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Mister Donut Pops from Thailand! Looks delicious!

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“Scotch Forever Young And Singha Taste Of Music Present Christina Aguilera Back To Basics Tour Live In Bangkok 2007”. The concert will feature a unique stage design that will allow Christina’s fans unprecedented access to the stage with unbelievable sight lines. The tour will feature three distinct stage scenes, illuminated by more than 600 moving lights, and a state-of-the-art hydraulic system.

Christina Aguilera is the multi talents artist who is perfectly capable with both singing and dancing, and that has put her to a superstar and become an idol for million fans around the world. Besides her all time hits ; Reflection (OST. Mulan), Lady Marmalade (OST. Moulin Rouge), Beautiful, Genie in a Bottle, I Turn to You, there are also the hit singles from her new album, Back to Basics ; Ain’t no Other Man, Hurt and Candyman.

The concert will be held on Thursday, June 28, 2007, 8pm at Impact Arena, Muang Thongtani.

Tickets are priced from 1,000 Baht to 7,500 Baht and can be purchased from Thaiticketmaster.com

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Good morning. Bad news ahead.

• Anna Nicole Smith dies. She collapses while staying at a hotel.
• New York could ban use of phone and iPod while crossing the street. You could face a $100 fine if get caught.
• Thailand to reopen Don Muang airport in Bangkok. Many loopholes discovered in the new airport.

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Good day! I love mysteries. I hate ‘em when they’re solved.

• Midair collision might be the cause of Brazil crash, says the official.
• Coup chiefs pick army man for PM.
• Seven-metre fingernails? Eww.

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Thailand’s military junta has reportedly chosen a former army commander as the country’s interim prime minister. 63-year-old Surayud Chulanont, a highly regarded retired general, is the man who has been appointed, according to the state broadcaster. But military sources say no announcement will be made until the new constitution has been adopted which is expected to be this weekend. The military ousted elected prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra ten days ago in a bloodless coup while he was attending the UN General Assembly in New York. He is now in London and has not indicated whether or not he may try to return to Thailand. Meanwhile, the United States has imposed sanctions on Thailand and called for a swift end to martial law.

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By Alisa Tang, Associated Press Writer

BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) – Thousands of departing and arriving passengers christened Bangkok’s new international airport as it officially opened Thursday with all commercial airlines transferring operations to the sleek new hub.

Flights stopped landing at the old, overcrowded Don Muang airport on Wednesday night. The full transfer of passenger flights from Don Muang to the airy, expansive Suvarnabhumi Airport was completed at 3 a.m. Thursday, more than four decades after the project was originally conceived in 1960.

Built on an area known as “Cobra Swamp,” Suvarnabhumi was crippled by everything from corruption scandals and a deadly fire to the military coup that ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra on Sept. 19.

Thaksin, who turned up the pressure to complete the airport – built in four and a half years, all during Thaksin’s reign – heralded Suvarnabhumi as one of his administration’s crowning achievements.

Surprisingly, the military takeover did not delay or significantly impact the airport’s opening.

The military assigned 800 troops to the airport for 90 days to support the transfer and help with troubleshooting. Several army canine units were deployed at the passenger terminal to inspect suspicious packages.

Suvarnabhumi – a name conferred by the Thai king pronounced “sue-wanna-poom,” which means “Golden Land” – is about 20 miles east of Bangkok in a 6 million-square-foot, H-shaped building.

The new airport is capable of handling 76 flights per hour and 45 million passengers per year.

Suvarnabhumi is constructed of steel, concrete and lots of glass that lets in natural light while keeping out the tropical heat. The oval-shaped concourse corridors are roofed by glass and white fabric panels.

A 17-mile rail link under construction will connect the airport with mass transit trains in central Bangkok and is scheduled for completion in November 2007.

(Via News & Observer)

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If you’re traveling to Thailand any sooner, you don’t have to worry. Read the news below and find out why.

• Thai capital, tourists unfazed by coup. Some don’t even know what’s happening despite the buzz on TV, newspaper and the Internet. Afterall, if you’re going vacation somewhere, you don’t turn on the TV or surf the Internet, right?
• Thais cheery over military coup.
• Q&A: Thailand’s coup impact.
• Why Nicolas Cage didn’t get Superman role? – because he’s a super coward.

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Good evening. Thai Baht goes up despite the coup.

• Photographer tries to runover Cameron Diaz.
• While everyone’s trying to kill everyone else, some nice people like George Lucas donates record $175 million to USC and
  Jolie and Pitt give $1 million gifts to 2 humanitarian groups.
• As Thaksin says he’ll take ‘deserved rest’, so will I.

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BANGKOK, Thailand – The army commander who seized Thailand’s government in a quick, bloodless coup pledged Wednesday to hold elections by October 2007, and received a ringing endorsement from the country’s revered king.

Gen. Sondhi Boonyaratkalin also hinted that ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra may face prosecution.

Sondhi said he would act as prime minister for two weeks until a new leader is chosen by the Council of Administrative Reform, that an interim constitution would be drafted within that time, and that Thailand’s foreign policy and international agreements would remain unchanged.

The United States expressed disapproval of the coup, calling for a swift restoration of democracy.

“We’re disappointed in the coup,” White House press secretary Tony Snow told reporters on Air Force One as Bush returned to Washington from New York after meetings with world leaders and an address to the U.N. General Assembly.

“We hope those who mounted it make good and make good swiftly on their (promise) to restore democracy,” Snow said.

Australia called the coup a “great disappointment,” while Japan urged the quick restoration of democracy. The European Union condemned the military takeover, while Washington expressed concern about it. The United States, Britain and other nations also warned their citizens in Thailand to exercise caution.

King Bhumibol Adulyadej appointed Sondhi as head of the council “in order to create peace in the country,” according to an announcement on state-run television.

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(Via Yahoo! News)

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Great news! Thai’s currency, Baht has dropped slightly. Jay-Z’s concert ticket is now only MYR 292.75 compared to MYR 296 a couple of days ago. If it keeps on like this, the 3,000 Baht ticket would go down further and it would make me a happy man.

• Thai coup leader says he’ll be acting PM.
• Meanwhile, the real Thai Prime Minister, Thaksin is flying to London.
• Saddam Hussein lawyers walk out of trial.
• Eminem divorce proceedings continue. Well, nowadays, marriage is almost like the restaurants in Bangsar. They dissolve faster than you can pronounce the word ‘yum seng‘.

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