Thailand Live Monday 23 May 2016

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Bus and pick-up smash in Bangkok leaves 9 in hospital


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BANGKOK: -- A route 127 bus from Bang Bua Thong to Banglampuu collided with a pick up in Bangkok on Sunday evening injuring nine people.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/919348-bus-and-pick-up-smash-in-bangkok-leaves-9-in-hospital/

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Ken Loach’s ‘I, Daniel Blake’ wins the Palme d’Or at Cannes



CANNES: -- Britain’s Ken Loach has taken the Palme d’Or at Cannes for ‘I, Daniel Blake’.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/919350-ken-loachs-i-daniel-blake-wins-the-palme-dor-at-cannes/

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Austria’s presidential run-off too close to call



VIENNA: -- The presidential election run-off in Austria is too close to call, according to latest exit polls.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/919351-austrias-presidential-run-off-too-close-to-call/

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Turkey’s new PM to push through Erdoğan’s constitutional change



ANKARA: -- Turkey’s ruling AK party has unanimously elected Transport Minister Binali Yildirim as the new party leader.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/919352-turkeys-new-pm-to-push-through-erdoaeyans-constitutional-change/

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Austria shooting: gunman fires into concert crowd killing two and wounding 11



VIENNA: -- A gunman has opened fire at a rock concert in Austria, killing at least two people before shooting himself dead.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/919354-austria-shooting-gunman-fires-into-concert-crowd-killing-two-and-wounding-11/

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Taliban leader Mansour killed in US drone strike
By Chris Cummins | With AGENCIES



"Peace is what we want and Mansour was a threat to that effort"

WASHINGTON: -- Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour has been killed in a US drone attack.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/919154-pentagon-us-airstrike-targets-taliban-leader-mullah-mansour/#entry10776288

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Clinton slams Trump on guns



WASHINGTON: -- Hillary Clinton has slammed her Republican rival Donald Trump on guns, saying she will not pander to the gun lobby.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/919355-clinton-slams-trump-on-guns/

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Iraq launches operation to retake IS-held city of Fallujah
By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announced the beginning of military operations to retake the Islamic State-held held city of Fallujah, west of Baghdad, in a televised address late Sunday night.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/919356-iraq-launches-operation-to-retake-is-held-city-of-fallujah/

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Egypt sends submarine to hunt for crashed jet's black boxes
By HAMZA HENDAWI and AHMED HATEM

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt sent a submarine Sunday to join the hunt for the flight recorders from the EgyptAir jetliner that crashed in the Mediterranean and killed all 66 people aboard, while hundreds of Coptic Christian mourners filled a church in Cairo to pray for their relatives among the dead.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/919357-egypt-sends-submarine-to-hunt-for-crashed-jets-black-boxes/

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Obama in Vietnam: Arms and trade deal on agenda as trip begins

HANOI: -- Barack Obama has arrived for the start of his three-day visit to Vietnam, only the third by a sitting US president since the end of the Vietnam War.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/919363-obama-in-vietnam-arms-and-trade-deal-on-agenda-as-trip-begins/

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Buriram man, 30, swept into sea off Nai Thon Beach rocks while catching crabs: mute, girlfriend
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PHUKET: -- A 30-year-old man from Buriram is feared dead after reportedly being swept out to sea by huge waves last night while scouring an outcropping last night at Nai Thon Beach for crabs.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/919367-buriram-man-30-swept-into-sea-off-nai-thon-beach-rocks-while-catching-crabs-mute-girlfriend/

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Bangkok residents face water cuts, low pressure next two days


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BANGKOK: -- Bangkok and Nonthaburi residents in five separate areas face water cuts and low pressure today and tomorrow.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/919377-bangkok-residents-face-water-cuts-low-pressure-next-two-days/

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17 schoolgirls dead in fire at boarding school in Chiang Rai

CHIANG RAI:-- Seventeen schoolgirls have been killed after a fire destroyed a dormitory at a school in Chiang Rai on Sunday night.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/919379-17-schoolgirls-dead-in-fire-at-boarding-school-in-chiang-rai/

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Drink Driving Russian Crashes on Sukhumvit
Story by Albert Jack



PATTAYA: -- At 1am on the morning of May 23 police from the Na Jomtien Division were called to a road accident on Sukhumvit, opposite the Elephant Camp, on the road into Pattaya, Chonburi.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/919389-drink-driving-russian-crashes-on-sukhumvit/

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17 girls died in dormitory fire in Wiang Papao



CHIANG RAI: -- Seventeen girls died and five injured after a fire broke out before midnight and quickly engulfed a two-storey half wooden dormitory of an welfare elementary school in Wiang Papao district of Chiang Rai province last night.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/919379-17-schoolgirls-dead-in-fire-at-boarding-school-in-chiang-rai/#entry10776856

