Belgium's PM Michel calls for a European CIA



BRUSSELS: -- The Belgian prime minister has suggested Europe needs a central intelligence agency to reinforce and coordinate its anti-terrorist operations.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/874990-belgiums-pm-michel-calls-for-a-european-cia/

Happy ending for young couple caught up in Europe's migration crisis



LESBOS: -- After an agonising wait, a young couple caught up in Europe’s migration crisis have finally been reunited.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/874991-happy-ending-for-young-couple-caught-up-in-europes-migration-crisis/

Leaders ponder the cost of greenhouse gas reductions



PARIS: -- The major sticking point for world leaders attending the climate change conference in Paris(COP21) is to reconcile the cost to the global economy of greenhouse gas reduction and the cost to the planet of climate change.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/874993-leaders-ponder-the-cost-of-greenhouse-gas-reductions/

China calls on developing nations to honour financial pledges



PARIS: -- China, the world’s second largest polluter, has called for every nation to be able to develop its own solution to global warming.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/874994-china-calls-on-developing-nations-to-honour-financial-pledges/

Obama accepts duty of US to help fix climate change



PARIS: -- Speaking at the Paris summit, US President Barack Obama said the United States accepted its duty as the world’s second-biggest greenhouse gas emitter to fix climate change.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/874995-obama-accepts-duty-of-us-to-help-fix-climate-change/

900 Saudi women running for office



RIYADH: -- With less than two weeks until voting gets underway in Saudi Arabia, campaigning by women taking part in elections for the first time is in full swing.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/874996-900-saudi-women-running-for-office/

World leaders gather to try to save Earth from overheating
By KARL RITTER and SYLVIE CORBET

LE BOURGET, France (AP) — With dramatic vows to save future generations from an overheated planet, the largest gathering ever of world leaders began two weeks of talks Monday aimed at producing the most far-reaching pact yet to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions and avert environmental havoc.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/874997-world-leaders-gather-to-try-to-save-earth-from-overheating/

Turkey won’t apologize to Russia over warplane downing
By JAMEY KEATEN

ANKARA: -- Turkey won’t apologize to Russia for shooting down a warplane operating over Syria, the Turkish prime minister said Monday, stressing that the military was doing its job defending the country’s airspace.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/874998-turkey-wont-apologize-to-russia-over-warplane-downing/

Seven Similan park officials seek justice for their “unfair” transfer



BANGKOK: -- Seven assistants to the chief of Similan national marine park in Phang-nga province have asked for justice from the acting director-general of National Parks, Wildlife and Plants Department after they were transferred out of the famous marine park following a sharp drop in revenue from visitors.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/875001-seven-similan-park-officials-seek-justice-for-their-unfair-transfer/

Turkey row: Russian tourists told to seek new destinations
By Sarah Rainsford
BBC News, Moscow

MOSCOW: This week brought the first real snowfall in Moscow, along with the news that yet another winter getaway is off-limits.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/875020-turkey-row-russian-tourists-told-to-seek-new-destinations/

Russia says Turkey 'shot down plane for IS oil'

PARIS: -- Russia has accused Turkey of shooting down its warplane near the border with Syria in order to protect its oil trade with the Islamic State (IS) group.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/875021-russia-says-turkey-shot-down-plane-for-is-oil/

From Homeland to hair: Clinton emails peek into the personal
LISA LERER, Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — The latest release of Hillary Clinton's private emails show her, as secretary of state, dealing with the complicated politics of the Arab Spring, fending off questions about her role in the deadly 2012 Benghazi attacks and attempting to navigate an intensifying conflict between Israel and Palestine.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/875026-from-homeland-to-hair-clinton-emails-peek-into-the-personal/

Britain to vote on extending airstrikes into Syria on Wednesday



LONDON: -- British Prime Minister David Cameron is confident he will win a parliamentary vote on bombing Syria which he has announced will be held on Wednesday.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/875029-britain-to-vote-on-extending-airstrikes-into-syria-on-wednesday/

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) - Burkina Faso electoral commission says Roch Marc Christian Kabore wins presidency.

Black Market Car Engine Warehouse Raided
by CityNews



CityNews – Police raided a storehouse containing around 150 Japanese and European automobile engines and car parts, with search and arrest warrants in hand.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/875033-black-market-car-engine-warehouse-raided-in-chiang-mai/

Ghostly ships filled with dead bodies arrive on Japan's shores
By Mairi Mackay, CNN

(CNN)An unsettling mystery has washed up on Japan's shores.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/875040-ghostly-ships-filled-with-dead-bodies-arrive-on-japans-shores/

IMF allows Chinese yuan to enter the jet set currency club



NEW YORK: -- The IMF has accepted the Chinese yuan into the club of elite currencies.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/875041-imf-allows-chinese-yuan-to-enter-the-jet-set-currency-club/

UPDATE:

Former Hells Angels gang member kidnapped from his home in Thailand
Lindsay Murdoch

