Let the clean-up begin

Volunteers carry a bucket full of mud during a clean-up drive after floodwaters receded from Bangkok, Saturday, Nov. 19. Hundreds of city workers, police, army personnel and civilian volunteers have been working to dig out the mud from previously flooded areas in the Big Mango. The situation has improved dramatically in recent days and cleanup has begun in many areas, though some still face weeks more under water. The government said 17 provinces remained flooded Sunday. They also said Sunday that the death toll has reached 602, the majority from drowning. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

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Pattaranan Deeratsamee, member of Thai pop quartet Girly Berry, went to police after leaving her 25,000 baht iPhone 4 in a restroom at Central Festival Pattaya Beach and returned 10 minutes later to find it, unsurprisingly, gone.

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While highways linking Bangkok and Pattaya may be clear of flood water, the steady flow of people fleeing the capital has made traffic so bad, it’s now faster to take the train. Continued

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Some of the bloodiest fighting of World War One took place in the Flanders and Picardy regions of Belgium and Northern France, and the poppy was the only thing which grew in the aftermath of the complete devastation.
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Red Cross proving disaster relief to flood victims 

Parents and children from the International School Chonburi celebrated a traditional Loy Krathong. The children, dressed in a variety of colourful Thai costumes, danced the Ramwong around the bike track. That provided lots of photo opportunities for parents.  Continued

Lots of 200 games and some pretty good overall bowling this week resulted in part to three matches ending in two-two splits.
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In the wake of the current flooding in the central plains of Thailand and in Bangkok, hundreds of thousands of people have had to seek refuge far away from their homes. One of the centres is located at Wat Yansangwararam organized by the Chai Pattana and Kasikorn Foundations.   Continued

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