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Make gender choice official, says Phuket Poll
The Phuket News

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Treechada ‘Nong Poy’ Petcharat, born in Phang Nga, raised in Phuket, is one of Thailand’s most famous transsexuals. Photo: @poytreechada/Instagram

PHUKET: -- More than half the respondents to an online poll by The Phuket News have voiced their support for transgenders or transsexuals to choose the gender shown on their Thai government identity cards.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/873257-make-gender-choice-official-says-phuket-poll/

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Myanmar court fines 5 men for printing ‘Rohingya calendar’

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Photo caption: Kyaw Printing House in Yangon’s Panzundaung Township was raided and sealed off by police for printing a calendar with the word “Rohingya.” (PHOTO: Swe Win / Myanmar Now)

Yangon (Myanmar Now) – A Yangon court has used a printing and publishing law to fine five men $800 each for their involvement in printing a calendar that stated that Rohingya Muslims are an ethnic-religious minority living in Myanmar.

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Searchers pull bodies from rubble after Myanmar landslide

ESTHER HTUSAN, Associated Press


YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Soldiers, police and volunteers pulled body after body from the rubble Monday, as the death toll from a landslide near several jade mines in northern Myanmar reached at least 113, a local official said. More than 100 others were missing.



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PM practices “Bike for Dad” biking around Government House

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Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha this morning led his cabinet ministers to practice cycling around the Government House to prepare their physical readiness for the upcoming "Bike for Dad" cycling event scheduled on December 11.

Dressed in the “Bike for Dad” T-shirts, he and his cabinet ministers rode around the Government House for 10 rounds before taking part in the weekly cabinet meeting this morning.

Gen Prayut admitted that he felt tired in today’s practice due to the morning heat.

He says he was also worrying about the safety of all cyclists and the arrangement of processions but has ordered authorities to get everything ready for the event.

Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/pm-practises-bike-for-dad-biking-around-government-house

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-- Thai PBS 2015-11-24

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Op-Ed: Girls, Women Still Being Hurt Across the World
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Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka is executive director of UN Women. Photo: Marco Grob

Across the world, violence against women and girls remains one of the most serious — and the most tolerated — human rights violations, both a cause and a consequence of gender inequality and discrimination.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/873266-girls-women-still-being-hurt-across-the-world/

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Large quantity of weapons and drugs seized in week long anti-crime campaign
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Police showed of the haul of weapons at a press conference held at Phuket City Police Station yesterday (Nov 23).

PHUKET: -- Region 8 police have seized over 100 guns, knives and other contraband items during a one week anti-drug and crime campaign leading up to the Loy Krathong Festival.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/873271-large-quantity-of-weapons-and-drugs-seized-in-week-long-anti-crime-campaign/

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3 Months After Attack, Bangkok Bombing Suspects Charged
By Teeranai Charuvastra
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Security officers inspect the blast site at Erawan Shrine on Aug. 17, 2015, in Bangkok.

BANGKOK — After nearly three months in military custody, two Uighur men accused of staging Bangkok’s deadliest terror attack in memory were charged in court today.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/873248-thailand-indicts-2-for-deadly-bangkok-bombing/#entry10114906

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European Parliament’s invitation to Yingluck sparking suspicion of its authenticity

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BANGKOK: -- Foreign minister Don Pramudwinai said the ministry needs to examine contents in the European Parliament's extension of invitation to former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra to Europe to share views on political situation in Thailand.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/873143-yingluck-gets-invitation-to-visit-from-eu-parliament/page-3?p=10114917#entry10114917

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China, Thailand joint air force exercise highlights warming ties
By Patpicha Tanakasempipat and Jutarat Skulpichetrat

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's military held an air show with China on Tuesday ahead of joint maneuvers in a sign of warming ties, but Thailand said it was not distancing itself from the United States which downgraded their military relationship following a 2014 coup.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/873281-china-thailand-joint-air-force-exercise-highlights-warming-ties/

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Hollande to hold talks with Obama over revamping efforts to defeat ISIL

PARIS: -- French jets from the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier have begun striking ISIL targets in Iraq while Britain offered France the use of an air base in Cyprus to hit the militants behind the Paris attacks.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/873283-hollande-to-hold-talks-with-obama-over-revamping-efforts-to-defeat-isil/

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Kerry in Israel for 1st time since 2014; no bold peace push
By BRADLEY KLAPPER

JERUSALEM (AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry made his first trip to Israel in more than a year, arriving on Tuesday in the midst of a new rash of deadly attacks that have dampened hopes for peace mediation between the Jewish state and Palestinians during the Obama administration's final year. The visit includes no such ambitious agenda, the chief U.S. diplomat conceded, and is primarily focused on ending the terror.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/873287-kerry-in-israel-for-1st-time-since-2014;-no-bold-peace-push/

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Patong police deny violence in Russian restaurant G-MM copyright raid
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Busarakam Suwanwongs at Patong Police Station with her black eye. Photo: Darawan Naknakhon

PHUKET: -- Kathu Police Superintendent Col Chaiwat Ui-kam has denied any violence by his officers during a music copyright raid on a Russian restaurant in Patong – despite the owner having a black eye allegedly sustained in the angry confrontation.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/873295-patong-police-deny-violence-in-russian-restaurant-g-mm-copyright-raid/

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Naga-Whispering Magic Monk Vanishes - With Donations
By Sasiwan Mokkhasen
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Villagers in Korat, Nakhon Ratchasima province, were upset Monday after a popular magical monk absconded with donation money, leaving an unfinished naga temple behind.

KORAT — When Phra Thep Srisuttho walked into Nakhon Ratchasima about six months ago he made a stir with folks as word of his special power spread. Srituttho, it was said, could communicate with the serpentine spirits known as Naga.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/873298-korat-naga-whispering-magic-monk-vanishes-with-donations/

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Chet Sao Noi and Doi Chong Among New National Parks to be Established
By Chayanit Itthipongmaetee
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Chet Soi Dao National Park. Image: National Park Department

BANGKOK — Emerald peaks in the far north and a seven-level, crystal-clear waterfall will soon be among protected areas to attract tourists and nature-vibing cityfolk.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/873351-chet-sao-noi-and-doi-chong-among-new-national-parks-to-be-established/

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Women Accused of Drugging Farangs with Xanax-Spiked Breasts


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Pattaya police display today a hardcopy of a CCTV image taped to a piece of cardboard they claim shows two women involved in drugging and robbing to foreign men.


PATTAYA — Pattaya police accused two women today of spiking drinks and their breasts with drugs to incapacitate two tourists and rob them.




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