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Makeshift car bomb defused in Phuket: Thai police

BANGKOK, December 23, 2013 (AFP) - Thai authorities defused a makeshift car bomb found near a police station on the popular tourist island of Phuket, an official said Monday.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/691280-suspected-deep-south-bomb-truck-found-in-phuket-town/#entry7196526

POLITICS
PM tours Loei and Mekong bridge to Laos
Jeerapong Prasertpolkrung
The Nation


Photo : Yingluck's FB

BANGKOK: -- Caretaker prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Monday enjoyed a "duty tour" inspecting a customs office in Loei province and a bridge over the Mekong to Laos.

BANGKOK: -- She told reporters later her trip would end on Friday and that she would spend the New Year break from December 28 to January 1 in Chiang Mai. After, she plans to return to duty in "election mode".

During a photo opportunity with Thai and Lao officials at a border checkpoint she also visited, Yingluck joked: "There may be rumours about me leaving the country when these pictures [taken with Lao officials] are distributed."

Yingluck said she took her son along during the trip because she could offer him extra care.

Key caretaker government figures have been monitoring the political protest and movements of the antigovernment People's Democratic Reform Committee.

Yingluck made public a new Pheu Thai Party project on her Facebook page, saying that the Youth's Institution for Thailand, (http://www.facebook.com/PTnewgen), welcomes people between 15 and 30 to share ideas on political reform and other development projects.


-- The Nation 2013-12-23

POLITICS
US Embassy dismisses blacklist reports
The Nation

BANGKOK: -- The US Embassy in Bangkok on Monday dismissed the reports that it is compiling a blacklist of antigovernment leaders including Suthep Thaugsuban.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/691349-us-embassy-bangkok-dismisses-anti-govt-leaders-blacklist-reports/

CCTV shows 2 men in black hurling small firecracker explosives at anti-govt protesters at Din Daeng police station /The Nation

Registration of party-list candidates will continue until Dec.at the Thai-Japanese sports stadium at Din Daeng district,Bangkok /The Nation

Singha Beer Family Scion 'To Change Surname'

BANGKOK: -- The outspoken anti-government activist known for her familial ties to Singha Beer producers will reportedly change her surname to avoid further association with her family business.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/691370-singha-beer-family-scion-to-change-surname/#entry7197437

Yingluck Returns As No. 1 Pheu Thai Party List

BANGKOK: -- Pheu Thai Party has placed Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra as the prime candidate for their party list for the next general election.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/691393-yingluck-returns-as-no-1-pheu-thai-party-list/

Business groups want reform organization to be set up before election

Seven business organizations have called on the government to issue an executive decree to set up a national reform organization before the February 2 election.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/691399-business-groups-want-reform-organization-to-be-set-up-before-election/

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Thailand Live Tuesday 24 Dec 2013

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/691455-thailand-live-tuesday-24-dec-2013/