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Germany’s Greens go centrist in choice of election leaders

 

 

BERLIN: -- As the parliamentary elections in Germany creep closer, the traditionally left-leaning Green Party has announced two centrists will lead them to the vote.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/964464-germany’s-greens-go-centrist-in-choice-of-election-leaders/

 

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German AfD rightist triggers fury with Holocaust memorial comments

By Madeline Chambers

REUTERS

 

Bjoern Hoecke, top-candidate of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party in the upcoming Thuringia state election, addresses a news conference in Berlin September 1, 2014. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch/Files

 

BERLIN (Reuters) - A senior member of the right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) said on Wednesday that media had misrepresented comments he made about Berlin's Holocaust memorial and the need to rewrite history books to focus more on German victims.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/964465-german-afd-rightist-triggers-fury-with-holocaust-memorial-comments/

 

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Ukrainian president calls for global response to Russian threat

By Stephen Adler and Sujata Rao

REUTERS

 

Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko speaks during a news conference at the PGE National Stadium, in Warsaw, Poland July 9, 2016. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/File Photo

 

DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko called for a worldwide effort to counter the threat of Russian cyber warfare and urged the United States to "be great again" by demonstrating leadership on issues such as global security.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/964466-ukrainian-president-calls-for-global-response-to-russian-threat/

 

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U.S. protest group vows to disrupt Trump inaugural festivities

By Lacey Johnson and Ian Simpson

REUTERS

 

Anti-Trump demonstrators organized by RefuseFascism.org stage a protest at McPherson Square in Washington January 18, 2017. REUTERS/James Lawler Duggan

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Leaders of an ad hoc group of protesters enraged by Republican Donald Trump's election as president of the United States vowed on Wednesday to disrupt his inauguration this week by blocking public access to the event.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/964471-us-protest-group-vows-to-disrupt-trump-inaugural-festivities/

 

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U.S. must release Abu Ghraib photos, judge says

By Jonathan Stempel

REUTERS

 

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Defense must release a cache of photos showing how Army personnel treated detainees at the Abu Ghraib prison and other sites in Iraq and Afghanistan, a federal judge ruled on Wednesday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/964472-us-must-release-abu-ghraib-photos-judge-says/

 

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Business euphoria over Trump gives way to caution, uncertainty

By Patrick Rucker and Sarah N. Lynch

REUTERS

 

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump speaks to diplomats at the Presidential Inaugural Committee (PIC) Chairman's Global Dinner in Washington, U.S. January 17, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Early optimism among business lobbyists and executives that Donald Trump's election heralded better days has slowly given way to uncertainty as the president-elect fires off mixed and sometimes confusing messages on healthcare, taxes and trade.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/964482-business-euphoria-over-trump-gives-way-to-caution-uncertainty/

 

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Netflix adds a third more subscribers than expected; shares jump seven percent

BY REUTERS 

 

REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo

 

(Reuters) – Streaming video pioneer Netflix Inc added over a third more subscribers than expected in the last quarter of 2016, a sign of success for its ambitious global expansion that sent its shares up 7 percent in extended trading.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/netflix-adds-a-third-more-subscribers-than-expected-shares-jump-seven-percent/19411/

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Germany says boosting defence spending, demands clear U.S. agenda

REUTERS

 

German Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen briefs the media as she arrives at a European defence ministers meeting in Brussels, Belgium, November 15, 2016. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir

 

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany, under fire from U.S. President-elect Donald Trump for not meeting NATO's defence spending goal, is boosting military budgets, but also wants Trump to map out a consistent foreign policy agenda, Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen said.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/964483-germany-says-boosting-defence-spending-demands-clear-us-agenda/

 

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OSCE report cites concerns about U.S. electoral system - German media

REUTERS

 

Voters cast their votes during the U.S. presidential election in Elyria, Ohio, U.S. November 8, 2016. REUTERS/Aaron Josefczyk/File Photo

 

BERLIN (Reuters) - International observers documented a range of concerns during November's U.S. elections, including cyber security risks, disenfranchisement of current and former prisoners, and an opaque campaign finance system, a German newspaper group reported.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/964485-osce-report-cites-concerns-about-us-electoral-system-german-media/

