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This only affects those who go out/in every 15 or 30 days (depending on their nationality).
If you have a valid tourist visa, retirement visa, non-o, non-b etc etc then you are fine.
It's basically Immigration trying to stamp out those who abuse the visa-exempt system.
If you are legit, you have nothing to worry about!
Edit to add - doing out/in border hops on visa exempt every month has always been against the rules. It seems that just now, Immigration are being forced to apply the rules.
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Bangkok bomb: Two Malaysians and a Pakistani arrestedMalaysian police have arrested two Malaysians and one Pakistani in connection with last month's deadly bombing at a shrine in Bangkok.Police chief Khalid Abu Bakar said they were detained a few days ago and were assisting with the investigation.Thailand has launched a manhunt for those responsible for the bombing which killed 20 people and injured 120.Thai police have arrested two people and are searching for a third man, said to be from China's Xinjiang region.Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-34242205
-- BBC 2015-09-14
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'Stolen' diamond surgically removed in BangkokA Chinese woman suspected of stealing a $300,000 (£195,000) diamond in the Thai capital, Bangkok, has had the jewel surgically removed from her intestines.She is thought to have swallowed it in order to smuggle it out of the country.The woman is believed to have stolen the six-carat diamond from a jewellery fair on Thursday by swapping it for a fake gemstone.However, she was caught on security cameras at the fair and later arrested at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport.A man travelling with her was also arrested.Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-34239036
-- BBC 2015-09-14
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Myanmar, Mandalay and the LadyAfter decades of military dictatorship, punitive Western sanctions, then the ravages of Hurricane Nargis, Mandalay, Myanmar's second city and emerging commercial hub, is undergoing rapid change, as the BBC's Leo Johnson discovered on a recent visit.I'm expecting a scene of grinding poverty but what greets me on day one is the new Mercedes showroom, Mingalar Mandalay new city complete with private villas on sale for $2.5m (£1.6m) each and Unique Night Club, the clubbers beside me necking Johnny Walker Blue from the bottle.Mandalay's economy never failed under sanctions. On the banks of the Irawaddy River, half way between India and China, it was ideally situated to keep on trading directly with some 40% of the world's population, but now there is a beginnings-of-a-boom-time feel.On 8 November, Myanmar, also known as Burma, holds its first open and contested general elections in more than 25 years, with Nobel Prize-winner Aung San Suu Kyi standing for office as head of the opposition National League for Democracy (NLD).So is the nation headed, after decades of military dictatorship, towards social economic and political freedom? Is this game over for the generals?Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-34223805
-- BBC 2015-09-13
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Thailand seeks arrest of Uighur man in Bangkok bombingBANGKOK (AP) — Thai authorities on Saturday issued an arrest warrant for a 12th suspect in connection with last month's bombing at a Bangkok landmark that killed 20 people, identifying him as a 27-year-old ethnic Uighur from China.Police identified the suspect from the name that is in his passport, Abudusataer Abudureheman , but said he also uses the name "Ishan."Although Saturday's police handout on the suspect identified him as Uighur, police later asked the media not to use the term. It is the first time a suspect has officially been identified that way.Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha has suggested those behind the Aug. 17 bombing may have been from a gang involved in smuggling Uighurs (pronounced WEE-gurs) from the Chinese region of Xinjiang, while others speculate they may be separatists or Islamist extremists angry that Thailand repatriated more than 100 Uighurs to China in July.Uighurs complain of oppression by the Chinese government, and some advocate turning Xinjiang into a separate Uighur state.Police spokesman Lt. Gen. Prawut Thavornsiri said the charge against the latest suspect is illegal possession of military hardware, based upon finding that he was present in an apartment where such materials were discovered in a police raid.Police and other Thai authorities have acknowledged that most of the suspects are believed to be foreigners — from China and Turkey, which hosts a large number of Uighurs — but have so far declined to identify the bombing as an act of international terrorism, out of apparent fear that it will hurt the country's huge tourism industry.Thai officials said Friday that they think Ishan may have fled to China, and have asked the authorities there to trace him. But officials from Bangladesh said that while he went there shortly before the blast, he then left Bangladesh on Aug. 30 and was supposed to transit in Delhi on his way to China but never got to his final destination.Two suspects have been arrested in connection with the bombing at the popular Erawan Shrine, one with a fake Turkish passport and the other with a Chinese passport that, as in Ishan's case, describes him as coming from Xinjiang with a name that would typically belong to a Uighur.Thai officials say that two suspects, including the man they believe may have actually planted the bomb, may have fled across Thailand's southern border to Malaysia.
