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HOTEL DEALS: Phuket New Year Special - book by April 24th for extra great discounts on 3 fantastic Phuket hotels

 

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France's Macron appears set for Elysee in runoff with Le Pen

By Ingrid Melander and Pascale Antonie

REUTERS

 

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Emmanuel Macron, head of the political movement En Marche !, or Onwards !, and candidate for the 2017 French presidential election, waves hand during in the first round of 2017 French presidential election at a polling station in Le Touquet, northern France, April 23, 2017. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier

 

PARIS (Reuters) - Centrist Emmanuel Macron and far-right leader Marine Le Pen are set to face each other in a May 7 runoff for the French presidency after coming first and second in Sunday's first round of voting, according to multiple projections.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/979886-frances-macron-appears-set-for-elysee-in-runoff-with-le-pen/

 

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PM calls for nightclub age restrictions enforcement

 

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BANGKOK, 24 April 2017 (NNT) – The Prime Minister has called for a stricter enforcement of age restrictions at entertainment venues, preventing persons under 20 years of age from entering, in the wake of violations by many venue owners, says a spokesman. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/979887-pm-prayut-calls-for-nightclub-age-restrictions-enforcement/

 

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'Second-class citizens' after EEC
By Pratch Rujivanarom
The Nation

 

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Somnuck Jongmeewasin, a lecturer at Silpakorn University’s International College

 

Academic warns of Massive land grabs in three provinces; privileges for foreign investors likened to pre1997 Hong Kong

 

BANGKOK: -- AN ACADEMIC has voiced concerns over privileges to be granted to foreign investors under the proposed Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) legislation, especially in regard to 99-year land leases.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/979888-second-class-citizens-after-eec/

 

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Pyramid scheme charges against Chula ex-lecturer
By The Nation

 

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Assoc Prof Sawad Saengbangpla

 

BANGKOK: -- MORE THAN 160 individuals have been cheated in an alleged pyramid money scheme established by a former chairman of Chulalongkorn University’s savings cooperative, causing financial damage estimated at about Bt1.4 billion, police have said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/979890-pyramid-scheme-charges-against-chula-ex-lecturer/

 

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'PM not fully satisfied'
By The Nation

 

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Head drafter says new charter is a work of compromise

 

BANGKOK: -- WITH THE new constitution already in effect, digital journalist of Nation Multimedia Group Suthichai Yoon sat down with Meechai Ruchupan, chair of the Constitution Drafting Commission, for deeper insights.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/979891-pm-prayut-not-fully-satisfied-head-drafter-says-new-charter-is-a-work-of-compromise/

 

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CCTV footage of killing still not handed in
By Pratch Rujivanarom
The Nation

 

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BANGKOK: -- WITNESSES to the extrajudicial killing of a young Lahu activist in Chiang Mai say they are afraid of being threatened, while CCTV footage taken at the scene of incident, which is the prime evidence in the case, still has not been handed over to police.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/979892-cctv-footage-of-killing-still-not-handed-in/

 

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Police detain man allegedly linked to possible car-bomb vehicle theft
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A soldier talks to suspect, identified as Habuesoh Atong, 30 on Sunday.//Photo by Nakharin Chinnawornkomol

 

YALA: -- Police detained a 30-year-old man at his house on Sunday in Yala’s Than To district for allegedly stealing a pickup and resisting authorities’ attempts to search him.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/979893-thai-police-detain-man-allegedly-linked-to-possible-car-bomb-vehicle-theft/

 

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138 suspects, including foreigners, arrested for alleged ‘coercive’ tour-guide training
By Kornkamol Aksorndej
The Nation

 

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BANGKOK: -- Police yesterday arrested 138 suspects, including many foreigners, on suspicion that they might have engaged in illegal tour-guide services.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/979894-138-suspects-including-foreigners-arrested-in-bangkok-for-alleged-coercive-tour-guide-training/

 

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Massive drug haul hidden in truck filled with cabbages
By Apinya Suksaengsri
The Nation

 

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PHRAE: -- Police have arrested two men in Phrae province after uncovering a massive shipment of illegal drugs hidden in a truck filled with cabbages.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/979895-massive-drug-haul-hidden-in-truck-filled-with-cabbages/

 

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Educational institutions asked to foster integrity, ethics among children

 

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PATHUM THANI, 24 April 2017 (NNT) – The Ministry of Education has instructed educational institutions to instill an understanding of ethics, honesty, and integrity in Thai children. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/979898-educational-institutions-asked-to-foster-integrity-ethics-among-children/

 

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Vocational students offered skills standard tests for better wages

 

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BANGKOK, 24 April 2017 (NNT) – The Department of Skills Development (DSD) now allows students in the last year of vocational certificate courses to attend skills standard tests, giving them accreditation for higher wages. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/979900-vocational-students-offered-skills-standard-tests-for-better-wages/

 

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Academic suggests terracing method for water management in Central Plain

 

BANGKOK, 24 April 2017 (NNT) - Director of the Hydro and Agro Informatics Institute Royol Chitradon has suggested the government manage rice cultivation in the central region with the terracing method in order to save more water. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/979901-academic-suggests-terracing-method-for-water-management-in-central-plain/

