Thailand Live Monday 6 Oct 2014

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Chinese-speaking tour guides ask authorities to control illegal tour guides
By Digital Content

BANGKOK, Oct 6 -- The Mandarin Tour Guide Club of Thailand has filed a complaint with the Immigration Bureau to clamp down on unlicensed Chinese tour guides.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/766152-chinese-speaking-tour-guides-ask-thai-authorities-to-control-illegal-tour-guides/

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Nobel Prize for medicine awarded to scientists John O'Keefe, May-Britt Moser and Edvard Moser who discovered brain's "GPS system" /BBC

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Nobel Prize for the brain's GPS

(BBC) The Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine has been awarded to three scientists who discovered the brain's "GPS system".

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/766157-john-okeefe-may-britt-moser-and-edvard-moser-win-2014-nobel-prize-for-medicine/

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UK jihadist prisoner swap 'credible'

LONDON: -- Reports that UK jihadists were involved in a prisoner swap between Islamic State (IS) and Turkey are "credible", Whitehall officials have told the BBC.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/766160-uk-jihadist-prisoner-swap-credible/

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Over 100 illegal migrants found in forest near Aranyaprathet
The Nation

BANGKOK: -- More than 100 illegal immigrants were arrested Monday after being smuggled into Sa Kaew from Cambodia for the purpose of working in Bangkok.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/766167-over-100-illegal-migrants-found-in-forest-near-aranyaprathet/

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Police charges for those accusing the police of using scapegoats

KOH TAO: -- The Commissioner-General of the Royal Thai Police has verified that the investigation of Koh Tao murders is completely transparent, and anybody accusing the police of arresting scapegoats could be charged with insulting officials, but people on social media sites are still questioning if the police have caught all of the killers and many questions remain unanswered.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/766224-police-charges-for-those-accusing-the-police-of-using-scapegoats/#entry8493887

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