THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Thursday 22 Sep 2016

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Airstrike hits medics in Syria as UN moves to resume aid

By PHILIP ISSA

 

BEIRUT (AP) — An airstrike in northern Syria killed four medics responding to an earlier bombing raid, a relief group said Wednesday, as the U.N. announced it would resume aid deliveries suspended after an attack on a convoy two days ago that killed 20 people.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/944198-airstrike-hits-medics-in-syria-as-un-moves-to-resume-aid/

 

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Rome mayor nixes 2024 Olympic bid: 'This city is unlivable' 
ANDREW DAMPF, AP Sports Writer

 

ROME (AP) — Irresponsible, unsustainable and unaffordable.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/944200-rome-mayor-nixes-2024-olympic-bid-this-city-is-unlivable /

 

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Gerry Adams denies sanctioning Denis Donaldson killing

 

BELFAST: -- Gerry Adams has denied claims in a BBC Spotlight programme that he sanctioned the murder of an IRA informer.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/944202-gerry-adams-denies-sanctioning-the-murder-of-a-british-spy-agent/

 

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1 dead in Charlotte protest; police say they didn't shoot

By JEFFREY COLLINS

 

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Authorities tried to quell public anger and correct what they characterized as false information Wednesday as Charlotte dealt with a second night of violent protests, adding itself to the list of U.S. cities that have erupted in violence over the death of a black man at the hands of police.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/944178-protests-over-latest-fatal-shootings-by-us-police/?do=findComment&comment=11170512

 

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Marion Cotillard announces pregnancy, denies Pitt reports 

 

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Marion Cotillard is announcing her pregnancy and shooting down rumors of any romantic involvement with Brad Pitt.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/944208-marion-cotillard-announces-pregnancy-denies-brad-pitt-reports /

 

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Trump: I reversed birther stance 'to get on with' campaign 
JILL COLVIN, Associated Press

 

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump says he finally admitted President Barack Obama was born in the United States because he wanted to "get on with the campaign."

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/944210-trump-i-reversed-birther-stance-to-get-on-with-campaign /

 

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No plan to restructure agencies, Meechai assures

The Nation 

 

BANGKOK: -- Chief charter drafter Meechai Ruchupan has rejected speculation that the Constitution Drafting Commission (CDC) is considering restructuring independent agencies, including the Election Commission.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/944213-no-plan-to-restructure-agencies-meechai-assures/

 

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Student activists refuse reconciliation process, vow to fight their cases

Juthathip Lucksanawong
The Nation 

 

Five defendants after being released on bails in July

 

BANGKOK: -- Five defendants, including student activists from the New Democracy Movement (NDM) and a reporter from online news agency Prachatai, yesterday refused to enter the reconciliation process

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/944214-student-activists-refuse-reconciliation-process-vow-to-fight-their-cases/

 

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BURNING ISSUE

Chiang Mai dyke and the patronage that still floods Thai society

Attayuth Bootsripoom
The Nation 

 

BANGKOK: -- Thai social media is abuzz with photos of the opening ceremony for a new floodwall in Chiang Mai. The photos show locals gathered beneath a large signboard depicting a smiling face and captioned “Mae Pongphan Pattana” (Mother Pongphan Development).

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/944216-chiang-mai-dyke-and-the-patronage-that-still-floods-thai-society/

 

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SET opens up 11.59 to 1,498.76 /Bangkok Post

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Thailand is a better place than the UK, USA, Australia and Japan for expats to raise a family

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Thailand is a better place than the United Kingdom, United States, Australia, Malaysia, Japan, Switzerland, Italy and China for raising a family, according to a new global index.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/944219-thailand-is-a-better-place-than-the-uk-usa-australia-and-japan-for-expats-to-raise-a-family/

 

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EU mum on Duterte's f… rant

 

 

MANILA: -- The European delegation to the Philippines kept mum on President Rodrigo Duterte’s latest rant against Brussels for condemning his administration’s deadly drug war, The Manila Times Online reported on Thursday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/944221-eu-mum-on-dutertes-f…-rant/

 

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Jakarta’s suspended giant sea wall project is to resume

 

 

JAKARTA: -- Jakarta is to revive the ambitious reclamation plan to build a 24-km sea wall of 17 artificial islets which was suspended in April after it was discovered that the project may block off sea water needed to cool the Muara Karang power plant, The Straits Times Online reported on Thursday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/944222-jakarta’s-suspended-giant-sea-wall-project-is-to-resume/

 

 

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Burma’s new investment law expected in October

 

RANGOON: -- Burma’s new investment bill has been submitted to the parliament and is expected to be approved by October, The Irrawaddy Online reported on Wednesday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/944223-burma’s-new-investment-law-expected-in-october/

 

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iCar: Report claims Apple is in talks to buy McLaren

BY STAFF WRITER

 

 

Apple is considering a buyout of British supercar maker McLaren, according to a report.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/icar-report-claims-apple-is-in-talks-to-buy-mclaren/17602/

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Gen Prawit to reveal members of govt's Deep South front line team in October

  

BANGKOK, 22 September 2016 (NNT) - Deputy Prime Minister Gen Prawit Wongsuwan said he was confident that the situation in Thailand’s Deep South would improve. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/944224-gen-prawit-to-reveal-members-of-govts-deep-south-front-line-team-in-october/