 

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Al Qaeda says Mali attack punishment for cooperation with France

By Souleymane Ag Anara

REUTERS

 

Soldiers line up the bodies of the victims after a suicide car bomb attack on a military camp in Gao, Mali January 18, 2017 in this still image taken from video. REUTERS/via Reuters TV

 

GAO, Mali (Reuters) - Al Qaeda's North African affiliate said a suicide bomb attack on a military camp in northern Mali that killed up to 60 people and wounded more than 100 others on Wednesday was punishment for groups there cooperating with France.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/964486-al-qaeda-says-mali-attack-punishment-for-cooperation-with-france/

 

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Whistleblowers – Heroes or traitors?

Robert Hackwill

 

 

Snowden, Assange, Manning. A piece of art in Berlin representing the three famous whistleblowers is meant to encourage citizens to speak out. For some people these whistleblowers are heroes. For others, especially the US administration, they are traitors.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/964488-whistleblowers-–-heroes-or-traitors/

 

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Phuket elephants DNA tested to curtail trafficking

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

Any elephants not correctly registered by next Thursday (Jan 26) will be seized and the owner will face legal action. Photo; Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: -- Officials from the National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department (DNP) yesterday took DNA samples from 67 elephants, including those that perform at the popular Phuket FantaSea tourist attraction in Kamala, as part of a drive to crackdown on elephants trafficked onto the island.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/964490-phuket-elephants-dna-tested-to-curtail-trafficking/

 

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Cruel emoji message prank will crash any iPhone instantly

BY JONATHAN FAIRFIELD

 

 

Pranksters are exploiting a bug in iOS whereby a series of a emojis are used to crash iPhones or iPads.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/cruel-emoji-message-prank-will-crash-any-iphone-instantly/19415/

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Life and death on Thailand's lethal roads

By Jonathan HeadSouth East Asia correspondent

 

BANGKOK: -- There is a ritual that is now very familiar to Thais, before the two big holiday seasons of the year, in late December for the new year, and in April for the Songkran Festival.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/964492-life-and-death-on-thailands-lethal-roads/

 

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SET falls 1.39 to 1,559.44 at opening /Bangkok Post

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One dead many injured as school tour bus overturns in Surat

 

Picture: Daily News

 

SURAT THANI: -- One person is dead and many were injured after a tour bus carrying school children overturned on the Asia Highway in Surat Thani this morning.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/964494-one-dead-many-injured-as-school-tour-bus-overturns-in-surat/

 

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"Daddy? When I grow up can I NOT be like you?"

 

Picture: Manager Online

 

BANGKOK: -- A video doing the rounds of Thai social media shows a father and son on a motorcycle at night without helmets.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/964496-daddy-when-i-grow-up-can-i-not-be-like-you/

 

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Deputy PM inspects progress of Village to the World project in Sukhothai

 

SUKHOTHAI, 19 January 2017 (NNT) – Deputy Prime Minister Gen Tanasak Patimapragorn has paid a visit to Sukhothai province to observe and participate in activities under the Village to the World project, aimed at creating innovative tourism and boosting revenue for local communities. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/964499-deputy-pm-inspects-progress-of-village-to-the-world-project-in-sukhothai/

 

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UNFPA: 4.25 million Burmese live abroad, mostly in Thailand and Malaysia

 

 

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has estimated about 4.25 million people born in Myanmar now live abroad, most of them in Thailand and Malaysia, based on the 2014 census and projected immigration rates from censuses since 1983, according to The Irrawaddy Online report on Wednesday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/964500-unfpa-425-million-burmese-live-abroad-mostly-in-thailand-and-malaysia/

 

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School bus crash kills one student, injures 26 others on Highway 41 in Surat Thani

 

 

SURAT THANI: -- A chartered school bus from Hat Yai to Hua Hin skidded and flipped over on Highway 41 in Surat Thani early this morning, killing one girl student and injuring 26 others.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/964494-one-dead-many-injured-as-school-tour-bus-overturns-in-surat/?do=findComment&comment=11537189

 

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Floods forgotten as frolicking tourists flock to Samui!

