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Update from Clinton's doctor: Democrat is 'fit to serve'

By LISA LERER and JONATHAN LEMIRE

 

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) — Hoping to put the issue of her health behind her as she gets ready to return to the campaign trail, Hillary Clinton on Wednesday released an updated review of her physical fitness and details about a recent bout of pneumonia.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/942974-update-from-clintons-doctor-democrat-is-fit-to-serve/

 

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US official: Difficult to alter US elections through hacking

By ERIC TUCKER

 

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's homeland security adviser said Wednesday that it would be very hard for someone to hack into America's voting systems in a way that could alter an election outcome.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/942975-us-official-difficult-to-alter-us-elections-through-hacking/

 

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Football: Slovenian Aleksander Ceferin elected new head of UEFA

 

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NYON: -- Aleksander Ceferin, the president of Slovenia’s football federation, was overwhelmingly elected as the new head of European soccer’s governing body UEFA at an extraordinary Congress on Wednesday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/942977-football-slovenian-aleksander-ceferin-elected-new-head-of-uefa/

 

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El Chapo: Mexican judge to decide whether to extradite drug lord to US

 

MEXICO CITY: -- A Mexican judge is to consider the case to have cartel boss Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman extradited to the US later this month.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/942978-el-chapo-mexican-judge-to-decide-whether-to-extradite-drug-lord-to-us/

 

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As Suu Kyi visits, US announces lifting of Myanmar sanctions 
MATTHEW PENNINGTON, Associated Press

 

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama said Wednesday the U.S. is lifting economic sanctions and restoring trade benefits to former pariah state Myanmar as he met with Aung San Suu Kyi, a former political prisoner who is now the nation's de facto leader.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/942980-as-suu-kyi-visits-us-announces-lifting-of-myanmar-sanctions /

 

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Trump, interrupted, heckled in visit to Flint church

By JONATHAN LEMIRE

 

FLINT, Mich. (AP) — Donald Trump was cut off, chastised and then heckled after he attacked rival Hillary Clinton during what was supposed to be a speech on helping where the government had failed the people of Flint, Michigan.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/942982-trump-interrupted-heckled-in-visit-to-flint-church/

 

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Melania Trump releases more immigration details, no records 
CHAD DAY, Associated Press

 

WASHINGTON (AP) — Melania Trump released a letter Wednesday from an immigration attorney that provided more detail on what she said was her legal pathway to U.S. citizenship. But the Slovenian-born wife of the GOP presidential nominee did not publish any part of her immigration file— official documents that would put to rest questions about whether she followed immigration law.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/942989-melania-trump-releases-more-immigration-details-no-records /

 

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KMITL scraps design of Wiman Pra-in to end controversy

 

BANGKOK, 15 September 2016 (NNT) - The controversial design of ‘Wiman Pra-in’ has been removed from the Chao Phraya River land mark project after netizens claimed it was a replica of Russia’s Crystal Island Tower. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/942990-kmitl-scraps-design-of-wiman-pra-in-to-end-controversy/

 

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Thai SMEs urges govt to do more to boost exports

  

BANGKOK, 15 September 2016 (NNT) - Operators of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Thailand have urged the government to adjust its export duty structure to allow them to sell more products overseas. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/942993-thai-smes-urges-thai-govt-to-do-more-to-boost-exports/

 

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Broken promises: BTS still off limits to disabled

By Sasiwan Mokkhasen, Staff Reporter -

 

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BANGKOK — To ascend to BTS Mo Chit, one must first climb 45 steps. They might as well be a million for Manit Inpim, a wheelchair-bound activist who for years has fought for access to the popular rail service.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/942995-broken-promises-bts-still-off-limits-to-disabled/

 

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20 years after she warned Australia about Asians, Pauline Hanson takes aim at China investment and Muslims

 

Pauline Hanson’s comments about the impact of Islam and migration on Australia have received condemnation from Muslim leaders and politicians across the spectrum

 

CANBERRA: -- Some were shocked when the vote from Australia’s cliffhanger federal election in July finally shook out

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/943000-20-years-after-she-warned-australia-about-asians-pauline-hanson-takes-aim-at-china-investment-and-muslims/

 

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Bangkok entertainment raids continue - promotions encouraging drinking targeted!

