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HM King helps drought-affected people in 53 provinces

BANGKOK, 17 July 2015 (NNT) - His Majesty the King has ordered water supply centers set up in 53 provinces to help the drought-affected people.


The water supply centers are collaboration between the Rajaprajanogroh Foundation under the Royal Patronage, the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation and the Ministry of Education. The centers are located in Rajaprajanogroh Schools and schools under the Bureau of Special Education in 53 provinces. The centers have been operating since 17 July 2015.

The public can receive water supply at a nearby center during its operating hours until the drought situation ends.

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Tourism Min eyes boosting revenue target to 2.5 trillion baht in 2017

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BANGKOK, 17 July 2015 (NNT) – The Ministry of Tourism and Sports is aiming to bring in 2.5 trillion baht worth of tourism revenue in the next two years through the implementation of three main strategies.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/841124-tourism-min-eyes-boosting-revenue-target-to-25-trillion-baht-in-2017/

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Good conclusion to the South Pattaya Stray Dog Attack case

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PATTAYA: -- We now update you on a story we featured earlier this week originating from the Pattaya City Resort on the South Pattaya Road, where the Resort Manager was arrested on animal abuse charges following an attack on a stray dog.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/841125-good-conclusion-to-the-south-pattaya-stray-dog-attack-case/

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Illegal Community Radio Station close to Pattaya shut down by officials

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PATTAYA: -- An illegal Community Radio Station in the Bowin area of Sriracha District, was shut down on Thursday Morning following non-compliance by the owner of the station who was told in May 2014 to cease broadcasting.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/841127-illegal-community-radio-station-close-to-pattaya-shut-down-by-officials/

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THAI-MALAYSIAN RELATIONS
Swiss man admits to part in smear campaign

JESSADA JANTHARAK,
NOPPADOL SRITHAWEEKARD
THE NATION

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BANGKOK: -- A POLICE investigation into a Swiss suspect, who is being detained in Thailand on blackmail charges, has revealed that his network planned to use distorted information to attack a neighbouring country's government through media in Europe as part of a smear campaign, police spokesman Maj-General Prawut Thavornsiri said yesterday.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/841128-swiss-man-admits-to-part-in-smear-campaign-thai-malaysia-relations/

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British ex-pat attacked in his garden while sleeping by another British ex-pat

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KOH SAMUI: -- On Wednesday the 15th of July long term British ex-pat Nolan Pickering was having a nap in his garden in Koh Samui when another British man jumped out from beind his bushes and attacked him. Mr. Pickering was punched in the face by a man wearing a knuckleduster. After the attack Mr. Pickering was rushed to Thai International hospital by friends where he received seven stitches under his eye.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/840996-koh-samui-sleeping-british-expat-attacked-in-his-garden-by-another-british-expat/

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DROUGHT
Govt urged to pay farmers

THE NATION

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The water supply cut, which took effect yesterday, is expected to affect 1.4 million rai of paddy fields in central region

BANGKOK: -- A NATIONAL network of rice farmers has urged the government to pay compensation to farmers whose paddies have been damaged by the sharp cut in water supply to the agriculture sector.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/841129-drought-crisis-thai-govt-urged-to-pay-farmers/

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FISHERY
Four fishing tools banned

Panya Thiosangwan
The Nation

BANGKOK: -- The Command Centre for Combating Illegal Fishing on Thursday resolved to cancel the use of four fishing tools deemed destructive to the environment and extend the operations of the sector's one-stop service units until July 24, CCCIF chairman and Navy commander Adm Kraisorn Chansuvanich said.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/841132-four-fishing-tools-banned/

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THE NATIONAL ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMISSION
NACC resolves to probe Democrat govt's rice-distribution scheme

The Nation

BANGKOK: -- The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) yesterday resolved to further investigate a corruption allegation related to the Democrat Party's rice-distribution policy, NACC secretary-general Sansern Poljiak said yesterday.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/841133-nacc-resolves-to-probe-democrat-govts-rice-distribution-scheme/

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Poor Road Intercepts Alleged Robbery Suspect
By Khaosod English

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PATHUM THANI – A poorly-maintained road in Pathum Thani province caused a fugitive robbery suspect to lose control of his car and crash while he was being pursued by police today.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/841134-poor-road-intercepts-alleged-robbery-suspect-in-pathum-thani/

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Redshirt TV Channel Secures Reprieve From Blackout Order
By Khaosod English

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Redshirt activists deliver a letter of complaint at the government house in Bangkok protesting the shutdown of Peace TV, 30 April 2015.

