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FILE - In this Monday, May 13, 2013., file photo, Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz poses for the photographer during a press conference in Bangkok, Thailand. Schultz was the seventh highest paid CEO of 2012. Schultz made $28.9 million. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit, File)

Thai ghost film remake appeals with funny twist

In this photo taken Friday, May 10, 2013, Banjong Pisanthanakun, the director of the movie "Pee Mak Phra Khanong," poses with a cutout of a scene from his film during an interview in Bangkok, Thailand. The movie has broken box office records and became an all-time highest-grossing film in th…

Thai ghost film remake appeals with funny twist

In this photo taken Friday, May 10, 2013, Banjong Pisanthanakun, the director of the movie "Pee Mak Phra Khanong," speaks near a cutout of a scene from the film during an interview in Bangkok, Thailand. The movie has broken box office records and became an all-time highest-grossing film in t…

Thai ghost film remake appeals with funny twist

In this photo taken Monday, May 13, 2013, Davika Hoorne, the leading actress in the movie “Pee Mak Phra Khanong,” speaks during an interview in Bangkok, Thailand. The movie, directed by Banjong Pisanthanakun, has broken box office records and became an all-time highest-grossing film in the c…

Thai ghost film remake appeals with funny twist

In this photo taken Thursday, May 9, 2013, Mario Maurer, the leading actor in the movie “Pee Mak Phra Khanong,” speaks during an interview in Bangkok, Thailand. The movie, directed by Banjong Pisanthanakun, has broken box office records and became an all-time highest-grossing film in the cou…

Animal shots of the week

A hornbill stands in the shade at the Dusit Zoo Wednesday, April 10, 2013, in Bangkok, Thailand. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Animal shots of the week

Assisted by its mahout, an elephant blows water from its trunk to a mascot dressed as ghost ahead of the Songkran festival, Thai New Year celebration, at Dusit Zoo in Bangkok, Thailand Wednesday, April 10, 2013. The three-day festival will open for April 13 to 15. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Animal shots of the week

An elephant plays with a block of ice as it is given to beat the heat at Dusit Zoo in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, April 2, 2013. The weather turns warmer in Thailand as the country enters its summer season. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Animal shots of the week

A Dusit Zoo staff member rides on a bicycle with male chimpanzee Ooh-ouu at the zoo in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, March. 1, 2013. Visitors can meet with more than 1,600 animals of various types of domestic and international wildlife at the zoo. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Animal shots of the week

A zebra stands in the shade at the Dusit Zoo Friday, March. 1, 2013, in Bangkok, Thailand. Visitors can meet with more than 1,600 animals of various types of domestic and international wildlife at the zoo. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Thailand Chinese New Year

Ethnic Chinese people pray to celebrate eve of Chinese Lunar New Year at Hea Tek Tunk Chinese Temple in Bangkok, Thailand, Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Thailand Chinese New Year

Ethnic Chinese people light candle to celebrate eve of Chinese Lunar New Year at Hea Tek Tunk Chinese Temple in Bangkok, Thailand, Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Thailand Chinese New Year

Ethnic Chinese people burn joss sticks to celebrate eve of Chinese Lunar New Year at Hea Tek Tunk Chinese Temple in Bangkok, Thailand, Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Thailand Chinese New Year

Ethnic Chinese peoples burn joss sticks to celebrate eve of Chinese Lunar New Year at Hea Tek Tunk Chinese Temple in Bangkok, Thailand, Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Animal shots of the week

Female hippopotamus Mali, or Jasmine, eats fruits and vegetable presented for her 46th birthday celebration, at Dusit Zoo in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, Sept. 21, 2012.(AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Animal shots of the week

Meerkats huddle together as it rains at the Dusit Zoo in Bangkok, Thailand on Monday, Jan. 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Animal shots of the week

A man hands out his dog to another on a truck as they evacuate from a flooded area at Phisi Charoen district in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, Nov. 3, 2011. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Scientists: More weather crises are on their way

Bangkok residents move to higher ground. In a new report, an international group of top climate scientists says global warming will lead to more extreme weather events such as last weekend's unusually early snowstorms and the continuing drought in the southwestern United States.

Fear builds in Bangkok as river rises ... and rises

These sandbags were placed to keep water out of the Wat Trimit temple in Bangkok. Three months of relentless rains have caused the worst flooding in Thailand in nearly 60 years.

Animal shots of the week

Female hippopotamus Mali, or "jasmine" in English, eats fruits presented for her 45th birthday celebration, at Dusit Zoo in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2011.(AP photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Animal shots of the week

Five-month-old male chimpanzee Ooh-ouu samples an apple at Dusit Zoo in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2011.(AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Thailand Cat Show

Gabby, left, and Brio, Persian Golden brothers, stand up in a bag, waiting for health check during the Thailand Cat Show in Bangkok on Saturday, July 16, 2011. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Pictures of the week, July 10-16

Milo, Saint Bernard, takes a rest after walking on a street with his owner Amphon Ananpavrivan in Bangkok, Thailand Tuesday, July 12, 2011.

Around the world

Can you say no to an elephant? The one at right carried a donation box on Monday during a fundraiser in Bangkok, Thailand, for victims of the Japan earthquake and tsunami.

New truce quells Thailand-Cambodia combat

Supporters of the People's Alliance for Democracy rallied in Bangkok, Thailand, on Saturday, demanding that Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and his Cabinet step down. They say he has failed to safeguard the country's sovereignty in the dispute with Cambodia over the Preah Vihear temple.

Thai PM pledges calm, but aide says vote may be needed

Central World in downtown Bangkok, Thailand's biggest shopping mall, was heavily damaged when anti-government protesters set it on fire.

Thai prime minister declares emergency

Riot policemen rest inside the parliament building in Bangkok. Anti-government protesters broke into the building on Wednesday, forcing lawmakers to flee on ladders over a back wall.

Plenty to do in Tucson on first spring weekend

The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds demonstration team headlines at the D-M air show.

Thailand ships off Hmong despite criticism

Hmong refugees peer out from one of the military trucks used in the forced repatriation to Laos. Thailand said the Hmong were economic migrants and mounted a massive deportation effort.

Thailand moves to expel Hmong

A Thai Hmong woman walks by soldiers near the camp where the military was conducting an operation to send thousands of Hmong tribal people back to Laos. Rights groups feared the action could turn violent.