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Thailand Live Saturday 17 Oct 2015

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At least five Palestinians were killed by Israeli security forces on Friday, two on the border with Gaza and another three on the West Bank. One of these incidents took place when a man approached soldiers disguised as a journalist and stabbed one of them. Bethlehem and other West Bank locations saw running clashes with police




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PM: Big progress in IUU fishing crackdown


BANGKOK, 17 October 2015 (NNT) – Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha has restated the government’s readiness to address the European Union’s assessment of the Thai government's crackdown on illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, during his weekly talk program.



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