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Can I buy a one-way ticket?
Yes. If you have a visa to enter Thailand the airline at departure will not ask to see return/onward flight. That discussion is for those flying visa exempt. What type of eVisa are you applying for? Currently visa exempt entry provides 60 day stamp. SETV is not good alternative -
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Historic Low in Fertility Rates for England and Wales Signals Demographic Shift
Apparently you ignore that AI robotics is shortly going to eliminate most working class jobs in western countries. We won't need people from Africa or the ME to do menial jobs anymore. -
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Tourists Panic as Teenagers Fight, Shoot at each other at a Crowded Restaurant in Pattaya
Nothing good happens this time of the morning, anywhere. Glad I'm just waking up. -
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Three Injured in Ambulance Crash in Tha Chana District, Surat Thani province
Power Poles 6, Food Stalls 4, Trees 1 ,, slow week -
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Trump’s Puerto Rico fallout is ‘spreading like wildfire’ in Pennsylvania
Men in daughters showers - sounds precisely like what Trump used to do at the Miss USA beauty pageants. https://www.cnn.com/2016/10/13/politics/donald-trump-miss-usa-contestant/index.html -
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Can I buy a one-way ticket?
Hello everyone, Can I buy a one-way ticket to Thailand if I am approved for a non o e Visa? -
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Swiss Woman Killed in Attack by Algerian shouting "Allahu Akbar"
I'm not continuing with any misconceptions. I'm trying to clear up your misconceptions. I'll leave it to the readers of this thread to decide for themselves which of us is beginning to look foolish. The conflict in Northern Ireland was a political and nationalistic struggle, not a war of religion. The Encyclopedia Britannica puts it this way: "The divide between Catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland had little to do with theological differences but instead was grounded in culture and politics." https://www.britannica.com/event/The-Troubles-Northern-Ireland-history/Civil-rights-activism-the-Battle-of-Bogside-and-the-arrival-of-the-British-army That seems to be the point you have a hard time grasping. The IRA didn't fight in the name of the Catholic Church or to spread Catholicism, anymore than the Protestant unionists and loyalists, the British army and Royal Ulster Constabulary fought in in the name of the Church of England or Presbyterian Church. The various IRA groups sought to end British rule in NI and reunify Ireland, while the Protestant opposition and British security forces were determined to keep NI in the U.K. That's vastly different from Muslim terrorists whom shout "Allahu Akbar" when they attack their victims; act in accordance with religious fatwas; and whose goal is an Islamic state under Sharia law or the re-establisment of the caliphate. I'll repeat what I wrote earlier; And on to: I know to what you are refering; the "white and pure" are claimed by one anonymous scholar to be grapes or maybe raisins! If that's true, then jihadis are awfully easy to please. They are willing to blow themselve up for a plate of grapes or a handful of raisins. That seems a very measly reward for an Islamic martyr, no matter how "white and pure" the grapes. I'll put a link to that theory about the meaning of houri at the end of this post. Let's just say it's not accepted by most Muslim and non-Muslim scholars. But the exact definition of houri according to a professor-type is largely irrelevant. It what the terrorits themselves believe and they are all in favor of the celestial virgins. They are motivated to commit terrorist acts by the promise of heavenly rewards for Islamic martyrs. I will, however, educate @youreavinalaff on the mainstream meaning of houri. According to the Encyclopedia Britannica, "Houri, in Islām, a beautiful maiden who awaits the devout Muslim in paradise. The Arabic word ḥawrāʾ signifies the contrast of the clear white of the eye to the blackness of the iris. There are numerous references to the houri in the Qurʾān describing them as “purified wives” and “spotless virgins.” https://www.britannica.com/topic/houri I could give many other sources as well, but why bother? Here's the grape theory: "In The Syro-Aramaic Reading of the Koran, a 2007 book by "Christoph Luxenberg" (pseudonym of unknown author), the promise of houris is interpreted to relate to pure white grapes or raisins, not virgins, reflecting contemporary expectations of life in paradise in Syriac Christianity." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houri I'm not going into detail, but this is a very controversial theory. Ask yourself, which is more likely, maidens or raisins as a reward for devout Muslims? -
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Legal Action Taken Against Thirty-Seven Illegal Taxi Drivers in Karon By Goongnang Suksawat Karon, Phuket – The Karon Police have clarified that they have taken legal action against 37 illegal taxi drivers over the past four months. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1342170-legal-action-taken-against-thirty-seven-illegal-taxi-drivers-in-karon/
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