 

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BANGKOK: -- Police continued their raids on entertainment venues in Bangkok with one in the Kaset-Nawamin area last night.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/943006-bangkok-entertainment-raids-continue-promotions-encouraging-drinking-targeted/

 

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FAIL: King Mongkut architects quickly scrap design of ‘copycat’ building

By Coconuts Bangkok 

 

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BANGKOK: -- The alleged copycat design for the riverside Viman Pra In building has been quickly yanked from the riverside revamp project amid widespread accusations that the design was a copy of Russia’s Crystal Island Tower.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/942990-kmitl-scraps-design-of-wiman-pra-in-to-end-controversy/?do=findComment&comment=11149671

 

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Police seek claimant of 20 rai of encroached land on island off Phuket

The Phuket News

 

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The resort is set on a forested hill on Koh Maphrao off Phuket. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: -- Police are looking for a person responsible for paying local land tax on what is said to be encroached land on Koh Maphrao. The land, covering 20 rai, now has 14 units on it making up part of a resort, police said yesterday (Sept 14).

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/943007-police-seek-claimant-of-20-rai-of-encroached-land-on-island-off-phuket/

 

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Region 5 Police honour 111 drug sniffing dogs

 

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CHIANG MAI: -- The narcotics suppression in eight northern provinces of Thailand has been a success with the seizure of over 7.5  million methamphetamine pills, and 27 kilogrammes of heroin in the past one year.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/943010-region-5-police-honour-111-drug-sniffing-dogs/

 

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I wonder what the Buddha would have said? Visiting the temple to pray to a fungus

 

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BANGKOK: -- Villagers are clambering over themselves to go and make merit at a north eastern temple after reports that a magical fungus is producing lottery numbers.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/943013-i-wonder-what-the-buddha-would-have-said-visiting-the-temple-to-pray to-a-fungus/

 

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20 new people in Thailand found infected with Zika virus weekly

  

BANGKOK, 15 September 2016 (NNT) - The Ministry of Public Health has revealed that on average, 20 new Zika infections are reported in Thailand each week. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/943016-20-new-people-in-thailand-found-infected-with-zika-virus-weekly/

 

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Twenty injured - one seriously - as fans riot after Muang Thong football match

 

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BANGKOK: -- Twenty people were injured including police and soldiers as violence erupted after a football match in Muang Thong Thani, northern Bangkok, last night.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/943018-twenty-injured-one-seriously-as-fans-riot-after-muang-thong-football-match/

 

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"Fields of Isaan" pub in Bangkok shut for five years as underage drinkers found 

 

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BANGKOK: -- Following the raid on a Kaset-Nawamin pub earlier in the evening a party of 100 police and soldiers moved on to a popular pub in the Ram Inthra area of Bangkok. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/943026-fields-of-isaan-pub-in-bangkok-shut-for-five-years-as-underage-drinkers-found /

 

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Prayut brings back "Land of Smiles"

 

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BANGKOK: -- Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha said today that his two-year in office has been satisfactory with smiles returning on the faces of the people, and peace was restored after over a decade of political instability.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/943029-prayut-brings-back-land-of-smiles/

 

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New four-year national development plan endorsed

 

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BANGKOK: -- The country's 12th four-year national economic and social development plan which places growth through national and regional cooperation was endorsed by the cabinet yesterday.


Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/943030-new-four-year-national-development-plan-endorsed/

 

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Krathom peddling, foreigner-targeting bus gang apprehended

Phuket Gazette

 

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Police recovered Mr Balabander’s stolen wallet. Photo: Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

PHANG NGA: Police detained three men yesterday accused of robbing a Belgian tourist aboard a Phuket-bound bus.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/943033-krathom-peddling-foreigner-targeting-bus-gang-apprehended/

 

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Imprisoned Dane has returned to Denmark

by Maria Jønsson

 

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BANGKOK: -- 50-year-old Peter Jensen, who has been imprisoned in Thailand since 2014, has now returned to Denmark in order to serve his sentence there.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/941353-dane-remains-imprisoned-in-thailand/?do=findComment&comment=11150169

 

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German woman killed in Bali boat explosion, about 20 injured 

 

BALI, Indonesia (AP) — Police on the Indonesian tourist island of Bali said Thursday a German woman was killed and about 20 other people injured in an explosion on a speed boat ferrying them to neighboring Lombok.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/943002-fears-for-aussies-on-bali-boat-crash/?do=findComment&comment=11150196

 

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