THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Sunday 9 Oct 2016

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UN: Yemeni officials indicate over 140 killed in airstrike 

AHMED AL-HAJ, Associated Press

 

SANAA, Yemen (AP) — An airstrike on Saturday hit a funeral hall packed with thousands of mourners in Yemen's capital, Sanaa, and local health officials indicate that over 140 people were killed and more than 525 wounded, the U.N. humanitarian coordinator for Yemen said.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/947854-un-yemeni-officials-indicate-over-140-killed-in-airstrike/

 

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Body in freezer latest: Dead man not CEO of LA company at all

 

Image: Daily News

 

BANGKOK:-- Police in the body in the freezer case have said that the victim was not a CEO of a Los Angeles construction and train track laying company.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/947857-body-in-freezer-latest-dead-man-not-ceo-of-la-company-at-all/

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Youth, 16, loses a hand in his mum's ice dicing machine

 

Image: Thairath

 

ANG THONG:-- Our picture this morning shows an Ang Thong policeman at an ice factory after a 16 year old boy got his hand caught in a machine used for cutting up ice.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/947860-youth-16-loses-a-hand-in-his-mums-ice-dicing-machine/

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Squeezing someone's neck could kill them - says expert Thai doctor

 

Image: Daily News

 

BANGKOK:-- A Thai doctor expert in the workings of the brain has said that squeezing someone's neck could kill them.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/947861-squeezing-someones-neck-could-kill-them-says-expert-thai-doctor/

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Vios driver: Vigo driver was beeping and flashing his lights at me so I pulled out the gun

 

Image: Thairath

 

BANGKOK:-- The driver of the Vios caught on a dash cam pulling out a gun and firing on a pick up on the way to Bang Bua Thong on Wednesday has given himself up to police.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/947862-vios-driver-vigo-driver-was-beeping-and-flashing-his-lights-at-me-so-i-pulled-out-the-gun/

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Thai rapper criticized for lyrics in his song about direct marketers

 

Image: TNN

 

BANGKOK:-- Well know Thai rapper Oui Buddhabless was criticized for the lyrics in his song about direct marketers.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/947863-thai-rapper-criticized-for-lyrics-in-his-song-about-direct-marketers/

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Thai Boxing superstar in Lebanon to train soldiers in Muay Thai

 

Image: Daily News

 

Thai boxing superstar Buakaw Banchamek is in Lebanon teaching soldiers the art of Muay Thai.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/947865-thai-boxing-superstar-in-lebanon-to-train-soldiers-in-muay-thai/

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Police in Bangkok Conduct Random Checks on Tourists Ahead of Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD) Summit

 

Police from the Metropolitan Police Division 1 check the backpacks of foreign backpackers on Khao San Road

 

BANGKOK – More than 200 policemen conducted random searches on foreign tourists on Nana Road (Sukhumvit 3 Road) at 12am Saturday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/947866-police-in-bangkok-conduct-random-checks-on-tourists-ahead-of-asia-cooperation-dialogue-acd-summit/

 

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Myanmar man accused of four murders

THE SUNDAY NATION

 

 

BANGKOK:-- POLICE will soon submit a 20-year-old Myanmar man identified only as “Bung” or “Jimmy”, who was arrested on Friday for allegedly murdering three homeless people in Pathum Thani’s Thanyaburi district last week, for a psychiatric examination to determine if he is mentally ill, city police chief Lt-General Sanit Mahathaworn said yesterday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/947867-myanmar-man-accused-of-four-murders/

 

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‘Truth serum’ found on corpse

ANGSUMA SRIDOKKHAM
THE SUNDAY NATION

 

BANGKOK:-- AN initial test found traces of a substance on the corpse of an American man whose dismembered body was found in a freezer during a police raid at a building in Bangkok’s Sukhumvit Soi 56 last month, said city police chief Lt-General Sanit Mahathaworn yesterday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/947857-body-in-freezer-latest-dead-man-not-ceo-of-la-company-at-all/

 

