the bombing incidents.

In 2008, Mr Abhisit was the beneficiary of a yellow-shirted revolt that closed Bangkok's international airports.

Many in Bangkok would be irate to see the protest leaders run for office.

The president's visit made quite an impression on Thailand, and he visited the Temple of Reclining Buddha just after arriving in Bangkok.

Many in Bangkok would be irate to see the protest leaders run for office.

The president's visit made quite an impression on Thailand, and he visited the Temple of Reclining Buddha just after arriving in Bangkok.

Bangkok, Thailand is not the day the police will implement traffic control area.

b. Bangkok is a city which has one of the highest average temperatures of any city in the world.

The waters are heading for Bangkok, and an emergency call has gone out for people to donate sandbags to protect the ill-defended capital.

Not included in the chorus are the mosquitoes and flies that regularly hover above Bangkok's swamps and canals like a dark mist.

Procedures at our partner hospital Bangkok Hospital Phuket in Phuket are every bit as good as back home and up to 60% cheaper!

General Motors and South East in Southeast Asia opened the pack a packed news briefing in Bangkok with the promotion of a promotional video.

With floodwaters continuing to rise in parts of Bangkok, some companies are taking steps to limit supply disruptions from natural disasters.

We eventually returned to the river, but the Mekhala II was already on her way back down to Bangkok.

A man walking through airport terminal sideways is said to be going to Bangkok.

Many were gathered in front of a stage in central Bangkok on Sunday to hear their leaders make the demands.

As the legal noose tightens around his assets, there have been persistent rumours in Bangkok of quiet talks with his opponents.

Thai soldiers are setting up cordons street by street around the protesters' huge fortified camp in central Bangkok.

"There was a time when they wouldn't do this, when the rule of law meant something, " sighs a Western diplomat in Bangkok.

Like Bangkok, many taxis are now metered, so you can just round up to the nearest ringgit.

Thai security forces and anti-government protesters remained in a stand-off in Bangkok after clashes overnight in which one person died.

One year, he said, floodwaters were waist-high all the way to Bangkok's 1930s-era Democracy Monument, more than a kilometer inland.

Massive protests in Bangkok backed by exiled Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra have so far gone peacefully.

Bangkok's red-light districts crawl with glassy-eyed, beer-swilling foreigners who might not look out of place on most-wanted posters.

In Bangkok Friday, some 50 protesters gathered in at the Burmese embassy calling for an end to the war in Kachin state.

But the seething public anger on display in April is still potent and can easily upset the best laid plans of Bangkok.

Zhongfu (Bangkok) Co. , Ltd was established in March 2003, and went into production in June the same year.

It's defintely a bit pricey for Bangkok standards, but such a better deal than the huge international chains.

Tremors were felt in other parts of China, as well Hanoi, Vietnam, and Bangkok.

Protracted protests by supporters of ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra have paralyzed parts of Bangkok.

There are at least a dozen floating markets in and around Bangkok.

He had been hospitalized in Bangkok with severe pneumonia and acute respiratory distress syndrome.

Thaksin, the former populist prime minister now wanted on terrorism charges for allegedly orchestrating much of the violence in Bangkok.

Airport officials said they hoped to have Bangkok's main international airport back up and running by Friday.

Anti-government protesters in Thailand occupied Bangkok's main airport, stranding thousands of passengers.

Very comfortable hotel which took all the stress out of visiting Bangkok with small children.

The Second Bangkok International Airport is designed to be rich in symbolic images of the Thai people and their traditions.

There are at least a dozen floating markets in and around Bangkok. Yet every tourist wants to hit the same one: Damnoen Saduak.

Mr. Somchai declared a state of emergency at Bangkok's airports Thursday and ordered police to clear them of protesters.

The Bangkok Charter for Health Promotion will be the product of many organizations, networks, groups and individuals in many countries.

Protests continued in Bangkok, with demonstrators calling for the resignation of the prime minister, Abhisit Vejjajiva.

Protesters closed Bangkok's airports for a week late last year, and in April forced the cancellation of a regional leaders meeting.

But lawyers gathering this week for a U. N. environment conference in Bangkok, say many courts fail to enforce environmental laws.

When the train begins to roll away from the bright lights of Bangkok, pop open your wine and tuck into your supper.

In still-deluged parts of Bangkok, angry residents question why their homes were sacrificed to keep the remaining industrial sites dry.

Mr. Thaksin has kept a low profile since the violent collapse of antigovernment protests in Bangkok last spring.

Their encampment, in Bangkok's shopping district, stretches south to the business district, where protesters have built large barricades.

Thai officials are assuring the public that Bangkok is safe from flooding as they continue to build up barriers and mobilize relief efforts.

And Ford Motor Co. recently decided to move its Asia-Pacific head office to China from Bangkok.

