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Drug trafficking suspect swallows 100 packs of cocaine

 

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BANGKOK: -- A Brazilian has been arrested after he allegedly smuggled cocaine into the country. An x-ray found that he had swallowed 100 packs of cocaine, totalling about 1.3 kilograms in an attempt to bring them into the country.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1001529-brazilian-drug-trafficking-suspect-swallows-100-packs-of-cocaine/

 

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Land encroachment as possible motive of fatal explosion at Phu Tab Berk

By The Nation

 

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LAND ENCROACHMENT AS POSSIBLE MOTIVE

 

PHETCHABUN: -- A FATAL explosion at the entrance of tourist attraction Phu Tab Berk village in Phetchabun province yesterday may be linked to the authorities’ attempt to dismantle resorts that encroached into water-head forestland.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1001530-land-encroachment-as-possible-motive-of-fatal-explosion-at-phu-tab-berk/

 

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Student in poisoned dog case ‘showed signs of mental illness’

By The Nation

 

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BANGKOK: -- THE MEDICAL student accused of poisoning his pet for compensation had showed signs of mental problems during his last year at Mahidol University’s Faculty of Medicine at Siriraj Hospital, an alumnus revealed on condition of anonymity yesterday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1001531-student-in-poisoned-dog-case-‘showed-signs-of-mental-illness’/

 

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Victorious Sonchat pleads with the next generation to step up

By Lerpong Amsa-ngiam 
The Nation 

 

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Sonchat Ratiwatana with wife Jarucha and daughter Thanya.

 

PATTAYA: -- VETERAN Sonchat Ratiwatana urged the country’s youngsters to be more determined to succeed in tennis after winning the singles title at the TATP Singha Pattaya Open yesterday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1001532-victorious-sonchat-pleads-with the-next-generation-to-step-up/

 

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Media executive to be probed over sexual harassment report

By The Nation

 

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BANGKOK: -- A fact-finding committee will be set up to investigate allegations of sexual harassment involving an executive at a media organisation, the Thai Journalists Association (TJA) said in a statement issued on Sunday.

 

Source: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1001535-media-executive-to-be-probed-over-sexual-harassment-report/

 

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Government eyes 3.03 trillion baht revenue from tourism next year

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BANGKOK: -- The government has set a target to earn as much as 3.03 trillion baht from tourism industry for 2017 with emphasis on “quality” tourists instead of quantity, said government spokesman Lt-Gen Sansern Kaewkamnerd on Sunday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1001539-government-eyes-303-trillion-baht-revenue-from-tourism-next-year/

 

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Yothin Burana school building does not meet contractual specifications

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BANGKOK: -- The Office of the Auditor-General has discovered that the new cone-shaped building of Yothin Burana school in Bang Sue district of Bangkok Metropolis is not equipped with automatic fire sprinkler system which does not comply with the building control law.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1001540-yothin-burana-school-building-does-not-meet-contractual-specifications/

 

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Deadly Irma batters Florida with high winds, heavy rain

By Robin Respaut and Andy Sullivan

 

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A car drives along an empty highway in Miami before the arrival of Hurricane Irma to south Florida, September 9, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

 

FORT MYERS/MIAMI (Reuters) - Hurricane Irma bore down on southern Florida on Sunday with 130 mile-per-hour (210 kph) winds, flooding Miami streets and knocking out power to more than 1.6 million homes and businesses.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1001544-deadly-irma-batters-florida-with-high-winds-heavy-rain/

 

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Exclusive: Iraq holding 1,400 foreign wives, children of suspected ISIS fighters

By Raya Jalabi and Ulf Laessing

 

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Members of Iraqi Army fire mortar shells during the war between Iraqi army and Shi'ite Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) against the Islamic State militants in al-Ayadiya, northwest of Tal Afar, Iraq August 28, 2017. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani/Files

 

SOUTH OF MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraqi authorities are holding 1,400 foreign wives and children of suspected Islamic State fighters in a camp after government forces expelled the jihadist group from one of its last remaining strongholds in Iraq, security and aid officials said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1001545-exclusive-iraq-holding-1400-foreign-wives-children-of-suspected-isis-fighters/

 

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Six dead, two missing after floods hit Italy's Tuscany

 

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A car is seen submerged following floods in Livorno, Italy, September 10, 2017. REUTERS/Leonardo Bianchi

     

    MILAN (Reuters) - Six people died and two were missing in the Tuscan city of Livorno after heavy rain hit the city early on Sunday, causing floods, the city's mayor said.

