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Our mobile network is ready to meet increased demand during Songkran Festival: DTAC

BY THE NATION

 

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DTAC has prepared its network capacity to ensure smooth connections at key public transportation hubs, entertainment venues and tourist attractions across Thailand during the upcoming Songkran Festival.

 

Full story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/mobile-network-ready-meet-increased-demand-songkran-festival-dtac/28260/

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Customs revokes ‘confusing’ travel rule on expensive personal items

By The Nation

 

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The Customs Department on Tuesday annulled a regulation issued in February requiring travellers leaving and entering the country via airports to declare personal belongings such as cameras, brand-name handbags, mobile phones and computer notebooks.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1033338-requirement-to-declare-valuable-items-at-airport-terminated/?do=findComment&comment=12883400

 

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Tambon chief ‘took bribe but did not do the job’

By Wichit Meesawas 
The Nation

 

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The chief executive of Tambon Kham Pia Administrative Organisation has reportedly admitted to taking Bt280,000 in bribe from a man and then failing to secure him job at his agency.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1033367-tambon-chief-‘took-bribe-but-did-not-do-the-job’/

 

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Students appeal to UN rights body

By Wasamon Audjarint 
Kas Chanwanpen 
The Nation

 

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Activist students on Wednesday filed a petition to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) over what they say is harassment from the police and military they faced after joining rights activities.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1033357-chula’s-prayuth-hecklers-say-police-hounding-them/?do=findComment&comment=12883435

 

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Algerian military plane with more than 100 on board crashes, several dead - local media, witness

 

ALGIERS (Reuters) - An Algerian military plane crashed on Wednesday near Boufarik airport near the capital Algiers, killing several people, local media and a witness said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1033369-algerian-military-plane-with-more-than-100-on-board-crashes-several-dead-local-media-witness/

 

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More than Bt1m recovered in call-centre scam case

By Suriya Patathayo 
The Nation

 

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National police chief Pol General Chakthip Chaijinda on Wednesday said police had been successful in recovering more than a million baht for 11 victims of a “call centre” scam.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1033370-more-than-bt1m-recovered-in-call-centre-scam-case/

 

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Chiang Mai Wedding Organiser Offering Dowry Renting Service Gains Media Attention

by CityNews

 

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CityNews – A Chiang Mai wedding organiser has gained nationwide media attention after they began advertising a dowry renting service.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1033384-chiang-mai-wedding-organiser-offering-dowry-renting-service-gains-media-attention/

 

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Smoke Haze Returns Blamed on Neighbouring Provinces and Countries, Authorities Advise Wearing Mask

by CityNews

 

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CityNews – Chiang Mai authorities have acknowledged the current return of haze and smog, suggesting that this smoke is coming from neighbouring countries.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1033385-smoke-haze-returns-blamed-on-neighbouring-provinces-and-countries-authorities-advise-wearing-mask/

 

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Water hazard - Thailand rolls out 'Seven Deadly Days' road safety campaign

 

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Elephants and people play with water during the celebration of Songkran Water Festival, to commemorate Thailand's New Year in Ayutthaya, Thailand April 11, 2018. REUTERS/Jorge Silva

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - The video opens with revellers throwing water by the side of a road as they celebrate Songkran, the festival that ushers in the traditional Thai new year.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1033387-water-hazard-thailand-rolls-out-seven-deadly-days-road-safety-campaign/

 

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Eurocontrol warns airlines of possible missile strikes into Syria

By Jamie Freed

 

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The logo of Eurocontrol, Europe's air traffic regulator, is seen on the facade of its headquarters in Brussels July 18, 2014. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir

 

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Pan-European air traffic control agency Eurocontrol on Tuesday warned airlines to exercise caution in the eastern Mediterranean due to the possible launch of air strikes into Syria in next 72 hours.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1033388-eurocontrol-warns-airlines-of-possible-missile-strikes-into-syria/

 

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Prem praises Prayut’s ‘Thainess’

By Jakrawan Salaytoo 
The Nation

 

