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Driver baffles passersby by changing tyre caught in wheel clamp, but still pays fine

By Preewadi Wichaiprasit 
The Nation

 

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Usually when drivers find their cars immobilised by wheel clamps in no-parking zones, they usually rush to the nearest police station to pay the fine and return to their the cars to wait for police remove the impediment.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1002218-driver-baffles-passersby-by-changing-tyre-caught-in-wheel-clamp-but-still-pays-fine/

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Five Hajj returnees are suspected to be exposed to MERS

 

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Five out of 289 returnees from Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia screened by health officials at Hat Yai international airport are suspected to be exposed to MERS (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome), Dr Suvich Thampalo, director of 12th Zone Diseases Prevention and Control Office, said on Thursday (Sept 14).

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1002223-five-hajj-returnees-are-suspected-to-be-exposed-to-mers/

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Pattaya tourism booming as TAT rep announces cunning plan for more success in 2018 - get more "hi-end" women to come

 

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A Pattaya tourism representative painted a rosy picture of tourism in Pattaya and the rest of Thailand at a meeting this week.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1002291-pattaya-tourism-booming-as-tat-rep-announces-cunning-plan-for-more success-in-2018-get-more-hi-end-women-to-come/

 

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United Asean ‘essential’ to prevent ripple effects

By WASAMON AUDJARINT 
THE NATION

 

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Rohingya refugees arrive by boat at Shah Parir Dwip on the Bangladesh side of the Naf River after fleeing violence in Myanmar. // AFP PHOTO

 

A REGIONAL, collective stance was essential regarding the escalating Rohingya crisis, after more than 380,000 refugees have fled Rakhine state in Myanmar to Bangladesh, before the issue becomes a regional problem, an academic seminar has heard.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1002292-united-asean-‘essential’-to-prevent-ripple-effects/

 

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UDD to seek reopening of 2010 crackdown probe

By THE NATION

 

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The red-shirt United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship yesterday issues a statement announcing further steps to seek justice for victims of the 2010 crackdown, including families of the more than 90 people killed.

 

Red shirts want cleared Abhisit and Suthep to be charged with malfeasance
 

BANGKOK: -- THE UNITED Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) will lodge a petition with the Office of the Attorney-General next week, asking the agency to instruct the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) to revive its investigation into the 2010 crackdown on red-shirt protesters.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1002293-udd-to-seek-reopening-of-2010-crackdown-probe/

 

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Army chief responds to ‘complete waste’ as decommissioned surveillance airship criticised as new boondoggle

By THE NATION

 

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BANGKOK: -- Army commander-in-chief General Chalermchai Sitthisart said on Thursday a Bt350-million surveillance airship had been officially decommissioned after the airship reached its expiration date.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1002156-army-chief-defends-decommissioned-bt350-million-surveillance-airship/?do=findComment&comment=12272173

 

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Locals suspect their identities were stolen to back factory land lease

By KAWINTRA JAISEU 
THE NATION

 

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LOCAL PEOPLE lodged a complaint with police yesterday, voicing suspicion that their identities were stolen to support the lease of a public-land plot in Khon Kaen to a Red Bull subsidiary.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1002294-locals-suspect-their-identities-were-stolen-to-back-factory-land-lease/

 

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Thais say goodbye to TM6 immigration forms

By THE NATION

 

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GOOD NEWS for Thai travellers: Starting tomorrow, Thai nationals will not need to fill out the “TM6” immigration form when leaving the country or returning, Government Spokesman Lt-General Sansern Kaewkamnerd said yesterday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1002159-thai-nationals-exempted-from-airport-immigration-form/?do=findComment&comment=12272186  
 

 

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Soldiers fall prey to blasts

By THE NATION

 

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Several soldiers lie injured along a road in Yala province,|after a second bomb targeted security personnel responding to an earlier explosionyesterday. More than a dozen soldiers were injured and two subsequently died in hospital.

 

Two killed, over a dozen injured in 3 bomb attacks in Yala.


A FAMILIAR pattern of bomb attacks left two soldiers dead and injured 17 others in the southernmost province of Yala yesterday, a day after a joint working group for peace talks failed to reach common ground in the restive South.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1002129-nineteen-soldiers-police-hurt-in-yala-double-bomb-attack/?do=findComment&comment=12272195

 

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Thailand delays auction of new Erawan, Bongkot gas field licences

Reuters Staff

 

BANGKOK, (Reuters) - Thailand will delay an auction of new operating concessions for the Erawan and Bongkot offshore gas fields by two months to November, General Anantaporn Kanjanarat, Energy Minister said on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1002299-thailand-delays-auction-of-new-erawan-bongkot-gas-field-licences/

 

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Closure of Vibhavadi Rangsit highway on Sept 16-17

By Thai PBS

 

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BANGKOK: -- The State Railway of Thailand has announced the closure of in-bound and out-bound Vibhavadi Rangsit highway, including Bangkhen U-turn, during September 16-17 to pave way for the construction of the sky walk conneting Wat Samian Nari station with Thung Song Hong station of the Red Line elevated train.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1002301-closure-of-vibhavadi-rangsit-highway-on-sept-16-17/

 

 

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DSI officials raid two houses suspected to be linked to a Ponzi scheme

By Thai PBS

 

