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Massive paper factory inferno in Prachinburi

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A massive fire broke out at United Paper Public Company's kraft paper production mill in Muang district of Prachinburi province yesterday afternoon and raged for more than 16 hours before it could be kept under control Saturday morning.

Full Story: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/massive-paper-factory-inferno-in-prachinburi

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Terror arrests in Australia over planned ANZAC Day attack
Agence France-Presse
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Five men were arrested in Australia on Saturday with two of them allegedly planning a terrorist attack on a ceremony commemorating ANZAC soldiers who have fought and died for their country.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/818206-five-men-arrested-in-relation-to-alleged-anzac-day-terrorism-plot-in-victoria/#entry9315596

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Electric buses to ply Bangkok streets

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BANGKOK: -- The Ministry of Transport is to propose electric buses to ply Bangkok streets alongside the NGV-powered buses to see which is more appropriate and save operation cost.
Initially it will seek approval for 500 electric buses first on a trial run.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/818252-electric-buses-to-ply-bangkok-streets/

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Man ruptures thumb tendon playing Candy Crush Saga

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A 29 year old California man ruptured a tendon in his thumb from playing the popular game Candy Crush Saga.

The incident, which is believed to be the first of its kind related to excessive smartphone gaming, was the result of the man playing the game using only his left hand for a period of eight weeks.

Read more: http://tech.thaivisa.com/man-ruptures-thumb-tendon-playing-candy-crush-saga/9217/

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Google shaking up search recommendations on smartphones

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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google is about to change the way its influential search engine recommends websites on smartphones in a shift that’s expected to sway where millions of people shop, eat and find information.

Read more: http://tech.thaivisa.com/google-shaking-up-search-recommendations-on-smartphones/9191/

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National police chief says Samui car bomb gang implicates a former influential politician

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BANGKOK: -- The Samui car bomb attack probe is now almost coming to an end after the military and the police obtained evidence that could link the stolen car used in the car bomb attack with the politician.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/818265-national-police-chief-says-samui-car-bomb-gang-implicates-a-former-influential-politician/

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PM & Deputy PM to attend Asian - African Conference Summit

BANGKOK, 18 April 2015 (NNT) – Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Tanasak Patimapragorn will be visiting the Republic of Indonesia to attend the Asian - African Conference Summit at the invitation of President Joko Widodo.

PM Prayut is scheduled to participate in a leaders’ meeting from April 22-23, while Deputy PM and Foreign Affairs Minister Tanasak is due to partake in a ministerial meeting on April 20 in Jakarta.

PM Prayut has assigned Deputy PM and Minister of Foreign Affairs Tanasak to deputize for him at the ceremonies to commemorate the 60th Anniversary of the Asian African Conference and the 10th Anniversary of the New Asian-African Strategic Partnership (NAASP) on April 24 in Bandung city.

Thai delegates will also attend other sideline meetings, including the Asia-Africa Parliamentary Conference, the Asia-Africa Business Forum and the Asia-Africa Smart City Summit 2015.

The summit, which is held under the theme “Strengthening South-South Cooperation to Promote World Peace and Prosperity”, is aimed at encouraging stronger partnership among participating countries. Leaders from over 100 Asian and African countries, observers from 16 countries and international organizations have been invited to join the event.

PM Prayut will take this opportunity to reiterate the country’s determination and readiness to foster ties among developing countries in Asia and Africa.

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Bangkok:- Photos of a young Thai man holding hand with a farang on a skytrain during the Songkran holidays has gone viral.


Many Thai social networkers, especially women and lady boys, have forwarded the photos on Facebook, Twitter and LINE networks with comment indicating that they envy the Thai man because the farang man looked very handsome.


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[Photo credit: Jax Phoenix's Facebook]



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PM: Measures will be implemented to set lotto ticket price at 80 baht

BANGKOK, 18 April 2015 (NNT) - Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha told the media that he would use the recently introduced section 44 of the interim constitution to enforce the selling price of government lottery tickets at 80 baht a piece, as the previous policy failed to achieve that goal.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/818306-pm-measures-will-be-implemented-to-set-lotto-ticket-price-at-80-baht/

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Water supply cut off for parts of Phuket
Tanyaluk Sakoot

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Some areas will be affected until tomorrow.

PHUKET: Water supply to parts of Phuket will be cut off today (April 18) as Phuket Provincial Waterworks Authority (PWA) staff work to fix a burst main.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/818323-water-supply-cut-off-for-parts-of-phuket/

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British man found dead inside his Central Pattaya Rented Apartment

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PATTAYA:--The body of a 66 year old British Man was discovered in his 8th floor rented apartment in Central Pattaya on Saturday Afternoon.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/818357-british-man-found-dead-inside-his-central-pattaya-rented-apartment/

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Phuket lifeguard contracts approved
Tanyaluk Sakoot

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Phuket lifeguards will hopefully be back on the beaches by next month.

PHUKET: Phuket Governor Nisit Jansomwong finally approved the contracts for lifeguards to return to the beaches on Thursday (April 16). There have been no lifeguards on duty since March 27.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/818362-phuket-lifeguard-contracts-approved/

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