Thailand Live Saturday 2 Jan 2016

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Surin vows to contest for Democrat leadership

BANGKOK: Dr Surin Pitsuwan, former Asean secretary general, vowed Saturday to contest for the post of Democrat Party leader once the National Council for Peace and Order allows political parties’ activities to resume.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa....rat-leadership/

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First sunrise of the Year

Photo : Chalinee Thirasupa

Rays of the year’s first light shine over Bangkok at sunrise on New Year’s day. This breathtaking view was taken from Ratchaprarop Tower yesterday.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/883192-first-sunrise-of-the-year/

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Millions welcome 2016 with prayers

BANGKOK: 18 million mark new year with religious ceremonies to make merit around country.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/883193-millions-welcome-2016-with-prayers/

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Road death toll below last year after third ‘dangerous’ day

BANGKOK: A TOTAL OF 178 people were killed and 1,755 injured in 1,691 road wrecks in the first three days of the dangerous New Year period when accidents are closely monitored.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/883194-road-death-toll-below-last-year-after-third-dangerous-day/

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Tourists warned on encounters with elephants

PRATCH RUJIVANAROM,
SONTHANAPHON INCHAN
THE NATION

BANGKOK: KHAO YAI National Park has warned tourists not to take photos of wild elephants, saying it is dangerous and slows traffic.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/883195-tourists-warned-on-encounters-with-elephants/

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Koh Tao protesters face legal action

Yangon - Protesters against the Koh Tao sentence in front of the Royal Thai Embassy in Yangon will face legal action, said Win Shwe from Dagon Township police.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/883196-koh-tao-protesters-face-legal-action/

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Mergers, acquisitions increase in VN textiles, garments market

Workers at a garment factory. /VNS

HANOI - Mergers and acquisitions in Vietnam's textile and garment industry have increased, in a bid to take advantage of free trade agreements, especially the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP), experts said.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/883197-mergers-acquisitions-increase-in-vn-textiles-garments-market/

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Laos-Japan economic zone to benefit local community

Vientiane - The new specific economic zone (SEZ) being developed through cooperation between Laos and Japan should bring economic and other benefits to the government, local administrations and people by being a model on transparency of investment.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/883198-laos-japan-economic-zone-to-benefit-local-community/

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Hope and anxiety over the new year

BANGKOK: As 2016 arrives, with immense possibilities for Thailand, the Nation's Visarut Sankham and Wasamon Audjarint ask other Thais what they look forward to in the New Year and what they intend to do for the country.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/883199-hope-and-anxiety-over-the-new-year/

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PM urges Thais to tap AEC benefits

BANGKOK: Prayut wants people to improve their English skills and competitiveness.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/883200-pm-urges-thais-to-tap-aec-benefits/

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Phuket city hails Unesco's designation

PHUKET: Phuket City Mayor Somjai Suwansupana attributed the success in winning the inclusion into Unesco's Creative Cities Network to several parties from the ministries of Culture and Education, to educational institutions in the province and others.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/883201-phuket-city-hails-unescos-designation/

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Popular French restaurant hit by car bomb in Kabul

A suspected car bomb targeting a French restaurant has exploded in downtown Kabul.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/883204-popular-french-restaurant-hit-by-car-bomb-in-kabul/

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ISIL forces civilians to act as human shields as the battle for Ramadi rages

As the Iraqi army continues to force ISIL out of the city of Ramadi.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/883205-isil-forces-civilians-to-act-as-human-shields-as-the-battle-for-ramadi-rages/

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Grammy winner Natalie Cole dies at 65 in Los Angeles

Grammy award winning singer Natalie Cole has died at the age of 65 in Los Angeles.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/883207-grammy-winner-natalie-cole-dies-at-65-in-los-angeles/

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Pattaya Police investigate viral Facebook toilet sex video

PATTAYA: On New Year’s Eve a sexually explicit video was posted on Facebook depicting a man and, what is believed to be a Ladyboy, engaging in sexual acts in a toilet thought to be located inside a Pub in Pattaya.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/883202-pattaya-police-investigate-viral-facebook-toilet-sex-video/?p=10260738

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Rwandan President Paul Kagame to seek a third term in 2017

Rwandan President Paul Kagame says he intends to seek a third term in office.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/883208-rwandan-president-paul-kagame-to-seek-a-third-term-in-2017/

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Car drives at soldiers on guard outside Mosque in southern France

In southern France soldiers opened fired on a car which tried to ram them twice. They were on guard outside a Mosque. The driver of the car is now in hospital while an elderly worshipper was injured.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/883209-car-drives-at-soldiers-on-guard-outside-mosque-in-southern-france/

