Fire destroys Pattaya tour bus as driver sleeps inside
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PATTAYA: Workers from the Sawang Boriboon Rescue Foundation were called to an NGV gas station in Nongplalai, Banglamung in the early hours of Thursday morning following reports a bus had caught fire, reports Thaivisa news.

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YouTube video helps nab 30kg king cobra
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Mr Worawut proudly displays the 30kg king cobra that he caught using a technique he learned on YouTube. Photo: Kritsada Mueanhawong

KOH LANTA: -- A Koh Lanta local was able to catch a five-meter-long king cobra that made its way into his neighbor’s garden, using a stick-and-rope technique that he learned on YouTube.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/905418-youtube-video-helps-nab-30kg-king-cobra/

Gen Udomdej vows to go ahead with park project



BANGKOK: -- Deputy defence minister Gen Udomdej Sitabutr today announced to go ahead with the Rajabhakti park in Hua Hin with plan to build learning and exhibition centre at the park after the project was delayed.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/905422-gen-udomdej-vows-to-go-ahead-with-park-project/

PM reveals high speed rail link to be funded by Thai government alone

BANGKOK, 24 March 2016 (NNT) – The Prime Minister has explained that the Thai government will be completing the Bangkok-Nakhonratchasima historic high-speed train route on its own with China only contributing to its construction and setting up the route’s technology.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/905427-pm-prayut-reveals-high-speed-rail-link-to-be-funded-by-thai-government-alone/

Quick arrest in alleged child molestation case in Ubon
Thaivisa Reporters



UBON RATCHATHANI:-- Authorities have made a quick arrest in the case of an eight year old girl who they say was taken from her home into local woods and molested, reports Thaivisa News.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/905428-quick-arrest-in-alleged-child-molestation-case-in-ubon/

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - New Zealand votes to keep its current flag by 57 percent to 43 percent in nationwide poll

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Police chase ends in ya ba haul discovered after Thai men flee in Northern Bangkok
Thaivisa Reporters


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BANGKOK:-- Police gave chase after a pickup stopped then took off as officers at a checkpoint attempted to look inside. Two men managed to get away but the truck was discovered later along with 300,000 tablets of ya ba, reports Thaivisa News.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/905432-police-chase-ends-in-ya-ba-haul-discovered-after-thai-men-flee-in-northern-bangkok/

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Thailand arrests 15 Malaysians, seizes crystal meth on train

BANGKOK (AP) — Thai authorities have arrested 15 Malaysians after finding large quantities of crystal meth and heroin in their luggage on a train out of Bangkok.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/905408-malaysian-drug-smuggling-gang-busted-at-prachuap-khiri-khan-railway-station/#entry10565576

BAGHDAD (AP) - Iraq says long-awaited operation to retake city of Mosul from Islamic State group has started.

Undercover Cops Accused of Beating, Pistol-Whipping Students (Video)
By Teeranai Charuvastra
Staff Reporter


Police investigators confront a group of students outside their vehicle March 18 in Phitsanulok province in a still image taken from a dashcam video of the incident.

PHITSANULOK — Three policemen were placed under criminal investigation yesterday for allegedly threatening a group of university students at gunpoint and beating them on the side of a road in Phitsanulok province.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/905437-undercover-cops-accused-of-beating-pistol-whipping-students-video/

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74kg of ice worth 300 million baht seized on train south of Hua Hin
Thaivisa Reporters



PRACHUAP KHIRI KHAN:-- Seven Malaysian men allegedly transporting a huge haul of Ya Ice amphetamines were arrested in a dramatic blockade set up at Prajuab Railway station, reports Thaivisa News.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/905408-malaysian-drug-smuggling-gang-busted-at-prachuap-khiri-khan-railway-station/#entry10565648

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Neighbouring countries asked to collaborate in haze mitigation

BANGKOK, 24 March 2016 (NNT) – The Pollution Control Department (PCD) has reached out to ambassadors of neighbouring countries, urging immediate control of burning activities as air pollution is reaching high levels.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/905446-neighbouring-countries-asked-to-collaborate-in-haze-mitigation/

Man admits to brutal slaying of his pregnant wife in Udon Thani
Thaivisa Reporters

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UDON THANI:-- A Sakon Nakorn man has admitted to the brutal slaying of his wife in a downtown Udon Thani soi on Sunday, reports Thaivisa News.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/905463-man-admits-to-brutal-slaying-of-his-pregnant-wife-in-udon-thani/

Johan Cruyff dead aged 68: Barcelona and Holland legend loses battle with cancer

Dutch icon Johan Cruyff has died at the age of 68, it has been announced.

Read more: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/905479-johan-cruyff-dead-aged-68-barcelona-and-holland-legend-loses-battle-with-cancer/

VIDEO: South Pattaya residents in lucky escape as power lines are downed

Thaivisa Reporters

PATTAYA:-- People had a lucky escape when workers demolishing an old building in South Pattaya accidentally knocked down three electricity power poles, reports Thaivisa News.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/905495-south-pattaya-residents-in-lucky-escape-as-power-lines-are-downed/

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