Hundreds caught up in huge traffic jam in Samui

KOH SAMUI: On February 12th hundreds of people were caught up in a massive traffic jam from Maenam to Bophut.

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New electoral mode takes all votes into account, says CDC

Tanakorn Sangiam

BANGKOK, 13 February 2016 (NNT) – The new single-ballot electoral mode will take all votes into account and prevent confusion among voters, said Constitution Drafting Commission member Prapan Naikowit.

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Mini bus smash in Surat Thani

SURAT THANI: At around 10-50 today 13th February, a mini bus carrying passengers from Surat Thani airport to Krabi collided with a truck.

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Masseuse Puzzles Over Very Rude Vandalism

By Sasiwan Mokkhasen
Staff Reporter

A police officer inspects the car of Thitirat Lheesuwan, 43, on Saturday after it was mysteriously painted with offensive language in Ratchaburi province.

RATCHABURI — Thitirat Lheesuwan was surprised but not impressed that someone decided to decorate her car with rude words just before Valentine’s.

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Phuket police yet to conclude probe into death of Chinese tourist

The Phuket News

Rescue workers bring the body of Lu Weidong ashore at Laem Ka in Rawai. Photo: Courtesy of Phuket Rescue

PHUKET: The Ministry of Tourism and Sports (MoTS) Phuket office has revealed they are powerless to do anything more in their investigation into whether or not a tour guide was present when Chinese tourist died during a day tour to Racha Island earlier this month.

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More than five dozen helmet-less drivers arrested in Phuket

Kongleaphy Keam

One of the 63 motorcyclists stopped for not wearing a helmet during the first week of the campaign.

PHUKET: Phuket traffic police made 64 arrests in the first week of the ‘One district, One road, with 100 per cent helmets’ campaign.

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NLA to deliberate additional budget law on Feb 18

Kitti Cheevasittiyanon

BANGKOK, 14 February 2016 (NNT) – The National Legislative Assembly is scheduled to deliberate more draft laws next week.

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PM urges people to learn more about economic systems

Supawadee Wangsri

BANGKOK, 13 February 2016 (NNT) – Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said Thailand needs to take steps to reduce risks which might possibly affect the enhancing of the country’s economic potentials.

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Football results and league tables from Saturday 13 February

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Ronaldo scores 2 for Madrid; 1st league victory for Neville

JOSEPH WILSON, Associated Press


BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Cristiano Ronaldo scored two goals to lead Real Madrid to a 4-2 win over Athletic Bilbao on Saturday, provisionally lifting it into second place, while Gary Neville finally got his first Spanish league victory in charge of Valencia.

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Juve grabs late winner to beat Napoli 1-0 for Serie A lead

ANDREW DAMPF, AP Sports Writer


Substitute Simone Zaza scored two minutes from time and Juventus beat visiting Napoli 1-0 on Saturday to take the Serie A lead from the southern club.

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Runaway leader PSG held 0-0 at home against Lille in France

JEROME PUGMIRE, AP Sports Writer


PARIS (AP) — Runaway leader Paris Saint-Germain warmed up for its Champions League encounter with Chelsea by dropping points for only the fourth time in the French league this season, held 0-0 in a scrappy home draw by Lille on Saturday.

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Chelsea set for Champions League with 5-1 Newcastle rout

LONDON (AP) — Chelsea prepared for its Champions League trip to Paris Saint-Germain by routing Newcastle 5-1 on Saturday, the biggest win of a miserable Premier League season for the champions.

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Van Gaal doubts Man United's top-4 chances after latest loss

STEVE DOUGLAS, AP Sports Writer


MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal cast doubt on his team's chances of qualifying for next season's Champions League after a 2-1 loss at relegation-threatened Sunderland in the Premier League, placing the Dutchman under fresh scrutiny on Saturday.

