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Roman Polanski loses latest bid to end U.S. rape case from abroad

REUTERS

 

FILE PHOTO - Filmmaker Roman Polanski walks on a corridor during a break of a court hearing in Krakow February 25, 2015. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/File Photo

 

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Filmmaker Roman Polanski on Monday lost another bid

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/976827-roman-polanski-loses-latest-bid-to-end-us-rape-case-from-abroad/

 

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Security stepped up at Russian embassy in Bangkok after blast
By The Nation

 

BANGKOK: -- Police have stepped up security at the Russian embassy in Bangkok following an explosion at the Saint Petersburg metro Monday that killed 11 people.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/976838-security-stepped-up-at-russian-embassy-in-bangkok-after-blast/

 

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Tourists flock to Phanom Rung ruins in Buriram for spectacular sunrise

 

Picture: Daily News

 

BURIRAM: -- Daily News reported that up to a thousand Thai and foreign tourists gathered at the Phanom Rung ruins in Buriram yesterday for a spectacular sunrise.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/976839-tourists-flock-to-phanom-rung-ruins-in-buriram-for-spectacular-sunrise/

 

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Thunderstorm causes blackouts in Chiang Rai
By The Nation

 

CHIANG RAI: -- A thunderstorm brought down about 20 power poles in Chiang Rai’s Mae Chan district late Monday night, causing blackouts in several tambon.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/976841-thunderstorm-causes-blackouts-in-chiang-rai/

 

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Thailand launches unique residence programme

 

SINGAPORE: -- Henley & Partners has secured the global concession to promote Thailand’s exclusive residence programme, which gives foreigners authorisation to live in the country for up to 20 years.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/976842-thailand-launches-unique-residence-programme/

 

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Police top brass declare Khao San Road safe for tourists

 

Picture: Sanook

 

BANGKOK: -- Top brass from the national and met police descended on Khao San Road last night to declare the area safe for tourists.

 

Full story:  http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/976844-police-top-brass-declare-khao-san-road-safe-for-tourists/

 

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Wait – Bangkok has a beach?
By The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Head to the beach for Songkran – on Bangkok’s Sukhumvit Soi 23. Neighbourhood destinations Craft, Whisgars, Slanted Taco and Little Wine Bar will be welcoming the Thai New Year with a beach vibe from April 13 to 15, daily from 2pm to late.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/976847-wait-–-bangkok-has-a-beach/ 

 

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Customers flee as fire breaks out in Uttaradit bar
By The Nation

 

UTTARADIT: -- About 20 customers and staff at a newly-opened bar in Uttaradit’s Mueang district escaped uninjured after a fire broke out in the entertainment venue late Monday night.

 

Full story:  http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/976848-customers-flee-as-fire-breaks-out-in-uttaradit-bar/

 

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Trump donates first-quarter salary to National Park Service

REUTERS

 

U.S. President Donald Trump looks up during his meeting with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, U.S., April 3, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump, who made a fortune in real estate before running for political office, has decided to donate his first-quarter salary of $78,333 to the National Park Service, the White House announced on Monday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/976853-trump-donates-first-quarter-salary-to-national-park-service/

 

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Pattaya police arrest gay dancer after mounting a ring ruse

 

Picture: 77Jowo

 

PATTAYA: -- Pattaya police had a result yesterday when they tricked a man into custody who worked as a gay dancer at the resort.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/976856-pattaya-police-arrest-gay-dancer-after-mounting-a-ring-ruse/

 

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NLA president says new charter will curb corruption effectively 

 

 

BANGKOK: -- National Legislative Assembly (NLA) president Pornpetch Wichitcholchai stated that he was confident that the new constitution will be able to effectively prevent and combat corruption.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/976857-nla-president-says-new-charter-will-curb-corruption-effectively /

 

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Infant and Young Child Food Act promotes good health, good economics for Thailand
By Clinical Prof. Dr. Siraporn Sawasdivorn MD., Thomas Davin and Roger Mathisen 

 

Dr. Siraporn Sawasdivorn

 

BANGKOK: -- Today, 4 April 2017, the National Legislative Assembly will deliberate on Thailand’s first ever “Control of Marketing of Infant and Young Child Food Act.” Recognizing that breastmilk is the single best source of nutrition for infants and young children, the Act helps regulate extensive and often misleading industry marketing of breastmilk substitutes.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/976859-infant-and-young-child-food-act-promotes-good-health-good-economics-for-thailand/

 

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Granddaughter says sorry to gran,105, for chamber pot assault

 

Picture: Daily News

 

PRACHUAP KHIRI KHAN: -- It was all smiles yesterday when a granddaughter returned home to apologize to her centenarian grandmother for hitting her over the head with a chamber pot.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/976861-granddaughter-says-sorry-to-gran105-for-chamber-pot-assault/

 

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Govt to decide how Bongkot-Erawan gas fields will be used

 

 

BANGKOK, 4 April 2017 (NNT) - The Department of Mineral Fuels will invite petroleum experts and its former concessionaires to join a meeting on Wednesday to discuss a bidding for gas production in Bongkot and Erawan gas fields.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/976863-thai-govt-to-decide-how-bongkot-erawan-gas-fields-will-be-used/

