Thailand Live Thursday 14 Jan 2016

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IUU progress declared today at Government House
NNT News

BANGKOK, 14 January 2016 (NNT) - The Government with the Royal Thai Navy, Department of Fisheries, Marine Department, Employment Department of the Ministry of Labor, The Royal Thai Police and The Ministry of Foreign Affairs today held a press conference on Thailand's progress in combating IUU Fishing. The media conference was held at the Santi Maitree Building, Government House. The Command Center for Combating Illegal Fishing (CCCIF) and related agencies informed media representatives about progress in eradicating Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing in Thai waters.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/886618-iuu-progress-declared-today-at-government-house/

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Hero or smuggler? Briton on trial for helping migrant girl

ELAINE GANLEY, Associated Press

BOULOGNE-SUR-MER, France (AP) — A French court must decide whether a British man who went on trial Thursday is a smuggler or a hero after he tried to spirit a 4-year-old Afghan girl from a squalid migrant camp in the French city of Calais to family members in Britain.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/886624-hero-or-smuggler-briton-on-trial-for-helping-migrant-girl/

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Thailand extends condolences to Indonesia over Jakarta attack
NNT News

BANGKOK, 14 January 2016 (NNT) - Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has sent a letter of condolences to the Indonesian President on the bombings in Jakarta and joined the global community in condemning the attack.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/886621-thailand-extends-condolences-to-indonesia-over-jakarta-attack/?p=10309298

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Officials to mandate international driving licence for foreigners
Sukawin Tanthavanich

PHUKET: -- Officials will soon require all foreign drivers on Phuket's roads to be in possession of an international driving licence, confirmed Phuket Vice Governor Chokdee Amornwat on Tuesday.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/886625-officials-to-mandate-international-driving-licence-for-foreigners/?p=10309343

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Police continue to pursue riot suspects
Chutharat Plerin

PHUKET: -- Officials announced this week that they have apprehended 17 suspects wanted in connection with October's Thalang Police Station riot that saw more than 6 million baht worth of damage to the station and nearby vehicles.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/886627-police-continue-to-pursue-riot-suspects/

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Car bomb attack leaves six dead in Turkey
By Everton Gayle | With REUTERS

TURKEY -- Six people were killed and some 39 injured when a car bomb exploded in front of a local police station in Cinar, in the Diyarbakir region ofTurkey.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/886631-car-bomb-attack-leaves-six-dead-in-turkey/

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Lottery fever hits the US as three winners share $1.6 billion jackpot
Euronews

USA -- It’s the world’s largest potential jackpot – which has apparently attracted three winners, in the US states of Tennessee, California and Florida.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/886632-lottery-fever-hits-the-us-as-three-winners-share-16-billion-jackpot/

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Simon Peres, former Israeli PM, recovering after heart attack
Euronews

ISRAEL -- Simon Peres, a former prime minister of Israel, is recovering in hospital after suffering a minor heart attack.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/886633-simon-peres-former-israeli-pm-recovering-after-heart-attack/

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