Hiring of foreign aviation experts to be speeded up
By: The Nation

BANGKOK: --A fast-track recruitment of foreign aviation experts will be completed within a month so they can help Thai-registered aircraft meet international standards.

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8,000 illegal fishing boats forced to stay ashore
By: THE NATION

BANGKOK: --TO DEAL with the problem of illegal fishing, the authorities have terminated the operation of more than 8,000 illegal fishing trawlers, the Command Centre for Combating Illegal Fishing (CCCIF) said Friday.

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Men Arrested For Murder in San Sai

SAN SAI: On the afternoon of December 3, Saparee police arrested two men on suspicion of murdering 31-year-old Suchart Pengkham, whose body was found outside an abandoned house in the San Sai area.

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Police Investigate Source of ISIS Memo Leak
By Teeranai Charuvastra
Staff Reporter


Investigators comb the Erawan Shrine for evidence on Aug. 18, the day after a bomb killed 20 people there, mostly tourists.

BANGKOK — An investigation will be launched into who leaked an police internal memo about Islamic State militants infiltrating Thailand, the chief of national police announced today.

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Alluring Farang Woman Was Actually Nigerian Man, Police Deduce

By Sasiwan Mokkhasen
Staff Reporter

Egbenka Oyalulu Ogochukwu, 35, at a police station Thursday in Bangkok.

BANGKOK — A man accused of posing as both European men and women – without being either – to romance and scam upward of 400,000 baht from Thai victims over Line was arrested yesterday.

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‘Breakthrough’ in mystery over Aztec rulers’ remains

Where did the ancient Aztecs lay their rulers’ remains to rest?

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Vigils held for California shooting victims as suspect is described as ‘a nice person’

Some 3,500 mourners held a candlelit vigil in San Bernardino, California, on Thursday night for the 14 people

shot dead in a gun rampage at a holiday party there.

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A la Bonne Biere reopens after Paris nightmare with back to business promise

By Robert Hackwill

The first of the cafes in Paris to reopen after being struck in the November 13 attacks, A la Bonne Biere, has seen regulars and new clients alike in since this morning.

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Egypt: 16 killed in firebomb attack at small nightclub

CAIRO (AP) — A firebomb attack on a small nightclub in Cairo early Friday killed 16 people and wounded three others, authorities said.

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UK: Maoist cult leader guilty of sex abuse charges

LONDON (AP) — A Maoist cult leader has been found guilty of sexually assaulting his female followers and imprisoning his own daughter in a London commune for 30 years.

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China pledges $60 billion to African development

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — China's president has pledged $60 billion to development in Africa, as part of what Chinese and African leaders have called "win-win cooperation."

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Suspect Dies in Military Custody in Deep South

By Teeranai Charuvastra
Staff Reporter

Family and relatives of Abdullayib Dolah, 42, gathered Friday morning at the Inkayuth army base to hear news about his death.

PATTANI — A Muslim man detained by the military in the restive province of Pattani last month died in custody this morning, only a day after his family visited him.

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Democrat party asks NCPO to ease ban on political activities

BANGKOK: The Democrat party has petitioned the National Council for Peace and Order to review an announcement which ban political parties from holding political activities.

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Foreign Affairs Minister confident opposition to US ambassador will not result in violence

BANGKOK, 4 December 2015 (NNT) - Thailand’s Minister of Foreign Affairs assures that opposition to the United States Ambassador to Thailand will not result in violence, after the Ambassador's recent criticism of Thailand’s lese majeste law.

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Mystery of Hung Cock in East Pattaya

PATTAYA: One of our Pattaya One Journalists made a gruesome discovery in a field in East Pattaya on Friday Afternoon when he stumbled upon a cockerel who had been left hanging from a noose attached to a tree.

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