 

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Oversupply of health care professionals expected
By The Nation

 

BANGKOK: -- Thailand could be faced with an oversupply of health care professionals over the next 10 years, a seminar on the health care work workforce was told on Monday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/976864-oversupply-of-health-care-professionals-expected/

 

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Video: Mob "justice" as bus passenger films taxi attack

 

Picture: Sanook

 

BANGKOK: -- Thai netizens commented in their thousands after a group of men were filmed attacking a taxi with bits of wood.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/976866-video-mob-justice-as-bus-passenger-films-taxi-attack/

 

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Cop "hero" praised after rescue of family from pick-up in Surat canal

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

SURAT THANI: -- A humble cop from Surat Thani has been praised across social media after he was pictured diving into a canal to save a mother and her two daughters in a half submerged pick-up.

 

Full story:  http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/976872-cop-hero-praised-after-rescue-of-family-from-pick-up-in-surat-canal/

 

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Permanent secretaries called to meeting over charter draft
By The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- All ministerial permanent secretaries have been called to a meeting on Wednesday on the new bureaucratic regulations in the soon-to-be-enacted charter draft, Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam said on Tuesday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/976873-permanent-secretaries-called-to-meeting-over-charter-draft/

 

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Sun at zenith over Thailand 
By The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The sun will be at zenith in Bangkok on April 27, although it may not be the hottest day due to various factors, a senior official at the Science and Technology Ministry’s National Astronomical Research Institute of Thailand (NARIT) said.

 

Full story:  http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/976874-sun-at-zenith-over-thailand/

 

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BMA to boost green areas with tax incentives

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is planning to give tax incentives to the people in Bangkok if they grow trees in their lands.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/976875-bma-to-boost-green-areas-with-tax-incentives/

 

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Thai embassy issues alert after subway bombing
By The Nation

 

Security personnel check passengers at the entrance to Leningradsky railway station in Moscow on April 3, 2017. / AFP

 

MOSCOW: -- The Royal Thai Embassy in Moscow has issued a travel advisory for Thais planning to travel to Russia in the wake of Monday’s deadly blast at a subway station in St Petersburg.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/976876-thai-embassy-issues-alert-after-subway-bombing/

 

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Taxi wars! Bangkok cabbies warned to "stay off our patch" by Pattaya drivers

 

Picture: 77Jowo

 

PATTAYA: -- Taxi drivers in Pattaya have warned Bangkok cabbies to stay away claiming that drivers from the capital are ripping off the public.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/976878-taxi-wars-bangkok-cabbies-warned-to-stay-off-our-patch-by-pattaya-drivers/

 

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Suspect re-enacts killing of worker at Education Ministry
By The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Police on Tuesday took suspect Chamlong Phummalai to re-enact the killing of C4-ranked official Wassana Burakon at the Education Ministry in Bangkok last week.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/976881-suspect-re-enacts-killing-of-worker-at-education-ministry/

 

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Australian gold mine to sue Thai govt for compensation
By The Nation

 

 

PHICHIT: -- An Australian gold mine company is seeking measures to file for compensation from the Thai government, which it claimed violated the Thailand-Australia Free Trade Agreement (TAFTA) by ordering the closure of its gold mine in Phichit.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/976886-australian-gold-mine-to-sue-thai-govt-for-compensation/

 

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New twist in Phuket elephant ownership battle

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

The battle for the female elephant called ‘Srinuan’, ‘Nampetch’ or ‘Yo’ – depending on who you believe – continues. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: -- The battle for ownership rights of a female elephant at a Phuket safari camp has taken another twist with the camp now presenting to police a registration document for the same elephant, but with a different name.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/976891-new-twist-in-phuket-elephant-ownership-battle/

 

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Phuket contractor’s house catches fire while 9-year-old son home alone

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

The house contained many flammable materials as the owner is a contractor. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: -- A 9-year-old boy is being treated for burns after a house fire causing an estimated B200,000 in damage broke out at about 8:30am today (April 4).

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/976895-phuket-contractor’s-house-catches-fire-while-9-year-old-son-home-alone/

 

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Birthday boy left seriously injured in Phuket crash

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

The driver was still inside the vehicle when police and rescue workers arrived. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: -- The driver of a pickup truck, whose birthday is today, was left seriously injured after crashing into concrete barriers on Thapkrasattri Rd.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/976896-birthday-boy-left-seriously-injured-in-phuket-crash/

 

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Perpetrators in fatal beating of soldier not yet named

By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter

 

  

Army recruiters inspect potential draftees in Bangkok on Saturday

 

BANGKOK — Military and police officials said justice would be served for a young recruit who was reportedly beaten to death in an army prison over the weekend, yet as of Tuesday not a single perpetrator had been identified.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/976901-perpetrators-in-fatal-beating-of-soldier-not-yet-named/

 

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Cross-dressers, gender-change cases and transvestites warned of strict UAE laws

 

 

DUBAI: -- The Thai Consulate General in Dubai has warned Thais wishing to visit the United Arab Emirates that sex change, cross dressing and transvestism  are against the law.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/976903-cross-dressers-gender-change-cases-and-transvestites-warned-of-strict-uae-laws/