Renew British Passport: Appointment Blocked

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Phuket Airport terminal opening

Tanyaluk Sakoot

 

 

PHUKET:-- Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha urged officials to tackle local mafia and to uphold their responsibilities in order provide better care for the public. The Prime Minister’s directive came his official opening of the new International Terminal at Phuket International Airport this morning (Sept 16).

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/943272-pm-prayut-talks-mafia-tells-officials-to-better-care-of-the-people-at-phuket-airport-terminal-opening/

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Embankment collapse blamed for causing flooding in Sukhothai

 

 

SUKHOTHAI:-- Collapse of the left side of the embankment of the Yom river was blamed for causing flooding in downtown Sukhothai, Mr Suthep Noipairote, director-general of Royal Irrigation Department, disclosed on Friday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/943303-embankment-collapse-blamed-for-causing-flooding-in-sukhothai/

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Land Transport Dept to take legal actions against Uber Thailand over its driver’ assault of a passenger

 

 

BANGKOK:-- The Land Transport Department will take legal action against Uber Thailand despite the company’s decision to close the account of one of its drivers who assaulted a passenger.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/943304-land-transport-dept-to-take-legal-actions-against-uber-thailand-over-its-driver’-assault-of-a-passenger/

 

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Corrections Dept orders probe into jailbreak in Nakhon Si Thammarat

 

 

BANGKOK:-- The Corrections Department has set up a committee to investigate a jailbreak incident in Nakhon Si Thammarat on Friday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/943305-corrections-dept-orders-probe-into-jailbreak-in-nakhon-si-thammarat/

 

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Drones are to be used in rain-making operations

 

 

BANGKOK:-- The Royal Rain Making and Agricultural Aviation Department has signed a memorandum of understanding to receive funding from the Agricultural Research Development Agency for the development of UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) in rain-making operations.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/943306-drones-are-to-be-used-in-rain-making-operations/

 

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Cat eaten by a snake at the Cat and Dog Rescue Samui

 

 

KOH SAMUI:-- Yesterday the DCRS, (Dog and Cat Rescue Foundation Samui) again had a visitor to the puppy house where occasionally cats are cared for.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/943309-cat-eaten-by-a-snake-at-the-cat-and-dog-rescue-samui/

 

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US pay drone strike victim's family

 

 

The US government has paid over €1 million to the family of a 37 year-old Italian aid worker who was killed by a US drone attack whilst being held hostage in 2015.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/943310-us-pay-drone-strike-victims-family/

 

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Six years a squatter - The long legal battle of Julian Assange

Robert Hackwill

 

 

Julian Assange’s marathon duel with the law began six years ago. In 2010 the Wikileaks founder had Washington up in arms after he published 500,000 secret classified documents on the Iraq and Afghan wars, along with 250,000 diplomatic cables.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/943311-six-years-a-squatter-the-long-legal-battle-of-julian-assange/

 

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UKIP elects Diane James as leader

 

 

Britain’s UK Independence party, which played a major role in the country’s recent vote to leave the EU, has elected a new leader.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/943312-ukip-elects-diane-james-as-leader/

 

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Three dead as violence erupts in the West bank and East Jerusalem

 

 

Violence has flared up in the occupied West Bank.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/943313-three-dead-as-violence-erupts-in-the-west-bank-and-east-jerusalem/

 

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Former Italian president Carlo Azeglio Ciampi dies at the age of 95

Chris Cummins

 

 

Former Italian president, prime minister and central bank governor Carlo Azeglio Ciampi has died at the age of 95.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/943314-former-italian-president-carlo-azeglio-ciampi-dies-at-the-age-of-95/

 

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Clinton tells Trump to apologise for Obama 'birther' claims

 

 

Hillary Clinton has said rival Donald Trump owes Barack Obama an apology after questioning the president’s American citizenship. Speaking in Washington at an event with Black women, the Democratic presidential nominee blasted her Republican rival, claiming there was ‘no erasing’ Trump’s so called birther history.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/943315-clinton-tells-trump-to-apologise-for-obama-birther-claims/

 

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Syrian ceasefire still alive but not solid enough for aid to get through

Mark Davis

 

 

Sporadic shelling continues in eastern suburbs of Damascus but a fragile truce between government forces and rebels in Syria is still holding – just.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/943317-syrian-ceasefire-still-alive-but-not-solid-enough-for-aid-to-get-through/

 

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English counterfeiters face extended stay in Thailand - in the slammer

 

Image: Thairath

 

KOH PANGAN:-- The party is over for four Englishmen who came to Thailand with a load of fake £20 banknotes.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/943318-english-counterfeiters-face-extended-stay-in-thailand-in-the-slammer/

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Big Too brings yet more happiness to the people - now it's the lottery!

 

Image: Sanook

 

BANGKOK:-- Seemingly there is no end to Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha's ability to bring happiness to the Thai people!

