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EC campaigns to encourage people to vote in BKK governor election
The Nation

Traffic around the Royal Plaza was jammed this morning as the Election Commission organised a campaign to encourage people to vote in the Bangkok governor election.

Approximately 50,000 people attended the EC-organised event.

Bangkokians will vote for their new governor on March 3.

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-- The Nation 2013-02-27

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All safe after Phuket tour boat hits mooring, sinks in Chalong Bay
Phuket Gazette

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The ‘Booze Cruise’ boat struck a concrete mooring block and sank during its approach to Chalong Pier. Photo: Provided to the Phuket Gazette

PHUKET: -- A tour boat carrying 15 tourists collided with a concrete mooring and sank during its approach to Chalong Pier during low tide yesterday afternoon.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/622221-all-safe-after-phuket-tour-boat-hits-mooring-sinks-in-chalong-bay/

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Conservation group calls on Thailand to ban ivory trade

Thailand should use an international meeting in Bangkok aimed at saving threatened species to ban its ivory trade, a conservation group said Wednesday.

The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) presented Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra with a petition signed by 500,000 people from 200 countries urging her to announce a ban at next month’s meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.

"We will consider the issue and how we can help," said Yingluck, who was scheduled to open the meeting Sunday.

Thailand’s ivory trade has been blamed for fuelling the smuggling of elephant tusks from Africa, which, the WWF said, claims about 30,000 pachyderms a year.

The WWF has urged members of the convention to impose sanctions on Thailand if its government does not take measures to stop the illegal trade in African ivory.

Although Thailand is signatory to the convention and abides by the treaty’s ban on trade in African ivory, Thai law allows the sale of ivory taken from domesticated Asian elephants registered in Thailand.

Conservationists charged that Thailand’s legal trade in elephant tusks provides an opening for African ivory illegally smuggled into the kingdom -

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-- The Nation 2013-02-27

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Conservation group calls on Thailand to ban ivory trade

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WWF's representative presents a petition signed by 500,000 people urging Thai govt to ban ivory trade.//Photo : Voravit Pumpuang

BANGKOK: -- Thailand should use an international meeting in Bangkok aimed at saving threatened species to ban its ivory trade, a conservation group said Wednesday.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/622230-conservation-group-calls-on-thailand-to-ban-ivory-trade/

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DPM Chalerm to invite Abhisit to discuss solutions to southern unrest

BANGKOK, 27 February 2013 (NNT)-Deputy Prime Minister Police Captain Chalerm Yubamrung said the Opposition leader would be invited to join him in a meeting to solve the southern unrest as Southern MPs belong to the Democrat Party.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/622234-chalerm-to-invite-abhisit-to-discuss-solutions-to-southern-unrest/

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Sweden and Thailand expand police cooperation
BY ANDERS HOLM NIELSEN

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BANGKOK: -- Sweden and Thailand are now expanding police cooperation significantly. The focus is on human trafficking and child sex. One purpose of the agreement is solve more cases in Thailand but also to be able to increase the number of investigations of Swedes in Sweden who have committed crimes in Thailand.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/622241-sweden-and-thailand-expand-police-cooperation/

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Thai police probe toxic waste motive in headman's murder

BANGKOK, Feb 27, 2013 (AFP) - Thai police vowed Wednesday to probe possible links between the murder of a village headman and his work to expose toxic waste dumping, as rights groups called for the killers to be brought to justice.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/622137-slain-village-leader-fought-firms-dumping-industrial-waste-in-chachoengsao/?p=6155048#entry6155048

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Police Checking YouTube Clips Of Thai Girl Beatings

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BANGKOK: -- Metropolitan police are investigating two YouTube video clips showing men beating Thai women. In one clip, a man is beating a tomboy female. The other clip shows 10 men beating two girls for a monetary reward. No victims have filed complaints, and police are still gathering evidence.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/622263-bangkok-police-checking-youtube-clips-of-thai-girl-beatings/

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Exit poll to be conducted by BSRU, Nation University
The Nation

BANGKOK: -- Bansomdejchaopraya Rajabhat University (BSRU) will join forces with the Nation University and the Television Pool of Thailand to carry out an exit poll for the March 3 Bangkok governor election.

BSRU lecturer Sing Singkachorn said the exit poll would be carried out on 20,000 respondents across Bangkok districts - 400 respondents per district. Ten people will be stationed in each district to poll people in the age groups 18-35, 36-45 and 45plus. Respondents will also be classified according to occupation.

Those conducting the survey will dress in plain student uniforms free of any signs, and stay 20 metres away from polling stations. They will be instructed to collect information only from people they see exercising their voting right and exiting the polling station.

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-- The Nation 2013-02-27

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Danish craft beer hits Thailand
BY ANDERS HOLM NIELSEN

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BANGKOK: -- In Denmark, one of the biggest consumers of beer worldwide, microbreweries and craft beer have long been a big trend and it seems that every other day a new brewery pops up. Now some of the top craft beers in Denmark will be making their way to Thailand. The company responsible is Hopsession, a Thai based trading company located in Bangkok.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/622267-danish-craft-beer-hits-thailand/

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Thailand to be lifted from money laundering, terrorist financing blacklist
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BANGKOK, Feb 27 – The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has removed Thailand from the anti-money laundering and counter terrorist financing (AML/CTF) blacklist after the country has made significant progress to tackle the issues, a senior Thai official said today.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/622271-thailand-to-be-lifted-from-money-laundering-terrorist-financing-blacklist/

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