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  Light up the night

  24 May 2013 : The stupa displaying holy relics of Lord Buddha, where worshippers can gather during today's Visakha Bucha Day celebrations, lights up Sanam Luang at night. One of the most important days in Buddhism, Visakha Bucha marks the birth, enlightenment and passing of Lord Buddha. With the permission of His Majesty the King, every year Sanam Luang hosts the celebration, with Buddhists from all over the country travelling to the capital for the special opportunity to worship the holy relics.

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  Thai stars shine at Cannes

  24 May 2013 : While Ryan Gosling might have been missing in action at Cannes, Thai celebrities were out in force.

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  It's A small World

  05 Apr 2013 : Sometime around 2pm, Baramee Punyabukkana was called from his editorial desk to the scene of a fire. Equipped with the latest-model digital cameras (the office's property, of course), he and his fellow journalists ran to the location amid the sound of sirens. The town's only hotel was on fire and seven firefighters were strenuously manoeuvring the water hose trying to extinguish the flames.

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  Beat the heat

  05 Apr 2013 : We here at Guru like to make fun of the extreme ways people shield themselves from the midday sun. C'mon guys, holding a bag over your head just looks silly! However, now that we're in April, it feels like there's an invisible razor with rusty blades scraping our skin every time we go outside.

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  Follow your star

  05 Apr 2013 : Dear Capricorn, an assignment you put your heart and soul into is completed with great success. Career advancement or business expansion is possible. You may receive fortune from a lady you respect. Your boo agrees with you more.

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  About to make a splash

  04 Apr 2013 : Cooling off in the strangling heat, the boys in Nimitmai, Pathum Thani province, leap with abandon into a canal and in the process, their mid-air poses evoke a kind of postcard picture of yore when Thai kids lived and played in and around the water. As the temperature keeps climbing and Songkran nears, the boys seem to have no problem dealing with our increasingly suffocating April heat.

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  Paradise Park goes sacred for Songkran

  03 Apr 2013 : To promote the Thai New Year, Paradise Park invites the public to make merit and enjoy Thai traditions during "Paradise Park the Great Songkran" fair from April 11 to 16.

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  Wot's going on 'ere, then?

  03 Apr 2013 : Larger-than-life caricatures of police officers enliven a procession along Khao San Road on Monday to publicise a "Safety for All Tourists" campaign, launched in the lead-up to Songkran. The festival to mark the traditional Thai new year, which officially kicks off in 10 days, is typically celebrated with great abandon on this and neighbouring streets in the Bang Lamphu backpacker area.

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  Quick and efficient anti-ageing

  02 Apr 2013 : The field of anti-ageing has a breakthrough treatment with no downtime. The new technology, elos Plus, allows doctors to treat all three layers of the skin in about 40 minutes _ a perfect remedy to look fresh for the Songkran holiday season's Instragram moments.

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  A word to the wise

  02 Apr 2013 : To every parent, a child is a gift from above, but sometimes that precious bundle comes with a quality that is not fully understood _ giftedness. The word is interpreted differently for each individual, and that's only fair, as each gifted child is an individual and should not be generalised as nerds, geeks, weird or even as a genius.

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  Knight moves aplenty as chess champs square off in pattaya

  01 Apr 2013 : More than 300 chess enthusiasts from 40 countries are preparing to descend on Pattaya to do battle in the ballroom of the Dusit Thani Hotel during the forthcoming Thailand Open Chess Championships.

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  Songkran extravaganza with M2F

  01 Apr 2013 : M2F, Post Publishing's free daily newspaper, is holding "M2F Presents Bangkok Songkran Festival 2013".

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