THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Sunday 17 Sep 2017

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Car bomb kills one, wounds 10 in disputed Iraqi oil city

 

Iraqi security force inspect the site after a car exploded in Kirkuk, Iraq, September 16, 2017. REUTERS/Ako Rasheed

 

KIRKUK, Iraq (Reuters) - A car bomb killed one person and injured ten in Kirkuk, an Iraqi oil city where local Kurdish authorities plan to hold a referendum on independence despite opposition from the central government and the region's non-Kurdish population.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1002600-car-bomb-kills-one-wounds-10-in-disputed-iraqi-oil-city/

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Koala survives 16 km drive trapped under 4WD

By Alison Bevege

 

A koala sits trapped behind the wheel of a car prior to being rescued in Adelaide, South Australia, September 9, 2017 in this handout picture distributed to Reuters on September 16, 2017. Jane Brister/Handout via REUTERS.

 

SYDNEY (Reuters) - A koala survived a 16-kilometre (10-mile) road trip in Australia clinging to the axle of a four wheel drive vehicle, before the driver stopped and heard the cries of the traumatized animal.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1002601-koala-survives-16-km-drive-trapped-under-4wd/

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Navy to hold international ship tech exhibition Nov 15-17

 

 

The Royal Thai Navy will hold the 4th Ship Technology for the Next Decade, or Ship Tech IV Exhibition, on Nov 15-17 to mark the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean), deputy navy commander Adm Paladej Charoenpool announced.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1002603-navy-to-hold-international-ship-tech-exhibition-nov-15-17/

 

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Cigarettes, alcoholic drinks to cost more

By WICHIT CHAITRONG 
THE SUNDAY NATION

 

 

New excise tax rates come into effect; department targets Bt12 billion revenue

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1002604-cigarettes-alcoholic-drinks-to-cost-more/

 

 

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Only Fools and Horses star reveals heartbreak as Thai wife banned from the UK

BY PATRICK HILL

 

Patrick Murray with his Thai wife Anong, 36, and daughter Josie, two years and 10 months

 

The 61-year-old is desperate for Anong, 36, and Josie, two years and 10 months, to join him in the UK.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1002628-only-fools-and-horses-star-reveals-heartbreak-as-thai-wife-banned-from-the-uk/

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Warning of intense and heavy rainfall today until 6 am tomorrow

 

 

The Meteorological Department warned people in many parts of the North, the Northeast, eastern and southern regions to brace for possible flash flood due to intense and heavy rainfall from 6 am today until 6 am on Monday (Sept 17).

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1002631-warning-of-intense-and-heavy-rainfall-today-until-6-am-tomorrow/

 

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NIDA Poll says majority agreeing to higher tax for booze and cigarettes

 

 

As the new excise tax rates on alcoholic beverages and cigarettes are in force on Sept 16, a poll released by the National Institute of Development Administration (NIDA) says the majority of people it asked agreed to the tax increase.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1002633-nida-poll-says-majority-agreeing-to-higher-tax-for-booze-and-cigarettes/

 

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