THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Tuesday 12 Sep 2017

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Exclusive: Trump to weigh more aggressive U.S. strategy on Iran - sources

By Jonathan Landay, Arshad Mohammed and Steve Holland

 

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at the 9/11 observance at the National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., September 11, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump is weighing a strategy that could allow more aggressive U.S. responses to Iran's forces, its Shi'ite Muslim proxies in Iraq and Syria, and its support for militant groups, according to six current and former U.S. officials.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1001731-exclusive-trump-to-weigh-more-aggressive-us-strategy-on-iran-sources/

 

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London seeks 'deep security partnership' with EU after Brexit

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain wants to have closer defence cooperation with the European Union after Brexit than other countries outside the union, according to a document that sets out a vision of "a deep security partnership" aimed at nudging talks forward.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1001733-london-seeks-deep-security-partnership-with-eu-after-brexit/

 

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Brexit law passes hurdle in reprieve for British PM May

By Kylie MacLellan and Elizabeth Piper

 

Union Flags and European Union flags fly near the Elizabeth Tower, housing the Big Ben bell, during the anti-Brexit 'People's March for Europe', in Parliament Square in central London, Britain September 9, 2017. REUTERS/Tolga Akmen

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's parliament backed a second reading of legislation to sever ties with the European Union early on Tuesday, a reprieve for Prime Minister Theresa May who now faces demands by lawmakers for concessions before it becomes law.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1001734-brexit-law-passes-hurdle-in-reprieve-for-british-pm-may/

 

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Mystery surrounds death of former top cop who fell at Nonthaburi condo

 

Picture: Daily News

 

NONTHABURI: -- A recently retired head of the DSI's tech branch was found dead after apparently falling from a car park building at a Nonthaburi condo yesterday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1001737-mystery-surrounds-death-of-former-top-cop-who-fell-at-nonthaburi-condo/

 

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Mother confesses to police: ‘I strangled to death my autistic daughter’

By The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- A single mother told police she strangled to death her 15-year-old autistic daughter on Monday because she could not afford to look after her.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1001739-mother-confesses-to-bangkok-police-‘i-strangled-to-death-my-autistic-daughter’/

 

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Murder! Police charge driver who went the wrong way and killed baby

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Police in Suphanburi have charged the driver who drove on the wrong side of the road at a bend in Suphanburi with murder.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1001741-murder-police-charge-driver-who-went-the-wrong-way-and-killed-baby/

 

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Video: Khao Yai elephant comes to get a snack!

 

Picture: Daily News

 

A video showed a wild elephant in the Khao Yai National Park stopping traffic to help himself to a spot of lunch - a couple of bales of straw.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1001742-video-khao-yai-elephant-comes-to-get-a-snack/

 

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Police arrest alleged drug boss as part of nationwide raids

By The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Narcotics suppression police have raided the Bangkok house of a suspected drug boss, who is a registered taxi motorcycle driver, and seized two cars, Bt2 million and a bank account book with transactions totalling some Bt60 million.

 

 Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1001743-bangkok-police-arrest-alleged-drug-boss-as-part-of-nationwide-raids/
 

 

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Netizens in uproar as damaged cover left unrepaired all through the rush hour

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

BANGKOK: --The world of Thai social media was in uproar after a picture of an uncovered hole on a busy road was posted on Facebook at 7.46am yesterday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1001746-netizens-in-uproar-as-damaged-cover-left-unrepaired-all-through-the-rush-hour/

 

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Man arrested at Bangkok condo, 6kgs of ‘ice’ and 54,000 meth pills seized

By The Nation

 

BANGKOK: -- Police arrested a man at a condominium in Bangkok’s Khan Nayao district on Monday evening and seized six kilograms of crystal meth and 54,000 methamphetamine pills.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1001747-man-arrested-at-bangkok-condo-6kgs-of-‘ice’-and-54000-meth-pills-seized/

 

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"Zero dollar" tours still causing headaches for Chiang Mai tour operators

 

Picture: TNews

 

CHIANG MAI: -- Chinese companies undercutting tour operators using the "zero-dollar" tour scheme are causing trouble for tourist businesses in Chiang Mai.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1001750-zero-dollar-tours-still-causing-headaches-for-chiang-mai-tour-operators/