Bangkok: A former Australian Hells Angles motorcycle gang member has been beaten unconscious and kidnapped at gunpoint from his home in Thailand.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/874800-mystery-surrounds-kidnapping-of-foreign-man-in-pattaya/page-4?p=10139352#entry10139352

Buddhist extremism in Thailand fits neatly into junta's plans
by Alistair Denness

BANGKOK: -- BESET by a painful economic downturn, clouded by political uncertainties and plagued by numerous human rights abuses attributed to the ruling junta, Thailand’s rulers are throwing a spanner in the media narrative by launching a controversial campaign to establish Buddhism as the country’s official religion.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/875051-buddhist-extremism-in-thailand-fits-neatly-into-ncpos-plans/

15 people, including seven cops arrested for abducting Iranian



KUALA LUMPUR: -- Fifteen people - including seven policemen - have been arrested for kidnapping an Iranian businessman from the oil and gas industry, The Star Online reported.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/875052-malaysia-15-people-including-seven-cops-arrested-for-abducting-iranian/

Neo-Nazi shocks pool visitors with offensive concentration camp tattoo
Staff writer

ORANIENBURG: -- A man with an extremely offensive tattoo of a concentration camp has been kicked out of a water park in the east-German town of Oranienburg on Sunday.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/875054-neo-nazi-shocks-pool-visitors-with-offensive-concentration-camp-tattoo/

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More police to ensure safety at Bike for Dad



BANGKOK: -- The Royal Thai Police will deploy 1,000 more police to ensure security and safety for participants in the upcoming "Bike for Dad" cycling event scheduled on December 11.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/875056-more-police-to-ensure-safety-at-bike-for-dad/

October export falls to lowest this year



BANGKOK: -- Export figures for October this year declined in excess of 8%, the lowest for the entire year, according to the Thai National Shippers’ Council yesterday.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/875060-october-export-falls-to-lowest-this-year/

Nearly 9 in 10 VN women sexually harassed in public: survey



VIETNAM: -- Thanh Nien News reported that a new survey has revealed that 87 percent of women and girls have been sexually harassed in public spaces in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/875062-nearly-9-in-10-vietnamese-women-sexually-harassed-in-public-survey/

Dept of Corrections initiates 'Hug Your Dad' campaign

BANGKOK, 1 December 2015 (NNT) – The Department of Corrections has initiated the “Hug Your Dad” campaign for the Bangkok Remand Prison, ahead of National Father’s Day.

Department Director-General Vitaya Suriyawong kicked off the “Hug Your Dad” activity as part of Father’s Day events in honor of His Majesty the King’s birthday anniversary on December 5.

The activity allows relatives to visit prisoners twice daily from December 4 – 8. Visits at the correctional facility can last for up to two hours.

Roughly 1,360 inmates have registered for visitation with more than 4,400 relatives.

The Department of Corrections often holds various activities to commemorate National Father’s Day and His Majesty the King.


-- NNT 2015-12-01

Redshirt leaders freed after signing MOU with the military



BANGKOK: -- Redshirt leaders Jatuporn Phromphan and Nattawut Saikua were freed last night after both reached agreement with the military that they will not make any political movement that could incite public disturbance.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/875065-jatuporn-and-nattawut-freed-after-signing-mou-with-the-military/

HK tourist jumps to his death in Bangkok shopping centre

BANGKOK: -- A 74-year-old Hong Kong Chinese tourist jumped to his death from the car park building Terminal 21 shopping plaza last night.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/875069-hk-tourist-jumps-to-his-death-from-car-park-building-in-bangkok/

Heavy rain floods homes in the South of Thailand

SOUTH, 1 December 2015 (NNT) - Several areas in the South of Thailand are seeing rainfall, especially in Nakhon Si Thammarat province, where heavy showers overnight have flooded several homes.

Flooding was heaviest in Tha Sala district, where the terrain is even and flat. Lt Col Kiattisak Niwong, Commander of the 105th Artillery Battalion, led troops to inundated areas that were inaccessible by motor vehicles. In Nopphitam district, runoff from the nearby forests of Khao Luang mountain have cut off local roadways between villages.

Meanwhile in Surat Thani province, heavy rain has flooded watershed areas, especially in Kanchanadit district. Nopphitam also drains into Kanchanadit, further exacerbating the problem in Surat Thani.

In Narathiwat province, raining has stopped, but six neighborhoods in the border town of Su-ngai Kolok are still seeing flooding between 10 - 20cm deep. A total of 90 homes are affected by the flooding. Soldiers from Narathiwat Task Force 36 have been deployed to assist disaster victims and stand ready to provide additional aid in the event of more flooding.


-- NNT 2015-12-01

VIDEO: General Udomdej says he will carry on with his work as usual



BANGKOK: -- Deputy Defence Minister Udomdej Seetabutr said this morning that he would carry on with his work as usual despite the increasing pressure for him to call it quits over the Rajabhakti park scandal.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/875071-general-udomdej-says-he-will-carry-on-with-his-work-as-usual/