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Thai Town Launches Plan To Lock Up Marauding Monkeys And Send Them Away
Lopburi is being run ragged by more than 2,500 wild monkeys so officials are trying to trap the simian raiders using trickery and ripe tropical fruit.
By JERRY HARMER, AP

Thousands Of Monkeys Celebrate Feast Day In Central Thailand -- And It's Bananas
Lopburi province annually holds the festival as a way to show gratitude to the monkeys for bringing in tourism.
By Tian Macleod Ji, AP