 

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Phuket school protest centres on flirting, verbally abusive principal soliciting donations

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

The protest against School Director Montri Pornphol accused him of flirting, being verbally abusive to other teachers and soliciting donations for failed projects. Photos: Narongsak Saengseedam

 

PHUKET: About 500 students, teachers and parents staged a protest at the Srinagarindra the Princess Mother School near Saphan Hin yesterday (Sept 11) against the school principal, who is accused of several counts of misconduct, including flirting, soliciting cash for failed projects and verbally abusing fellow teachers.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1001754-phuket-school-protest-centres-on-flirting-verbally-abusive-principal-soliciting-donations/

 

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David v Goliath: Deezer seeks musical edge on Spotify

BY REUTERS 

 

Music streaming service Deezer Chief Executive Officer Hans-Holger Albrecht poses at the end of a news conference in Paris, France, September 22, 2015. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer/Files

 

LONDON (Reuters) – From Brazilian gospel to Puerto Rican reggaeton and Dutch hip-hop, music streaming company Deezer is scouring the globe for gaps in the market where it can survive and thrive against Spotify and Apple.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/david-v-goliath-deezer-seeks-musical-edge-spotify/24187/

 

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FACTBOX: The main players in music streaming

BY REUTERS

 

 

LONDON (Reuters) – French music streaming company Deezer is attempting to carve out a niche for itself in a global industry dominated by the likes of Spotify and Apple.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/factbox-main-players-music-streaming/24190/

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Google challenges record EU antitrust fine in court

BY REUTERS

 

 

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Google appealed on Monday against a record 2.4-billion-euro ($2.9 billion) EU antitrust fine, with its chances of success boosted by Intel’s partial victory last week against another EU sanction.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/google-challenges-record-eu-antitrust-fine-court/24193/

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Samsung Electronics Galaxy Note 8 pre-orders highest among Note series: exec

BY REUTERS

 

Guests attend the launch event for the new Galaxy Note 8 smartphone in New York City, U.S., August 23, 2017. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

 

SEOUL (Reuters) – Pre-orders for Samsung Electronics Co Ltd’s latest premium smartphone Galaxy Note 8 are the highest among the Note series, the tech giant’s mobile chief said on Tuesday.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/samsung-electronics-galaxy-note-8-pre-orders-highest-among-note-series-exec/24195/

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Another blow for Kodi as ‘trademark trolls’ are trying to stop the software from being free

BY STAFF WRITER

 

 

Kodi has launched a scathing attack on “trademark trolls” who it claims are trying to charge people for using the popular software.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/another-blow-kodi-trademark-trolls-trying-stop-software-free/24201/

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Dancer who hid Peru rebel chief freed from prison after 25 years

By Guadalupe Pardo and Marco Aquino

 

Maritza Garrido Lecca (L), a ballet dancer who hid Abimael Guzman, former leader of Shining Path in her apartment in the 1990s, is freed from prison in Lima, Peru, September 11, 2017. REUTERS/Guadalupe Pardo

 

LIMA (Reuters) - A ballet dancer in Peru who was caught hiding the leader of the Shining Path in her apartment in 1992 was freed from prison after finishing her 25-year sentence on Monday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1001757-dancer-who-hid-peru-rebel-chief-freed-from-prison-after-25-years/

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Thais go #IvoryFree with WildAid and USAID

By The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- More than 30 Thai celebrities and some of the country’s most influential personalities have joined WildAid and USAID Wildlife Asia’s joint campaign, called “I am #IvoryFree,” to deter the purchase of ivory in Thailand.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1001758-thais-go-ivoryfree-with-wildaid-and-usaid/

 

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Saraburi railway curve too tight for train hauling cement

By The Nation

 

SARABURI: -- Railway workers have begun repairing tracks in Saraburi’s Kaeng Koi district where a freight train hauling cement mix derailed on Saturday. 

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1001761-saraburi-railway-curve-too-tight-for-train-hauling-cement/

 

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27 Gamblers arrested with 8,000 Baht cash

 

This gambling game is mainly found in the Andaman region, based on another similar board in Thailand called Namtao Pu Pla in Thai (means Calabash, Crab and fish).

