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Breaking News Tue, 14 Feb 2012
A Thai Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) official examines a backpack that was left on the bomb site by a suspected bomber in Bangkok, Thailand Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012. Thai police say two explosions have occurred in a Bangkok neighborhood. But it was not immediately clear what caused the blasts or wether there were an fatalities. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)
(photo: AP / Apichart Weerawong)
Police: Iranian blows off legs in Bangkok blast
STL Today
| An Iranian man carrying explosives blew off his own legs and wounded four other people in two blasts Tuesday in Bangkok, Thai authorities said. A third blast occurred in a nearby house. | Security forces found more explosives in the assailant's rented house in the capital, but it was not known wha...
A Thai Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) official examines the bomb site in Bangkok, Thailand Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012. Two explosions boomed through a busy neighborhood in the Thai capital Tuesday, police said, but it was not immediately clear what caused the blasts or whether there were any fatalities. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)
(photo: AP / Apichart Weerawong)
Iranian bomber maimed in blasts in Thai capital
The Star
| BANGKOK (Reuters) - An Iranian man was seriously wounded in Bangkok on Tuesday when a bomb he was carrying exploded and blew one of his legs off, police and government officials said, but they declined to speculate on whether he was involved with any militant group. | Shortly before, there had bee...
Thai disaster costs Lloyd's $2.2bn
The Independent
| Flooding in the country left more than 800 people dead. Factories producing goods for consumers worldwide were also deluged, including a Honda plant where thousands of cars were left under water. The whole insurance industry is facing claims totall...
Bomber maimed in Bangkok blast
Independent online
Bangkok - An Iranian man was seriously wounded in Bangkok on Tuesday when a bomb he was carrying exploded and blew one of his legs off in an incident Israel said was an attempted terrorist attack by Iran. | Shortly beforehand, there had been an explo...
Iranian hurt in attempted terror attack in Bangkok
Ha'aretz
| An Iranian man was seriously wounded in Bangkok yesterday when a bomb he was carrying exploded and he lost both his legs. The incident was an attempted Iranian terrorist attack, Israel says. | A short time before, there was an explosion in a house ...
Mahout with a young elephant at Elephant Nature Park, Thailand
Creative Commons / AlexanderKlink
'Restaurants serving trunk' raise fears for Thai elephants
The Independent
| 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 i...
 Bangkok,Thailand - Elephant - Elephants - Animal - Wildlife. (ps1)
WN / patricia
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 spe...
The President, Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil the Chief Guest of Republic Day the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Thailand, Ms. Yingluck Shinawatra and the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh at the 63rd Republic day celebrations, in New Delhi on January 26, 2012.
PIB of India
LEAD: Thai premier chief guest at India's Republic Day celebrations
m&c
| New Delhi - India celebrated its 63rd Republic Day Thursday with a military parade and cultural performances in the capital, attended by Thai Premier Yingluck Shinawatra as the g...
Iranian suspect held as blasts rattle Bangkok
Jakarta Globe
A suspected Iranian bomber had his legs blown off as he hurled a grenade at Thai police Tuesday, officials said, with Israel accusing Tehran of being behind the third attack in world capitals this week. | The explosion in central Bangkok came a day a...
Bangkok blasts tied to Iran
The Daily Telegraph Australia
| AN IRANIAN man carrying grenades blew off his own legs and wounded four civilians in Bangkok yesterday after an earlier blast shook his rented house. | Israel accused Iran of being behind the violence which came a day after an Israeli diplomatic ca...
Iranian men behind bomb blasts that injured five in Bangkok, police say
The Daily Telegraph Australia
| IRANIAN men are believed to be behind three bomb blasts that injured at least five people, including the suspected bomber, in Bangkok today, The Nation reported. | The first explosion took place at a house rented by three Iranian men in the Klongto...



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