 

Picture: Thairath

 

KOH SAMUI: -- Following the bad weather and flooding in the south of Thailand the tourists are flooding back to the beaches of holiday paradise Koh Samui.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/964503-floods-forgotten-as-frolicking-tourists-flock-to-samui/

 

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SWEDEN CRUMBLING: Demands for military intervention as thugs turn Malmo into 'no-go zone'

By LIZZIE STROMME

 

THE Sweden Democrats have demanded soldiers should be sent to Malmo to reestablish law and order as violent thugs have turned the city into a ‘no-go zone’.

STOCKHOLM: -- Launching a seething attack on the red-green parties in Malmo, Magnus Olsson said it was time to call in the military to end the surge in violent crimes that have been sweeping the city. 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/964506-sweden-crumbling-demands-for-military-intervention-as-thugs-turn-malmo-into-no-go-zone/

 

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Gaysorn Plaza to be renamed Gaysorn Village, hopefully people will visit

By Coconuts Bangkok

 

Photo: Gaysorn Shopping Centre

 

BANGKOK: -- Gaysorn Plaza, the usually empty, highly air-conditioned  mall that caters to the one percent of the population with massive buying power, is changing its name to "Gaysorn Village," with the aim of becoming a new lifestyle destination in Bangkok.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/964508-gaysorn-plaza-to-be-renamed-gaysorn-village-hopefully-people-will-visit/

 

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Man Utd oust Real Madrid from top of revenue league

REUTERS

 

Britain Soccer Football - Manchester United v Liverpool - Premier League - Old Trafford - 15/1/17 Manchester United fans Action Images via Reuters / Jason Cairnduff Livepic

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Manchester United have deposed Real Madrid as the world's richest football club after revenue grew to a record $735 million in 2015-16, according to Deloitte's annual Money League published on Thursday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/964512-man-utd-oust-real-madrid-from-top-of-revenue-league/

 

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How "Phra Julian" replaced the stress of Canada for happiness in Thailand

 

Picture: Sanook

 

BANGKOK: -- A Canadian man who has been a monk in the forests of Thailand for 17 years says he left the rat race of the West and found peace and happiness in robes in Thailand.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/964522-how-phra-julian-replaced-the-stress-of-canada-for-happiness-in-thailand/

 

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Thai monk predicts Leicester City for the Champions' League

 

Picture: Thairath

 

BANGKOK: -- A Bangkok monk has predicted that Thai owned Leicester City will win European football's number one prize this year - the Champions' League.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/964523-thai-monk-predicts-leicester-city-for-the-champions-league/

 

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Czech tourist sex-offender fined B1,000 in Phuket

Phuket Gazette 

 

          

Mr Pfeifer was arrested outside his home in Cherng Talay. Photo: Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

PHUKET: -- A Czech Interpol fugitive, arrested on Tuesday for allegedly spreading HIV in both Thailand and his home country, has been fined 1,000 baht (approx US$ 35.00) by a Phuket Court for overstaying his visa by close to a year and a half. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/964526-czech-tourist-sex-offender-fined-b1000-in-phuket/

 

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Mother, 17, says her daughter, 5months, died after falling out of a pram

 

Picture: Thai News Agency

 

BANGKOK: -- A 17 year old mother has claimed that her five month old daughter died after falling out of a pram.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/964528-mother-17-says-her-daughter-5months-died-after-falling-out-of-a-pram/

 

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Reconciliation Sounds Good, Thai Politicos Say, But What Does It Mean?

By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter

 

  

Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha returns salute on Thursday at the headquarters of the Royal Thai Armed Forces in Bangkok.

 

BANGKOK — Pledging to solve the decade-long political divide once and for all, the junta earlier this week announced its latest drive for “national reconciliation,” though how much support it will get from contending factions remains to be seen.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/964540-reconciliation-sounds-good-thai-politicos-say-but-what-does-it-mean/

 

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Search continues today for four missing crews after boat sank off Chumphon sea coast

 

 

CHUMPON: -- Rescue teams continued to search for four crews of a 36.5 gross tonnage fishing boat who went missing after it sank in wild sea off Chumphon coast before dawn yesterday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/964543-search-continues-today-for-four-missing-crews-after-boat-sank-off-chumphon-sea-coast/