THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Thursday 9 Mar 2017

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Hallucinating Finnish tourist evades rescue during late night skinny dip in Pattaya

 

Image: Viral Press

 

PATTAYA: -- An hallucinating naked Finnish man spent three hours trying to evade rescue workers after going to for a late night swim in Pattaya on Friday evening.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/972632-hallucinating-finnish-tourist-evades-rescue-during-late-night-skinny-dip-in-pattaya/

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Ex-convict arrested shortly after robbing a bank of 300,000 baht in cash

 

 

An ex-convict was arrested by police hours after he staged a solo robbery of a bank in Nakhon Pathom’s Don Toom district and escaped with 300,000 baht in cash.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/972633-ex-convict-arrested-shortly-after-robbing-a-bank-of-300000-baht-in-cash/

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"Round up the usual suspects" - Pattaya station chief echoes "Casablanca" as ladyboys dragged in

 

Picture: Siam News

 

PATTAYA: -- Pattaya police chief Apichai Kroppetch told his men to "round up the usual suspects" yesterday ahead of a press conference about the setting up of "Happy Zones".

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/972652-round-up-the-usual-suspects-pattaya-station-chief-echoes casablanca-as-ladyboys-dragged-in/

 

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Sickening: Dog owner in Chonburi claims three year old girl bit his dog, so it attacked her

 

Picture: Daily News

 

CHONBURI: -- Horrific pictures of a horrible dog attack on a three year old girl have sickened people on the internet.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/972654-sickening-dog-owner-in-chonburi-claims-three-year-old-girl-bit-his-dog-so-it-attacked-her/

 

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Myanmar ambassador thanks Thai lawyers for help in "Burmese Two" case

 

Picture: Thairath

 

BANGKOK: -- The Myanmar ambassador yesterday went to thank lawyers working on the case of the "Burmese Two" in the wake of the upholding of the migrants' death sentences.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/972655-myanmar-ambassador-thanks-thai-lawyers-for-help-in-burmese-two-case/

 

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Soldiers and transport officials arresting illegal minivans in Pattaya

 

Picture: Pattaya News

 

PATTAYA: -- Soldiers and Land Transport department officials were out in force yesterday arresting illegal minivan operators outside Central Marina in North Pattaya.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/972657-soldiers-and-transport-officials-arresting-illegal-minivans-in-pattaya/

 

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THAI signs MoU with Airbus Industries to conduct study about MRO at U-Tapao

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Thai Airways International and Airbus Industries on Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding for a feasibility study to be conducted about the development of an aircraft maintenance, repairs and overhaul facility at U-Tapao airport.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/972658-thai-signs-mou-with-airbus-industries-to-conduct-study-about-mro-at-u-ttapao/

 

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Phra Paisal offers advice on Dhammakaya saga

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The desirable solution to the current standoff at Wat Dhammakaya is for Phra Dhammachayo to surrender to face charges against him and the authorities must give him bail and ensure that he will be given a fair trial, said Phra Paisal Visalo, the abbot of Wat Pa Sukato, in his interview with Post Today.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/972659-phra-paisal-offers-advice-on-dhammakaya-saga/

 

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Dhammakaya deputy abbot stripped of his title

 

 

BANGKOK: -- A Royal Command was announced on Wednesday stripping Phra Ratchapawanajarn or Phra Thattachivo, deputy abbot of Wat Dhammakaya, of his title effective as of March 7.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/972660-dhammakaya-deputy-abbot-stripped-of-his-title/

 

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Survey shows one in three female commuters of public transport has experience with sexual harassments

 

 

BANGKOK: -- One in three female commuters of public transport has experience with sexual harassments while using public transport, according to a survey conducted by Safe Cities for Women Network.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/972661-survey-shows-one-in-three-female-commuters-of-public-transport-has-experience-with-sexual-harassments/

 

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Pheu Thai politico wanted for tweets insulting Prayut

By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter

 

  

Junta chairman Prayuth Chan-ocha poses for a photo with officials Wednesday at a seminar on 'digital governance'

 

BANGKOK — A former politician is wanted by police for allegedly defaming junta chairman Prayuth Chan-ocha on Twitter.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/972662-pheu-thai-politico-wanted-for-tweets-insulting-prayut/

 

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Public participation being ignored in major projects, experts say
By Pratch Rujivanarom
The Nation

 

Photo via : https://greennews.agency

 

BANGKOK: -- MORE CONFLICTS over development projects will take place across the country unless genuine public participation is guaranteed, experts have warned.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/972663-public-participation-being-ignored-in-major-projects-experts-say/

 

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Pheu Thai suggests mutual pardons, apologies necessary
By JITRAPORN SENAWONG,
KASAMAKORN CHANWANPEN
THE NATION

 

Phumtham Wechayachai, fourth from left, and Sudarat Keyuraphan, second from left, yesterday attend military-led reconciliation talks at the Defence Ministry.

