Thailand Live Sunday 18 Nov 2012

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RT@nna: Amb @kristieakenney and DCM Judith Cefkin freshening up before the big arrival #BOrakBKK

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RT@RichardBarrow: Schedule for Obama: 15:10 Arrive 15:45 Wat Pho 17:00 The King 18:00 Government House 19:10 Press Conf 20:15 Dinner 21:45 Meet Embassy staff

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RT@RichardBarrow: 3:01pm RT @seacorro: #POTUS has landed #BOrakBKK #Bangkok

RT@KristieKenny: Air Force One in BKK pic.twitter.com/sQKKlaso

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Thai PM joins in signing of ASEAN Human Rights Declaration at ASEAN Summit in Cambodia before returning to Thailand to welcome US president /MCOT

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RT@RichardBarrow: First picture of US President Obama in Thailand - RT @sresuda: #borakbkk Obama โบกมือให้สื่อ ก่อนขึ้นรถออกจากดอนเมือง instagr.am/p/SKfiGLPUDu/

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OBAMA'S VISIT

Air Force One touched down in Bangkok Sunday

The Nation,

Photo : US Embassy in Bangkok

BANGKOK: -- US President Barack Obama arrived in the Thai capital on Sunday on a three-nation visit to Southeast Asia that underscores a new US emphasis on the Asia-Pacific region.

Obama’s Air Force One was initially scheduled to land in Bangkok on 2pm but was delayed to 3.10pm.

He will visit Bangkok’s Wat Pho temple at 3.45pm, renowned for its giant reclining Buddha statue. He will spend about 45 minutues at the temple, before having an audience with HM the King at Siriraj Hospital at 5pm.

He also planned talks with Prime Minister YingluckShinawatra and the Thai government will host a dinner reception for him at 6pm.

He will spend the night in the Thai capital before travelling Monday to Myanmar, where he will be the first US president to visit the country. On Tuesday, he will attend the East Asia Summit in Cambodia.

-- The Nation 2012-11-18

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RT@veen_NT: CNN and BBC to broadcast the meeting btw US Pres Obama and PM Yingluck at 7pm, according to @ajarnjar. #BOrakBKK

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RT@RichardBarrow: Nice picture from the front of Government House - RT @Theppakit: กองทหารเกียรติยศจัดแถว รอรับโอบามาที่ทำเนียบ twitpic.com/be8exu

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US president Obama arrives Thailand amid tight security, heads to Wat Phra Chetuphon Vimolmangklararm temple, Siriraj Hospital /MCOT

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RT@RichardBarrow: 4:15pm RT @USEmbassyBKK: President Obama & Secretary of State Clinton admire the beauty of Wat Pho instagr.am/p/SKmanmHxn6/

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RT@RichardBarrow: President Obama now on his way for an audience with HM The King at Siriraj Hospital on the other side of the river

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Permanent secretary for transport, SRT governor in Narathiwat in response to railway bomb incident; one of 16 wounded now pronounced dead /MCOT

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RT@tulsathit: RT @Theppakit: The King and the President twitpic.com/be9amm

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Mother killed, son wounded in Narathiwat shooting

NARATHIWAT, Nov 18--- A Narathiwat woman on Sunday was gunned down and her son injured in an attack in Ra-ngae district of this restive southern province.

Halimo Royi, 53, was shot in the torso several times by a gunman on a motorcycle and died at the scene while Abdulloh, her 25-year-old son, was hurt and taken to Ra-ngae hospital, according to Pol Capt Boonsak Numad of Ra-ngae police station.

The assault took place on a road in Ban Luk Khao village, Tanyong Limo sub-district in the morning when both victims were driving a motorcycle back home after tapping rubber trees at a plantation in Ban Lubo Diyae village.

The attackers on motorcycle followed the victims and opened fire at them before speeding away from the scene.

Police collected around 10 spent cartridges of an AK-47 assault rifle found at the spot as evidence for further investigation.

Police presumed that the shooting was related to the ongoing insurgency in the region.

Responding to a bombing at a railway track in Rueso district, Interior Minister Jarupong Ruangsuwan said that he has urged Narathiwat Governor Apinan Suathanuwong and relevant agencies to assist injured victims and families of dead victims.

Permanent secretary for transport Wichean Potephosree and State Railway of Thailand Governor Prapat Chongsa-nguan travelled to Narathiwat in response to the railway bomb incident.

In a related development, one of 16 wounded was pronounced dead.

Mr Jarupong also said that the government has further tightened security in the violence-plagued southern border provinces.

Following the railway bombing, the interior minister pledged to step up more security measures, particularly on baggage checks. (MCOT online news)

-- The Nation 2012-11-18

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RT@RichardBarrow: Official Photo Release of HM The King with US President Obama twitpic.com/bea30j

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Pattaya grinds to a halt as heavy rain drenches the city

Pattaya: The city recovered quickly from the promised deluge of Sunday and main roads drained well. Traffic however was another matter as gridlock hit the city from north to south

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/599035-pattaya-grinds-to-a-halt-as-heavy-rain-drenches-the-city/#entry5856950

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RT@RichardBarrow: PM Yingluck giving a speech at dinner at Government House - RT @Trisdee: นายกยิ่งลักษณ์กล่าวเปิดงานรับรอง Barack Obama twitpic.com/beb0lo

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