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Panthongtae and associates ask for postponement of money laundering case

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BANGKOK: Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra’s only son, Panthongtae Shinawatra, and four co-suspects slapped with money laundering charges have postponed their appointments with officials of the Department of Special Investigation scheduled for Friday.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/888867-panthongtae-and-associates-ask-for-postponement-of-money-laundering-case/

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Health-related NGOs complain against back taxes payment and fund delay

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BANGKOK: Over 200 staff members of non-governmental organizations relying on funding from Thai Health Promotion Foundation rallied at the ThaiHealth Office on Friday to voice their grievances over funding delay and five-year back taxes demanded by the Revenue Department.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/888870-health-related-ngos-complain-against-back-taxes-payment-and-fund-delay/?p=10340984

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Myanmar Frees 20 Political Prisoners

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Soe Soe, second right, an activist who demands the rule of law and a political prisoner just released from Insein Prison, poses Friday for a picture outside the prison in Yangon, Myanmar. Photo: Gemunu Amarasinghe / Associated Press

YANGON — Myanmar's military-backed government released at least 20 political prisoners Friday, just a few months before it is scheduled to hand over power to an elected, pro-democracy party.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/888872-myanmar-frees-20-political-prisoners/

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Energy stocks lead a broad rally as the price of oil soars

MARLEY JAY, AP Markets Writer


NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks made their biggest gain in more than a month on Friday as oil prices surged, lifting energy stocks. Tech stocks also climbed as Apple jumped the most since August.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/888878-energy-stocks-lead-a-broad-rally-as-the-price-of-oil-soars/

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Trump, Republican leaders realizing they may need each other

JILL COLVIN, Associated Press
JULIE PACE, Associated Press
STEVE PEOPLES, Associated Press


DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Donald Trump and some mainstream U.S. Republicans are engaged in a long-distance flirtation. Both sides are coming to the realization that they'll need each other if the billionaire businessman becomes the party's presidential nominee.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/888880-trump-republican-leaders-realizing-they-may-need-each-other/

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Monster blizzard starts dumping snow on eastern, southern US

BEN NUCKOLS, Associated Press
SETH BORENSTEIN, Associated Press


WASHINGTON (AP) — A massive blizzard began dumping snow on the southern and eastern United States on Friday, with mass flight cancelations, six states declaring states of emergency and more than two feet (60 centimeters) predicted for Washington alone. At least seven people died in storm-related crashes.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/888881-monster-blizzard-starts-dumping-snow-on-eastern-southern-us/

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Europe's migration crisis claims another 46 lives in Aegean

NICHOLAS PAPHITIS, Associated Press


ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The death toll in Europe's migration crisis rose Friday when two overcrowded smuggling boats foundered off Greece and at least 46 people drowned — more than a third of them children — as European officials remained deeply divided on how to handle the influx.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/888882-europes-migration-crisis-claims-another-46-lives-in-aegean/

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Celebrity Dies, Paparazzi Frenzies, Public Rages Against Media Machine

By Teeranai Charuvastra
Staff Reporter

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Reporters swarm Vanda 'Bow' Sahawong and Chawanan 'Pin' Sahawong, wife and brother of late actor Thrisadee 'Por' Sahawong, as they tried to lead a ceremonial procession Tuesday to accompany the late actor’s body as it was transferred from Ramathibodi Hospital in Bangkok.

BANGKOK — Wind the clock back three months ago to a time when many people, especially those who don’t watch lakorn, had never heard of Thrissadee “Por” Sahawong.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/888865-thailand-live-saturday-23-jan-2016/?p=10341136

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The Wonderful Horrible Ramifications of Mama Ramen

By Sasiwan Mokkhasen
Staff Reporter

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Photo: Twentyfour Students / Flickr

BANGKOK — When the biggest player in the instant noodle market said its growth had fallen to 0.4 percent, the lowest in its 44 years, the media seemed to hear things differently.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/888889-the-wonderful-horrible-ramifications-of-mama-ramen/

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Tiger Temple Thailand worker filmed punching animal in face at world famous sanctuary


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An animal sanctuary worker is captured on camera violently punching a tiger on the side of the head, leading to people calling for tourists to boycott the popular attraction



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Thailand Plans New Train Lines Where ‘Death Railway’ Stood

By JAMES HOOKWAY


HELLFIRE PASS, Thailand—Seventy years after the end of World War II, plans are again being laid to build a railway through the thick jungle separating Thailand from what was then Burma.



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Chinese Human Rights Activist Disappears from Bangkok Train Station


BANGKOK – ChineseHuman rights activist and former columnist, Li Xin, who fled China and leaked confidential documents detailing Communist party propaganda efforts has vanished in Thailand, according to his wife.



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Going Down: Businesses on Phuket’s famed Bangla Rd suffer as clientele dries up

Tanyaluk Sakoot

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Bars along Phuket's famed Bangla Rd in Patong are suffering hard as the regular tourist clientele source markets are drying up. Photo: Tanyaluk Sakoot

PHUKET: The island’s top nightlife drawcard Bangla Rd in Patong is taking a battering in business this tourism high season despite officials reporting record numbers of tourist arrivals.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/888910-going-down-businesses-on-phukets-famed-bangla-rd-suffer-as-clientele-dries-up/

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4 dead after shootings in northern Saskatchewan

ROB GILLIES, Associated Press


TORONTO (AP) — A gunman opened fire at a high school and a second location in an aboriginal community in northern Saskatchewan on Friday, leaving four dead and at least two injured, officials said.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/888877-official-at-least-2-dead-in-saskatchewan-school-shooting/?p=10341800

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Indonesia’s defence sector at high risk of corruption: Transparency International

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JAKARTA: A study from the Berlin-based anti-craft watchdog Transparency International reveals that with little transparency and accountability the procurement of military equipment in Indonesia is highly prone to corruption, The Jakarta Globe reported.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/888952-indonesias-defence-sector-at-high-risk-of-corruption-transparency-international/

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Bounnhang Vorachit voted as new LPRP Secretary General

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VIENTIANE: The Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP)'s 10th Congress was closed on Friday with Vice President Bounnhang Vorachit elected as new Secretary General of the party, replacing his predecessor Choummaly Sayasone who had been in the post for almost 10 years, Lao News Agency reported.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/888953-bounnhang-vorachit-voted-as-new-lprp-secretary-general/?p=10342124

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