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PHITSANULOK: -- Officials of the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) raided two houses in Phitsanulok’s Muang district found to belong to a key man of a Pyramid-type investment scam which has allegedly duped over 5,000 investors of about 2.5 billion baht in investment.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1002302-dsi-officials-raid-two-houses-suspected-to-be-linked-to-a-ponzi-scheme/

 

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Accused Thung Yang Daeng police chief hit back at his accusers

By Thai PBS

 

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PATTANI: -- The chief of Pattani’s Thung Yang Daeng district police who was accused by his subordinates of intimidating and insulting them has responded in kind, accusing them of dereliction of duty and lack of discipline.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1002303-accused-thung-yang-daeng-police-chief-hit-back-at-his-accusers/

 

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North Korea fires missile from Pyongyang towards the east: South Korea

 

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SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea early on Friday fired an unidentified missile eastward from the Sunan district in its capital, Pyongyang, South Korea's military said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1002304-north-korea-fires-missile-from-pyongyang-towards-the-east-south-korea/

 

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U.S. nuclear commander says assuming North Korea tested hydrogen bomb

By Phil Stewart

 

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OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. (Reuters) - The U.S. general who oversees America's nuclear forces said on Thursday he was making the assumption that North Korea did in fact test a hydrogen bomb on Sept. 3, crossing a key threshold in its weapons development efforts.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1002306-us-nuclear-commander-says-assuming-north-korea-tested-hydrogen-bomb/

 

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Suicide attacks on restaurants, checkpoint, kill 60 in southern Iraq

By Ahmed Rasheed and Aref Mohammed

 

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Iraqi security forces inspect the site of a bomb attack at a police checkpoint on a highway near the southern Iraqi city of Nassiriya, Iraq, September 14, 2017. REUTERS/Essam Al-Sudani

 

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Three suicide attacks claimed by Islamic State killed at least 60 people in southern Iraq on Thursday, a health official and police sources said, suggesting a shift in the ultra-hardline group's tactics since it lost control of its stronghold in Mosul.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1002307-suicide-attacks-on-restaurants-checkpoint-kill-60-in-southern-iraq/

 

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North Korea fires missile over Japan, lands far out in the Pacific

By Jack Kim and William Mallard

 

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FILE PHOTO: Women walk past a large TV screen showing news about North Korea's missile launch in Tokyo, Japan, August 29, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo

 

SEOUL/TOKYO (Reuters) - North Korea fired a missile on Friday that flew over Japan's northern Hokkaido far out into the Pacific Ocean, South Korean and Japanese officials said, further ratcheting up tensions after Pyongyang's recent test of a powerful nuclear bomb.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1002304-north-korea-fires-missile-from-pyongyang-towards-the-east-south-korea/

 

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Reborn German liberals could spell trouble for Merkel

By Noah Barkin

 

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FILE PHOTO: The leader of Germany's Free Democrats (FDP) Christian Lindner gestures during a speech as he campaigns in Hamburg, Germany September 8, 2017. REUTERS/Morris Mac Matzen/File Photo

 

BERLIN (Reuters) - Later this year, Angela Merkel may form a new government with a party whose leader says Greece should leave the euro, Russia can keep Crimea and refugees will have to go home.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1002308-reborn-german-liberals-could-spell-trouble-for-merkel/

 

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U.S. extends some Iran sanctions relief under nuclear deal

By Arshad Mohammed and Patricia Zengerle

 

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U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that Iran is violating "the spirit" of the Iran nuclear deal, but stopped short of saying whether he will refuse to recertify the agreement.

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Thursday extended some sanctions relief for Iran under the 2015 nuclear deal but said it has yet to decide whether to preserve the deal itself, the State Department said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1002309-us-extends-some-iran-sanctions-relief-under-nuclear-deal/

 

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Toll of U.S. staff hurt in mysterious Cuba incidents now 21 -official

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. officials are aggressively investigating what caused symptoms ranging from hearing loss to mild brain injury in 21 people linked to the U.S. Embassy in Cuba, a State Department official said on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1002310-toll-of-us-staff-hurt-in-mysterious-cuba-incidents-now-21-official/

 

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Trump ally Stone to testify to House panel probing election meddling

 

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Political advisor Roger Stone poses for a portrait following an interview in New York City, U.S., February 28, 2017. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Roger Stone, a longtime ally of President Donald Trump, said on Thursday he had agreed to testify in a closed hearing to the House of Representatives Intelligence Committee in its investigation of possible Russia meddling in the 2016 presidential election.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1002311-trump-ally-stone-to-testify-to-house-panel-probing-election-meddling/

 

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Bitcoin exchange BTCChina says to stop trading, sparking further slide

BY REUTERS

 

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BEIJING/SHANGHAI/LONDON (Reuters) – Chinese bitcoin exchange BTCChina said on Thursday that it would stop all trading from Sept. 30, setting off a further slide in the value of the cryptocurrency that left it over 30 percent away from the record highs it hit earlier in the month.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/bitcoin-exchange-btcchina-says-stop-trading-sparking-slide/24276/

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Trump to pitch 'America First' agenda in U.N. debut, press on North Korea

By Jeff Mason

 

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U.S. President Donald Trump talks to the media after arriving to receive a briefing on Hurricane Irma relief efforts and tour storm damage in Fort Myers, Florida, U.S., September 14, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump will take his "America First" message to the United Nations next week and seek support for tough measures against North Korea despite his skepticism about the value of international groups like the 193-member body.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1002317-trump-to-pitch-america-first-agenda-in-un-debut-press-on-north-korea/

 

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