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Russian expat found dead in Phuket home

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

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The property in Cherng Talay where the body was discovered.

 

PHUKET: A 49-year-old Russian man was found dead in a rented home in Cherng Talay yesterday evening. Police have not yet confirmed what cased the death but believe it was the result of a drunken accident.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/965953-russian-expat-found-dead-in-phuket-home/
 

 

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Grandmother dead, granddaughter shot after carbine shooting rampage in southern Thailand

 

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Picture: Thai News Agency

 

PHATTALUNG: -- One elderly woman is dead and another seriously injured after a man entered a house with a carbine gun and started shooting Thursday night.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/965954-grandmother-dead-granddaughter-shot-after-carbine-shooting-rampage-in southern-thailand/

 

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Rawai Mayor orders investigation into Phuket infected cat case

The Phuket News

 

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63-year-old Mr Veera Pantip recovers in hospital from a severe infection caused by a cat scratch. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: -- The Mayor of Rawai yesterday (Jan 26) ordered officials to investigate the case of 63-year-old Mr Veera Pantip who was scratched by a cat and infected with the flesh-eating bacteria necrotizing fasciitis.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/965975-rawai-mayor-orders-investigation-into-phuket-infected-cat-case/

 

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Mike Connors, star of TV private eye series 'Mannix,' dead at 91

By Will Dunham

REUTERS

 

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Actor Mike Connors, star of the 1967 television series 'Mannix' arrives as a guest at the Golden Boot Awards in Beverly Hills, California August 12, 2006. REUTERS/Fred Prouser/File Photo

 

REUTERS - Mike Connors, the former college basketball player and B-movie actor who found stardom on television playing the title role in the popular, long-running private eye series "Mannix," died on Thursday in Los Angeles. He was 91.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/965977-mike-connors-star-of-tv-private-eye-series-mannix-dead-at-91/

 

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Putin, Trump phone call expected on Saturday - Kremlin

REUTERS

 

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Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a news conference after a meeting with his Moldovan counterpart Igor Dodon at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, January 17, 2017. Sputnik/Alexei Druzhinin/Kremlin via REUTERS

 

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump are expected to talk by telephone this Saturday, the Kremlin said, their first conversation since Trump took office.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/965979-putin-trump-phone-call-expected-on-saturday-kremlin/

 

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Phuket’s Chinese New Year festivities will get off to a late start

Yutthawat Lekmak

 

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There will be plenty of parades and entertainment throughout the festivities. Photo: The Phuket News file

 

PHUKET: -- The staff of the Phuket Public Relations Department at Phuket Provincial Hall have confirmed with The Phuket News today (Jan 26) that there will not be festivities to mark the start of the Chinese New Year on January 28. Instead, the Chinese New Year will be celebrated as part of the activities for the Phuket Old Town Festival from February 2-4.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/965980-phuket’s-chinese-new-year-festivities-will-get-off-to-a-late-start/

 

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Beyond the Pale: The dangers of Thailand’s obsession with white skin

By Ana Salvá

 

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Young women use lotions and skin peels to whiten their skin. Photo: Emmanuel/ Flickr

 

From sketchy creams that promise a lightened vagina to deodorants that cure dark armpits to intravenous skin-lightening injections, the market for skin-whitening products is extensive in Thailand.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/965991-beyond-the-pale-the-dangers-of-thailand’s-obsession-with-white-skin/

 

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School director insists screening process was done on teacher arrested on drug charges

 

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The director of British international school of Krabi has defended that the school had properly checked the background of an American teacher arrested on drug charges in the United States and found him cleared of any criminal record.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/965993-school-director-insists-screening-process-was-done-on-teacher-arrested-on-drug-charges/

 

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Anti-corruption chief complains dive in corruption index 'unfair'

By Asaree Thaitrakulpanich, Staff Reporter

 

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Sansern Poljiak, secretary-general of the National Anti-Corruption Commission speaks Friday in Bangkok. Photo: Prachachat

 

BANGKOK — The government’s top corruption fighter Friday rejected Thailand’s fall to 101st place in a world ranking of corruption by a German anti-corruption nonprofit.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/965994-anti-corruption-chief-complains-dive-in-corruption-index-unfair/

 

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Parrotfish poaching Chinese tourist fined B100,000

Yutthawat Lekmak

 

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Huang was taken to Chalong Police Station after being caught poaching the parrotfish on Koh Racha Yai, Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET:-- An officer from Chalong Police Station has confirmed to The Phuket News today that the Chinese tourist who was arrested for poaching parrotfish at Koh Racha Yai on Wednesday (Jan 25) has been fined B100,000 for his actions.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/965996-parrotfish-poaching-chinese-tourist-fined-b100000/

 

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One drug courier killed and 290,000 yaba pills seized

 

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Army-trained para military rangers and anti-narcotic officials killed a member of a drug caravan and seized 290,000 methamphetamine tablets following a brief firefight near the Thai-Burmese border in Mae Sai district of Chiang Rai on Thursday.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/965998-one-drug-courier-killed-and-290000-yaba-pills-seized/

 

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Mai pen rai: Thailand seeks release of senior official arrested in Japan for stealing

By Coconuts Bangkok

 

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Photo: Department of Intellectual Property

 

Thai consulate officials in Japan are seeking freedom for a Thai senior official who was arrested for allegedly stealing cheap paintings from a hotel in Kyoto.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966000-mai-pen-rai-thailand-seeks-release-of-senior-official-arrested-in-japan-for-stealing/

 

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Thai consular official meets DIP deputy chief to discuss paintings theft

 

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The Thai consular official in Osaka met for the first time with Mr Supat Sa-nguandeekul, deputy director-general of the Intellectual Property Department, to discuss the latter’s alleged theft of three hotel paintings in Kyoto, Mr Sek Wannamethi, spokesman of the Foreign Ministry, said on Friday.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966000-mai-pen-rai-thailand-seeks-release-of-senior-official-arrested-in-japan-for-stealing/

 

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Thai official caught stealing hotel paintings freed

By The Nation

 

A high-ranking Thai official from the Intellectual Property Department was accused of stealing three paintings worth 15,000 yen has been freed by Japanese authorities, Foreign Affairs Ministry Information Department director-general Sek Wannamethee said Friday.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966009-thai-official-caught-stealing-hotel-paintings-freed/

 

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Brit’s murder suspects escape to Cambodia, according to van driver

By Coconuts Bangkok

 

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The two suspects in the murder case of a Brit in Pattaya may have fled to Cambodia, a witness told police yesterday.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/965872-brits-murder-latest-suspects-hired-van-from-border-one-shaved-his beard-off-on-journey-back/?do=findComment&comment=11565526

 

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