Blood donations flow in for injured American teacher

Chutharat Plerin

PHUKET: -- At least 20 people have donated blood following an urgent call this morning for O-negative blood for an American woman requiring emergency surgery after a road accident, confirmed the Phuket Regional Blood Center.

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Beggars will need licenses under a new begging law

BANGKOK: Beggars will have to register with the authorities and to be issued with special ID cards under a new law to regulate begging which passed the final reading of the National Legislative Assembly on Friday.

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Architects Install Lounge at Hua Lamphong to Push Debate on Public Space (Video)

By Sasiwan Mokkhasen
Staff Reporter

A passenger plays guitar while waiting for a delayed train Thursday at the Bangkok Railway Station.

BANGKOK — Though passengers and people pile up like luggage inside Bangkok’s Railway Station Hua Lamphong, a group of architects noticed its waiting hall was not designed for them.

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PM accuses his opponents of attempting to sabotage the country

BANGKOK: Without naming names, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha accused a group of people in attempting to destroy their motherland, reject Thai legal process and encouraging foreign organizations and governments to put pressure on Thailand.

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British tourist dies after Full Moon party in Thailand

SUART THANI:-- A British tourist was found dead after going to a Full Moon party in Thailand while on holiday with friends.

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Tohoku rises from the tsunami with an agricultural revolution

By Robert Hackwill

In this first episode of “Focus” Special Japan we discover how the Tsunami-struck region of Tohoku has begun to recover, five years after the disaster.

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Air France jet narrowly misses drone over Paris

An Air France Airbus A320 jet almost hit a drone while preparing to land at Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris last month.

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Rupert Murdoch marries his fourth wife, Jerry Hall, in London

The boss of News Corporation Rupert Murdoch has married supermodel Jerry Hall in a low-key civil ceremony in London.

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Belfast police warn of further attacks after bomb blast injures prison officer

Police in Northern Ireland have warned of a severe threat to security forces after a prison officer was hurt by a bomb exploding under his van in Belfast on Friday.

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Asteroid about to make a close shave with earth … but how close?

An asteroid thought to be up to 50 metres in diameter is expected to make a close shave with our planet on Saturday, although scientists are not sure just how close.

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Turkey gags Zaman, one of its last opposition newspapers

Turkish authorities have seized control of the opposition newspaper Zaman, one of the country’s last remaining opposition media outlets.

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Police question Brazil's ex-president in corruption probe

MAURICIO SAVARESE, Associated Press
JENNY BARCHFIELD, Associated Press


RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian police hauled former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva from his home and questioned him for about four hours Friday in a sprawling corruption case involving state-run oil company Petrobras that has already ensnared some of the country's most-powerful lawmakers and businessmen.

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Trump reverses position on torture, targeting civilians

ROBERT BURNS, AP National Security Writer


WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump retreated Friday from his promise that if elected president he would order the military to kill family members of militants who threaten the United States.

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Syrian pair jailed over death of refugee boy Aylan Kurdi

A Turkish court has jailed two Syrians over the drowning of toddler Aylan Kurdi and four others including his mother and brother.

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4 Catholic nuns, 12 others killed in Yemen retirement home

AHMED AL-HAJ, Associated Press


SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Gunmen in southern Yemen on Friday stormed a retirement home run by a charity established by Mother Teresa, killing 16 people, including four Catholic nuns, officials and witnesses said.

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LA investigates knife purportedly found at OJ Simpson home

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Detectives are investigating a knife purportedly found some time ago at the former home of O.J. Simpson, who was acquitted of murder charges in the 1994 stabbings of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman, a police spokesman said Friday.

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Clinton urges candidates to present 'credible' economic plan

KEN THOMAS, Associated Press


DETROIT (AP) — Hillary Clinton said Friday the nation needs a "new bargain" for the economy and called upon all the presidential candidates to offer a "credible strategy" for raising wages as her primary race against rival Bernie Sanders shifts to a series of Rust Belt contests.

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Leader of Spanish Socialists fails in second parliamentary vote to form minority coalition

The leader of Spain’s Socialists has failed to win the confidence of parliament to become prime minister.

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Flooding adds to misery of migrants stuck on the Greek-Macedonian border

By Seamus Kearney

Bad weather is adding to the misery of thousands of migrants blocked at the Greek-Macedonian border.

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Explosion in Khlong Saen Saep boat injures at least 40 passengers

BANGKOK:-- A powerful gas explosion on a boat shuttling service between Wat Sribunruang temple and Pratunam in Klong Saensaep canal this morning left at least 40 passengers injured, two seriously.

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US presses UN council to confront sex abuse by peacekeepers

EDITH M. LEDERER, Associated Press


UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States is pressing the U.N. Security Council for the first time to confront the escalating problem of sexual abuse and exploitation by U.N. peacekeepers, which has undermined the organization's credibility.

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Think Trump was crude? The Founding Fathers were just as bad

BETH J. HARPAZ, Associated Press


NEW YORK (AP) — You could say politics has reached a new low with the "small hands" remarks from the Republican debate.

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Peanuts for babies? Studies back allergy-preventing strategy

LINDSEY TANNER, AP Medical Writer


CHICAGO (AP) — Two new studies bolster evidence that feeding babies peanuts or other allergy-inducing foods is more likely to protect them than to cause problems.

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In its first week, Syria truce brings sharp drop in violence

ZEINA KARAM, Associated Press


BEIRUT (AP) — A shaky cease-fire in Syria brokered by Moscow and Washington has survived its first week, outlasting skeptics' expectations and providing some hope that a diplomatic solution to the five-year-old war might be possible.

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China cuts its economic growth target to 6.5-7 percent

JOE McDONALD, The Associated Press
LOUISE WATT, The Associated Press


BEIJING (AP) — China's leadership cut this year's growth target for its slowing economy to 6.5-7 percent and promised Saturday to open its oil and telecoms industries to private competitors as part of sweeping reforms aimed at boosting productivity and incomes.

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Trump signals flexibility on key issues after party attacks

The Associated Press


WARREN, Michigan (AP) — Donald Trump is embracing what he calls flexibility on issues like torture and illegal immigration, abandoning at least for now the tough rhetoric that has fueled his rise to Republican front-runner status. His critics, as well as fellow Republican candidates, remained skeptical Friday.

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NLA accepts Prince of Songkla University Draft Act

Thammarat Thadaphrom

BANGKOK, 5 March 2016 (NNT) – The National Legislative Assembly (NLA) has unanimously agreed with the Prince of Songkla University Draft Act and formed a 15-member committee to revise the draft within a 7-day timeframe.

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PM: Sufficiency Economy Philosophy presented to G77 meeting

Thammarat Thadaphrom

BANGKOK, 5 March 2016 (NNT) – The Thai Premier presented His Majesty the King’s Sufficiency Economy Philosophy to the recently-held G77 meeting.

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Cambodian students protest over sex scandal at CNRP HQ

PHNOM PENH: About 60 students and youth protested outside the opposition party’s Phnom Penh headquarters on Friday over a sex scandal involving Cambodian National Rescue Party Vice President Kem Sokha, The Cambodia Daily reported.

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Indonesia, Russia to sign deal for 10 Sukhoi fighter jets in April

JAKARTA: Defence Minister Ryamizard Ryacudu has said Indonesia will sign a purchasing contract of 10 Sukhoi SU-35 fighter jets next month in Russia as a replacement for the Air Force's F-5 Tiger squadron, The Jakarta Globe reported.

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