     

    Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1001546-six-dead-two-missing-after-floods-hit-italys-tuscany/

     

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    Merkel challenger spells out conditions for post-election coalition

    By Michelle Martin

     

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    Germany's Social Democratic Party (SPD) candidate for chancellor Martin Schulz reacts during an election rally in Mainz, Germany, September 9, 2017. REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski

     

    BERLIN (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel's Social Democrat (SPD) challenger said on Sunday his party would not form any alliances after a Sept. 24 election unless fair wages, free education, secure pensions and a commitment to a democratic Europe were guaranteed.

     

    Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1001547-merkel-challenger-spells-out-conditions-for-post-election-coalition/

     

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    Mexican quake death toll rises to 90 as Oaxaca reports more fatalities

     

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    A man stands amidst the remains of a house after an earthquake struck the southern coast of Mexico late on Thursday, in Union Hidalgo, Mexico September 9, 2017. REUTERS/Jorge Luis Plata

       

      MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The death toll from the massive earthquake that struck Mexico on Thursday night has risen to at least 90 after emergency services in the southern state of Oaxaca said late on Saturday there had been 71 confirmed fatalities in the state alone.

       

      Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1001548-mexican-quake-death-toll-rises-to-90-as-oaxaca-reports-more-fatalities/

       

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      North Korea warns U.S. will pay due price for spearheading U.N. sanctions

       

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      FILE PHOTO: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un participates in a meeting with the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the WorkersÕ Party of Korea in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang September 4, 2017. KCNA via REUTERS/File Photo

       

      SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea warned on Monday the United States would pay a "due price" for spearheading a U.N. Security Council resolution against its latest nuclear test, as Washington presses for a vote on a draft resolution imposing more sanctions on Pyongyang.

       

      Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1001549-north-korea-warns-us-will-pay-due-price-for-spearheading-un-sanctions/

       

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      Israel's Netanyahu says will meet Trump in New York next week

      By Ori Lewis

       

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      FILE PHOTO - U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands after Trump's address at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem May 23, 2017. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun

       

      JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday he would meet U.S. President Donald Trump later this month during a visit to New York, where he will address the United Nations General Assembly on Sept. 26.

       

      Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1001550-israels-netanyahu-says-will-meet-trump-in-new-york-next-week/

       

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      Pope bumps head, hurts left eye, but is well - Vatican

       

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      Pope Francis shows a bruise around his left eye and eyebrow caused by an accidental hit against the popemobile's window glass while visiting the old sector of Cartagena, Colombia, on September 10, 2017. REUTERS/Alberto PIZZOLI/Pool

         

        CARTAGENA, Colombia (Reuters) - Pope Francis lost his balance while riding in the popemobile through a crowd in Cartagena, Colombia, on Sunday, bruising his left cheekbone and eyelid, but he was not seriously hurt.

         

        Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1001551-pope-bumps-head-hurts-left-eye-but-is-well-vatican/

         

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        Russia partners with Thai firm in nuclear medicine

        By The Nation

         

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        BANGKOK: -- The State Atomic Energy Corporation ROSATOM (Russia) and Kinetics Corporation Ltd (Thailand) will supply a cyclotron complex with radiochemical laboratories for the Thailand Institute of Nuclear Technology (TINT). 

         

        Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1001563-russia-partners-with-thai-firm-in-nuclear-medicine/

         

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        Hundreds of thousands to rally for Catalan independence from Spain

        By Sonya Dowsett and Sam Edwards

         

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        People carry a giant Estelada (Catalan separatist flag) during a torch march in Vilafranca del Penedes, Spain, September 10, 2017. REUTERS/Albert Gea

         

        MADRID/BARCELONA (Reuters) - Hundreds of thousands of Catalans are expected to rally in the streets of Barcelona on Monday in what campaigners hope will be a show of support for independence after Madrid moved to block a planned referendum on the region's split from Spain.

         

        Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1001567-hundreds-of-thousands-to-rally-for-catalan-independence-from-spain/

         

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        Russia urges dialogue to solve Gulf crisis

        By Stephen Kalin

         

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        Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (R) meets with Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia September 10, 2017. Saudi Press Agency/Handout via REUTERS

         

        JEDDAH (Reuters) - Arab countries and Qatar should enter into direct talks to solve a diplomatic dispute, Russia's foreign minister said on a trip to Saudi Arabia on Sunday, urging all parties to restore regional unity.

         

        Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1001568-russia-urges-dialogue-to-solve-gulf-crisis/

         

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