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Privy Council President Prem Tinsulanonda has voiced his support for Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to run the country and praised him for preserving “Thainess”.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1033389-prem-praises-prayut’s-‘thainess’/

 

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Russia warns any U.S. missiles fired at Syria will be shot down

By Tom Perry and Dahlia Nehme

 

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A bus carries rebels and their families who left Douma, at Wafideen camp in Damascus, Syria, April 9, 2018. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki

 

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Russia has warned that any U.S. missiles fired at Syria over a suspected chemical weapons attack on a rebel enclave would be shot down and the launch sites targeted, raising the possibility of a U.S.-Russian confrontation.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1033396-russia-warns-any-us-missiles-fired-at-syria-will-be-shot-down/

 

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More than 250 killed in Algerian military plane crash - state TV

By Hamid Ould Ahmed

 

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An Algerian military plane is seen after crashing near an airport outside the capital Algiers, Algeria April 11, 2018 REUTERS/Ramzi Boudina

 

ALGIERS (Reuters) - More than 250 people including members of Western Sahara’s Polisario independence movement were killed when a military plane crashed in a field outside Algeria’s capital on Wednesday, officials said.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1033369-algerian-military-plane-with-more-than-100-on-board-crashes-several-dead-local-media-witness/?do=findComment&comment=12884013

 

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Death toll from Indonesia tainted liquor rises to 82

 

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Police prepare evidence during a press conference regarding the arrests of suspects linked to the production and sale of illegal bootleg alcohol which claimed the lives of more than 80 people this week in Jakarta and nearby West Java province, at a police station in Jakarta, Indonesia April 11, 2018. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan

 

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Eighty-two Indonesians have died and many more have been hospitalised after drinking tainted bootleg liquor last week, police said on Wednesday.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1033398-death-toll-from-indonesia-tainted-liquor-rises-to-82/

 

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Trump warns missiles 'will be coming' in Syria

 

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U.S. President Donald Trump welcomes the Emir of Qatar Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani (not pictured) at the White House in Washington D.C., U.S. April 10, 2018. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday warned Russia of a forthcoming response to suspected chemical attack in Syria, declaring that missiles "will be coming" and blasting Moscow for standing by Syrian President Bashar Assad.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1033399-trump-warns-missiles-will-be-coming-in-syria/

 

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BMTA to appeal against Central Administrative Court’s ruling

 

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Bangkok Mass Transit Authority (BMTA) will appeal against the ruling of the Central Administrative Court ordering the city bus operator to pay 1,159 million baht in compensation to Bestlin Groups and its affiliates for illegal cancellation of the NGV bus procurement contract.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1033403-bmta-to-appeal-against-central-administrative-court’s-ruling/

 

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Elephants prepare for Songkran antics

By Korbphuk Phromrekha 
The Nation

 

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Ahead of the Songkran holiday, the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) Ayutthaya office invited the public to water fight with elephants against the backdrop of the Unesco World Heritage Ayutthaya Historical Park.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1033405-elephants-prepare-for-songkran-antics/

 

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Drink drivers face electronic monitoring tags this Songkran

 

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The probation department in conjunction with the courts of justice are introducing electronic tagging for those found guilty of drink driving at Songkran and thereafter.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1033408-drink-drivers-face-electronic-monitoring-tags-this-songkran/

 

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Video: Goodbye mum letter - then young Thai woman shoots herself in the head at the rifle range

 

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A 22 year old Thai woman sent sent her mother a letter saying she intended to commit suicide.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1033409-video-goodbye-mum-letter-then-young-thai-woman-shoots-herself-in-the-head-at-the-rifle-range/

 

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Video: Bangkok road rage as "Benz" man goes berserk at old woman driver

 

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Footage from a phone posted to Facebook showed a driver of a top of the range Mercedes Benz go berserk at an old woman driving another car in the Bang Rak area of Bangkok.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1033410-video-bangkok-road-rage-as-benz-man-goes-berserk-at-old-woman-driver/

 

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