Thailand Live Saturday 23 Apr 2016

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Phuket’s Tritrang Beach gains artificial reef

The Phuket News

Officials look on as part of the artificial reef is lowered into the sea. Photo: PR Dept

PHUKET: -- Phuket officials today (Apr 22) placed 120 concrete blocks off the coast of Tritrang Beach at the south end of Patong which they hope within five years be a flourishing coral reef covering an area close to two rai.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa....rtificial-reef/

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Bus driver and conductor fined for being rude to a disabled passenger

BANGKOK: A city bus driver was fined 1,000 baht for rushing out of a bus stop as a disabled passenger was about to exit causing the latter to lose control and fall on the road, said the Bangkok Mass Transit Authority, operator of the city bus service.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/912133-bus-driver-and-conductor-fined-for-being-rude-to-a-disabled-passenger/

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Two suspected bombers arrested in Songkhla’s Jana district

SONGKHLA: Two suspected militants believed to be involved in the April 11 motorcycle bomb blast in front of a railway station in Songkhla’s Jana district have been arrested by security forces.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/912134-two-suspected-bombers-arrested-in-songkhlas-jana-district/

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20 heads of cattle suspected to be poisoned to death

SUPHAN BURI: About 20 heads of cattle were found dead, suspected to be poisoned, near a pond in the middle of a dry rice farmland in Suphan Buri’s Sam Chook district, Thursday night.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/912135-20-heads-of-cattle-suspected-to-be-poisoned-to-death/

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Special Needs School Samui Near Completion

KOH SAMUI: As one can see from the following photographs the “Special Needs School – Samui” is almost completed, with only a School 1few further details such as Guttering and railings etc to finish. The result is a magnificent tribute to everyone who has so kindly committed time, effort and funds to this project.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/912136-special-needs-school-samui-near-completion/

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Chernobyl disaster: witnesses describe the immediate aftermath of the catastrophe

Thirty years after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, euronews spoke to three people who worked in and around the site of the power station in the immediate aftermath of the tragedy.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/912137-chernobyl-disaster-witnesses-describe-the-immediate-aftermath-of-the-catastrophe/

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Obama’s Brexit comments draw strong rebuttal from London Mayor Boris Johnson

By Robert Hackwill

“Incoherent, inconsistent, hypocritical” – so says leading Leave campaigner Boris Johnson about President Barack Obama’s comments on Britain’s Brexit referendum in a UK newspaper.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/912138-obamas-brexit-comments-draw-strong-rebuttal-from-london-mayor-boris-johnson/

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ESA celebrates successful launch of Sentinel 1-B

By Robert Hackwill

Europe has a new eye in sky and it is all about making life safer for all of us says the European Space Agency.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/912141-esa-celebrates-successful-launch-of-sentinel-1-b/

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Deadly airstrikes hit northern Syria as talks stall

BEIRUT (AP) — At least 18 people were killed Friday when airstrikes hit several rebel-held neighborhoods in Syria's contested northern city of Aleppo, anti-government activists said, an escalation that placed added strain on a fragile cease-fire.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/912142-deadly-airstrikes-hit-northern-syria-as-talks-stall/

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Amnesty accuses Nigerian army of mass murder

By Robert Hackwill

Human rights organisation Amnesty International has issued a report accusing the Nigerian army of the massacre of 350 people in the north of the country in December.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/912143-amnesty-accuses-nigerian-army-of-mass-murder/

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At least 7 people dead after rural shooting in US state of Ohio

Law enforcement officials in the US state of Ohio say that several people were found dead in a home in Pike County.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/912144-at-least-7-people-dead-after-rural-shooting-in-us-state-of-ohio/

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Obama says North Carolina law should be overturned

DARLENE SUPERVILLE, Associated Press
KEVIN FREKING, Associated Press


LONDON (AP) — President Barack Obama called Friday for the overturning of a North Carolina law that requires transgender people to use public bathrooms conforming to the sex on their birth certificates and restricts protections for LGBT people.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/912145-obama-says-north-carolina-law-should-be-overturned/

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Paris climate accord is signed by record 175 countries

As Earth Day was being observed around the planet on Friday, a record number of 175 countries signed the historic Paris accord to slow global warming.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/912146-paris-climate-accord-is-signed-by-record-175-countries/

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Judge won't dismiss lawsuit on harsh CIA interrogation

NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS, Associated Press


SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — A federal judge on Friday said he won't dismiss a lawsuit against two Washington state psychologists who helped design the CIA's harsh interrogation techniques in the war on terror. The decision means a continuation of the closely watched case that will likely include secret information.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/912147-judge-wont-dismiss-lawsuit-on-harsh-cia-interrogation/

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Ecuadoreans wait for food, water in towns leveled by quake

CRISTIAN KOVADLOFF, Associated Press


CANOA, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuadoreans slept outside and struggled to find food and water Friday in the wake of aftershocks that are still rocking coastal towns flattened by last weekend's powerful earthquake.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/912148-ecuadoreans-wait-for-food-water-in-towns-leveled-by-quake/

