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EL-ARISH, Egypt (AP) - Egypt officials: Attacks, including car suicide bombing in Sinai kill at least 30 soldiers.



TOKYO (AP) - Toyota says US executive arrested in Japan on suspicion of drug law violations has resigned.


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Western Europe sweats, swims through unusual heat

PARIS (AP) — Commuters are baring lots of skin in western European capitals and French authorities are reaching out to vulnerable populations as several European countries are seeing unusually high summer temperatures.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/837227-western-europe-sweats-swims-through-unusual-heat/

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Toyota's top female executive arrested in Japan resigns

TOKYO (AP) — Toyota says Julie Hamp, who was arrested in Japan last month on suspicion of drug law violations, has resigned as managing officer. She was the most senior female executive ever at the Japanese automaker.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/837228-toyotas-top-female-executive-arrested-in-japan-resigns/

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Government to install Chinese road signs to reduce accidents in Northern Thailand

BANGKOK: -- With the recent boom numbers of Chinese visiting Thailand a boom in Chinese involvement in road accidents has closely followed. In order to counteract this, the government is set to install Chinese road signs.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/837229-government-to-install-chinese-road-signs-to-reduce-accidents-in-northern-thailand/

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No Visa - No Entry as Kenya launches new rules
BY PROF. DR. WOLFGANG H. THOME, ETN AFRICA CORRESPONDENT

NAIROBI: -- Come midnight tonight, 02nd of July 2015, do major changes in Kenya’s Visa policy come into place. Unlike in the past when many nationalities were able to get their Visa on arrival in Nairobi or Mombasa, will intending visitors now have to apply for an e-Visa in advance, with processing days taking as much as a week.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/837234-no-visa-no-entry-as-kenya-launches-new-rules/

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Thai Junta Leader 'Uncomfortable' With Jailing of Embattled Student Activists
By Khaosod English

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Monks and other supporters gathered outside of Bangkok Remand Prison on 30 June 2015 to hold a candlelight vigil calling for the activists' release.

BANGKOK — Thailand's military leader said he is personally troubled by the arrests and imprisonment of fourteen pro-democracy activists, but said the investigation must go on.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/837235-thai-pm-uncomfortable-with-jailing-of-embattled-student-activists/

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Washington's GSP reinstatement likely to shore up Thai exports, ministry says
Petchanet Pratruangkrai
The Nation

BANGKOK: - The Commerce Ministry is confident in its export-growth target of 1.2 per cent for this year now that the United States is again granting tax privileges to 127 countries including Thailand under its extension of the Generalised System of Preferences.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/837237-washingtons-gsp-reinstatement-likely-to-shore-up-thai-exports-ministry-says/

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Police to keep eye on fishermen’s movement calling for leniency in fishing license

BANGKOK, 1 July 2015 (NNT) – Police Chief has instructed a close watch on potential movement by groups of fishermen in the wake of a government announcement to strictly enforce the law on fishing license.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/837144-food-industries-feel-the-repercussion-as-thai-fishing-vessels-stat-put-on-shores/#entry9573074

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Illegal parking represents the majority of traffic violation cases

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BANGKOK: -- Illegal parking constitutes 30 percent of all traffic violations in Bangkok for the first six months of this year, according to the Traffic Police Command.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/837072-traffic-law-violations-bangkok-administration-to-lower-death-toll/page-2#entry9573099

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Thailand arrests 2 alleged brokers who sent slaves to boats
THANYARAT DOKSONE, Associated Press

BANGKOK (AP) — Two Thai men described as key figures in a human trafficking ring that provides slave crews for fishing boats were arrested, officials said Wednesday, as new regulations aimed at cracking down on illegal fishing took effect.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/837247-thailand-arrests-2-alleged-brokers-who-sent-slaves-to-boats/

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Switzerland prepares to support Thailand's political development

BANGKOK, 1 July 2015 (NNT) - Swiss ambassador to Thailand Christine Schraner Burgener has made known during a meeting with Prime Minister Prayut Chan-Ocha that the European country supports Thailand’s reform process .

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/837271-switzerland-prepares-to-support-thailands-political-development/

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Education Ministry Mulls Changing College Uniforms to Tackle Gang Rivalry
By Khaosod English

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Police inspect the scene where a 17-year-old student from Siam Technology College was shot dead in a suspected gang assassination in Bangkok on 17 June.

BANGKOK — Thailand's Minister of Education said he is contemplating universalizing or abolishing school uniforms at polytechnic colleges in an effort to curb gang violence between students.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/837272-thai-education-min-mulls-changing-college-uniforms-to-tackle-gang-rivalry/

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Bangkok’s Sex Shops, Street Bars Survive Graft Crackdown
by Chris Blake

BANGKOK: -- Fern’s cocktail bar appears each night on a sidewalk between a group of scantily-clad women from the next-door go-go club and a noodle stall near one of Bangkok’s infamous red-light districts. By morning it has vanished.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/837298-bangkoks-sex-shops-street-bars-survive-graft-crackdown/

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