A closely related manuscript in the Thai royal collection is now kept at the National Library, Bangkok.

Gourd from his hand had traveled to Bangkok, Thailand, Taiwan and other places, sold a million on the high-priced.

We could see all that at recent climate negotiations in Bangkok.

The paper aims to address the issue in urban conservation through the case of Bangkok old town.

It has since been lifted in some provinces, but the latest bombing may convince jittery Bangkok residents that it should be kept.

So a city like Bangkok, with its 8 million residents, is quite overwhelming for someone like me.

BANGKOK (AP) -- More evidence the U. S. economy has hit a soft patch sent Asian shares broadly lower Thursday.

The four Kazaks and a Belarusan were arrested in December after their plane was seized during a stop in Bangkok.

Among the victims included 4 civilians, 4 soldiers and a Japanese journalist, a Bangkok's official said.

In April, Red Shirts rioted in Bangkok and also forced the cancellation of a gathering of Asian leaders in Thailand.

Tens of thousands of protesters gathered in Bangkok in April and May for demonstrations calling for fresh elections.

Although Monday marked the start of a 3-day holiday for the Thai New Year, the Bangkok municipal government canceled festivities.

Thai officials detained the plane and its five crew members late Friday after they landed at Bangkok's Don Muang airport for refueling.

Khun Mint spins in circles on his small motorcycle, joyfully kicking up gravel on a rural road just south of Bangkok, Thailand.

Do not tell me that the people in the streets of Bangkok and Bishkek and Tehran dream in vain of freedom and democracy.

He went from Norway to the Cape of Good Hope and from Bangkok to Vladivostok, wheeling or walking every inch of the way.

Located north of downtown Bangkok, the airport is in one of 31 districts affected by flooding in the Thai capital.

Bryan Robson underwent an operation to remove a tumour from his throat on 3 March, 2011 in a hospital in Bangkok.

New measures put in place in Bangkok go some way to countering digital piracy.

Bangkok's last attempt to throw sand in the wheels of international finance, in December 2006, was famously bungled.

The global celebration of World Blood Donor Day 2006 on June 14 will take place in Bangkok, Thailand.

And climate talks in Bangkok this month ended in even deeper acrimony between the developing and developed economies.

Eg. I finally touched down in Bangkok.

Highly recommended for travelers who look for a decent place to stay to explore bangkok.

I hope I will able to return to Bangkok and this hotel to make up for all I missed by being so sick.

She said that the guy at Bangkok airport didn; t know anything & if we want sea facing room, we have to spend 1000 bht extra.

The Bangkok clashes between protesters and government troops were documented by bloggers, despite the censorship imposed by authorities.

General Motors in Southeast Asia opened a packed news briefing in Bangkok with a promotional video.

'Thai breads can be too sweet, ' says Eric Forbes, an American based in Bangkok who orders frequently from Urban Pantry.

In Bangkok's Chinatown, the center of the Thailand's gold trade, record prices are prompting some shoppers to shift from ornaments to bars.

In Bangkok, it is the city's second tallest building, not the tallest that boasts the best view in town.

If I didnt sprained my toe, I would be having fun in Bangkok ya?

Emma Larkin is the nom de plume of an American living in Bangkok who wrote an earlier book about George Orwell's links with the country.

They are to be packed at Bangkok, as we have been informed, and the charges for special packing are excluded from our price.

Even if much of central Bangkok is spared, the flooding has had a dramatic enough impact already.

Japanese Studies Institute, Thammasat University, Bangkok, Thailand.

And that's in VOA Special English, written by Brianna Blake with additional reporting by Brian Padden in Bangkok. I'm Steve Ember.

In the largely deserted stands at Dutch second-division games, Chinese with headsets report every corner-kick back to Shanghai or Bangkok.

The head of Thailand's armed forces says order will be restored in Bangkok despite escalated violence by anti-government protestors.

The original English edition was published in Bangkok in 1894, and a second edition, revised and expanded, was published in 1993 in the USA.

Four decades ago, Bangkok was still winding down from its role as a Vietnam R&R escape.

Bangkok authorities estimate the city normally produces 8, 000 tons of waste daily, and trucks the garbage to one of three landfill sites.

When calm returns to Bangkok's streets, ballistic experts will presumably lead a more precise investigation.

Social media has played a major role in reporting the details of the Bangkok protests across the world.

The mesh is also designed to provide shade and privacy without compromising views of the grounds at the nearby Royal Bangkok Sports Club.

The Scot admitted he bribed a cabbie in Bangkok to let him get behind the wheel.

Donati told Reuters in a telephone call from Bangkok the North Korean food shortage was persistent but more or less stable.

After this flight start working, the hangzhou tourists who want to visit Bangkok do not have to transfer plane from Shanghai.

