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Buriram man has high hopes of getting first prize in lottery back after tickets were stolen

 

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A Buriram man who had his two first prize tickets for the national lottery stolen from his house before he could claim the money still hopes to get his hands on the 12 million baht.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004310-buriram-man-has-high-hopes-of-getting-first-prize-in-lottery-back after-tickets-were-stolen/

 

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Yingluck’s location ‘known’

By WASAMON AUDJARINT 
THE NATION

 

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Prayut promises details revealed after verdict reading, but doubts extradition


PRIME MINISTER General Prayut Chan-o-cha yesterday said he knew the whereabouts of fugitive former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra although there was a slim chance she could be extradited.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004315-yingluck’s-location-‘known’/

 

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Premier’s US itinerary confirmed amid human-rights concerns affecting Thailand

By WASAMON AUDJARINT 
THE NATION

 

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PRIME MINISTER General Prayut Chan-o-cha’s visit to the United States from next Monday to Wednesday will be carried out to accomplish bilateral goals amid high tension in the Korean peninsula as well as concerns among human rights activists that the visit will indicate US support for Thailand’s undemocratic junta regime.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004316-premier’s-us-itinerary-confirmed-amid-human-rights-concerns-affecting-thailand/

 

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Pongporn returns as NBO head after row

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Pol Lt-Colonel Pongporn Pramsneh

 

Chief reinstated to Buddhism office as temple corruption probe continues.


AFTER WEEKS of resistance and widespread rumours, Pol Lt-Colonel Pongporn Pramsneh has been reinstalled as chief of the National Buddhism Office (NBO).

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004317-pongporn-returns-as-nbo-head-after-row/

 

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Minister firm on tax waiver 

By   THE NATION 

 

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FINANCE MINISTER Apisak Tantivorawong has insisted on waiving withholding tax levied on interest-based income in an excess of Bt20,000 on concerns over the possible impact on depositors, according to Revenue Department director-general Prasong Poontaneat.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004319-thai-finance-minister-firm on-tax-waiver /

 

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Split opinions on whether helpers of Yingluck’s escape are criminally liable

By Chalarntorn Yothasmutra

 

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BANGKOK: -- With former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra’s judgement day due tomorrow (Wednesday), the question about whether the policemen who helped arrange for her escape are criminally liable or not remains hotly debated with opinions split into two camps.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004325-split-opinions-on-whether-helpers-of-yingluck’s-escape-are-criminally-liable/

 

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Trump: military option for North Korea not preferred, but would be 'devastating'

By Steve Holland and Idrees Ali

 

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump warned North Korea on Tuesday that any U.S. military option would be "devastating" for Pyongyang, but said the use of force was not Washington's first option to deal with the country's ballistic and nuclear weapons programme.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004328-trump-military-option-for-north-korea-not-preferred-but-would-be-devastating/

 

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Iraqi Kurdish leader says 'yes' vote won independence referendum

By Maher Chmaytelli and Ahmed Rasheed

 

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    BAGHDAD/ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraqi Kurdish leader Masoud Barzani said on Tuesday that Kurds had voted "yes" to independence in a referendum held in defiance of the government in Baghdad and which had angered their neighbours and their U.S. allies.

     

    Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004329-iraqi-kurdish-leader-says-yes-vote-won-independence-referendum/

     

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    Republicans fail again to kill off Obamacare in U.S. Senate

    By Susan Cornwell

     

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    Another Republican attempt to dismantle Obamacare collapsed in the U.S. Congress on Tuesday as the party was unable to win enough support from its own senators for a bill to repeal the healthcare reform law.

     

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Republicans on Tuesday fell short yet again in their seven-year drive to repeal Obamacare, in a bitter defeat that raises more questions about their ability to enact President Donald Trump's agenda.

     

    Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004330-republicans-fail-again-to-kill-off-obamacare-in-us-senate/

     

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    Singaporean blogger released after winning U.S. ruling for asylum

    By Chris Kenning

     

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    CHICAGO (Reuters) - A young Singaporean blogger who says he was persecuted for his political opinions in the Southeast Asian country was released on Tuesday from U.S. detention in Chicago after a federal immigration panel ruled in his favour.

     

    Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004331-singaporean-blogger-released-after-winning-us-ruling-for-asylum/

     

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    Saudi king decrees women be allowed to drive

    By Stephen Kalin and Yara Bayoumy

     

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    RIYADH/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Saudi King Salman on Tuesday ordered that women be allowed to drive cars, ending a conservative tradition seen by rights activists as an emblem of the Islamic kingdom's repression of women.

     

    Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004332-saudi-king-decrees-women-be-allowed-to-drive/

     

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    Tragedy as maid's four year old daughter falls six floors to her death in Songkhla

     

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    SONGKHLA: -- A maid who left her four year daughter to sleep in a storage room on the sixth floor must face a lifetime of regret after her child fell to her death yesterday.

     

    Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004338-tragedy-as-maids-four-year-old-daughter-falls-six-floors-to-her-death-in-songkhla/

     

     

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    World champ boxer made to do push up punishment on his first day as a cop!

     

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    SISAKET: -- The Thai World Champion boxer who has joined the police force was made to do ten push ups as punishment for an infringement of the rules on his first day as a cop.

     

    Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004164-boxing-world-champ-turns-cop-in-sisaket/?do=findComment&comment=12307391

     

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    Brexit negotiations not ready for next stage yet - EU's Tusk

     

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    LONDON (Reuters) - Sufficient progress has not yet been made in Brexit talks to allow negotiations to move to the next phase of discussing the future relationship including trade, European Council President Donald Tusk said on Tuesday.

     

    Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004341-brexit-negotiations-not-ready-for-next-stage-yet-eus-tusk/

     

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    Pattaya mayor upbeat as improvements to Bali Hai port expected to be ready on time for show

     

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    Pattaya Mayor Anan Charoenchasri was all smiles yesterday as he announced that landscaping and building for the marine park and other infrastructure at Bali Hai in South Pattaya was on schedule.

     

    Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004342-pattaya-mayor-upbeat-as-improvements-to-bali-hai-port-expected-to-be ready-on-time-for-show/

     

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    North Korea's bark may be worse than bite in threat to shoot down U.S. bombers

    By Christine Kim and David Brunnstrom

     

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    FILE PHOTO - Japan's Self-Defense Forces F-15 fighter jets (top and bottom) conduct an air exercise with U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer bombers flying from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, in the skies above the East China Sea, Japan, in this photo released by the Air Staff Office of the Defense Ministry of Japan September 9, 2017. Air Staff Office of the Defense Ministry of Japan/HANDOUT via REUTERS

     

    SEOUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - North Korea has threatened to shoot down U.S. bombers flying near the Korean peninsula, but it would have difficulty matching its words with action given aging air defence systems mostly dating to the Cold War, military experts said.

     

    Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004343-north-koreas-bark-may-be-worse-than-bite-in-threat-to-shoot-down-us-bombers/

     

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    Verdict due in trial of Thailand's missing ex-PM Yingluck

    By Aukkarapon Niyomyat

     

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    FILE PHOTO: Ousted former Thai prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra greets supporters as she arrives at the Supreme Court in Bangkok, Thailand, August 1, 2017. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha/File photo

     

    BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's Supreme Court is expected to deliver a verdict on Wednesday in a negligence trial involving former Thai prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra, who fled abroad last month fearing that the military government would seek a harsh sentence.

     

    Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004345-verdict-due-in-trial-of-thailands-missing-ex-pm-yingluck/

     

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