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    Remembering The Renaissance

    Life, Published on 04/11/2013

    » Thailand and Sri Lanka, Siam and Ceylon, Ayutthaya and Kandy. The ties between these two sister nations go back 260 years. Last week Museum Siam, the National Discovery Museum Institute, in collaboration with the Foreign Ministry, opened the exhibition "Origin Of Siam-Lanka Wongse: Upali's Pilgrimage, 260 Years Of Siamese Heritage In Sri Lanka", which honours the religious mission by Phra Upali Maha Thera.

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    Stallone chooses 'naturally humble' actor for Rocky

    Life, Published on 04/11/2013

    » Picking the guy who will play Rocky Balboa onstage was no easy task. Just ask Sylvester Stallone, who helped cast Broadway veteran Andy Karl.

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    New york artist exhibits at city library

    Life, Published on 04/11/2013

    » Brooklyn artist Sandra McLean will showcase her first collection of multimedia works in Bangkok at the Neilson Hays Library, from tomorrow onwards.

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    A font of information on its way

    Life, Published on 04/11/2013

    » Cadson Demak and Goethe-Institut Thailand invite typographers to the "Bangkok International Typographic Symposium 2013" where they will learn about current issues in design and typography from Nov 21-23.

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    International artists and BSO join to play for HM the King

    Life, Published on 04/11/2013

    » Three romantic-period orchestral favourites are programmed for Bangkok Symphony Orchestra Foundation's annual tribute for HM the King's birthday, and this year the performance will take place on Dec 12 at the Thailand Cultural Centre.

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    Speaking out against violence

    Life, Published on 04/11/2013

    » In 1981, women's rights activists marked Nov 25 as a day to combat and raise awareness of violence against women around the world, and the issue has attracted widespread attention and increased participation over the years.

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    Food for thought

    Life, Bernard Trink, Published on 04/11/2013

    » So certain was President Obama of the success of the mission that he invited guests to watch a team of US Navy SEALs on live TV fly into Pakistan, where the arch-terrorist Osama bin Laden was hiding, to take him down. There was shooting, bin Laden's death announced, the corpse placed into a body bag and tossed into the helicopter in which the team left the scene.

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    Intimate view of an extraordinary life

    Life, Chris Baker, Published on 04/11/2013

    » The life of ML Boonlua Debyasuvarn slices diagonally across the social history of 20th-century Thailand. She was born in 1911, the 32nd child of a senior noble from a core royal lineage (Kunchon). Her father was keeper of the royal elephants and manager of the royal drama troupe. While the Fifth Reign court ardently pursued modernisation, he remained totally traditional, innocent of English, scarcely literate in Thai, devoted to traditional arts, and polygamous. His drama troupe doubled as a personal harem.

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