Families wait for news on Egyptair flight MS804



56 passengers, 10 crew, two babies and one child on board
30 Egyptians, 15 French, two Iraqis and one each from Britain, Sudan, Chad, Portugal, Algeria, Canada, Belgium, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia
families express anger over lack of information

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Egypt Air crash and the Paris link: Radical Islamic CDG airport workers?

PARIS: -- The missing Egypt Air plane took of yesterday from Charles de Gaulle also known as CDG Paris International Airport. This French airport is becoming part of a criminal investigation by French and Egyptian authorities as the possible weak link in the disappearance of an Egyptian airline yesterday.

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BoT affirms magnetic strip ATM & debit cards valid until end of 2019



BANGKOK, 20 May 2016 (NNT) - The Bank of Thailand (BoT) has affirmed that the public will still be able to use ATM and debit cards with magnetic strip technology until the end of 2019, following the move by commercial banks to introduce new cards with verification chips.

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Dept of Medical Science to review organic laws on animal diseases and poison

BANGKOK, 20 May 2016 (NNT) - The Department of Medical Science is expediting its consideration of organic laws pertaining to the handling of animal-related pathogens and poison, in order to effectively prevent mishandling and the spread of diseases.

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Thai and Myanmar people perform Vesak activity in Tak

TAK, 20 May 2016 (NNT) – A large number of Thai and Myanmar people performed a religious activity together on the occasion of Vesak Day.

Tak Governor Charoenrit Sanguansat and Myawaddy governor Lwin Ko Oo jointly led almsgiving for Thai and Myanmar Buddhist monks at the Thailand-Myanmar Friendship Bridge. More than 1,000 Thai and Myanmar citizens took part in the activity.

Tak and Myawaddy co-organize an almsgiving ceremony every year on Vesak Day. The activity is aimed at commemorate the birth, enlightenment and death of the Buddha as well as forging ties between Thai and Myanmar people.

The two cities have also planned to observe Lord Buddha’s Cremation Day in late May.


-- NNT 2016-05-20

Israeli defense minister announces resignation

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's defense minister announced his resignation on Friday, citing a lack of "trust" in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after reports in recent days that he is soon to be replaced.

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Thaivisa Video News 20 May



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Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam appears in court

FRANCE -- Key suspect in November’s Paris attacks Salah Abdeslam arriving at the main law courts in the French capital on Friday morning.

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Taiwan’s first female president Tsai Ing-wen sworn in

TAIWAN -- Taiwan’s first female president being has been sworn in.

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Middle-Age Man Found Dead in Car

PATTAYA -- At 1pm May 19 Pol Lt Col Winai Horien of Nongprue Police Station was informed that the body of a middle-aged man had been discovered in a car opposite the International School in Banglamung.

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Worker Killed by Overhead Power Lines in Busy Pattaya Street

PATTAYA -- At 6pm on the evening of May 19th Sawangboriboon Foundation Workers were called to an incident in South Pattaya where a large crowd had gathered in Soi Kopai 6/2.

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Thailand Live Saturday 21 May 2016

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