-- (c) Associated Press 2015-09-13
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'Rebel' female Buddhist monks challenge Thailand status quoDENIS D. GRAY, Associated PressNAKHON PATHOM, Thailand (AP) — On a rural road just after daybreak, villagers young and old kneel reverently before a single file of ochre-robed women, filling their bowls with rice, curries, fruits and sweets. In this country, it's a rare sight.
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China names and shames 4 tourists over Thai airport incidentBEIJING (AP) — Chinese authorities have named and shamed four travelers over an incident at Bangkok's airport in which they vented their frustration by belting out the Chinese national anthem.
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China names and shames 4 tourists over Thai airport incident
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese authorities have named and shamed four travelers over an incident at Bangkok's airport in which they vented their frustration by belting out the Chinese national anthem.
The four were part of a group of Chinese tourists whose flight home had been delayed by eight hours until 3:00 a.m.
When the plane arrived, they refused to board until their compensation demands were met, then broke into the national anthem amid hooting, shouts and general chaos in the departure lounge.
A 57-second clip of the incident recorded on a mobile phone circulated widely on the Internet in China, prompting an investigation by the China National Tourism Administration, which said Saturday it had added their names to its list of those accused of "uncivilized behavior."
The four "incited other travelers to disrespect public order in the airport, spoke and acted hysterically, seriously harmed the image of Chinese travelers abroad," the administration said in a statement. Their names will remain on the list for between two and three years.
While inclusion doesn't ban them from flying, the list can be checked by airlines and travel agencies, who then have the option of refusing them service. The list is public and can also be viewed by police, customs and border security agents, banks and others issuing credit.
Numerous incidents of bad behavior by Chinese tourists abroad, from fighting with air crews to defacing cultural artifacts, have drawn widespread derision in China. That prompted the administration last year to create the list, which now contains 11 names.
Others named and shamed have included a couple who poured instant noodles soaked in hot water onto flight attendant and made insults and threats in a dispute over seating. Another opened emergency doors on a domestic flight during a delay and still another had climbed onto statues of revolutionary heroes to have his photo taken.
Rising incomes and cheap flights have permitted record numbers of Chinese to travel domestically and abroad, touring scenic and cultural spots around the world. Among other complaints are line-cutting, smoking in public, littering and fouling public toilets.
-- (c) Associated Press 2015-09-13Video: Chinese tourists sing national anthem at Don Mueang
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'Rebel' female Buddhist monks challenge Thailand status quoDENIS D. GRAY, Associated PressNAKHON PATHOM, Thailand (AP) — On a rural road just after daybreak, villagers young and old kneel reverently before a single file of ochre-robed women, filling their bowls with rice, curries, fruits and sweets. In this country, it's a rare sight.Thailand's top Buddhist authority bars women from becoming monks. They can only become white-cloaked nuns, who are routinely treated as domestic servants. Many here believe women are inferior beings who had better perform plenty of good deeds to ensure they will be reborn as men in their future lives.Yet with the religion beset by lurid scandals, female monastics or "bhikkhunis" are emerging as a force for reform, not unlike activists in the Christian world seeking gender equality including ordination of women as priests in the Catholic Church. They are growing in numbers and appear to be making headway.Thailand has some 100 bhikkhunis who were ordained in Sri Lanka, where women are allowed to become monks. They and their monasteries are not legally recognized in Thailand, and don't enjoy state funding and other support the country's 200,000 male monks are granted.Living spartan lives, the women are governed by 311 precepts from celibacy and poverty to archaic ones like having to confess after eating garlic. Their ranks and those of hundreds of aspirants — there are five stages before ordination — include a former Google executive, a Harvard graduate, journalists and doctors, as well as village noodle vendors."It is our right, our heritage, to lead a fully monastic life. We are on the right side of history," says Chatsumarn Kabilsingh, an author, former university professor and the first bhikkhuni in Thailand from the Theravada branch of Buddhism, which is dominant in Southeast Asia and Sri Lanka. Using her religious name of Venerable Dhammananda, she contends that the Buddha 2,500 years ago built the religion as a four-legged stool — monks, nuns, laymen and laywomen — but "we are now sitting on just three legs."The male-dominated religion has been blighted in recent years by