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15 killed in early hours of new year in El Salvador

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — El Salvador, suffering an epidemic of violence, opened the early new year with 15 more people gunned down, including an 11-year-old killed by men dressed as police, officials said Friday.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/883210-15-killed-in-early-hours-of-new-year-in-el-salvador/

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Wayne Rogers, Trapper John on 'M.A.S.H.,' dies at 82

ANDREW DALTON, Associated Press


LOS ANGELES (AP) — Wayne Rogers, whose Trapper John McIntyre alongside Alan Alda's Hawkeye Pierce brought mischief, martinis and meatball surgery to the masses in the 1970s every week on "M.A.S.H.," has died.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/883211-wayne-rogers-trapper-john-on-mash-dies-at-82/

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In Egypt, 15 drown after rural ferry sinks in Nile River

CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian search parties on Friday recovered an elderly man's body from the Nile River, bringing the death toll to 15 from the sinking of a small ferryboat on New Year's Eve, officials said. Two more people believed to have been on the boat were still missing.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/883212-in-egypt-15-drown-after-rural-ferry-sinks-in-nile-river/

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Prayut vows further supports to rubber industry

BANGKOK: Two Chinese tyre makers have shown interest in investing in rubber compound processing projects in Thailand, said Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha in his weekly TV programme.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/883221-prayut-vows-further-supports-to-rubber-industry/

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CP becomes part of Kyuakphyu SEZ development in Myanmar

Thailand's Charoen Pokphand Group was the only non-Chinese company involved in the consortia awarded the two projects to develop a special economic zone in Myanmar's Rakhine State, according to Reuters.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/883222-cp-becomes-part-of-kyuakphyu-sez-development-in-myanmar/

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Nevada Supreme Court orders new trial in biker club killing

MICHELLE RINDELS, Associated Press


CARSON CITY, Nevada (AP) — The Nevada Supreme Court has ordered a new trial for a man convicted of assassinating a Hells Angel leader in a 2011 shootout between rival motorcycle clubs at a Reno-area casino.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/883227-nevada-supreme-court-orders-new-trial-in-biker-club-killing/

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Saudi beheadings soar in 2015 under discretionary rulings

AYA BATRAWY, Associated Press


DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia carried out at least 157 executions in 2015, with beheadings reaching their highest level in the kingdom in two decades, according to several advocacy groups that monitor the death penalty worldwide.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/883230-saudi-beheadings-soar-in-2015-under-discretionary-rulings/

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Gunmen attack Indian air base near Pakistan border; 2 killed

NEW DELHI (AP) — At least four gunmen entered an Indian air force base near the border with Pakistan on Saturday morning and exchanged fire with security forces, leaving two of them dead, officials said.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/883234-gunmen-attack-indian-air-base-near-pakistan-border;-2-killed/

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Haiti president says postponed runoff vote slated for Jan 17

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haitian President Michel Martelly has announced that a postponed presidential runoff vote will be held on Jan. 17.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/883236-haiti-president-says-postponed-runoff-vote-slated-for-jan-17/

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Algerian hero and longtime opposition leader buried in chaos

AOMAR OUALI, Associated Press
ELAINE GANLEY, Associated Press


ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Tens of thousands of Algerians massed in a mountain village for a chaotic burial ceremony Friday of a national hero of the brutal independence war with France.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/883238-algerian-hero-and-longtime-opposition-leader-buried-in-chaos/

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North Korean leader talks war but doesn't comment on nukes

KIM TONG-HYUNG, Associated Press


SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said in an annual New Year's speech Friday that he was ready for war if provoked by "invasive" outsiders, but he stayed away from past threats involving the country's nuclear weapons and long-range missile ambitions.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/883241-north-korean-leader-talks-war-but-doesnt-comment-on-nukes/

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Cambodia’s central bank sounds optimistic, cautious note on economy

PHNOM PENH: The National Bank of Cambodia has sounded an optimistic, but cautious, note on the economic prospects for the Kingdom in 2016, citing textile exports, low oil prices and increasing domestic demand as the main drivers of growth in 2015, The Phnom Penh Post reported.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/883248-cambodias-central-bank-sounds-optimistic-cautious-note-on-economy/

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Indonesia’s New Year coloured by drunken fights, bomb hoaxes

JAKARTA: The New Year celebrations on Thursday sparked a spate of colourful incidents across Indonesia, but the transition to 2016 went by relatively safely, according to National Police chief Badrodin Haiti, as reported by The Jakarta Globe.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/883249-indonesias-new-year-coloured-by-drunken-fights-bomb-hoaxes/