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‘Hidden political agenda’ behind Hawaii scandal

THE SUNDAY NATION 

 

BANGKOK:-- MOST people questioned in a new survey believe the controversy concerning Deputy Prime Minister General Prawit Wongsuwan’s recent Bt21-million chartered-flight trip to Hawaii was triggered by a hidden political agenda.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/947868-‘hidden-political-agenda’-behind-hawaii-scandal/

 

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Here are the Wi-Fi passwords and locations at pretty much every major airport in the world

BY STAFF WRITER

 

 

If you have ever been delayed at an airport or had a long wait before catching a connecting flight, even the most entertaining airports can be pretty boring places.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/here-are-the-wi-fi-passwords-and-locations-at-pretty-much-every-major-airport-in-the-world/17887/

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A game changer: These new credit cards will eliminate fraud

BY STAFF WRITER

 

 

A new type of credit card which has a digital display that generates a constantly changing security code could finally put an end to credit card fraud.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/a-game-changer-these-new-credit-cards-will-eliminate-fraud/17962/

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Video gives you an exclusive tour of world’s most luxurious private jet

BY STAFF WRITER

 

 

OK, flying first and business class is luxury enough for most us but imagine being able to take your own private jet.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/video-gives-you-an-exclusive-tour-of-worlds-most-luxurious-private-jet/17935/

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Why the “Venice of the East” retains its charm!

Gerry Carter

 

 

Reports of serious flooding in Bangkok on Monday – and the inevitable horrendous traffic that followed – will have got residents thinking about some of the events in the past when the city ground to a standstill.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/947799-why-the-“venice-of-the-east”-retains-its-charm/

 

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I Found God on Koh Phangan

Orlando Barton

 

 

Religion is a hot-button topic these days. Nearly every war being waged on the planet right now is about religion in one form or another. I’ll be honest and say I think we could all do with a little less adherence to these arcane notions. Then again, I’ve never felt “the spirit move me” the way some people claim it does.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/947800-i-found-god-on-koh-phangan/

 

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Teenager falls asleep at wheel, smashes into lamp post

Report by Pattaya One News Team.

 

 

PATTAYA:-- At 5am, on the morning of October 8, Pattaya police were informed of an accident after witnesses reported a pickup truck driver had lost control at a traffic island and smashed into a lamp post.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/947870-teenager-falls-asleep-at-wheel-smashes-into-lamp-post/

 

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Yet another Pattaya pickup kills a bike rider

Report by Pattaya One News Team

 

 

PATTAYA:-- At 9pm, on the evening of October 7, Nongprue police station received reports of a fatal accident in front of Nongprue market, Pattaya.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/947869-yet-another-pattaya-pickup-kills-a-bike-rider/

 

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Police chief: 2 officers killed, 1 hurt; shooter at large

ROBERT JABLON, Associated Press
JOHN ROGERS, Associated Press

 

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (AP) — Two Palm Springs police officers trying to resolve a family dispute were killed when a man they had been speaking with suddenly pulled out a gun and opened fire on them, the city's police chief said.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/947896-police-chief-2-officers-killed-1-hurt-shooter-at-large/

 

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Man stabs his wife and mother-in-law to death then kills himself

Chatchawal Kaewkrajai
The Nation

 

LOP BURI:-- A knife-wielding Thai man is believed to have killed his wife and her mother before taking his own life by drinking pesticide at their home in Lop Buri’s Phattana Nikhom district yesterday morning.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/947900-man-stabs-his-wife-and-mother-in-law-to-death-then-kills-himself/

 

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Rosberg wins Japanese Grand Prix to widen lead over Hamilton 

JIM ARMSTRONG, AP Sports Writer

 

SUZUKA, Japan (AP) — Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg capitalized on a slow start by teammate Lewis Hamilton to win the Japanese Grand Prix on Sunday and widen his lead in the Formula One drivers' championship.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/947901-rosberg-wins-japanese-grand-prix-to-widen-lead-over-hamilton/

 

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