crimes and gross violations of vows, just as widespread sex abuse and Vatican financial scandals have damaged the Roman Catholic Church.Monks in Thailand have been convicted of everything from murder to wildlife trafficking. Sexual depravity is frequently reported. One former abbot, fugitive Wirapol Sukphol, faces charges of drug use, money laundering, fathering a child by an underage woman and illegally amassing millions of dollars. A photograph shows him seated in a private jet wearing aviator sunglasses.The Supreme Sangha Council, the religion's ruling body, is under fire over the mishandling of corruption allegations against prominent abbots, including one of its own members. The allegations include embezzling funds intended for the cremation of an abbot's predecessor and the investment of $1.2 million from donations into the stock market.With Buddhism so intimately tied to Thai identity — more than 90 percent adhere to the faith — these misdeeds and what is termed "checkbook Buddhism" have spurred calls in Parliament for curbing the almost total authority the council wields over the clergy and the corruption-stoking $4 billion in annual donations to monasteries. A proposed Patronage and Protection of the Clergy Bill would impose stiff penalties for those who break the religion's cardinal rules and set up a panel to monitor donations. Corruption within Buddhism may also be dealt with in Thailand's next constitution, now being drafted.The role of women in Buddhism has also aroused national-level debate.The Sangha council has urged the government to ban Sri Lankan clergy from coming into the country following what Dhammananda calls a "rebel ordination" in Thailand of eight bhikkhunis last November by Sri Lankans. That drew broad criticism of the council itself."The clergy can no longer insist on operating in a closed, feudal system that violates universal norms and values," said an editorial in the English-language Bangkok Post. Instead of trying to crush women's aspirations, it said the "clergy should concentrate on cleaning up its own house to restore declining public faith."No scandal has emerged among Thailand's female clergy. Dhammananda said she has seen no misbehavior in her monastery beyond a few nuns who had used their mobile telephones to excess."I think that many nuns see themselves as exemplary. They are, and they're carving a new role for themselves that didn't exist," said Juliane Schober, an expert on Southeast Asian Buddhism at Arizona State University. "That that puts pressure on the Sangha doesn't surprise me."Women clergy interviewed at three monasteries said it was essential to maintain a high moral ground so as not to give opponents an excuse to stop their movement. Some cast them as Western-educated feminists out to undermine traditional Buddhism."They can be a force for change in Buddhism," said Phramaha Boonchuay Doojai, a leading activist monk at Chiang Mai Buddhist College."If everything is in the hands of men, it is as if Buddhism was just the way of a father, not mother. But you need both," he said. "Mothers have some unique feelings that men do not share. They may have more loving kindness."Proponents of ordination like Boonchuay say bhikkhunis originated with Buddha himself; the first was an aunt who raised him. Opponents argue that the lineage of the Theravada bhikkhuni order, under which women could be ordained, died out long ago and cannot be restored. The Mahayana branch of Buddhism practiced in East Asia has historically ordained women."We simply follow the rules. The ordination of female monks was allowed in the Lord Buddha's time. But as time passed, the lineage of bhikkhuni disappeared," Phra Tepvisutthikawee of the Buddhism Protection Center has said.Despite conservative opposition, bhikkhunis are gaining ground with the general public in Thailand."It is a movement now. When I was struggling by myself it was just this crazy woman who wanted to be a monk," says Dhammananda, who was ordained in 2003. "Now people don't feel strange when they see a female monk in the streets. We don't have problems with people, with society."Aside from spiritual pursuits, the 15 monastics at her Songdhammakalyani Monastery visit prisoners, aid the poor and infirm and maintain other links with the surrounding community near Nakhon Pathom in central Thailand. Regularly they make alms rounds, a timeless tradition of food offerings by the faithful who are then blessed by the monks.To the north, in the shadows of the country's highest mountain, hundreds of civil servants, businessmen, villagers and others regularly flock to an idyllic monastery to hear talks by Venerable Nandanyani, a bhikkhuni and onetime mathematician. Families attend a weekend religion "camp" on the monastery grounds. A bhikkhuni leads a group of men and women in the slow motions of walking meditation.Seated below a statue of the Buddha, the abbess energetically explains why ordination of women is vital, punctuating her words with thumbs-up gestures. It enables individuals to probe Buddhism's depths and live the full monastic life, she says, and also allows intimate communication between female clergy and laywomen unhindered by the barriers of sex and traditional propriety between women and monks."We must wait," she says. "Slowly but surely it will come."
