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Five-day holiday as Bangkok residents flee floods Bangkok, Oct 27 (IANS) Thailand has declared a five-day holiday to allow residents of this capital city to flee before the waters come flooding in. The Thai authorities ordered the five-day holiday so that Bangkok residents leave the capital as flood approached, BBC reported. People thronged bus and train stations and roads leading out of the capital were jammed by thousands trying to flee. The
Thai floods shut Bangkok's second largest airport
Advancing Thai floodwaters breached barriers protecting Bangkok's second largest airport on Tuesday, halting commercial flights, as the prime minister warned that the capital could be swamped by
No letup as Thai authorities battle against flood
Thai authorities were staging a fighting retreat Wednesday against flood waters that threaten Bangkok, after the country's oldest factory park was completely inundated and a nearby one faced
Baby leopards, bear found in bags at Thai airport
Authorities at Bangkok's international airport arrested a first-class passenger Friday whose suitcases were filled with baby leopards, panthers, a bear and monkeys. The animals had been drugged
Countries roll out preventive measures
Here's a look at what other nations are doing to protect themselves against the radiation leak from Japan's quake-hit Fukushima nuclear plant:
Thai customs officers seize 73 African elephant tusks
Thai customs officials confiscated 73 African elephant tusks in a shipment from Mozambique destined for Laos, officials said Thursday. |
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