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Seven people killed, 24 injured when double decker bus crashes in Phetchaburi


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PHETCHABURI:-- Seven people have been killed and 24 injured when a double decker VIP bus crashed in Phetchaburi province in the early hours of Monday morning.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/919392-seven-people-killed-24-injured-when-double-decker-bus-crashes-in-phetchaburi/

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SET up 2.27 points at opening /Bangkok Post

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Monks discover big drugs haul in temple after nighttime shootout


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BANGKOK: -- Monks preparing for their Sunday morning rounds found a suspicious bag left in a flowerpot during the night. Inside was 12 million baht worth of drugs.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/919395-monks-discover-big-drugs-haul-in-temple-after-nighttime-shootout/

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Tailbacks and delays frustrate Koh Chang tourists returning after long weekend


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KOH CHANG: -- Tourists faced long tailbacks and delays as the long Visakhabucha weekend came to an end Sunday.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/919397-tailbacks-and-delays-frustrate-koh-chang-tourists-returning-after-long-weekend/

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Friend shoots fellow construction worker dead in Korat


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KORAT: -- A Korat construction worker - angry that a friend would not pay him his fair share of money for jobs - finally had enough. He left the drinking party and returned with a shotgun and blew his friend away.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/919399-friend-shoots-fellow-construction-worker-dead-in-korat/

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Udon man borrows his friend's motorbike to go and rape his girlfriend



UDON THANI: -- An Udon man borrowed his friend's motorbike to go and rape his pal's girlfriend. But she fought back and bit his tongue causing the assailant to flee covered in blood.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/919402-udon-man-borrows-his-friends-motorbike-to-go-and-rape-his-girlfriend/

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Police Raid Walking Street Club. Nothing Found
Story by Albert Jack



PATTAYA: -- At 2am on the morning of May 23 a ten-officer unit from Pattaya Police Station carried out a raid on the infamous 808 Club in Pattaya’s Walking Street after being informed of an illegal drugs party in progress.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/919404-police-raid-walking-street-club-nothing-found/

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Fire sweeps through school dorm in Thailand, killing 17 girls
BY BNO NEWS

CHIANG RAI: -- At least 17 young girls have died and two others remain missing after a fire swept through a private school’s dormitory in northern Thailand, police say. Several other students have been seriously injured.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/919379-17-schoolgirls-dead-in-fire-at-boarding-school-in-chiang-rai/page-2#entry10777099

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Loan Shark Attacks Debtor in South Pattaya
Story by Albert Jack



PATTAYA: -- At 11pm on the evening of May 22 Pattaya police were called to an incident in Nongprue, Banglamung after reports of a serious assault.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/919410-loan-shark-attacks-debtor-in-south-pattaya/

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IS threat to be discussed at Asean defence ministers’ meet next week in Laos

KUALA LUMPUR: -- Asean defence ministers are expected to discuss the threat of Islamic State among the issues to be raised at the meeting next week in Vientiane, reported the New Straits Times of Malaysia on Sunday.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/919411-is-threat-to-be-discussed-at-asean-defence-ministers-meet-next-week-in-laos/

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US secretary of state urges reforms and charter changes in Burma



NAYPYITAW: -- US Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday urged the National League of Democracy-led government to complete Burma’s transition to democracy by implementing further reforms to enshrine free market, development and human rights.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/919412-us-secretary-of-state-urges-reforms-and-charter-changes-in-myanmar/

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NARIT: Mars at closest distance to Earth in 11 yrs

BANGKOK, 23 May 2016 (NNT) - The National Astronomical Research Institute of Thailand (NARIT) has encouraged people to take a rare opportunity to observe Mars, which is entering its closest orbit for 11 years.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/919413-narit-mars-at-closest-distance-to-earth-in-11-yrs/

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BMA to clear footpaths on Silom Road

BANGKOK, 23 May 2016 (NNT) - The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is planning to clear footpaths on Silom Road, after receiving complaints from pedestrians.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/919414-bma-to-clear-footpaths-on-silom-road/

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17 Girls Killed in School Dormitory Fire
by CityNews

CityNews – 17 girls aged between five and 12 years old have died after a fire broke out in a school dormitory in Wiengpapao, Chiang Rai last night.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/919379-17-schoolgirls-dead-in-fire-at-boarding-school-in-chiang-rai/page-3#entry10777239

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Opinion polls suggests Australia's July 2 election is close

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A poll in Australia showed a narrowing preference for Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to be the country's leader two weeks into the campaign for July 2 elections.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/919416-opinion-polls-suggests-australias-july-2-election-is-close/