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Thailand Live Friday 24 Nov 2017

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How to stop your ducking iPhone autocorrecting swear words

BY STAFF WRITER

 

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It’s ducking annoying when your iPhone decides to treat you like a child and won’t let you speak your mind.

 

Full story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/25864-2/25864/ 

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Phetburi flooding remains critical, motorists advised to use alternative routes

By Thai PBS

 

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Flooding in Phetchaburi province remains critical as the Phetchaburi river continues to overflow banks and submerge almost the entire municipal areas today (Nov 24).

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1012880-phetburi-flooding-remains-critical-motorists-advised-to-use-alternative-routes/

 

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Saudi Crown Prince calls Iran leader 'new Hitler' - NYT

 

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FILE PHOTO: Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman attends the Future Investment Initiative conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia October 24, 2017. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed/File Photo

 

DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's powerful Crown Prince called the Supreme Leader of Iran "the new Hitler of the Middle East" in an interview with the New York Times published on Thursday, sharply escalating the war of words between the arch-rivals.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1012886-saudi-crown-prince-calls-iran-leader-new-hitler-nyt/

 

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Germany's SPD says open to coalition talks with other parties

 

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Social Democratic Party (SPD) leader Martin Schulz gives a statement at the party headquarters in Berlin, Germany, November 20, 2017. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke

 

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's Social Democrats (SPD) are ready to hold talks with other parties on breaking political deadlock created by Chancellor Angela Merkel's failure to form a coalition government, a senior member of the centre-left party said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1012891-germanys-spd-says-open-to-coalition-talks-with-other-parties/

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Phuket second-hand shops ‘asked’ to become legal

The Phuket News

 

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Phuket Vice Governor Snith Sriwihok speaks at yesterday's meeting. Photo: PR Dept

 

PHUKET: Phuket Vice Governor Snith Sriwihok yesterday (Nov 23) led a meeting of hundreds of second-hand shop owners and operators across the island to discuss about them becoming legally registered.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1012892-phuket-second-hand-shops-‘asked’-to-become-legal/

 

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Loei appeals for blankets, jackets for 134,000 underprivileged people

 

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The chief disaster prevention and mitigation officer of Loei on Friday put out a public call for assistance. His office urgently needs blankets, jackets and other winter clothing for some 134,000 poor people to survive the coming winter, said Pramual Lapjit.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1012893-loei-appeals-for-blankets-jackets-for-134000-underprivileged-people/

 

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Pattani schools grads cause international furor over writing on World Heritage stones

By The Nation

 

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An executive of a Pattani school has apologised over a recent incident in which more than one school graduate reportedly wrote on ancient stones at a World Heritage Site in Jordan.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1012896-pattani-schools-grads-cause-international-furor-over-writing-on-world-heritage-stones-in-jordan/

 

 

British Man Arrested For Firing Air Rifle at Locals From 7th Floor of Condo

by CityNews

 

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CityNews – A British national who was reported to police after he was seen firing an unidentified weapon at homes from his condominium balcony has been arrested.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1012909-british-man-arrested-for-firing-air-rifle-at-locals-from-7th-floor-of-condo/

 

Terminal Cancer Sufferer Murders Girlfriend out of Jealousy

by CityNews

 

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Reenactment of the murder

 

CityNews – A man suffering from stage four terminal cancer murdered his girlfriend out of jealousy on November 22 after he thought she might be cheating on him.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1012911-terminal-cancer-sufferer-murders-girlfriend-out-of-jealousy/

 

Two women file police report on man who slapped asses outside feminist event

By Laurel Tuohy

 

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Photo: from CCTV footage, left. Alex-501/Flickr, right.

 

“This random man thinks it’s all fun and games to slap random women’s asses. This has to stop,” said one of several women assaulted last week on Sukhumvit Soi 13.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1012912-two-women-file-police-report-on-man-who-slapped-asses-outside-feminist-event/

 

Police receive name list of Myanmar victims

By The Nation

 

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Thirteen Myanmar workers and the Thai driver were killed when their minivan rammed into a 10-wheel truck in Singburi province early on Friday and burst into flames.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1012914-police-receive-name-list-of-myanmar-victims/

 

Army Won’t Allow Civilian Inquiry Into Cadet Death

By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter

 

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Pichet Tanyakan lashes out at an army rep Thursday at Phramongkutklao Hospital where he picked up his son’s missing organs.

 

BANGKOK — A defense ministry spokesman said Friday that an independent inquiry into the death of a 19-year-old military cadet is not necessary as the armed forces is already in charge of the matter.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1012915-army-won’t-allow-civilian-inquiry-into-cadet-death/

 

Factory workers claim sexual abuse by doctor

By Prasit Tangprasert
The Nation

 

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Executives at a Japanese rubber factory in Pathum Thani are demanding action following claims by 11 of their staff that they were sexually abused while having their annual health check-ups.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1012916-factory-workers-claim-sexual-abuse-by-doctor/

 

Maxim Model Goes to Police Over Online Prostitution Claim

By Asaree Thaitrakulpanich, Staff Reporter

 

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Apisaya Itthichotianant on Friday at the Technology Crime Suppression Division in Bangkok.

 

BANGKOK — A former Maxim model filed a complaint Friday against a Facebook page for misusing one of her photos to allege she had become a prostitute.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1012917-maxim-model-goes-to-police-over-online-prostitution-claim/

 

Patong entertainment businesses say longer hours is the solution to corruption issue

By Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

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The Patong Entertainment Business Association has weighed into the Patong Bribery scandal insisting that the the issue will never be solved unless the laws are changed – specifically the laws that will allow them to stay open longer.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1012918-patong-entertainment-businesses-say-longer-hours-is-the-solution-to-corruption-issue/

 

Songkhla to host the third mobile Cabinet meeting next week

 

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Workers in Songkhla clean areas near Mermaid statue in Samira Beach in Songkhla province on Thursday ahead of the visit of the prime minister and his Cabinet next week.

 

The third mobile Cabinet meeting will take place in Songkhla next week, a deputy government spokesman said on Friday.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1012921-songkhla-to-host-the-third-mobile-cabinet-meeting-next-week/

 

Corruption Street: 'I'm so tired of it,' says PEBA President

The Phuket News

 

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Tourists walk along Bangla Rd, the heart of Patong’s thriving entertainment and nightlife industry. Photo: Chutharat Plerin

 

PHUKET:-- Patong business operators publicly admitting that they pay bribes to police and other officials in order to stay open past legal trading hours has cast light onto one of the island’s largest ongoing corruption rackets and provided a glimmer of hope that the dirty deals done just so tourists can party late into the night may finally be resolved.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1012922-corruption-street-im-so-tired-of-it-says-peba-president/

 

Two pre-cadet school military officers transferred pending probe into student’s death

 

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The Supreme Command has ordered the transfer of two military officers of the Armed Forces Academies Preparatory School and ordered a new probe into the death of Pakapong Tunyakan, a first-year cadet of the school.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1012923-two-pre-cadet-school-military-officers-transferred-pending-probe-into-student’s-death/

 

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