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Phuket mourns death of Soi Dog co-founder

Phuket Gazette 

 

          

Soi Dog Foundation co-founder Gill Dalley was 58 years old. Photo: The Nation

 

PHUKET: -- The untimely death of Gill Dalley, who was a prominent member of the Phuket community and co-founder of the Soi Dog Foundation, was announced early this morning by foundation representatives.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/968635-phuket-mourns-death-of-soi-dog-co-founder/

 

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Trump's national security adviser Flynn trying to survive crisis

By Steve Holland

REUTERS

 

U.S. National Security Advisor Michael Flynn boards Air Force One at West Palm Beach International airport in West Palm Beach, Florida U.S., February 12, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's national security adviser, Michael Flynn, is struggling to get past a controversy over his contacts with Russian officials before Trump took office, conversations that officials said have raised concerns within the White House.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/968638-trumps-national-security-adviser-flynn-trying-to-survive-crisis/

 

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Phuket's Gill Dalley, animal welfare pioneer and Soi Dog co-founder, dies from cancer

The Phuket News

 

Phuket’s renowned Gill Dalley, animal welfare pioneer and Soi Dog co-founder, has died from cancer, age 58. Photo: Soi Dog Foundation

 

PHUKET: -- Gill Dalley, co-founder of world renowned Soi Dog Foundation, has died after a short battle with cancer. She was 58 years old.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/968635-phuket-mourns-death-of-soi-dog-co-founder/

 

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Mexico's Lopez Obrador blasts Trump's immigration policies at LA rally

REUTERS

 

Mexican politician Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, (C), leader of the National Regeneration Movement (MORENA) party greets supporters as he arrives for a meeting at Plaza Olivera in Los Angeles, California, U.S., February 12, 2017. REUTERS/Ringo Chiu

 

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Mexico's home-grown populist and presidential hopeful Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador rallied supporters in Los Angeles on Sunday, criticizing U.S. President Donald Trump's anti-immigration rhetoric and plans for a wall along the border.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/968641-mexicos-lopez-obrador-blasts-trumps-immigration-policies-at-la-rally/

 

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PM orders that public be kept up to date on G2G corruption case

 

 

BANGKOK, 13 February 2017 (NNT) – The Prime Minister has assured that authorities followed due process when seizing rice involved in a graft-tainted Government-to-Government (G2G) trade deal. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/968647-pm-prayut-orders-that-public-be-kept-up-to-date-on-g2g-corruption-case/

 

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Lamborghini severed in half but driver unhurt in crash on palm tree

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The driver of a Lamborghini sports car was unscathed and two passengers inside were slightly injured when the car lost control, grazing a motorcycle and crashing into a palm tree.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/968649-lamborghini-severed-in-half-but-driver-unhurt-in-crash-on-palm-tree/

 

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Tourism minister hopes more Muslim visitors will be lured to Thailand

By The Nation

 

THAILAND could become a major halal-tourism destination after the opening of Al Meroz Halal Hotel, Thailand’s first halal-friendly property, on Ramkhamhaeng Road in Bangkok.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/968660-tourism-minister-hopes-more-muslim-visitors-will-be-lured-to-thailand/

 

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90% of internet users in Thailand use their smartphone to get online, according to new report

 

 

We know people in Thailand love using their smartphone but new data has revealed just how active Thailand’s smartphone users really are.

 

Full Story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/90-of-internet-users-in-thailand-use-their-smartphone-to-get-online-according-to-new-report/19833/

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Staff involvement suspected in Samui bank break-in

Suchat Hankij

 

 

SAMUI:-- Police are hunting for masked robbers who broke into a Krungsri Bank branch located only about 100 meters from a police station in Samui on Friday night.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/968662-staff-involvement-suspected-in-samui-bank-break-in/

 

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Thailand Live Tuesday 14 Feb 2017 
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