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Mkhitaryan helps Dortmund cut Bundesliga gap

CIARAN FAHEY, Associated Press


BERLIN (AP) — Henrikh Mkhitaryan's goal was enough for Borussia Dortmund to labor to a 1-0 win over bottom-side Hannover and provisionally cut Bayern Munich's Bundesliga lead to five points Saturday.

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Assad comes out fighting and says will take back “whole country” in interview

By Robert Hackwill

The International Syrian Support Group has met in Munich with members told Syria’s president, Bashar al-Assad, intends to ride out the storm and recapture his entire country.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/894787-assad-comes-out-fighting-and-says-will-take-back-whole-country-in-interview/

‘It’s just not true’ – Russia rejects claims that it’s bombing civilians in Syria

Russia has rejected accusations that it’s been bombing civilians in Syria.

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Threat of deportation of baby girl to offshore migrant centre sparks Brisbane protest

Protesters have turned out in support of medical staff in Australia, who are refusing to release a baby girl facing repatriation to an offshore immigration detention camp.

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Syria ceasefire more likely to fail than succeed, says Russian FM

By Keith Walker

Russia’s foreign minister said a Syrian ceasefire set to start next week is more likely to fail than succeed.

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US Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia dead at 79

MARK SHERMAN, Associated Press


WASHINGTON (AP) — Antonin Scalia, the influential conservative and most provocative member of the U.S. Supreme Court, has died. He was 79.

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Pope gives tough love to Mexico's political, church elite

NICOLE WINFIELD, Associated Press


MEXICO CITY (AP) — Pope Francis issued a tough-love message to Mexico's political and church elites Saturday, telling them they have a duty to provide their people with security, justice and courageous pastoral care to confront the drug-inspired violence and corruption that are tormenting the country.

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Russian PM: West is rekindling the Cold War with NATO moves

DAVID RISING, Associated Press


MUNICH (AP) — Russia's prime minister accused NATO on Saturday of restarting the Cold War amid increased military maneuvers and troop deployments to countries neighboring Russia, moves the alliance's top official defended as a necessary response to aggression from Moscow.

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Brazil troops battle Zika mosquitoes

STAN LEHMAN, Associated Press


SAO PAULO (AP) — More than 200,000 army, navy and air force troops fanned out across Brazil on Saturday to teach people how to eliminate the Aedes aegypti mosquito that spreads the Zika virus that many health officials believe is linked to severe birth defects.

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5 men killed when their car plunges into Swedish canal

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Swedish police say five people have been killed when their car plunged more than 25 meters (82 feet) from a highway bridge into a canal in the capital of Stockholm.

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Rubio under pressure as Republicans debate in South Carolina

JULIE PACE, Associated Press
WILL WEISSERT, Associated Press


GREENVILLE, South Carolina (AP) — Florida Sen. Marco Rubio enters Saturday night's Republican presidential debate facing immense pressure to right his campaign after faltering badly in the last contest and finishing a disappointing fifth in the New Hampshire primary.

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Somalia: Al-Shabab claims responsibility for plane bomb

ABDI GULED, Associated Press


MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Somalia's Islamic extremist rebels, al-Shabab, said Saturday they carried out the bombing of a commercial passenger jet earlier this month that blew a hole in the fuselage, sucking out the suspected bomber and forcing the plane to make an emergency landing.

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Police: 3 killed, scores to hospitals after highway pileup

FREDERICKSBURG, Pennsylvania (AP) — A pileup involving dozens of vehicles on an interstate highway in Pennsylvania that killed three people and sent dozens to hospitals appears to have been related to a passing snow squall, authorities said Saturday.

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Thai Immigration Unveiles New (APPS) Screening System

BANGKOK – According to Immigration Security Authorities the Nation is more secure now thanks to a new screening system at the recently opened Thai Immigration 24/7 centre in Suan Plu.

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Taiwan quake: rescue efforts over at site of toppled apartment block

Rescue efforts are over at the site of a collapsed apartment block in Taiwan, with the death toll reaching 114.

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