-- (c) Associated Press 2015-09-12
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US: Religious intolerance threat to Myanmar unityMATTHEW PENNINGTON, Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — Rising religious intolerance threatens the unity of Myanmar, a senior U.S. official said Friday, as the former pariah state prepares for landmark Nov. 8 elections.Read more: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/855369-us-religious-intolerance-threat-to-myanmar-unity/
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US: Religious intolerance threat to Myanmar unity
MATTHEW PENNINGTON, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Rising religious intolerance threatens the unity of Myanmar, a senior U.S. official said Friday, as the former pariah state prepares for landmark Nov. 8 elections.
The top U.S. diplomat for East Asia, Daniel Russel, criticized the election commission's disqualification of dozens of parliamentary candidates, mostly minority Muslims, and the disenfranchisement of hundreds of thousands of stateless Rohingya, who were allowed to vote in previous elections.
Russel said the current government needs to "push back against the infusion of religious intolerance in the political scene."
Myanmar is predominantly Buddhist and has seen an upswing in religious nationalism. Sectarian attacks and discrimination against Muslims have marred the nation's shift from decades of direct military rule — a democratic transition that has gotten strong diplomatic support from Washington.
Russel, who visited the Southeast Asian nation last week to discuss the election preparations, spoke of a "worrisome trend toward allowing the voices of religious extremism to speak unchallenged, to use hate speech."
He noted that the government of President Thein Sein has striven to forge peace with ethnic armed groups — a nationwide cease-fire may be signed by next month — and it would be ironic if the country also known as Burma now became divided along religious lines.
"The election process, like the peace process, is part of Burmese people's quest to create a national identity whether it's under the label of Burma or Myanmar. They can't do that if the religious minorities are vilified and excluded," he told reporters after addressing the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace think tank.
But despite the problems, Russel said the elections can be a significant step forward in Myanmar's transition.
Russel said non-government groups in Myanmar say the election preparations have been transparent and the vote will be "genuinely contested."
The pro-military ruling party faces a stiff challenge at the polls from party of opposition leader and former political prisoner Aung San Suu Kyi, who is widely respected in Washington. In all, more than 90 political parties are contesting for parliamentary seats.
Russel said he told Myanmar officials that it was essential that all parties, including the military, abide by the election results and the formation of new government in early 2016.
In 1990, the military refused to cede power after Suu Kyi's party won by a landslide.
Russel said the United States has a "huge interest" in the success of Myanmar and vowed continued U.S. support as the nation continues political and economic reforms.
The Obama administration in 2012 normalized diplomatic relations and eased sanctions, but initial optimism has dampened as reforms have slowed.
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Myanmar's political rookies polish their message in pre-election trainingBy Thin Lei WinA man display hats depicting logos for various political parties in his workshop ahead of the upcoming Nov. 8 general election, in Yangon September 8, 2015. REUTERS/Soe Zeya TunYANGON (Myanmar Now) – In a packed, windowless room, 40 or so candidates preparing to run in Myanmar’s general election listen in rapt attention as the trainer clicks to the next slide – a picture of a red compact car.“Your message should be forward-looking, in the same way that the main purpose of the wheels of a car is to move forward,” says the slight, bespectacled woman advising the political hopefuls.“When the voters hear you speak, they will think, ‘this is the candidate who is going to improve my life’.”Most of the overwhelmingly male, middle-aged audience are members of the Federal Union Party (FUP) and first-time candidates who have never attended such a training.They take notes in old-fashioned exercise books, pages yellow with age, as the trainer explains the intricacies of planning and executing an election campaign, from conducting research to connecting with voters.Candidates started campaigning this week for the historic Nov. 8 election, the first in decades to be contested by all Myanmar’s main opposition parties, giving a platform to democratic activists who had been shut out of public life under military rule that ended in 2011.Tin Mar Mar Lwin, a 49-year-old retired primary school teacher from Kyaik Hto township in Mon State, is one of 10 female candidates the FUP is fielding and one of a handful of women who attended the three-day crash course.She has always been active in her community but never thought of entering politics, she said. Then two months ago, the FUP, formed in mid-2013 by former members of 16 ethnic political parties, turned up in her town.