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WADA says Russian hackers published athletes' medical data 
GRAHAM DUNBAR, AP Sports Writer

 

GENEVA (AP) — Confidential medical data of gold medal-winning gymnast Simone Biles, seven-time Grand Slam champion Venus Williams and other female U.S. Olympians was hacked from a World Anti-Doping Agency database and posted online Tuesday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/942791-wada-says-russian-hackers-published-athletes-medical-data /

 

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Chinese Adult Website Gang Arrested at Faham Home

by CityNews

 

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CityNews - Police raided a house being used by a group of Chinese nationals holding tourist visas as an illegal pornography website operation centre based in Thailand - a criminal offence under pornography laws and immigration laws.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/942793-chinese-adult-website-gang-arrested-at-faham-home/

 

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Mum wants justice for daughter allegedly raped by Thai man in Egypt

 

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BANGKOK: -- A mother has appealed to the Crime Suppression Division to find a man she says raped her 22 year old daughter in Cairo.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/942799-mum-wants-justice-for-daughter-allegedly-raped-by-thai-man-in-egypt/

 

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Phuket officials to probe suspected snake in pickled fish serving

Yutthawat Lekmak

 

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Consumer protection and health officials will investigate the claim that snake, not fish, was sold in the serving. Photo: PR Dept

 

PHUKET: -- Consumer protection and health officials today will begin their investigation into claims that a serving of pickled fish sold by a local convenience store franchise contained snake, not fish, as ordered.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/942802-phuket-officials-to-probe-suspected-snake-in-pickled-fish-serving/

 

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EIT urges building owners to ensure structural integrity every year

  

BANGKOK, 14 September 2016 (NNT) - The Engineering Institute of Thailand (EIT) has encouraged building operators to conduct frequent inspections to ensure structural integrity. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/942803-eit-urges-building-owners-to-ensure-structural-integrity-every-year/

 

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Clinton has history of ignoring health - and paying a price

By LISA LERER and KEN THOMAS

 

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) — The White House was submerged in scandal. Democrats faced tough midterm elections. And Hillary Clinton, far more popular than her embattled husband, had become a one-woman campaign machine.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/942805-clinton-has-history-of-ignoring-health-and-paying-a-price/

 

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NSB police raid drug party at Khao Yai, shot dead a wanted major drug suspect in hot pursuit

 

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BANGKOK: -- Narcotics Suppression Bureau (NSB) police last night shot and killed a major drug trafficker and rounded up over 30 suspects after they raided a drug party at a resort in Khao Yai National Park.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/942811-nsb-police-raid-drug-party-at-khao-yai-shot-dead-a-wanted-major-drug-suspect-in-hot-pursuit/

 

 

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Phuket tour bus driver suspended, company fined over fatal ‘red- plate’ bus accident

The Phuket News

 

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The tour bus driver has been suspended and the tour company fined B50,000. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: -- The driver of a tour bus illegally carrying passengers while still fitted with red license plates – and which killed a motorcyclist in a collision on Sunday – has had his license suspended for three months and the bus operator has been fined B50,000, transport officials have confirmed.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/942815-phuket-tour-bus-driver-suspended-company-fined-over-fatal-‘red-plate’-bus-accident/

 

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Lucky Bangkok man cashes in old one-baht coin for THB140,000

By Coconuts Bangkok

 

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The owner of Panun Jewelry shop (left) pays the lucky guy (right) THB140,000 in cash during their meeting at Fashion Island in Bangkok. Photo: Panun Jewelry

 

BANGKOK: -- A man from Bangkok became the second lucky Thai to find an extremely rare one-baht coin that collectors are chasing after.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/942818-lucky-bangkok-man-cashes-in-old-one-baht-coin-for-thb140000/

 

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Chelsea Manning: Ending hunger strike after Army approves treatment 

 

LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (AP) — A transgender soldier imprisoned in Kansas for leaking classified information to the WikiLeaks website will end a hunger strike after the Army agreed to allow her to receive medical treatment for her gender dysphoria, the American Civil Liberties Union announced Tuesday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/942819-chelsea-manning-ending-hunger-strike-after-us-army-approves-treatment /

 

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Light fingered Thai maid arrested as she returns to the scene of her crime

 

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BANGKOK: -- A Thai maid who stole nearly half a million baht from a Japanese woman last month returned to do some more "cleaning up" yesterday and was promptly arrested by waiting police.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/942824-light-fingered-thai-maid-arrested-as-she-returns-to-the-scene-of-her-crime/

 

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16 people are missing after a hydro power water tunnel collapses in Vietnam

 

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At least two workers and 14 local residents went missing after a hydropower water tunnel collapsed in Vietnam’s Quang Nam province on Tuesday, Thanh Nien News Onliner eported on Wednesday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/942825-16-people-are-missing-after-a-hydro-power-water-tunnel-collapses-in-vietnam/

 

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Narcotics Suppression Bureau cracks down on narcotics in Bangkok

  

BANGKOK, 14 September 2016 (NNT)-The Narcotics Suppression Bureau Chief Pol Lt General Rewat Klinkesorn has deployed a team of police and soldiers to 27 spots in Bangkok in a bid to crack down on illegal drugs. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/942827-narcotics-suppression-bureau-cracks-down-on-narcotics-in-bangkok/

 

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Nearly 3000 migrants taking Thai jobs rounded up in latest crackdown

 

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BANGKOK: -- The Labor Department have announced figures showing that nearly 3000 workers nationwide have been rounded up illegally doing jobs reserved for Thais.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/942830-nearly-3000-migrants-taking-thai-jobs-rounded-up-in-latest-crackdown/

 

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Faithful Thai dog waiting a year for her master who never returned pulls the heartstrings of Thais online!

