Thailand Live Monday 4 Jun 2012

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EARTHQUAKE

Small quake hits Ranong

The Nation

RANONG: -- A 4.0-magnitude earthquake struck the southern province of Ranong on Monday but no casualties or damage was reported.

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Govt to consider promoting women’s role in sustainable development

BANGKOK, 4 June 2012 (NNT) – Minister to the Prime Minister's Office Nalini Tawisin has accepted the proposal of the Thai women network to promote women’s role in sustainable development.

Mrs. Nalini said that the government will consider the proposal of the Thai women network, uniting women from the country's 5 regions, which calls for the government to establish measures and policies to increase women's participation in all types of activities to a 50:50 ratio. The group also asked that a fund be established to financially aid the development of women at the local level while updating laws concerning women to correspond to the current situation.

The Minister added that the proposal is in line with the government’s intention in setting up the national women development fund, of which the main goal is to improve women’s role in the Thai society.

-- NNT 2012-06-04

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SOUTH CRISIS

Insurgents launch coordinated attacks in Pattani

The Nation

PATTANI: -- Insurgents launched four coordinated attacks in Pattani on Sunday night but no one was injured, police reported.

They fired M79 grenades at two military posts in Pattani's Yarang district and set fire to a school in the same district as well as burning a cellular site belonging to Dtac in Yaring district.

Pol Col Tuandare Juthanan, the commander of Yarang police station, said insurgents fired two M79 grenades at an Army post near a dam in Tambon Mohmawee at 9pm. The post belongs to the Army development corps.

At almost the same time, insurgents fired two M79 grenades at a ranger post in Moo 4 village of the same tambon. Rangers fired back at the insurgents.

No one at the two posts was injured.

Also in Moo 4 village of the same tambon, insurgents set fire to a one-storey wooden building of the Taladnud Ban Ton Makham School around the same time as the grenade attacks.

Three fire engines took about one hour to bring the blaze under control and the building was completely destroyed.

Pol Col Mana Naklung, commander of Yaring police station, said insurgents set fire to a Dtac cellular base pole in Moo 3 village in Tambon Tanyong Doloh.

The fire caused only minor damage to the pole and quickly died out as it lacked enough fuel to burn the entire pole.

-- The Nation 2012-06-04

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British man caught using fake card at South Pattaya ATM

PATTAYA:--A British man, thought to be working with a gang of Pakistan men was arrested by Pattaya Police on Saturday afternoon, accused of using fake credit cards to take out money from an ATM on Pattaya Second Road.

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Phuket Live Wire: Is the iPad rotting your child's brain?

Phuket Gazette

WIRED DIFFERENTLY: After years of research do we really know how technology will affect our children’s developmental future? Photo: James Doe

PHUKET: -- In 2010 and 2011, there was a rash of articles in the popular press saying that iPads, iPhones, tablets and the like would rot your kid’s brain.

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Magnitude 4 earthquake hits Ranong

RANONG, June 4 - An earthquake measuring 4 on the Richter scale jolted Thailand’s southern province of Ranong this afternoon, centreing on the provincial seat.

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