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/943319-big-too-brings-yet-more-happiness-to-the-people-now-its-the-lottery/

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So you think Uber will solve Bangkok's taxi woes....think again

 

Image: Thairath

 

BANGKOK:-- It is certainly a cautionary tale for those who think that Uber is the answer to Bangkok's rogue taxi driver problem.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/943304-land-transport-dept-to-take-legal-actions-against-uber-thailand-over-its-driver’-assault-of-a-passenger/

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Thai police bust "massive" counterfeiting operation in Bangkok

 

Image: Sanook

 

BANGKOK:-- Crime Suppression Division police have raided premises in the Wacharapol area of Bang Khen where they discovered a big money printing operation.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/943322-thai-police-bust-massive-counterfeiting-operation-in-bangkok/

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At it again! Tourist knob heads could ruin the "pull" of Samui phallus   

 

Image: Thairath

 

KOH SAMUI:-- Irate locals called up to a foreign tourist who had clambered on the Grandfather Stone in Koh Samui ordering him down from the summit of their sacred phallus.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/943323-at-it-again-tourist-knob-heads-could-ruin-the-pull-of-samui-phallus/

 

 

 

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Prime minister opens new Phuket airport building - but the public care more about selfies and the lottery...again!

 

Image: Thairath

 

PHUKET:-- As the Prime Minister arrived in Phuket with his entourage on Friday the public seemed more concerned with a black Toyota van parked at the airport.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/943325-prime-minister-opens-new-phuket-airport-building-but-the-public-care-more-about-selfies-and-the-lotteryagain/

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Phuket Airport heading for over-capacity despite B5.67bn new terminal

Tanyaluk Sakoot

 

 

PHUKET: Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha officially opened the new terminal at Phuket International Airport yesterday (Sept 16), bringing to fruition a B5.67 billion project to double the airport’s passenger capacity to over 12.5 million travellers a year.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/943337-phuket-airport-heading-for-over-capacity-despite-b567bn-new-terminal/

 

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Ukraine's Poroshenko calls for a "sustainable and comprehensive ceasefire"

 

 

Russia ‘‘has to provide a sustainable and comprehensive cease-fire’‘ in eastern Ukraine before steps towards peace can be taken, Petro Poroshenko has warned.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/943340-ukraines-poroshenko-calls-for-a-sustainable-and-comprehensive-ceasefire/

 

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UEFA president Ceferin to re-examine controversial new Champions League deal

 

 

Aleksander Ceferin cut a relaxed figure on his return home to Slovenia two days after being elected as President of European football’s governing body UEFA.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/943342-uefa-president-ceferin-to-re-examine-controversial-new-champions-league-deal/

 

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Autistic UK hacker faces extradition to US

 

 

A London Court has ruled that 32 year-old Lauri Love should be extradited to the US to face charges of hacking US government computer systems.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/943343-autistic-uk-hacker-faces-extradition-to-us/

 

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France delivers second Mistral helicopter carrier to Egypt

Chris Cummins

 

 

France has delivered a second Mistral helicopter carrier to Egypt as part of a $1bn deal signed last year.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/943344-france-delivers-second-mistral-helicopter-carrier-to-egypt/

 

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2016 to be hottest year on record

 

 

July and August 2016 tied as the hottest months in modern times.The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) warn that the consequences of warming at this rate could soon spell disaster. They say 2016 will be the hottest year since records began 137 years ago and are urging world leaders to implement the Paris (COP21) Agreement as soon as possible.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/943346-2016-to-be-hottest-year-on-record/

 

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Chinese authorities wrestle with the aftermath of Super Typhoon Meranti

 

 

Authorities and residents of Fuijan province in southeastern China are dealing with the aftermath of typhoon Meranti.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/943347-chinese-authorities-wrestle-with-the-aftermath-of-super-typhoon-meranti/

 

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Fiat Chrysler to recall 1.9 million vehicles over air bag defect

 

 

Car maker Fiat Chrysler is to recall nearly two million vehicles worldwide to resolve an air bag defect that has been linked to at least three deaths and five injuries.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/943348-fiat-chrysler-to-recall-19-million-vehicles-over-air-bag-defect/

 

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Berlin elections loom, but is another setback on the horizon for Angela Merkel?

 

 

Berlin is set to vote on Sunday in Germany’s second regional elections in as many weeks and all signs are pointing toanother blow for Chancellor Angela Merkel.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/943350-berlin-elections-loom-but-is-another-setback-on-the-horizon-for-angela-merkel/

 

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Bombing in northwest Pakistan mosque kills 24, wounds 28 

ANWARULLAH KHAN, Associated Press

 

KHAR, Pakistan (AP) — A suicide bomber attacked a Sunni mosque in northwest Pakistan on Friday, killing at least 24 worshippers and wounding 28 others, officials said. Several children were also among those killed or wounded in the deadly attack.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/943352-bombing-in-northwest-pakistan-mosque-kills-24-wounds-28/

 

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Bobbi Kristina Brown's partner loses wrongful death case

KATE BRUMBACK, Associated Press

 

ATLANTA (AP) — A judge ruled Friday against Bobbi Kristina Brown's partner, Nick Gordon, in a wrongful death lawsuit filed by her estate, though the decision doesn't answer any of the questions surrounding her mysterious death.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/943354-bobbi-kristina-browns-partner-loses-wrongful-death-case/