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Forget the drought, Thailand’s national water fight is on

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FILE - In this April 13, 2014 file photo, a foreign tourist holds a water gun as she takes part in a water fight during traditional Thai New Year celebrations or Songkran festival in Chiang Mai province, northern Thailand. Thailand’s military government is putting a dampener on the annual nationwide water fight. Despite Thailand’s worst drought in 20 years, the junta says it has no intention of limiting the virtually around-the-clock water throwing that defines the three-day Songkran festival. Instead, it has decided to impose morality measures.(AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong, File)

FILE - In this April 13, 2014 file photo, a foreign tourist holds a water gun as she takes part in a water fight during traditional Thai New Year celebrations or Songkran festival in Chiang Mai province, northern Thailand. Thailand’s military government is putting a dampener on the annual nationwide water fight. Despite Thailand’s worst drought in 20 years, the junta says it has no intention of limiting the virtually around-the-clock water throwing that defines the three-day Songkran festival. Instead, it has decided to impose morality measures.(AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong, File)

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