 

BANGKOK: -- THE PHEU Thai Party yesterday said the government-initiated reconciliation talks should involve mutual pardons and apologies in order to make a fresh beginning.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/972664-pheu-thai-suggests-mutual-pardons-apologies-necessary/

 

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The modern monk and the lure of money
By The Nation

 

If the Sangha Supreme Council can’t divert monks from material greed, civil law will have to be imposed

 

BANGKOK: -- Thai Buddhist monks are not allowed to accumulate personal wealth for the straightforward reason that it undermines the path to nirvana as strictly identified in Theravada tradition.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/972665-thai-editorial-the-modern-monk-and-the-lure-of-money/

 

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Cabinet to seek quick reforms of Buddhism
By THE NATION

 

Crowd-control officers face Dhammakaya Temple supporters with metal fences separating them at Pathum Thani’s Klong Luang Central Market yesterday.

 

Dhammakaya supporters say monks must have control in trials to defrock clergy

 

BANGKOK: -- USING THE Dhammakaya Temple case as an example, the Cabinet will soon propose that the Supreme Sangha Council and the National Office of Buddhism (NOB) speed up reforms in Buddhism, Justice Minister Suwaphan Tanyuvard-hanarevealed yesterday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/972666-thai-cabinet-to-seek-quick-reforms-of-buddhism/

 

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EC’s role to ‘develop’ political parties questioned for possible manipulation
By CHANIKARN PHUMHIRAN, 
KANITTHA THEPPHAJORN 
THE NATION

 

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BANGKOK: -- QUESTIONS HAVE been raised about the appropriateness of the Election Commission (EC) joining hands with politicians on newly-established bodies, instead of inspecting them.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/972667-ec’s-role-to-‘develop’-political-parties-questioned-for-possible-manipulation/

 

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Over 30 killed as gunmen dressed as medics attack Afghan military hospital

By Mirwais Harooni

REUTERS

 

Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers descend from helicopter on a roof of a military hospital during gunfire and blast in Kabul, Afghanistan March 8, 2017.REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail

 

KABUL (Reuters) - Gunmen dressed as medics attacked a hospital in the Afghan capital on Wednesday and battled security forces for hours, killing more than 30 people and wounding dozens in an assault claimed by Islamic State.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/972668-over-30-killed-as-gunmen-dressed-as-medics-attack-afghan-military-hospital/

 

 

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Fire at Guatemala shelter kills 19 girls, police blame arson after riot

By Sofia Menchu

REUTERS

 

An ambulance exits the Virgen de Asuncion home, where a fire broke out, in San Jose Pinula on the outskirts of Guatemala City,Guatemala March 8, 2017. REUTERS/Saul Martinez

 

SAN JOSE PINULA, Guatemala (Reuters) - A fire that killed 19 girls at a home for abused teens in Guatemala on Wednesday started when some residents set mattresses ablaze, police said, after an overnight riot and attempt to escape from the overcrowded government-run centre.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/972671-fire-at guatemala shelter-kills-19-girls-police-blame-arson-after-riot/

 

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Malta's "Azure Window" rock formation collapses into the sea

REUTERS

 

Tourists walk on the Azure Window, a 50 metre high rock arch, at Dwejra Point cliffs on the west coast of the Maltese island of Gozo September 23, 2016. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi/Files

 

VALLETTA (Reuters) - A rock structure in the form of an arch which had featured in countless Malta tourism brochures collapsed into the sea on Wednesday in what Prime Minister Joseph Muscat described as a "heartbreaking event".

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/972672-maltas-azure-window-rock-formation-collapses-into-the-sea/

 

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Exclusive - U.S. weighs deploying up to 1,000 'reserve' troops for IS fight

By Phil Stewart

REUTERS

 

Soldiers from the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division rest while waiting to pack their weapons for shipment back to the United States at Camp Virginia, Kuwait December 19, 2011. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's administration is weighing a deployment of up to 1,000 American soldiers to Kuwait to serve as a reserve force in the fight against Islamic State as U.S.-backed fighters accelerate the offensive in Syria and Iraq, U.S. officials told Reuters.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/972673-exclusive-us-weighs-deploying-up-to-1000-reserve-troops-for-is-fight/

 

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CIA contractors likely source of latest WikiLeaks release - U.S. officials

By John Walcott and Mark Hosenball

REUTERS

 

The lobby of the CIA Headquarters Building is pictured in Langley, Virginia, U.S. on August 14, 2008. REUTERS/Larry Downing/Files

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - CIA contractors likely breached security and handed over documents about the agency's use of hacking tools to anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks, U.S. intelligence and law enforcement officials told Reuters on Wednesday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/972674-cia-contractors-likely-source-of-latest-wikileaks-release-us-officials/

 

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Islamic State leader Baghdadi abandons Mosul fight to field commanders, U.S. and Iraqi sources say

By Isabel Coles, John Walcott and Maher Chmaytelli

REUTERS

 

FILE PHOTO - A man purported to be the reclusive leader of the militant Islamic State Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi marks what would have been his first public appearance, at a mosque in the centre of Mosul, according to a video recording posted on the Internet on July 5, 2014, in this still image taken from video. REUTERS/Social Media Website via Reuters TV/File Photo.

