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Ohio State attacker stewed over the treatment of Muslims

By ERIC TUCKER, TAMI ABDOLLAH and ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS

 

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Somali-born student who carried out the car-and-knife attack at Ohio State University stewed over the treatment of Muslims while apparently staying under the radar of federal law enforcement, underscoring the difficulty authorities face in identifying and stopping lone wolves bent on violence.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/956192-ohio-state-attacker-stewed-over-the-treatment-of-muslims/

 

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alling crane parts kill 4, injure 2
By The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Four construction workers were killed and two others injured when parts of a crane fell on them Tuesday afternoon. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/956179-falling-crane-parts-kill-4-injure-2/

 

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CNN hopes to tap into younger audience with acquisition of Casey Neistat’s Beme app

BY JONATHAN FAIRFIELD 

 

 

CNN has bought video sharing startup Beme, a mobile app launched in 2015 by popular YouTuber and filmmaker Casey Neistat.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/cnn-hopes-to-tap-into-younger-audience-with-acquisition-of-casey-neistats-beme-app/18814/

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Facebook adds free games like ‘Pac-Man’ to Messenger app

BY ASSOCIATED PRESS

 

 

 

NEW YORK (AP) — You can now play “Pac-Man” with your Facebook Messenger buddies.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/facebook-adds-free-games-like-pac-man-to-messenger-app/18817/

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Canada PM approves controversial pipeline to Pacific Coast 
ROB GILLIES, Associated Press

 

TORONTO (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday approved one controversial pipeline from the Alberta oil sands to the Pacific Coast, but rejected another.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/956204-canada-pm-approves-controversial-pipeline-to-pacific-coast /

 

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World's oldest living person celebrates 117th birthday 
BRIAN HENDRIE, Associated Press
ANTONIO CALANNI, Associated Press

 

VERBANIA, Italy (AP) — Italy's Emma Morano, the world's oldest living person, marked her 117th birthday Tuesday, blowing out all the candles on her cake.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/956207-worlds-oldest-living-person-celebrates-117th-birthday/

 

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German ‘mole’ is arrested over Islamist plot

 

 

COLOGNE: -- An employee of Germany’s domestic intelligence service (BfV) has been arrested over a suspected Islamist plot to bomb the agency’s Cologne Headquarters.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/956209-german-‘mole’-is-arrested-over-islamist-plot/

 

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Four men took own lives after webcam blackmail

 

LONDON: -- Four men have killed themselves in the UK in the last year after becoming victims of sextortion, police say.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/956212-uk-four-men-took-own-lives-after-webcam-blackmail/

 

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Police: Fiat scion arrested after false report in New York 
JAKE PEARSON, Associated Press

 

NEW YORK (AP) — The stylish grandson of the Italian founder of Fiat Automobiles falsely claimed he was held against his will by an escort with whom he had spent two days consuming drugs and alcohol in New York, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press on Tuesday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/956214-police-fiat-scion-arrested-after-false-report-in-new-york/

 

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Dutch lower house lawmakers approve limited burqa ban 

 

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Lawmakers in the lower house of the Dutch parliament on Tuesday approved a limited ban on "face-covering clothing" including Islamic veils and robes such as the burqa and niqab.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/956215-dutch-lower-house-lawmakers-approve-limited-burqa-ban/

 

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HIV/AIDS – Thailand has made great progress but social stigma and ignorance remain a worry

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The first cases of HIV/AIDs were detected in Thailand in 1984 and many doom and gloom merchants were predicting the end of the world for people with the condition.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/956216-hivaids-–-thailand-has-made-great-progress-but-social-stigma-and-ignorance-remain-a-worry/

 

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Thailand’s English standard: It’s not all bad news!

 

 

BANGKOK: -- In a week when a YouTube teacher tried to show up the Thais for their poor English comes a chance for the kingdom’s wordsmiths to shine.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/956218-thailand’s-english-standard-it’s-not-all-bad-news/

 

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Roadside bomb attack in Yala  kills one soldier, injures 3

 

 

YALA: -- One soldier was killed and three others injured in a predawn roadside bomb attack in Yala today.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/956220-roadside-bomb-attack-in-yala -kills-one-soldier-injures-3/

 

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Phuket traffic fines in clear view

The Phuket News

 

A foreign man reacts while receiving a ticket for a moving violation in Phuket earlier this year. How much he had to pay should be public knowledge. Photo: The Phuket News / file

 

PHUKET: -- Have you ever been stopped by traffic police for a moving violation and not known what the fine was? Read on to find out what the fines really are, and will police in Phuket start posting the amounts in English at police stations across the island.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/956225-phuket-traffic-fines-in-clear-view/

 

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Cabinet meeting acknowledges measures to remove water hyacinth nationwide

 

BANGKOK, 30 November 2016 (NNT) - The cabinet meeting has acknowledged measures to remove water hyacinths nationwide on the Thai Environment Day, December 4th. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/956226-thai-cabinet-meeting-acknowledges-measures-to-remove-water-hyacinth-nationwide/

 

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Over a million mourners have paid respect to beloved late King in front of royal urn

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The Bureau of the Royal Household announced today that over one million mourners have been allowed to the Dusit Maha Prasat Throne Hall inside the Grand Palace to pay respect to the beloved late King Bhumibol Adulyadej in front of the royal urn.

 

It said the latest number of mourners counted at 10.10pm Monday night was 1,043,546 in 31 days after the passing of His Majesty.

 

In a single day count Monday ended at 10.10pm, one hour after the normal closing at 9.00pm, the number of mourners broke all previous records with 48,384 coming to pay respect in one day.

 

Total donations by mourners now stand at 79.46 million baht.