“They asked whether I want to see improvements in my town. They also said the party aims to benefit all ethnic groups in Myanmar, so I decided to join. I was never a member of any political party before,” she added.Now the political novice is running against seven other candidates in her bid for a seat in the Upper House, including those from the ruling Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) and Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD). She grabbed the opportunity to join the training.During a session on messaging, she volunteered to speak, telling the trainer that the three most pressing issues facing her constituents were drugs, healthcare, and unemployment. She wrote furiously in her notebook as the trainer told her how she could hone her message by using detail and examples.“When I go back, I’m going to talk about these things,” she said.TRAINING FOR EVERYONEConcerned that Myanmar has little experience in holding free elections - a legacy of half a century of military rule - numerous local and international organisations have delivered dozens of election-related training sessions to thousands of candidates, journalists and voters over the past two years, most of them paid for by western governments and donors.The course for the FUP candidates, held just days before the campaign season began, was no different.The local organisation that provided the training requested not to be identified, saying it prefers to keep a low profile. However, it told Myanmar Now it has organised around 10 election campaign trainings this year. Each course was attended on average by 70 trainees and funded by international donors.The U.S.-based International Republican Institute (IRI) runs possibly the largest training programme for political parties in Myanmar, having trained 83 out of 91 registered political parties with funding from the U.S. Embassy, Canadian Embassy and the National Endowment for Democracy.Since mid-2013, it has organised dozens of training courses for non-governmental organisations and political parties, including more than 30 on election campaigning.“The role of the parties is to be responsive to citizens and address issues that concern their constituents. I think that’s important for countries anywhere,” Steve Cima, IRI’s country director in Myanmar said in a telephone interview.Si Thu Aung Myint, a popular political commentator who regularly speaks at these trainings, said they are needed because the establishment of a multi-party political system in Myanmar is still in its infancy.“All of this only really started in 2010 and even then it was born out of the grassroots after much oppression,” he said, referring to elections five years ago that were criticised as neither free nor fair.“It’s an area that needs a lot of development. Many are learning these things only now.”Khin Thazin Mint, country coordinator for the Danish Institute for Parties and Democracy (DIPD) agrees. DIPD runs the Myanmar Multiparty Democracy Programme, which provides longer-term training to political parties on issues such as financial management and media relations.“We are just on the road to democracy… The journey is a long one,” she said.NASCENT POLITICAL SCENEThe FUP training, which covered Myanmar’s first-past-the-post electoral system, a look at constitutions around the world and how to deal with the media, provides a glimpse into the country’s nascent multi-party political scene.Myanmar citizens, for years used to political activism in the form of anti-government protests and brutal crackdowns, now face the prospect of expressing their support or disapproval via the ballot box.Nyunt Aye, 59, is another first time candidate for the FUP. The landowner from the Ayeyarwady Delta was attending the training for a second time.“I never finished high school but I like to read, and this training is useful because it teaches political knowledge,” he said, spitting a large dollop of betel nut juice into the waste basket below.Like many FUP candidates Myanmar Now spoke to, Tin Mar Mar Lwin, the teacher from Mon State, said she is optimistic about her chances.“I have a good track record (in the community) and I have faith in myself… People know I’m on the side of the truth,” she said.At the end of the three-day training she said she plans to put into practice in her election campaign a central part of what she learned about delivering her political message - keep it short and sweet.“That’s what I’m really taking away from this training - that a representative of the public should be able to explain things clearly and concisely. I only learnt that now.”(Editing by Rosalind Russell)
-- (c) Copyright Myanmar Now2015-09-12
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What’s on Thailand – Inspire Sept 11th 2015 video showFind out what's on and things to do throughout Thailand for the week ahead with the Inspire What's on Show.Check out the most comprehensive guide to the best food & drink, events, activities and attractions throughout Thailand.
