Thailand Live Sunday 14 Sep 2014

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Pilot turns Malaysia Airlines flight around after defect

KUALA LUMPUR - A Malaysia Airlines flight was forced to turn around due to an auto-pilot defect, landing safely early Sunday, said the carrier already reeling from the loss of two planes this year.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/760282-pilot-turns-malaysia-airlines-flight-around-after-defect/

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Australia commits 600 troops to anti-IS campaign

SYDNEY - Prime Minister Tony Abbott said Sunday Australia would deploy 600 troops to the United Arab Emirates to join the US-led international coalition gearing up for war against Islamic State jihadists.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/760272-islamic-state-crisis-australia-to-send-600-troops-to-uae/#entry8384581

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Pope: Current conflicts may amount to third world war

Milan - Pope Francis on Saturday said that armed conflicts around the world today amounted to a third world war, as he commemorated fallen soldiers with a mass at the Redipuglia memorial in northern Italy.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/760307-pope-current-conflicts-may-amount-to-third-world-war/

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Flooding in Phichit continues

BANGKOK, 14 September 2014 (NNT) - The flood situation in Phichit is still critical with three districts having been affected by floods so far. The province’s main river Yom continues to overflow.

The three flood-affected districts include Sam Ngam, Pho Prathap Chang and Bueng Narang. 15 houses in Bueng Narang have been submerged by the flood waters from the first two districts. Although the flood water level is not as high as the previous year, it has prevented people from using roads and damaged some farmland.

One of the most affected sub-districts, Bang Rai, is affected by flooding and drought every year. Residents there had to live on the roads during the flooding last year.

-- NNT 2014-09-14

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Traffic closures on out-bound Sukhunvit Road

BANGKOK: -- Out-bound traffic on the Sukhumvit Road will be closed by one lane as of September 17 until the end of the month from 11 pm to 5 am of the following day to pave way for the installation of equipments for the construction of the Green Line mass transit system from Baring terminus to Samut Prakan.

Details of the traffic closures are as follows:

September 17: traffic closure in front of the mouth of Soi Wat Bang Nang Kren and Big C Poo Chao store.

September 18: traffic closure in front of Kitcharoen trading shop.

September 21: traffic closure in front of Soi Wat Bang Nang Kreng and Big C Poo Chao store.

September 22: traffic closure at Wat Mahawong and Kitcharoen trading shop.

September 25: traffic closure at PTT gas station and Big C Poo Chao store.

September 26: traffic closure at Wat Mahawong and Waris garage.

September 30: traffic closure at Wat Mahawong and Chainiyom Karn Chang shop.

Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/traffic-closures-bound-sukhunvit-road/

-- Thai PBS 2014-09-14

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Rubber growers to meet agriculture minister for help

BANGKOK: -- Representatives of rubber growers from across the country will tomorrow (Monday) converge at the Ministry of Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives to seek government’s help to shore up the steady declining rubber prices.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/760316-rubber-growers-to-meet-agriculture-minister-for-help/

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40-million baht budget granted for study and design of Blue Line extension

BANGKOK: -- The Mass Rapid Transit Authority has been allocated with a 40 million baht budget to conduct study and designing of the 8-kilometre extension of the Blue Line from Tha Phra to Buddhamonthon Sai 4.

MRTA governor Mr Yongsith Rohsrikul said that he expected the study and project designing to be completed and submitted to the cabinet for consideration next year so that an open bid for the construction of the 14 billion baht of the Blue Line extension could be staged the following year.

The Blue Line or the Chaloem Ratchamongkhon line, the first MRT line, was officially open to the public on July 3, 2004. The 21-km line runs from Hua Lamphong to Bangsue. Currently the terminus at Bangsue is being extended 1.2 kilometre to Tao Poon as part of the Purple Line.

Informed source, meanwhile, said that it is still unclear whether or not a private firm would be selected to operate the extension line from Tha Phra to Buddhamonthon Sai 4 but it could be possible that BMCL which is currently operating the Blue Line between Hua Lamphong and Bangsue might be chosen.

The source pointed out that it might not be economically feasible for a private firm to operate just the extension line which is only eight kilometers long unless the line is further extended.

Mr Wasant Kongchan, president of Modern Property Consultant, said that real estate developers have been scooping up land along the extension route especially in Bang Wa-Petchkasem area for their condominium projects.

The price of land in Bang Wa-Petchkasem which used to fetch 95,000 baht per square wah could go up to 500,000 baht/square wah.

Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/40-million-baht-budget-granted-study-design-blue-line-extension/

-- Thai PBS 2014-09-14

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CHIANG MAI
First institute for spa opens in Chiang Mai

CHIANG MAI: -- The first Human Resources Development Institute in the northern region for the spa and massage industry is opened in the northern province of Chiang Mai in the hope to develop Thai therapists to mee the international standards.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/760319-first-institute-for-spa-opens-in-chiang-mai/

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British PM chairs emergency meeting over beheading video

LONDON - Prime Minister David Cameron will gather some of his top security advisors on Sunday to discuss Britain's response to an online video showing the murder of an aid worker by Islamic State militants.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/760238-david-hainess-evil-murder-condemned-by-pm-cameron/page-2?p=8385008#entry8385008

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RT @BBCBreaking: US man Matthew Miller, arrested in North Korea in April, gets six years hard labour for "hostile acts" - state media http://t.co/3LgwlFaHPF

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Kanok's mother dies of liver cancer at age of 85

BANGKOK: -- Nation TV's popular anchorman Kanok Ratwongsakul's mother died of liver cancer at 9:30 pm Saturday. She was 85.

Five-day funeral services will be held at Wat Yairom on Rama II Road from Sunday to Thursday.

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/Kanoks-mother-dies-of-liver-cancer-at-age-of-85-30243250.html

-- The Nation 2014-09-14

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North Korea sentences American to 6 years in labor camp

SEOUL, South Korea – North Korea said Sunday, September 14, it had sentenced detained American Matthew Miller to six years of hard labor for "hostile" acts against Pyongyang.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/760340-north-korea-sentences-american-to-6-years-in-labor-camp/

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INDEPENDENCE REFERENDUM
What if? Scotland's steps to independence

No vote posters are seen in a window during a Grand Orange Lodge of Scotland march in Edinburgh, on September 13, 2014//AFP

With polls showing Scotland's upcoming independence referendum too close to call, the rest of the United Kingdom is starting to consider seriously the implications of a "Yes" victory.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/760395-what-if-scotlands-steps-to-independence/

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