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(Photo: Creative Commons / Jovianeye)Aborted take-off by Air India Express pilot being probed: DGCA
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(Photo: AP / MRTV)Thailand to build DNA database to protect elephants
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....Full Story

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'Restaurants serving trunk' raise fears for Thai elephants
| Wildlife officials have told reporters they believe that two dead elephants found with their sex organs and trunks missing had been killed for their meat. Officials have called in the police, but have denied the existence of such restaurants. | Damrong Phidet, the dir...Full Story
Re-Inventing the Classics with Chef Larry Edwards: Thai Tempura Prawns
| When it comes to the classic dishes of the culinary arts, many people are afraid to make them at home. One of the reasons for this is the fact the word "gourmet" is usually associated with them and the word "gourmet" to many is the eqivalent of the word "impossible." ...Full Story
Ryan Gosling and His Drive Director Break From Filming For a Thai Red Carpet
| Ryan Gosling made the most of his time in Thailand with an appearance at the Hua Hin International Film Festival last night. Ryan, director Nicolas Winding Refn, and Nicolas's wife Liv Corfixen were there to support the action film, Drive, which is screening at the ev...Full Story
AP Exclusive: New practice of eating elephant meat in Thailand adds to extinction threat
| 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 were alerted to the p...Full Story
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Growing Taste for Thai Elephant Meat Reaches Crisis Point
Jakarta Globe 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 said they were alerted to the practice after finding t...
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...
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 peo...
Thailand's taste for elephant meat raises extinction risk
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,  pos...
Research and Markets: 4Q.2011 Thailand GPS Navigation And Location Based Services Forecast, 2008 - 2016: Total Spend In The LBS Market In Thailand To Rise To $23.4 Million In 2016
Business Wire | DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/7caa45/4q_2011_thailand_g) has announced the addition of IE Market Research Corp.'s new report "4Q.2011 Thailand GPS Navigation and Location Based Services Fo...
'Elephant sashimi': Thai national symbol now poached for meat
MSNBC | 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 were...
AP Exclusive: New taste for Thai elephant meat
The Boston Globe | 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 were alerted to the...
New taste for Thai elephant meat
PhysOrg | Wildlife officials told The Associated Press that they were alerted to the practice after finding two elephants slaughtered last month in a national park in western Thailand. | "The poachers took away the elephants' sex organs and trunks ... for hu...
New taste in Thai elephant meat risks extinction
Zeenews 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 were alerted to th...
THAI Smile selects new flight attendants
TravelDailyNews THAI Smile, the new low-fare airline from Thai Airways International (THAI), has started the selection process for their first group of female flight attendants at the EDEN Zone in the Central World of Shopping Plaza, Bangkok. | My. Piyasvasti Amrana...
AP Exclusive: New taste for Thai elephant meat
Atlanta Journal | 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. FILE - In this Monday, Oct. 31, 2011 file photo, elephants...
AP Exclusive: New taste for Thai elephant meat
Denver 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 were al...
AP Exclusive: New taste for Thai elephant meat
Austin American Statesman | 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...
New taste for Thai elephant meat risks extinction
Zeenews 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 were alerted to th...
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