Events in Thailand

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24 February 2006 (Friday)

• PM Thaksin Shinawatra has dissolved the House of Representatives to seek a fresh mandate. New elections are scheduled for April 2. (The Nation)

February 24 is the 55th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Thaksin Shinawatra (Thai: , IPA: [ ; born July 26, 1949), Thai politician, is the current caretaker prime minister of Thailand and the leader of the populist Thai Rak Thai party. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

21 February 2006 (Tuesday)

• King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia of Spain pay a state visit to Thailand from February 21-23 as the guests of King Bhumibol Adulyadej and Queen Sirikit. (TNA)
• Thailand to freeze imports of chicken products from the European Union over the next couple of months to prevent a feared spread of avian flu. (TNA)

February 21 is the 52nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Juan Carlos I (Juan Carlos Alfonso Víctor María de Borbón y Borbón-Dos Sicilias; pron. ... Queen Sofia of Spain Queen Sofía (Sophia Margarita Victoria Frederika), born Princess Sofia of Greece and Denmark is the Queen Consort of King Juan Carlos I of Spain. ... King Bhumibol Adulyadej, officially styled the Great (Thai: ; IPA: ; ) (born December 5, 1927), also known as King Rama IX, has been King of Thailand since June 9, 1946. ... Her Majesty Queen Sirikit of Thailand, with her husband, King Rama IX Her Majesty Mom Rajawongse Sirikit Kitiyakara (born August 12, 1932), better known as Queen Sirikit of Thailand, is the wife and Queen Consort of Bhumibol Adulyadej, King Rama IX of Thailand. ... Trinomial name Gallus gallus domesticus A chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) is a type of domesticated bird which is often raised as a type of poultry. ... Avian flu (also bird flu, avian influenza, bird influenza), means flu from viruses adapted to birds, but is sometimes mistakenly used to refer to both other flu subsets and the viruses that cause them. ...

20 February 2006 (Monday)

• Thailand and Japan are preparing to sign their bilateral free trade area agreement in early April. (TNA)

February 20 is the 51st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A free trade area is a designated group of countries that have agreed to eliminate tariffs, quotas and preferences on most (if not all) goods between them. ...

19 February 2006 (Sunday)

• Thailand's political temperature is rising as retired Maj-Gen. Chamlong Srimuang announces that he would join a mass rally intended to oust the premier on February 26. Chamlong led a mass uprising which eventually toppled the government of Gen. Suchinda Kraprayoon in May 1992. (TNA)

February 19 is the 50th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Chamlong Srimuang (Thai: จำลอง ศรีเมือง, born 5 July 1935) is a controversial Thai activist and former politician. ... February 26 is the 57th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ...

18 February 2006 (Saturday)

• Thailand's northern resort city of Chiang Mai and France's southwestern resort city of Léon sign the agreement to become sister cities. (TNA)

February 18 is the 49th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A street scene in Chiang Mai, showing (centre right), a gate of the old city wall. ... Sign denoting twin towns of Neckarsulm Town twinning or sister cities is a concept whereby towns or cities from geographically and politically distinct areas are paired, with the goal of fostering human contact and cultural links. ...

17 February 2006 (Friday)

• PM Thaksin Shinawatra launches the "Thailand Grand Invitation 2006" Project to welcoming international guests to honourably take part in the "Diamond Jubilee" celebrations of King Bhumibol Adulyadej's accession to the throne. (TNA)
• French President Jacques Chirac and his wife arrive in Bangkok to begin their three-day state visit as the guests of King and Queen of Thailand. (TNA)

February 17 is the 48th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jacques René Chirac (born 29 November 1932 in Paris) is a French politician and the current President of the French Republic. ... The Bangkok Skytrain at sunset on Thanon Narathiwat Ratcha Nakharin with Empire Tower at the back. ...

12 February 2006 (Sunday)

• ABAC poll indicates that the majority of Bangkokians are unhappy with the incumbent senators' performance, and the political interference is believed to cast shadow over the upcoming election that will take place in mid-April. (TNA)

February 12 is the 43rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A senate is a deliberative body, often the upper house or chamber of a legislature. ...

7 February 2006 (Tuesday)

• South Thailand insurgency : A teacher was shot dead in Yala province while over 130 schools there remain closed due to teachers's fear. (TNA)

February 7 is the 38th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Flag of Pattani Raya, a symbol of Pattani separatism The South Thailand insurgency is a separatist campaign centered in the Pattani region, three southern provinces of Thailand, with violence increasingly spilling over into neighbouring provinces and threatening to extend up to the national capital in Bangkok. ... Yala (Thai ยะลา) is the southernmost province (changwat) of Thailand. ... Students in Rome, Italy. ...

6 February 2006 (Monday)

• According to Suan Dusit Poll, most Bangkok residents agree with Saturday’s mass rally of people demanding PM Thaksin Shinawatra's resignation. (TNA)

February 6 is the 37th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Bangkok Skytrain at sunset on Thanon Narathiwat Ratcha Nakharin with Empire Tower at the back. ...

4 February 2006 (Saturday)

• Sondhi Limthongkul leads tens of thousands demonstrators to stage a peaceful anti-government rally at the Royal Plaza demanding an end to Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's five-year in power. (TNA)

February 4 is the 35th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Sondhi Limthongkul (Thai: สนธิ ลิ้มทองกุล) (Chinese: 林明達 Lin Ming Da) is a controversial Thai journalist and the owner of the Phujatkarn Daily (ผู้จัดการรายวัน), a local Thai newspaper. ... A demonstration is the public display of the common opinion of a activist group, often economically, political, or socially, by gathering in a crowd, usually at a symbolic place or date, associated with that opinion. ... The Royal Plaza is a 394-room resort on the property of Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. ... Thaksin Shinawatra (Thai: , IPA: [ ; born July 26, 1949), Thai politician, is the current caretaker prime minister of Thailand and the leader of the populist Thai Rak Thai party. ...

3 February 2006 (Friday)

• A national committee on alcohol-consumption control agrees to ban alcohol-advertising 24 hours a day on Thai television and radio with exceptions for international professional sports events. (TNA)

February 3 is the 34th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... In chemistry, an alcohol is any organic compound in which a hydroxyl group (-OH) is bound to a carbon atom of an alkyl or substituted alkyl group. ...

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Thailand

• National News Bureau [1]
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• Bangkok Post [3]
• The Nation [4]
• Business Day [5]