 

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Video: Foreign bikers gang up on Thais in shocking Pattaya violence

 

Image: tnamcot

 

PATTAYA: -- CCTV has captured the moments when a burly gang of beefy foreign bikers attacked two young Thai men.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/944229-video-foreign-bikers-gang-up-on-thais-in-shocking-pattaya-violence/

 

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Thai airbus "blown off the runway" landing in Phuket resulting in near miss

 

Image: Thairath

 

PHUKET: -- Nearly 140 passengers on a Thai jet had a scary experience Wednesday when the airbus was blown off the Phuket runway as it landed at Phuket International Airport.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/944247-thai-airbus-blown-off-the-runway-landing-in-phuket-resulting-in-near-miss/

 

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Cats serial killer gets 18-month imprisonment

The Nation 

 

 

BANGKOK: -- A taxi motorcyclist who pretended to be a good Samaritan on social media was sentenced by the Criminal Court to 18 months in jail after the court convicted him of killing at least nine cats he offered to take care.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/944257-cats-serial-killer-gets-18-month-imprisonment/

 

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Now why would someone park all these old planes in a Chiang Mai rice paddy?

 

Image: tnamcot

 

CHIANG MAI: -- Chiang Mai villagers are scratching their heads after a large number of old planes have started appearing in the middle of a local rice paddy.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/944268-now-why-would-someone-park-all-these-old-planes-in-a-chiang-mai-rice-paddy/

 

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Families to cash in on anti-noise spending

Phuket Gazette 

 

          

Airport Director Monrudee Gettuphan and her team led the discussions on the budget allocation. Photo: Kongleaphy Keam

 

PHUKET: -- Representatives of more than 400 families in Baan Mak Prok gathered at Nurool Ebadeyah Mosque to meet with airport officials on Tuesday, to discuss how the budget for noise reduction will be used.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/944277-families-to-cash-in-on-anti-noise-spending/

 

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Thailand pledges to continue its humanitarian assistance to refugees, and suppression of human trafficking seriously

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Thailand has pledged to cooperate with all countries to solve refugee problem and to continue its humanitarian assistance and suppression of human trafficking seriously.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/944282-thailand-says-it-will-continue-to-help refugees-and-crackdown-on-human-trafficking/

 

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North Korea accidentally lets the world access its internet and it’s pretty incredible

BY STAFF WRITER 

 

 

North Korea has accidentally made all of its websites available to the world.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/north-korea-accidentally-lets-the-world-access-its-internet-and-its-pretty-incredible/17609/

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Adventure tourism in Chiang Mai - authorities to get tough after 10 accidents this year

 

Image: Chiang Mai News

 

CHIANG MAI: -- Adventure tourism in the Chiang Mai area is under the spotlight after ten accidents have occurred this year alone.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/944284-adventure-tourism-in-chiang-mai-authorities-to-get-tough-after-10-accidents-this-year/

 

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Kitten-killing Thonglor moto taxi gets 18 month

By Chayanit Itthipongmaetee, Staff Reporter -

 

Panuwat Singhsahat, at right, is escorted by an officer at the Wang Thonglang police station in August. Photo: Matichon

 

BANGKOK — A Thonglor motorbike taxi driver was sent to jail for 18 months Thursday morning for killing nine kittens he adopted online.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/944257-cats-serial-killer-gets-18-month-imprisonment/?do=findComment&comment=11171238

 

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Tragedy at sea as another migrant boat sinks in the Med

 

 

RASHEED: -- At least 43 people have been killed and scores more are missing after a boat carrying almost 600 migrants capsized off the coast of Egypt.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/944289-tragedy-at-sea-as-another-migrant-boat-sinks-in-the-med/

 

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Paris climate agreement “in force by end of 2016”

 

 

NEW YORK: -- The Paris climate agreement came a step closer to taking effect on Wednesday (Sept.21) after 31 more countries formally signed up to it at the UN. They included Brazil, the world’s seventh largest emitter of greenhouse gases, Mexico, Argentina and Sri Lanka. Oil-rich United Arab Emirates.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/944292-paris-climate-agreement-“in-force-by-end-of-2016”/

 

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Big crack found on bottom of sunk vessel in Ayutthaya

  

AYUTTHAYA, 22 September 2016 (NNT) - Authorities have begun their forensic work on the double-decker ferry that capsized on the Chao Phraya River on Sunday and killed 28 people. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/944293-big-crack-found-on-bottom-of-sunk-vessel-in-ayutthaya/

 

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Shooting of Bangkok taxi driver: Police hunt on and quick arrest expected

 

Image: Thairath

 

BANGKOK: -- Police said that they expect a quick arrest in the death of a taxi driver who was shot in the head in Bang Plee east of Bangkok on Tuesday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/944298-shooting-of-bangkok-taxi-driver-police-hunt-on-and-quick-arrest-expected/

 

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Promises unmet as Thailand tries to reform shrimp industry 
MARTHA MENDOZA, Associated Press

 

SAMUT SAKHON, Thailand (AP) — Facing international pressure over human trafficking in its seafood sector, Thailand promised almost a year ago to compensate victims of slavery and industry leaders vowed to bring all fish processing in-house.

 

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/944302-promises-unmet-as-thailand-tries-to-reform-shrimp-industry /