BANGKOK – Bangkok's central administrative court has permitted a Redshirt-run television station to return to the air while the court deliberates on whether a stage agency's order to shut down the channel was lawful.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/841041-thai-red-shirt-tv-station-to-go-back-on-air/#entry9628986

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EDITORIAL
Shooting the messengers won't restore the Navy's 'face'

The Nation

But national dignity can be salvaged if it withdraws legal charges against the Phuketwan journalists

BANGKOK: -- There is no logical explanation why the Royal Thai Navy is stubbornly pursuing a legal case against two journalists from the online newspaper Phuketwan over a report on human trafficking in which they merely quoted an international news agency.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/841135-thai-editorial-shooting-the-messengers-wont-restore-the-navys-face/

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Dead tycoon's kin seek probe
THE NATION

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Wife and relatives of billionaire Chuwong Saetang, who died in a road accident in Bangkok in late June, file a complaint with Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha yesterday via Government House

PETITION PM AMID DOUBTS OVER WHETHER A CAR ACCIDENT REALLY CAUSED HIS DEATH

BANGKOK: -- THE FAMILY of billionaire businessman Chuwong Saetang is pushing hard for a transparent and thorough investigation into his death.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/841137-dead-thai-tycoons-kin-seek-probe/

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Panel set up to look into the case of missing textbooks
Ketkan Boonpen
The Nation

BANGKOK: -- A committee has been set up to launch a disciplinary probe in relation to the 530,000 textbooks that went missing from the Office of the Welfare Promotion Commission for Teachers and Educational Personnel (OTEP)'s Business Organisation.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/841138-thai-panel-set-up-to-look-into-the-case-of-missing-textbooks/

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2 Narathiwat soldiers killed, anti-govt banners raised
THE NATION July 17, 2015 1:00 am

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NARATHIWAT: -- Two soldiers were shot dead and set on fire inside their pickup truck in Narathiwat's Rusoh district yesterday, while insurgency sympathisers put up banners attacking the government in four other districts as well as in the neighbouring province of Pattani.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/841140-2-narathiwat-soldiers-killed-anti-govt-banners-raised/

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Democrat Kowit up in arms over Thawatchai remarks
The Nation

BANGKOK: -- Former Democrat MP for Bangkok Kowit Tharana has demanded the government take responsibility for appointing General Thawatchai Samutsakorn as a National Reform Council member after the officer was quoted as saying two large political parties planned to bring down the government by supporting an uprising.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/841142-democrat-kowit-up-in-arms-over-thawatchai-remarks/

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Questions raised over Prayut's order on LRCT
PRAVIT ROJANAPHRUK
THE NATION

BANGKOK: -- PRIME MINISTER Prayut Chan-o-cha's decision to invoke absolute power under Article 44 and abruptly suspend the selection process of new commissioners for the Law Reform Commission Thailand (LRCT) can either be seen as a move to restructure the agency under the new charter or make it redundant, said Naiyana Supapung.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/841145-questions-raised-over-prayuts-order-on-lrct/

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BREAKING:

4 Marines and gunman die in attack on two military sites
By LUCAS L. JOHNSON and KATHLEEN FOODY

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — A gunman unleashed a barrage of fire at a recruiting center and another U.S. military site a few miles apart in Chattanooga on Thursday, killing at least four Marines, officials said. The attacker was also killed.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/841146-4-marines-and-gunman-killed-in-attack-on-two-us-military-sites/

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Jury quickly convicts theater shooter of murder
By SADIE GURMAN

CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) — Colorado theater shooter James Holmes was convicted Thursday in the chilling 2012 attack on defenseless moviegoers at a midnight Batman premiere after jurors swiftly rejected defense arguments that the former graduate student was insane and driven to murder by delusions.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/841147-us-colorado-theater-shooter-james-holmes-guilty-of-murder/

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Greek banks to reopen after cash pledge from lenders
By ELENA BECATOROS and DEREK GATOPOULOS

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece on Thursday won vital pledges of support from bailout lenders needed to keep its economy from collapsing, but officials in Athens said the painful austerity measures demanded in return were likely to force an election within months.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/841148-greek-banks-to-reopen-after-cash-pledge-from-lenders/

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Family questions circumstances of woman's Texas jail death
By JAMIE STENGLE and JASON KEYSER

DALLAS (AP) — Family and friends sought more details Thursday about the death of a black woman who authorities say hanged herself in a Texas jail after her arrest for allegedly kicking an officer following a traffic stop, saying the 28-year-old gave no indication she was in such an emotional state that she would kill herself.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/841149-family-questions-circumstances-of-womans-texas-jail-death/

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Democratic activists still not quite ready for Clinton
KEN THOMAS, Associated Press
LISA LERER, Associated Press

PHOENIX (AP) — Three months into Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign for president, there are fresh warning signs she may be falling short with some Democratic voters whose enthusiasm will be essential to her success in 2016.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/841150-democratic-activists-still-not-quite-ready-for-clinton/

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Egyptian navy vessel targeted by militants off Sinai's coast
HAMZA HENDAWI, Associated Press

CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian navy vessel was targeted on Thursday by militants affiliated with the Islamic State group, who claimed they destroyed it with a rocket while it was anchored off the Sinai peninsula's Mediterranean coast.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/841151-egyptian-navy-vessel-targeted-by-militants-off-sinais-coast/

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