Thailand Live Tuesday 26 Mar 2013

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RT@191Thailand: Train hit a pick-up truck in Kanchanaburi dragging it along the track for 50 meters. No serious injuries (Thai Rath) buff.ly/10IEvVa

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Prayuth's brother promoted as Third Army Region commander

Lt Gen Preecha Chan-ocha, a younger brother of Army Commander-in-Chief Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha was Tuesday promoted from the position of the Third Army Corps commander to the position of the Third Army Region commander.

He was promoted in the mid-year military reshuffle, which receive the royal command and was announced Tuesday.

In the reshuffle, Lt Gen Sakol Chuentrakul, a specialist of the Army, was promoted as the Fourth Army Area commander to be in charge of fighting against southern insurgency.

-- The Nation 2013-03-25

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Thailand forecasts 20% rise in no. of Japanese travelers during Songkran

BANGKOK, 26 March 2013 (NNT) – Thailand is hopeful that more Japanese travelers to land in the country during the upcoming Songkran holiday while more Thais will go on overseas holidays because of the stronger baht.

Thailand-Japan Tourism Promotion Association President Anek Srichiwachart, on Monday, revealed that the number of Thai holidaymakers to Japan rose 20% on-year in April, with all flights already fully booked.

Mr. Anek stated that the increase was brought on by the appreciation of the baht and the weaker Japanese yen, which have enabled more local travelers to fly out during the Thai New Year festival.

In any case, the Thailand-Japan Tourism Promotion Association predicts that there will be between 20,000 and 30,000 Japanese tourists in the country throughout the Songkran holiday and that each traveler will have chosen a holiday package priced 50,000-60,000 baht and stay 5 days and 4 nights here.


-- NNT 2013-03-26

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Thailand seizes 104 smuggled endangered pangolins

BANGKOK, March 26, 2013 (AFP) - The Thai navy on Tuesday said it had intercepted wildlife traffickers attempting to smuggle 104 endangered pangolins to China on the Mekong river.

The creatures, prized for their skin, scales and meat and hunted extensively in Southeast Asia, are believed to have originated in Malaysia or southern Thailand.

"The pangolins were on their way to Laos and then finally China," said Lieutenant Commander Garan Minwong of the Thai navy's Mekong river task force in the country's northern border area.

He said two suspects were arrested during the raid late Monday before they were able to load the live pangolins onto a boat.

Thailand, seen as a hub for traffickers of all endangered species, came under pressure over the rampant smuggling of ivory through its territory during Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) talks in Bangkok this month.

-- (c) Copyright AFP 2013-03-26

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App To Reduce Brit Road Crashes Abroad

LONDON: -- The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has launched a new app which gives specific road safety advice to Britons driving while travelling abroad.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/628644-app-launched-to-reduce-brit-road-accidents-while-travelling-in-thailand/

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Amanda Knox faces Italy retrial over Kercher murder

Italy's highest court has ordered US student Amanda Knox and her former boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito to face a retrial over the 2007 killing of Briton Meredith Kercher.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/628648-amanda-knox-faces-italy-retrial-over-kercher-murder/

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Violent Thai husband Gets Knifed By Abused Wife

PATTAYA:--A 32-year-old man was seriously injured after being stabbed by his 43-year-old wife during a violent fight. According to the landlord, the couple argued all the time, and the man beat his wife every day.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/628649-violent-thai-husband-gets-knifed-by-abused-wife/

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SET index closed at 1544.03, up 20.08; Bt/USD29.22; GBP44.26; AUD30.45; EUR37.50; CAD28.48; HKD3.76; SGD23.41; JPY30.82

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Chalerm denies meeting Thaksin in Hong Kong
Pimnara Pradubwit
The Nation

BANGKOK: -- Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yoobamrung Tuesday denied that he met former PM Thaksin Shinawatra in Hong Kong on Monday.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/628659-chalerm-denies-meeting-thaksin-in-hong-kong/

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RT@RichardBarrow: “The Beatles Fair 2013” in Phetchaburi, 9-10 April 2013 from 4pm-11pm next to the Phra Ram Rachaniwet pic.twitter.com/xmEiwHHJgB

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