-- Inspire Pattaya 2015-09-012
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DNA on weapon does not match men accused of killing British tourists in ThailandOliver Holmes in BangkokKOH SAMUI:-- Forensic expert says DNA found on bloodied garden hoe does not belong to two men standing trial for deaths of Hannah Witheridge and David MillerDNA samples taken from a garden hoe believed to have been used in the murder of British tourists Hannah Witheridge and David Miller in Thailand last year does not belong to the two men who are standing trial, a top Thai forensic expert has told the court.The revelation is the latest in a string of inconsistencies in the police investigation into the brutal killings. During a three-month trial, police have been accused of improperly collecting evidence at the crime scene, intimidation and abuse of witnesses.Thai police deny any wrongdoing.The head of the Thai forensics institute, Porntip Rojanasunand, told judges on the island of Koh Samui that her team had identified DNA on a garden hoe, found bloodied near the deceased on a beach on Koh Tao island in September last year. The samples belonged to two males but there was no match with the defendants, she said.
-- The Guardian 2015-09-11
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Myanmar's Suu Kyi calls on supporters to vote for 'real change'BAWLAKHE, MYANMAR | BY HNIN YADANA ZAWMyanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Thursday urged voters to opt for "real change" in the first general election since the end of military rule.
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Peter Dutton holds 'productive' talks in Cambodia over refugee resettlementImmigration minister Peter Dutton spent his second day in Cambodia meeting the country’s top immigration official and holding “productive” talks with representatives from the International Organisation for Migration, who are resettling refugees previously detained on Nauru.
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Myanmar's Suu Kyi calls on supporters to vote for 'real change'BAWLAKHE, MYANMAR | BY HNIN YADANA ZAWMyanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Thursday urged voters to opt for "real change" in the first general election since the end of military rule.Thousands of supporters gave Suu Kyi a rapturous welcome in towns in the sparsely populated state of Kayah on the Thai border.Bawlakhe, where Suu Kyi made a speech and was staying the night, is where Soe Thein, the powerful minister of the president's office and architect of President Thein Sein's economic reforms, is running for a seat."We want to form the government for real change," said Suu Kyi earlier in the day in the town of Demoso, as red-clad supporters cheered in front of a stage decked with the flags of her party, the National League for Democracy."The coming election is our chance to change the system and go for democracy. People should not miss the chance," she added, declaring the NLD's ambition to win all contested seats.The NLD is expected to be victorious in the Nov. 8 vote, which marks a major shift in Myanmar's political landscape, giving a platform to democratic activists shut out of public life during nearly half a century of strict military rule that ended in 2011.
-- Reuters 2015-09-11
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Peter Dutton holds 'productive' talks in Cambodia over refugee resettlementImmigration minister Peter Dutton spent his second day in Cambodia meeting the country’s top immigration official and holding “productive” talks with representatives from the International Organisation for Migration, who are resettling refugees previously detained on Nauru.General Sok Phal, director general of Cambodia’s Department of Immigration, told Guardian Australia before his 6pm meeting with Dutton on Thursday that it was beyond his capacity to discuss the talks or the deal itself, referring questions to interior ministry spokesman Khieu Sopheak, who could not be reached.The IOM, which is not a party to the deal but contracted to assist in the resettlement of the refugees in Phnom Penh, said after the meeting that it would continue to provide “a robust suite of settlement services”.“Those services will continue to include language training, cultural orientation, health insurance, social support, housing and employment counselling.”As the first anniversary of the $55m memorandum of understanding approaches later this month, Dutton’s visit has seemingly sought to limit the fallout from comments made late last month by Sopheak, who claimed there were “no plans” for Cambodia to accept any more refugees from Nauru.Dutton arrived unannounced on Wednesday, meeting with Cambodian prime minister Hun Sen and interior minister Sar Kheng, who inked the deal with Dutton’s predecessor, Scott Morrison, a year ago.To date, just three Iranians and a Rohingya man have made the transition from detention on Nauru to life in a gated villa in a southern district in Phnom Penh, where they learn Khmer and are being prepared for integration into Cambodian society.
-- The Guardian 2015-09-11
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First game, Stockport County v Plymouth in 1992
3-0 win for County.
First game my Dad took me to. I was only young and just remember the crowd seemed so loud, even though there was probably only about 3,000 there.
Sat in wooden seats in the main stand.
Still have the match program at home.
Anyway, that was the start and been a County fan ever since, through the few good times and all the bad times.
I used to be one of those City fans who regularly used to go along to County's friday night games in the 70s...they even had the occasional star playing for them then like Buzzer andBestie if I rremember correctly.
And you're from Bredbury by the looks of things. Small world.
Myanmar govt plans political dialogue after ceasefire
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-- Thai PBS 2015-09-15