 

Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/over-a-million-mourners-have-paid-respect-to-beloved-late-king-in-front-of-royal-urn/

 

-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2016-11-30

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Russian tourist missing in ‘wasted’ midnight swim found safe at Phuket Airport

Yutthawat Lekmak

 

Russian tourist Mikhail Korneev (right), 39, was found alive and hungover when he went to reclaim his lost passport and luggage at Phuket Airport. Photo: Phuket Tourist Police

 

PHUKET: -- The Russian man last seen drunk running into the water at Kamala Beach on Monday night (Nov 28) has turned up safe but hungover at Phuket International Airport – to reclaim his lost passport and luggage.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/956088-phuket-search-launched-for-missing-russian-last-seen-drunk-at-beach/?do=findComment&comment=11381653

 

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Dhammachayo given ultimatum to turn in to police before midnight today

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The Royal Thai Police today have given Phra Dhammachayo until midnight to turn himself in to the police to acknowledge charges for the misappropriation of funds of the Klongchan Credit Union Cooperative.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/956238-dhammachayo-given-ultimatum-to-turn-in-to-police-before-midnight-today/

 

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Multinationals May Calculate Taxes In Other Currencies

By Sasiwan Mokkhasen, Staff Reporter -

 

Photo : Philip Brewer / Flickr

 

BANGKOK —  International companies operating in the kingdom can now work out their tax expenses in dollars, yen, rupees or any other currency, the cabinet said Tuesday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/956239-multinationals-may-calculate-taxes-in-other-currencies/

 

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Dead Workers Probably At Fault For Fatal Crane Failure, Cop Says

By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter -

 

Rescue workers respond to the scene of a crane collapse on Tuesday in Bangkok.

 

BANGKOK — A police investigator said Wednesday that the workers killed in a crane collapse might have been responsible for their own demise.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/956179-falling-crane-parts-kill-4-injure-2/?do=findComment&comment=11381769

 

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Songkhla to Phuket drug line busted

Phuket Gazette 

 

          

Acting on a tip-off, police officers at the Tah Tat Chai checkpoint found B2mn worth of drugs stashed in the suspect's car. Photo: Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

PHUKET: -- A joint task force charged a drug peddler on Monday after they seized 10,000 ya bah (methamphetamine) pills valued at 2 million baht at the Tah Chat Chai checkpoint on Saturday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/956241-songkhla-to-phuket-drug-line-busted/

 

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Samsung rolls out Samsung Pay firmware update to users in Thailand

BY STAFF WRITER 

 

 

Samsung Thailand has announced the release of a firmware update for users of Samsung Pay in Thailand.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/samsung-rolls-out-samsung-pay-firmware-update-to-users-in-thailand/18823/

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GDP growth this year at 3.2-3.3%

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Commercial banks are confident of 3.2-3.3% growth this year.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/956242-gdp-growth-this-year-at-32-33/

 

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Phuket Governor declares war on motorbike-riders without helmets

The Phuket News

 

Any officials in Phuket caught not wearing a helmet while on a motorbike will see their superiors held responsible, warned Governor Chockchai Dejamornthan. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: -- The warning came yesterday, when Phuket Provincial Police Commander Maj Gen Teeraphol Thipjaroen revealed that Phuket was the worst province in the Southern Thailand – and second-worst in the country – for motorbike riders not wearing helmets.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/956250-phuket-governor-declares-war-on-motorbike-riders-without-helmets/

 

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Banning Baby Bikers: Kids told not to drive motorcycles

By Coconuts Bangkok November 30, 2016 / 13:25 ICT

 

Five kids on a scooter in the Khlong San area of Bangkok. Photo: Kelvin/ Flickr

 

BANGKOK: -- Kids driving motorcycles and scooters around Bangkok are so prevalent that The Child Safety Promotion and Injury Prevention Research Center has decided to create an anti-youth-motorcycling initiative designed to save lives and keep those younger than 15 years old from driving massive motorcycles on Bangkok’s dangerous and congested roadways.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/956255-banning-baby-bikers-kids-told-not-to-drive-motorcycles/

 

 

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xHamster hacked: 350,000 user accounts leaked online

BY STAFF WRITER

 

 

If you have an account with adult entertainment site xHamster, you will want to read this next bit of news.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/xhamster-hacked-350000-user-accounts-leaked-online/18825/

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Hunt begins for cause of crash that wipes out Brazilian team

By FERNANDO VERGARA and JOSHUA GOODMAN

 

LA UNION, Colombia (AP) — Colombia's worst air crash in two decades snuffed out a storybook run by a Brazilian soccer team, and authorities are digging in trying to figure out why a chartered jetliner crashed in the Andes, killing all but six of the 77 people aboard.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/956082-plane-carrying-footballers-from-brazil-crashes-in-colombia/?do=findComment&comment=11382230

 

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Raul Castro, regional leaders honor Fidel Castro at rally

By FABIOLA SANCHEZ and JUAN ZAMORANO

 

HAVANA (AP) — Regional leaders and tens of thousands of Cubans jammed the Plaza of the Revolution on Tuesday night, celebrating Fidel Castro on the spot where he delivered fiery speeches to mammoth crowds in the years after he seized power.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/956269-raul-castro-regional-leaders-honor-fidel-castro-at-rally/

 

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Thai Hom Mali Rice wins 2016 World’s Best Rice title

 

DURHAM, 30th November 2016 (NNT) – Thai Hom Mali Rice has won the title of 2016 World’s Best Rice in a global contest held by the Rice Trader; it was followed by rice from Cambodia and the US. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/956275-thai-hom-mali-rice-wins-2016-world’s-best-rice-title/