 

By Nattha Thepbamrung and Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

  

PHUKET: -- Early this morning (September 12), military and police teams searched a 2-storey house in Soi Sansuk 1 in Phuket Town and arrested 27 gamblers, including 11 men and 16 women. The place was used as a gambling house.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1001763-27-gamblers-arrested-with-8000-baht-cash-in-phuket/

 

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Waterspout spotted near Krabi’s Ao Nang

 

"It often happens during rainy season and during the season changes. I have seen this 3-4 times already this year."

 

By Nattha Thepbamrung and Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

  

KRABI: -- A waterspout was spotted near Ao Nang beach, in Krabi yesterday (September 11). The impressive, yet relatively harmless mini-tornado, lasted for about 20 minutes before it disappeared.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1001764-waterspout-spotted-near-krabi’s-ao-nang/

 

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Two men die in mysterious Ayutthaya motorbike accident

By The Nation

 

AYUTTHAYA: -- The bodies of two men were found on a guardrail of a pedestrian bridge in Ayutthaya’s Bang Pa-in district early Tuesday morning.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1001772-two-men-die-in-mysterious-ayutthaya-motorbike-accident/

 

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UPDATE:

Mother who strangled to death autistic daughter is psychiatric hospital patient 

By The Nation

 

BANGKOK: -- A mother who strangled her autistic daughter to death is a patient at the Prasat Neurological Institute, Metropolitan Police Bureau commissioner Lt-General Sanit Mahathavorn said on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1001739-mother-confesses-to-bangkok-police-‘i-strangled-to-death-my-autistic-daughter’/?do=findComment&comment=12263564

 

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Latest int’l sighting of fugitive Red Bull heir is on Interpol wanted notice…finally

By Coconuts Bangkok 

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Interpol has officially added an online wanted notice for Red Bull heir Vorayuth “Boss” Yoovidhya in connection with the September 2012 incident in which he allegedly hit and killed a police officer in Thong Lor with his Ferrari and allegedly fled the scene of the crime and, later, escaped justice by leaving the country.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1001775-latest-int’l-sighting-of-fugitive-red-bull-heir-is-on-interpol-wanted-notice…finally/

 

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Water situation still a cause for concern in many areas

 

KHON KAEN, 12 September 2017 (NNT) – Flooding has continued to impact areas of the nation with over 300 Rai of farmland in Khon Kaen inundated and Ang Thong province on high alert. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1001777-water-situation-still-a-cause-for-concern-in-many-areas-in-thailand/

 

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Parents plead innocence over daughter’s alleged multiple dowry fraud

By Kampanart La-ong 
The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The parents of fraud suspect Jariyaporn Buayai - accused of duping 13 men into marrying her and then fleeing with their dowries and wedding gifts - told Crime Suppression Bureau investigators in Bangkok on Tuesday that they had nothing to do with the alleged crimes.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1001778-parents-plead-innocence-over-daughter’s-alleged-multiple-dowry-fraud/

 

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Sai River rises again, swamping border market

By Natthawat Laping 
The Nation

 

 

CHIANG RAI: -- Heavy rain overnight swelled the Sai River on the Thai-Myanmar border to bursting on Tuesday morning, flooding the Tha Lo Market in the Burmese border town of Thachilek. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1001782-sai-river-rises-again-swamping-border-market/

 

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Facebook takes action to present suicides

BY THE NATION

 

 

In conjunction with World Suicide Prevention Month, September, Facebook is connecting people with information about supportive groups and suicide-prevention tools via ads in their News Feed.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/facebook-takes-action-present-suicides/24203/

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Germany's Schaeuble eyes another run as finance minister

By Noah Barkin

 

FILE PHOTO: German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble presents draft budget for 2018 and mid-term plans for state spending until 2021 during a news conference in Berlin, Germany, March 15, 2017. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch/File Photo

 

BERLIN (Reuters) - The chances of Wolfgang Schaeuble returning as German finance minister are rising as the Sept. 24 election approaches and politicians from rival parties play down the prospect of unseating the wily veteran.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1001784-germanys-schaeuble-eyes-another-run-as-finance-minister/