 

MOSUL, Iraq/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. and Iraqi officials believe the leader of Islamic State, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, has left operational commanders behind with diehard followers to fight the battle of Mosul, and is now hiding out in the desert, focussing mainly on his own survival.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/972675-islamic-state-leader-baghdadi-abandons-mosul-fight-to-field-commanders-us-and-iraqi-sources-say/

 

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Turkish diplomats seek asylum in Switzerland - paper

REUTERS

 

ZURICH (Reuters) - Several Turkish citizens with diplomatic passports have sought political asylum in Switzerland, the Tages-Anzeiger newspaper reported on Wednesday, calling the move a potential test of the neutral country's ties with Turkey.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/972676-turkish-diplomats-seek-asylum-in-switzerland-paper/

 

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Najib softens line in bid to get Malaysians out of North Korea

By Rozanna Latiff and Liz Lee

REUTERS

 

Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak arrives at a session of the 27th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in Kuala Lumpur, November 21, 2015. REUTERS/Olivia Harris/Files

 

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak struck a softer tone with North Korea on Wednesday, a day after accusing it of assassinating the estranged half-brother of Kim Jong Un and treating Malaysians as "hostages."

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/972677-najib-softens-line-in-bid-to-get-malaysians-out-of-north-korea/

 

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U.S. general says Russia deploys cruise missile, threatens NATO

By Idrees Ali

REUTERS

 

Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Air Force General Paul Selva speaks at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, U.S., October 28, 2016. REUTERS/Gary Cameron

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Russia has deployed a land-based cruise missile that violates the "spirit and intent" of an arms control treaty and poses a threat to NATO, Vice Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff General Paul Selva said on Wednesday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/972678-us-general-says-russia-deploys-cruise-missile-threatens-nato/

 

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France's Macron gets veteran Socialist backing in anti-FN move

By Ingrid Melander

REUTERS

 

Emmanuel Macron, head of the political movement En Marche !, or Onwards !, and candidate for the 2017 French presidential election, attends a meeting with small business leaders in Puteaux, France, March 6, 2017. REUTERS/Charles Platiau

 

PARIS (Reuters) - French Socialist Party heavyweight Bertrand Delanoe on Wednesday said he would back centrist Emmanuel Macron's presidential bid to stop far-right leader Marine Le Pen from winning, as the roller-coaster election further shook the political landscape.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/972679-frances-macron-gets-veteran-socialist-backing-in-anti-fn-move/

 

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Israel moves to mute mosques' call to prayer over loudspeakers

By Jeffrey Heller

REUTERS

 

The minaret of a mosque is seen in the Palestinian neighbourhood of Beit Safafa in Jerusalem March 8, 2017. REUTERS/Ammar Awad

 

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A law to muffle mosques' amplified calls to prayer in Israel and occupied East Jerusalem won preliminary approval on Wednesday in a charged parliamentary session where Arab legislators denounced the measure as racist.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/972684-israel moves-to-mute-mosques-call-to-prayer-over-loudspeakers/

 

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Poles apart - European Union set for summit job spat

By Alastair Macdonald and Gabriela Baczynska

REUTERS

 

FILE PHOTO: Polish Prime minister Beata Szydlo speaks during a press conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Warsaw, Poland February 7, 2017. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/Files

 

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Poland's prime minister will go head to head with her 27 European Union peers in Brussels on Thursday in a row over the reappointment of the Polish chairman of their summits that has left the other member states bemused.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/972686-poles-apart-european-union-set-for-summit-job-spat/

 

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Two students, four teachers killed in bus accident in Prachinburi
By The Nation

 

 

 

PRACHINBURI: -- Two students and four teachers were killed after their bus plunged into a roadside ravine in Prachinburi early Thursday, police said. Police said five victims died at the scene and the other at a hospital.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/972691-two-students-four-teachers-killed-in-bus-accident-in-prachinburi/

 

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Wikileaks’ CIA hacking dump sends tech firms scrambling for fixes

BY REUTERS 

 

Image: Reuters

 

FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Tech companies must rapidly step up information-sharing to protect users from prying eyes, a security software executive said on Wednesday after WikiLeaks released a trove of data purporting to show that the CIA can hack all manner of devices.

 

Dozens of firms rushed to contain the damage from possible security weak points following the anti-secrecy organisation’s revelations, although some said they needed far more information on what the U.S. intelligence agency was up to before they could thwart suspected but previously hidden attacks.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/wikileaks-cia-hacking-dump-sends-tech-firms-scrambling-for-fixes/20289/