PM says Thailand will be corruption-free in 20 years

 

  

BANGKOK, 12 September 2016 (NNT) - Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha said the government will not intervene in the Thai justice system, while urging everyone to cooperate with the government to combat corruption. 

 

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Germany: Merkel party holds on as strongest in local vote 

 

BERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives held on as the strongest party in municipal elections in a western German state despite a dip in support, while an upstart nationalist party fell short of 10 percent of the vote, according to results released Monday.

 

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Plans for 12-lane highway approved

Phuket Gazette

  

        

A map of Phuket showing the proposed 12-lane highway going from north to south. Photo: Sukawin Tanthavanich

 

PHUKET: -- Governor Chamroen Tipayapongtada announced on September 6 that preliminary plans for a proposed 12-lane highway running the length of the island have been approved and may be completed by 2022.

 

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India Muslim woman 'raped for eating beef'

 

MEWAT: -- An Indian woman has alleged she was gang raped in northern Haryana state, after her attackers accused her of eating beef because she was Muslim.

 

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Police hunt woman driver, suspected Russian, for slamming car into pickup truck, fleeing scene by hitching ride

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

Police are trying to track down the driver, a woman believed to be Russian, after she fled the scene by hitching a ride. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: -- Police are looking for a foreign woman, believed to be Russian, who abandoned her vehicle and fled the scene after her car slammed into the back of a pickup truck in Srisoonthorn, central Phuket, yesterday morning (Sept 11).

 

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ISTANBUL (AP) - Turkey's state-run news agency reports explosion near ruling party's HQ in eastern city of Van

Bangkok named "City of Charms" at 13th CAEXPO in Nanning

 

  

NANNING, 12 September 2016 (NNT) – Bangkok, the capital city of Thailand, has been named a ''City of Charms'' and selected to represent Thailand at the annual 13th China-ASEAN Expo in Nanning, the capital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China, during September 11-14. 

 

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Police hunt woman driver, suspected Russian, for slamming car into pickup truck, fleeing scene by hitching ride

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

 

PHUKET:-- Police are looking for a foreign woman, believed to be Russian, who abandoned her vehicle and fled the scene after her car slammed into the back of a pickup truck in Srisoonthorn, central Phuket, yesterday morning (Sept 11).

 

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Chinese man, 66, pulled unconscious from water, dies on Phuket tour to Phi Phi

Yutthawat Lekmak

 

 

Police are citing doctors at Phi Phi Island Hospital saying that Chinese tourist He Renfu, 66, suffered a pre-existing medical condition that caused him to fall unconscious in the water, ultimately leading to his death. Photo: Phi Phi Island Hospital / Facebook

 

PHUKET:-- Police have cited an “existing medical condition” as to blame for a 66-year-old Chinese man dying after falling unconscious while swimming with a life jacket on during a boat tour to Phi Phi Island yesterday (Sept 11).

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/942538-chinese-man-66-pulled-unconscious-from-water-dies-on-phuket-tour-to-phi-phi/

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