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Thailand Live Wednesday 20 Apr 2016

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NEW YORK (AP) - Hillary Clinton wins the Democratic presidential primary in her home state of New York.

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2nd Army Area introduces campaign to promote understanding of draft charter

BANGKOK, 20 April 2016 (NNT) - The Second Army Area has introduced a campaign to promote a correct understanding of the new draft Constitution in the Northeast.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/911442-2nd-army-area-introduces-campaign-to-promote-understanding-of-draft-charter/

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NLA to discuss plans to explain referendum question on April 25

BANGKOK, 20 April 2016 (NNT) - The National Legislative Assembly is planning to discuss the steps needed to explain the question that will be asked in the public referendum on the new draft charter.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/911447-nla-to-discuss-plans-to-explain-referendum-question-on-april-25/

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Trump, Clinton triumph on home turf in New York primaries
JULIE PACE, Associated Press
JONATHAN LEMIRE, Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — Front-runners Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton swept to victory with ease in Tuesday's New York primary, with Trump bouncing back from a difficult stretch in the Republican contest and Clinton pushing closer to locking up the Democratic nomination.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/911395-clinton-and-trump-battle-it-out-on-home-turf-in-new-york-primaries/?p=10656897

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Ship owner to pay $1m ransom for Indonesian hostages in the Philippines

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JAKARTA: -- The company that owns the hijacked tugboat Brahma 12 has agreed to pay the 50-million-peso ($1 million) ransom demanded by the Philippine rebel group Abu Sayyaf for the release of 10 Indonesian crewmembers who have been held hostage since March 26, The Jakarta Globe reported.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/911454-ship-owner-to-pay-1m-ransom-for-indonesian-hostages-in-the-philippines/

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Indonesia's counterterrorism agency seeks global partnership

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JAKARTA: -- The National Counterterrorism Agency, or BNPT, will seek more international partnerships to help in the fight against terrorism because it has become a global problem, The Jakarta Globe reported.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/911457-indonesias-counterterrorism-agency-seeks-global-partnership/

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119 Malaysian schools to close two days due to extreme heat

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KUALA LUMPUR: -- A total of 119 schools in Kuala Krai, Kelantan and Jerantut, Pahang will be closed for two days from Wednesday following high temperatures reaching 38 degrees Celcius due to the El Nino phenomenon, New Straits Times reported.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/911459-119-malaysian-schools-to-close-two-days-due-to-extreme-heat/

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Phuket Surin Beach buildings destroyed
Tanyaluk Sakoot

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The demolition of beachfront buildings at Phuket's Surin beach began this morning (Apr 20). Photo: Tanyaluk Sakoot

PHUKET: O-- fficials started demolishing the shorefront buildings at Surin Beach this morning (Apr 20), after years of deliberation and objection by tenants at the site.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/911460-phuket-surin-beach-buildings-destroyed/

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Thailand takes over China, S Korea in Vietnam’s car market: customs

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HANOI: -- Thailand has emerged as the new champion in the Vietnamese car market with a 30 percent share, thanks in most part to a new regional free trade agreement that has cut import tariffs and lowered prices, reported Thanh Nien News.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/911464-thailand-takes-over-china-s-korea-in-vietnams-car-market-customs/

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Myanmar celebrates first Pulitzer Prize-winning female journalist

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YANGON: -- An ethnic Kachin journalist from the Associated Press (AP) is the first woman from Myanmar to be among those awarded the prestigious Pulitzer Prize for her reporting, The Irrawaddy reported.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/911465-myanmar-celebrates-first-pulitzer-prize-winning-female-journalist/

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Victims' families seek premeditated murder charge for Mercedes driver over fatal crash
By Coconuts Bangkok

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Jenphop Weeraporn's Mercedes flipped over after he slammed it into another car, killing two motorists inside. Photo: JS100

BANGKOK: -- Police have been asked to consider a charge of premeditated murder against the Mercedes-Benz driver involved a fatal high-speed car crash last month that killed two students in Ayutthaya.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/911466-victims-families-seek-premeditated-murder-charge-for-mercedes-driver-over-fatal-crash/

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Famous agro-tourism farm in Pak Chong faces DSI probe for alleged encroachment

KORAT: -- Farm Chokechai, a fully integrated dairy farm perched on a vast stretch of plains amidst a scenic surrounding, and an agro-tourism spot in Pak Chong district of Nakhon Ratchasima province, is now facing probe by the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) for alleged public land encroachment following complaints by neighbours that the new fence it built blocked their daily communication route.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/911468-famous-agro-tourism-farm-in-pak-chong-faces-dsi-probe-for-alleged-encroachment/

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AP: S. Korea covered up mass abuse, killings of 'vagrants'
By KIM TONG-HYUNG and FOSTER KLUG

BUSAN, South Korea (AP) — The 14-year-old boy in the black school jacket stared at his sneakers, his heart pounding, as the policeman accused him of stealing a piece of bread.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/911470-ap-s-korea-covered-up-mass-abuse-killings-of-vagrants/

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Immigration 'personal details' form not in Phuket
The Phuket News

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Part of a three-page Immigration Bureau form seeking personal information from foreign nationals residing in the kingdom. Photo: Khaosod English

PHUKET: -- New immigration forms asking for personal information such as identities used for social media accounts, email addresses, bank account details and details of venues regularly visited by the foreigner, are not being used at Phuket Immigration, The Phuket News has been told.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/911472-immigration-personal-details-form-not-in-phuket/

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500 Witnesses to be Called in Bangkok Bombing Trial
By Sasiwan Mokkhasen
Staff Reporter

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Adem Karadag, at left, and Yusufu Mieraili, second from left, are led into a military court Wednesday morning in Bangkok.

BANGKOK — About 500 witnesses will be called during the course of the trial of two men accused of being behind last year’s deadly terror attack in Bangkok.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/911473-500-witnesses-to-be-called-in-bangkok-bombing-trial/

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Soi 38 food vendors struggle to survive after demolition of famous food hub
By Ana Salvá

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BANGKOK: -- It has been two months since Bangkok said farewell to the glorious street food scene on Sukhumvit soi 38 after the building that housed the popular food hub was sold off and demolished.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/911487-soi-38-food-vendors-struggle-to-survive-after-demolition-of-famous-food-hub/

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Drought continues to ravage many areas of Thailand

NARATHIWAT, 20 April 2016 (NNT) - The drought crisis continues to ravage residents in Su-ngai Kolok district, Narathiwat province. The Provincial Waterworks Authority will be forced to ration water supplies for domestic consumption if it does not rain in 20 days.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/911491-drought-continues-to-ravage-many-areas-of-thailand/

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Palestinian sister-city proposal stirs rancor in Colorado
DAN ELLIOTT, Associated Press

BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — This peaceful university town is 7,000 miles from the violence of the Middle East, but a proposal to become sister cities with a Palestinian community has stirred such rancor that the City Council is trying to negotiate a truce among its own residents.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/911495-palestinian-sister-city-proposal-stirs-rancor-in-colorado/

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Footballer Booted From National Team Over Attempted Rape Charge
By Teeranai Charuvastra
Staff Reporter

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Atit 'Back' Daosawang at a Sunday news conference. Photo: Matichon

BANGKOK — A 23-year-old footballer has been indefinitely suspended from playing on the national team due to allegations he attempted to rape a 17-year-old girl last week.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/911519-footballer-booted-from-national-team-over-attempted-rape-charge/

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