The Embassy of Sweden in Bangkok will take over the applications for residence and work permits from the Philippines.

The latest unrest in Bangkok was led by red-shirted protesters roused by a televised call to arms by Mr Thaksin, a self-exiled fugitive.

But the elite in Bangkok would not tolerate another pro-Thaksin government.

ACCESS: The building site is in front of the main campus of Bangkok University.

Would it be a good idea to go on a tour to Bangkok?

Flood waters inundating Thailand north of Bangkok since July have made the journey south and reached the capital.

Bangkok is a tropical metropolis where the traditional East meets the modernity of the West.

Bangkok is a tropical metropolis where the traditional East meets the modernity of the West.

Thai citizens were shocked to discover more than two thousand dead fetuses in a Buddhist temple in Bangkok.

The Hajime Restaurant in Bangkok is Thailand's first Japanese robot restaurant, where all the serving waiters are robots.

We had an early flight out of Bangkok so we booked a night in this hotel.

What do tourists enjoy doing in Bangkok ? They enjoy swimming in the sea at these beautiful beaches .

Their jingoism alienated supporters among Bangkok's middle classes. They got little kudos for boycotting the elections (see article).

A resident pulls her belongings as she wades through her flooded neighborhood in Thon Buri outside Bangkok on October 28, 2011.

Nearly a decade after the Chimura abduction, two North Korean agents stepped on to a Korean Air flight in Baghdad bound for Bangkok.

Mr. Abhisit offered the talks after demonstrators embarked on a massive convoy that snaked its way around Bangkok on Saturday.

They had said they might move to Bangkok's financial district but later said they would not do so.

"More information will help reduce misinformation, " said Yao Wen, the head of the political section at the Chinese Embassy in Bangkok.

The results speak soon, Bangkok satellite signal is interrupted, many people do not see the TV at home, thinking that another coup.

Neither the Russian nor U. S. Embassy in Bangkok had an immediate reaction to the extradition.

The Bangkok meeting did not establish details of the Asian stockpile, such as where it will be housed.

FOUR years of upheaval have set a high bar for street protests in Bangkok.

The Palace Began In 1782 And Has Been A Popular Attraction In Bangkok.

However, the flame has made relatively peaceful progress through other cities, including Bangkok in Thailand and Dar es Salaam in Tanzania.

At the nearby Century Park hotel, foreign tourists were seen rushing into taxis and heading for Bangkok's international airport.

A woman weeps as she talks on the phone on October 26, 2011 in Bangkok.

CNN producers armed with cameras put the puzzler to passersby in Berlin, Madrid, Rome, Bangkok, Tokyo, New Delhi and Paris.

One of my great friends, Tony Sagami, has promised me I will get to see the real Bangkok.

A long-time Bangkok resident, I've traveled extensively in Asia, but hadn't yet made it to Yangon, formerly known as Rangoon.

Since reaching the semi-finals of the US Open earlier this summer, the Scot has captured titles in Bangkok, Tokyo and Shanghai.

Even as floods were draining into the Gulf of Thailand on Bangkok's southern shores, high tides pushed back, amplifying the floods.

ALSTOM is supplying similar advanced technology systems for the metros of Bangkok, Shanghai and Singapore.

Thai police have called for anti-government protesters to vacate the main airports in Bangkok, which the group seized earlier this week.

The red-shirts have been occupying parts of Bangkok for six weeks.

The Bangkok Airways flight, carrying 72 people, hit an old and unmanned control tower amid reports of heavy rain.

The state of emergency covers Bangkok and surrounding provinces.

The talks include three UN sponsored meetings in Bonn, Bangkok and Barcelona as well as another meeting of the G20 in September.

Gemma, 16, is on layover at Bangkok Airport, en route with her parents to a vacation in Vietnam.

With the first convention in Bangkok, Thailand in 1996, ASEM Summit is held in Asia and Europe alternatively every two years.

Protesters occupying Bangkok's main airports have allowed dozens of empty planes to fly to provincial airports to pick up stranded tourists.

The chaotic Kathmandu Gallery, founded by curator and filmmaker Ing K. , is actually Bangkok's premiere showcase for art photography.

Thai residents make their way across a flooded street close to the rising waters of the Chao Phraya river on October 30, 2011 in Bangkok.

Bangkok, Seoul , Shanghai and Singapore, Taipei and Tokyo were identified as having excellent capacity to manage air quality.

Eager American officials had already sent a plane to Bangkok's military airport to collect Mr Bout.

Thailand has recently announced that the Great House, north of Bangkok as its "2020 World's Fair, " the candidate host.

Shoppers in cities like New York, Taipei, Bangkok and London discover flowing silk dresses and nature-inspired colors.

Troops used live rounds, tear gas and rubber bullets against demonstrators in the streets surrounding the Democracy Monument in old Bangkok.