 

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CHANTABURI: -- The story of a faithful Thai dog that is waiting by the side of the road for the return of her master is pulling at the heartstrings of animal loving Thais.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/942833-faithful-thai-dog-waiting-a-year-for-her-master-who-never-returned-pulls-the-heartstrings-of-thais-online/

 

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Woman dies in lift of burning Leather Gallery building on Srinakarin road

 

BANGKOK: -- A secretary to the executive of a brand-name leather product firm died after she was trapped in the lift of the building which caught fire yesterday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/942834-woman-dies-in-lift-of-burning-leather-gallery-building-on-srinakarin-road-bangkok/

 

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National Rice Policy Commission steps up finalization of rice scheme damage tally

  

BANGKOK, 14 September 2016 (NNT) – The National Rice Policy Commission has expedited its tallying of the damages from the previous government’s rice-pledging scheme to ensure the case can be finalized before the expiry of its statute of limitation. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/942839-national-rice-policy-commission-steps-up-finalization-of-rice-scheme-damage-tally/

 

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Cabinet approves 12th national economic and social development plan

  

BANGKOK, 14 September 2016 (NNT) - The Cabinet approved the 12th national economic and social development plan which focuses on promoting the country’s growth through regional and national cooperation. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/942840-cabinet-approves-12th-national-economic-and-social-development-plan/

 

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'Rai' adds more water to dams despite havoc in vast areas it wreaks

 

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BANGKOK: -- Rai tropical depression is now sweeping across Thailand from the northeast through the east, central and northern regions,  dumping heavy to heaviest rains, and leaving behind trails of destruction from flashfloods, floodings, landslides, and fallen trees on vehicles, houses and temples.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/942849-rai-adds-more-water-to-dams-despite-havoc-in-vast-areas-it-wreaks/

 

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Injustice echoes from all sides two years after Koh Tao murders

By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter -

 

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A memorial for David Miller, 24, and Hannah Witheridge, 23, as seen on Koh Tao on Sept.18, 2014.

 

BANGKOK — One night, two years ago tomorrow, Zaw Lin and his friend Wai Phyo were playing guitar and drinking beer on a beach. Today they are locked up in Thailand’s most notorious prison for a crime they say they didn’t commit.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/942853-injustice-echoes-from-all-sides-two-years-after-koh-tao-murders/

 

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Doi Inthanon park in Chiang Mai closes two waterfalls for safety

 

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CHIANG MAI: -- Relentless rainfalls unleashed by tropical depression "Rai" last night forced national park officials in Chiang Mai to seal off two waterfalls at Doi Inthanon national park for safety reason.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/942858-doi-inthanon-park-in-chiang-mai-closes-two-waterfalls-for-safety/

 

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Russian scientists 'besieged' by polar bears at a remote Arctic post

Ishaan Tharoor

 

MOSCOW: -- A team of Russian weather experts claim that their station on an ice-covered Arctic isle is "besieged" by polar bears, according to a report by Russian news agency TASS.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/942862-russian-scientists-besieged-by-polar-bears-at-a-remote-arctic-post/

 

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DITP satisfied with rising demands for Thai products on display at CAEXPO

 

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NANNING, 14 September 2016 (NNT) - Thailand's Department of International Trade Promotion (DITP), co-sponsor of the 13th China-ASEAN Expo (CAEXPO), has estimated a total of 149 SME business matchings made during this event will account for about 180 million baht in combined value in a year. Full story:

 

Full story:  http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/942865-ditp-satisfied-with-rising-demands-for-thai-products-on-display-at-caexpo/

 

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ML Panadda urges civil servants to serve as role models for national unity

  

BANGKOK, 14 September 2016 (NNT) - Minister Attached to the Prime Minister’s Office ML Panadda Diskul has urged civil servants to serve as role models for national unity. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/942867-ml-panadda-urges-civil-servants-to-serve-as-role-models-for-national-unity/

 

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Kaine downplays presidential readiness amid Clinton illness 
WILL WEISSERT, Associated Press

 

ANN ARBOR, Michigan (AP) — Tim Kaine's role as Hillary Clinton's vice presidential running mate means he'd be one heartbeat away from the presidency. Clinton's health scare, complete with a widely-viewed video of her stumbling and being supported by aides after abruptly leaving a 9/11 memorial service in New York City, makes that fact more relevant to some — and a bit awkward.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/942875-kaine-downplays-presidential-readiness-amid-clinton-illness /

 

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Australian parliament gets bill to set up gay marriage vote 
ROD McGUIRK, Associated Press

 

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia's prime minister introduced legislation to Parliament on Wednesday that would allow a public but non-binding vote on gay marriage early next year.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/942878-australian-parliament-gets-bill-to-set-up-gay-marriage-vote /

 

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