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Bad week for German automakers: Huge costs, new probe

DAVID McHUGH, Associated Press
TOM KRISHER, Associated Press


WOLFSBURG, Germany (AP) — It's been a bad week for German automakers.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/912149-bad-week-for-german-automakers-huge-costs-new-probe/

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Thaksin denies PM’s accusation that he pulls the strings behind anti-government activities

BANGKOK: Fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has denied Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha’s accusation that he was the man behind all the anti-government activities in the country.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/912152-thaksin-denies-pms-accusation-that-he-pulls-the-strings-behind-anti-government-activities/

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'80s Action Star to Make Films Promoting Thailand

BANGKOK — Like in many ‘80s action films, it’s the story of a bygone master who’s laid down his weapons in seek of peaceful pursuits.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/912154-80s-action-star-to-make-films-promoting-thailand/

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Chaokhun Berlin sued for 10 million baht in a defamation lawsuit

BANGKOK: Activist monk Phra Buddha Isara filed a 10 million baht defamation lawsuit to the Nakhon Pathom provincial court on Friday against the abbot of a temple in Germany, Phra Sophon Buddhavithet alias Chaokhun Berlin.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/912156-chaokhun-berlin-sued-for-10-million-baht-in-a-defamation-lawsuit/

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Bangkok Cabbie Arrested for Attempting to Rape Passenger

By Teeranai Charuvastra
Staff Reporter

Taxi driver Patiwat Boonsangiem sits and listens during a police news conference Friday in Nonthaburi province.

NONTHABURI — A taxi driver was arrested and accused of robbing and attempting to rape a passenger in northern Bangkok during the Songkran holiday last week, Nonthaburi police announced today.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/912159-bangkok-cabbie-arrested-for-attempting-to-rape-passenger/

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Cremated remains found in Udon - one likely to be local woman

Image: Thairath

UDON THANI:-- Police investigating the discovery of fifteen illegal cremation sites in rural land in Udon said that several of the remains are likely to be of human origin.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/911890-suspected-mass-cremation-sites-found-n-the-woods-in-udon-thani/?p=10667672

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You mean we're not really invisible? Hapless Chonburi thieves find their superpowers lacking

CHONBURI:-- Two fifteen year old thieves thought their tattoos of Japanese cartoon heroes would save them from capture.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/912153-you-mean-were-not-really-invisible-hapless-chonburi-thieves-find-their-superpowers-lacking/

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Gunman holds up Kasikorn bank in Bangkok, flees with 1.8 million baht

Image: Manager

BANGKOK:-- A robber put a gun to a bank girl's head as she changed ATM money outside a Kasikorn bank branch in Bangkok on Friday.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/912155-gunman-holds-up-kasikorn-bank-in-bangkok-flees-with-18-million-baht/

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Four hurt in scaffolding collapse at Challenger, Muang Thong Thani

Image: Manager

BANGKOK:-- Four workmen were hurt, one seriously, when scaffolding on the public concourse at the Challenger arena in Muang Thong Thani collapsed Friday afternoon.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/912157-four-hurt-in-scaffolding-collapse-at-challenger-muang-thong-thani/

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Triple murder of family in Sukhothai - gunman turns himself in

Image: Thairath

SUKHOTHAI:-- A shocked public looked on in horror as a gunman shot dead three members of a well known local family in broad daylight in Sukhothai.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/912158-triple-murder-of-family-in-sukhothai-gunman-turns-himself-in/

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Heartbreak as young British backpacker is found dead in Cambodia hostel

SIHANOUKVILLE:-- A 24-year-old British backpacker has been found dead in a Cambodian hostel after suffering a suspected heart attack .

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/912092-heartbreak-as-young-british-backpacker-is-found-dead-in-cambodia-hostel/

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Apple hopes to get its books, movies back online in China



BEIJING (AP) — Apple Inc. said Friday it hopes to resume its online iTunes and iBooks services in China, where they were recently shut down less than seven months after being launched.

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/apple-hopes-to-get-its-books-movies-back-online-in-china/14852/

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The enormous Samsung Galaxy View tablet hits stores in Thailand



With its 18.6 inch display, the Galaxy View is more like a small TV than it is tablet, with Samsung claiming it is largest Android mobile device on the market currently.

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/the-enormous-samsung-galaxy-view-tablet-hit-stores-in-thailand/14845/

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Apple makes $40 million from gold it recovers from old devices



Apple has revealed how it recovered almost a ton of gold in a year from old recycled Macs, iPhones and iPads.

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/apple-makes-40-million-from-gold-it-recovers-from-old-devices/14842/

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FBI paid over $1 million to unlock San Bernardino iphone

The FBI is estimated to have paid more than $1.3 million to get into the iPhone of one of the San Bernardino killers.

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/fbi-paid-over-1-million-to-unlock-san-bernardino-iphone/14854/