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Frankfurt defuses massive WWII bomb after evacuating 60,000

By Tom Sims

 

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Police officers observe an area as 60,000 people in Germany's financial capital are about to evacuate the city while experts defuse an unexploded British World War Two bomb found during renovations on the university's campus in Frankfurt, Germany, September 3, 2017. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach

 

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German explosives experts defused a massive World War Two bomb in the financial capital of Frankfurt on Sunday after tens of thousands of people were evacuated from their homes.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/999777-huge-ww2-bomb-to-be-defused-close-to-german-gold-reserves/?do=findComment&comment=12238455

 

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Captured Croc isn’t eating. BKK specialist on the way.

By Nattha Thepbamrung

 

"When I visited the crocodile, it was still tired and stressed. It is probably because the area it used to swim in was a large space and now it's captured in a pond."

 

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PHUKET: -- Fisheries officers are investigating whether the captured crocodile comes from nature or was owned by an individual.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1000134-captured-croc-isn’t-eating-bangkok-specialist-on-the-way/

 

 

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Trump to scrap protection for 'Dreamers,' give Congress six months to fix

By Steve Holland

 

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Rocio, a Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program recipient shouts with supporters during a rally outside the Federal Building in Los Angeles, California, U.S., September 1, 2017. 

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump has decided to scrap a programme shielding immigrants who came to the United States illegally as children from deportation but will give Congress six months to craft a bill to replace it, sources familiar with the situation said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1000135-trump-to-scrap-protection-for-dreamers-give-congress-six-months-to-fix/

 

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Funding battle looms as Texas sees Harvey damage at up to $180 billion

By Marianna Parraga and Gary McWilliams

 

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U.S. President Donald Trump helps volunteers hand out meals during a visit with flood survivors of Hurricane Harvey at a relief center in Houston, Texas, U.S., September 2, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

 

HOUSTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Sunday challenged Congress to raise the government's debt limit in order to free up relief spending for Hurricane Harvey, a disaster that the governor of Texas said had caused up to $180 billion (£139.05 billion) in damage.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1000140-funding-battle-looms-as-texas-sees-harvey-damage-at-up-to-180-billion/

 

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Girl, 5, found murdered and dumped in old septic well

By The Nation

 

KANCHANABURI: -- A five-year-old girl disappeared from a house in Kanchanaburi’s Sisawat district at about noon on Sunday and was found murdered and dumped in an old septic well at a deserted house in the neighbourhood.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1000143-girl-5-found-murdered-and-dumped-in-old-septic-well-in-kanchanaburi/

 

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American actor Geoffrey Giuliano who went into meltdown in Big C Pattaya posts video response - and it could be his best performance yet


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American actor Geoffrey Giuliano, who was filmed last week launching a bizarre rant at a fellow shopper in Big C Pattaya has posted a video on social media hitting out at coverage of the incident.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1000148-american-actor-geoffrey-giuliano-who-went-into-meltdown-in-big-c-pattaya-posts-video-response-and-it-could-be-his-best-performance-yet/

 

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Motorists can park their cars along Bang Saray beach: Municipal vice mayor

By Thai PBS Reporters

 

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The Bang Saray municipal vice mayor has given assurance that motorists can use the public parking space along the Bang Saray beach in Chon Buri without having to buy food at the beach eateries.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1000149-motorists-can-park-their-cars-along-bang-saray-beach-municipal-vice-mayor/

 

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Phuket officials confirm crocodile is rare saltwater species

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

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The croc is currently being held at the Phuket Coastal Fisheries Research and Development Centre in Pa Khlok. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: -- Experts from the Phuket Department of Fisheries have confirmed that the crocodile caught at a lagoon off Bang Tao Beach last Friday (Sept 1) is a saltwater crocodile, but have yet to establish where the “saltie” came from.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1000134-captured-croc-isn’t-eating-bangkok-specialist-on-the-way/?do=findComment&comment=12238768

 

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Body of 5-year-old girl found in fertilizer bag

By Thai PBS Reporters

 

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A 5-year-old girl was found murdered and her body stuffed inside a fertilizer bag dumped at a septic tank in Srisawat district of Kanchanaburi province yesterday (Sunday).

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1000143-girl-5-found-murdered-and-dumped-in-old-septic-well-in-kanchanaburi/?do=findComment&comment=12238778

 

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Weather warnings persist but no expected impact from Typhoon Mawar

 

BANGKOK, 4th September 2017 (NNT) – While Typhoon Mawar is not expected to affect Thailand, the Meteorological Department and the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM) have both urged the public to be wary of changing weather conditions at this time, especially those living along the banks of the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1000153-weather-warnings-persist-but-no-expected-impact-from-typhoon-mawar/

 

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CU alumni groups support sanctioning of students 

By The Nation

 

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Student activist Netiwit Chotiphatphaisal

 

Two Chulalongkorn University alumni groups have expressed support for the university’s decision to strip student activist Netiwit Chotiphatphaisal and seven other students of “behavioural points” and cause five of them to lose their spots on CU’s student council.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1000155-chulalongkorn-university-alumni-groups-support-sanctioning-of-students /

 

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Man Found Hanging From Tree On Srinagarindra Road Median

By Asaree Thaitrakulpanich, Staff Reporter

 

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A photo of police at the scene of an apparent suicide Friday morning on Srinagarindra Road. Photo: fm91trafficpro / Twitter

 

BANGKOK — The body of a man was found hanging from a tree in middle of a road median early Monday morning in Suan Luang district.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1000158-man-found-hanging-from-tree-on-srinagarindra-road-median/

 

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Not So Sweet: Thai man finds scorpion in popular rice dessert

By Coconuts Bangkok

 

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Photos: Pairat Riyapan/ Facebook

 

NAKHON SI THAMMARAT: -- If you’ve made a pit stop along the Thai highway at souvenir shops, it’s likely that you have tasted khao lam, a popular rice dessert cooked and served in a tube of bamboo.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1000161-not-so-sweet-thai-man-finds-scorpion-in-popular-rice-dessert/

 

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dtac founder denies mansion encroached on Phang Nga national forest

 

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dtac founder Boonchai Bencharongkul met with the Department of Special Investigation on Monday morning to deny he had encroached on a Phang Nga national forest during the construction of his hill-top mansion.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1000162-dtac-founder-denies-mansion-encroached-on-phang-nga-national-forest/

 

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Just smile: In KFC China store, diners have new way to pay

BY REUTERS

 

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A customer tries Alipay's facial recognition payment solution "Smile to Pay" at KFC's new KPRO restaurant in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China September 1, 2017. REUTERS/Stringer

 

SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Diners at a KFC store in the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou will have a new way to pay for their meal. Just smile.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/just-smile-kfc-china-store-diners-new-way-pay/24038/

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