Thailand Live Tuesday 23 Jul 2013

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RT@RichardBarrow: Scavengers looking for things they can sell at the site of this morning's fatal crash (Pic @Woraphan_Rw) pic.twitter.com/kSUqAfLaiC

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Pattani village head wounded by gunfire while tapping at Yarang district rubber plantation /MCOT

Chantaburi's Makham district faces 2nd round of forest runoff; heavy rain hits Trat, flooding province 50 cm high /MCOT

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Health ministry cautions against consuming poisonous mushrooms

BANGKOK, 23 July 2013 (NNT) - The Public Health Ministry is warning the public against consuming wild mushroom after over 600 people across the country have fallen ill.

Permanent Secretary Dr Narong Sahamethapat said a total of 649 people have ingested poisonous mushrooms which usually grow during the rainy season. Most patients are from the Northeast and the North.

The ministry cautioned against picking and eating wild varieties of the fungus after the number of people who have fallen ill due to wild mushroom poisoning has risen in the last four years.

Last year, over 400 people became sick of eating the mushrooms and 12 people died.

Two of the most common and lethal mushrooms belong to the genus Amanita, which grows naturally in the wild in the North. The mushrooms contain amatoxins, which can cause liver and kidney failure.


-- NNT 2013-07-23

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People are warned as flash floods forecasted in Nakhon Ratchasima

BANGKOK, 23 July 2013 (NNT)-Residents of several provinces in the East and Northeast of Thailand have been warned of possible flash floods today and tomorrow.

According to the National Disaster Warning Center, flash floods have been forecast in Nakhon Nayok, Rayong, Trat, Loei, Udon Thaini, Surin, Si Sa Ket and Ubon Ratchathani provinces.

The center also said there was higher likelihood for flash floods in Nakhon Ratchasima during these days. People are encouraged to find updated information on www.ndwc.gt.th


-- NNT 2013-07-23

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Husband, wife shot dead in Narathiwat's Tak Bai district by suspected militants; motorcycle stolen /MCOT

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Flash floods hit Korat and Chanthaburi
The Nation

BANGKOK: -- Heavy rainfall and elevated land plots are blamed for flooding that has just hit Nakhon Ratchasima and Chanthaburi.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/655639-floods-hit-korat-and-chanthaburi-after-heavy-downpours/

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Thai GDP lowered to 4.2% responding to volatile global market
By English News

BANGKOK, July 23 – The reduction of Thailand’s 2013 gross domestic product (GDP) goal by the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) from 5.1 per cent to 4.2 per cent is realistic and in accord with the regional economy and export slowdown, central bank governor Prasarn Trairatvorakul said today.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/655646-thai-gdp-lowered-to-42-responding-to-volatile-global-market/

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Couple shot dead in Narathiwat.
By English News

NARATHIWAT, July 23 - A couple was shot dead and a village head was wounded by gunshot in the southern provinces.

In Narathiwat, a couple was shot dead on the Takbai-Sungai Kolok Road. Chuay Dermmuak, 52 and his wife Prapha Sanguanpan 43 were gunned down, and their four-year-old son was left crying near their bodies.

The family was riding a motorcycle and two men on a motorcycle followed and fired at them. It was initially believed the killing was the work of insurgents.

Meanwhile, in Pattani, Saree Maming, a Yarang district village head was shot and injured while tapping rubber in a plantation. Police collected spent bullet casings as evidence to find a gunman. The victim was rushed to hospital. (MCOT online news).

-- TNA 2013-07-23

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Heavy rain triggers flooding in eastern provinces.
By English News

TRAT, July 23 - Heavy and incessant rain has triggered flooding in Thailand's eastern provinces of Trat and Chamthaburi.

The flood level in Trat following overnight rain is about 40-50 centimetres deep on a portion of road from Trat Hospital to the Provincial Electricity Authority office. Small vehicles cannot pass.

Meanwhile, a portion of Sukhumvit Road in front of the provincial administrative office is under water, causing traffic congestion.

Flood has flowed into houses in three subdistricts, forcing local residents to move their belongings to higher ground and reinforce flood embankments.

In Chanthaburi, over ten hours of rain triggered flash flood from the mountain in Makham district. Villagers moved their belonging to higher ground. Raging torrent hit main and minor roads around the town centre. Roads are impassable.

Rescue workers came by boat to help flood victims in some villages, surrounding orchards growing the fruit which is the primary economy of the district. (MCOT online news).

-- TNA 2013-07-23

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Special Report: Phuket Gazette keeping an eye on corruption
Phuket Gazette -

Special Report:

Thailand has again ranked poorly in Transparency International’s annual report on corruption worldwide, released last week. How does this report affect Phuket?

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/655668-special-report-phuket-gazette-keeping-an-eye-on-corruption/

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to continue:

Thailand Live Wednesday 24 Jul 2013

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