 

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North Korea says it is ready to strike U.S. aircraft carrier

By James Pearson and Steve Holland

REUTERS

 

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The aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson transits the South China Sea while conducting flight operations on April 9, 2017. The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group is on a scheduled western Pacific deployment as part of the U.S. Pacific Fleet-led initiative to extend the command and control functions of U.S. 3rd Fleet. Picture taken on April 9, 2017 Z.A. Landers/Courtesy U.S. Navy/Handout via REUTERS

 

SEOUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - North Korea said on Sunday it was ready to sink a U.S. aircraft carrier to demonstrate its military might, in the latest sign of rising tension as U.S. President Donald Trump prepared to call the leaders of China and Japan.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/979902-north-korea-says-it-is-ready-to-strike-us-aircraft-carrier/

 

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Scottish Conservatives open up lead over Scottish Labour - poll

REUTERS

 

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LONDON (Reuters) - The Scottish Conservative Party has opened up a 10 percentage point lead over the Scottish Labour Party in an opinion poll, reaching 28 percent, while the Scottish National Party remains in front on 43 percent, pollster Survation said on Sunday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/979903-scottish-conservatives-open-up-lead-over-scottish-labour-poll/

 

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Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn says could suspend Syria air strikes if elected

REUTERS

 

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Jeremy Corbyn, the leader of Britain's opposition Labour Party, speaks to the public during an election campaign visit in the centre of Crewe April 22, 2017. REUTERS/Andrew Yates

 

LONDON (Reuters) - The leader of Britain's main opposition Labour Party Jeremy Corbyn said on Sunday he could suspend British involvement in air strikes against Syria if he was elected prime minister at a June 8 election.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/979904-labour-leader-jeremy-corbyn-says-could-suspend-syria-air-strikes-if-elected/

 

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Trump says Mexico 'eventually' will pay for border wall

REUTERS

 

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U.S. President Donald Trump looks up while hosting a House and Senate leadership lunch at the White House in Washington, U.S. March 1, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/Files

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Sunday he expected Mexico to pay for the wall he has promised to build along the southern border, resuscitating a campaign promise that roiled U.S. relations with Mexico in the first week of his presidency.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/979905-trump-says-mexico-eventually-will-pay-for-border-wall/

 

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Germany's AfD picks leaders for election drive, seen shifting right

By Michelle Martin

REUTERS
 

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Top candidates for the German elections Alice Weidel and Alexander Gauland of Germany's anti-immigration party Alternative for Germany (AFD) during an AFD party congress in Cologne Germany, April 23, 2017. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay

 

COLOGNE, Germany (Reuters) - The anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany (AfD) party on Sunday chose a tough-talking former member of Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives and an economist to lead its campaign for a September election in a line-up likely to drag the group further right.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/979906-germanys-afd-picks-leaders-for-election-drive-seen-shifting-right/

 

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Russia hacked Danish defence for two years, minister tells newspaper

REUTERS

 

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Denmark’s Defence Minister Claus Hjort Frederiksen speaks during the official ceremony welcoming the deployment of a multi-national NATO battalion in Tapa, Estonia, April 20, 2017. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins

 

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Russia has hacked the Danish defence and gained access to employees' emails in 2015 and 2016, NATO member Denmark's defence minister told newspaper Berlingske on Sunday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/979907-russia-hacked-danish-defence-for-two-years-minister-tells-newspaper/

 

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Georgia grants couple's request to give daughter surname 'Allah'

By Bernie Woodall

REUTERS

 

(Reuters) - Georgia officials have granted a couple's request to issue a birth certificate giving their toddler daughter the surname "Allah" after earlier refusing to do so because neither parent has that name, civil liberties advocates said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/979908-georgia-grants-couples-request-to-give-daughter-surname-allah/

 

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Afghan Taliban's brazen attack eclipses Trump's "mother of all bombs"

By Josh Smith and Hamid Shalizi

REUTERS

 

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Afghan national Army (ANA) troops keep watch near the site of an ongoing attack on an army headquarters in Mazar-i-Sharif, northern Afghanistan April 21, 2017. REUTERS/Anil Usyan

 

KABUL (Reuters) - Eight days after the U.S. military dropped its largest ever conventional bomb on suspected Islamic State fighters in eastern Afghanistan, Taliban militants breached an army base in the north of the country and killed scores of local soldiers.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/979910-afghan-talibans-brazen-attack-eclipses-trumps-mother-of-all-bombs/

 

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Trump condemns anti-Semitism on Israel's Holocaust Remembrance Day

By Julia Edwards Ainsley

REUTERS

 

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FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump looks up while hosting a House and Senate leadership lunch at the White House in Washington, U.S. March 1, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said anti-Semitism should be defeated and called the Holocaust the "darkest chapter of human history" in a video address on Sunday, following two missteps by his administration regarding statements about genocide during World War Two.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/979915-trump-condemns-anti-semitism-on-israels-holocaust-remembrance-day/

 

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U.S. Vice President Pence tries hand at koala diplomacy Down Under

By Roberta Rampton

REUTERS

 

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U.S. Vice President Mike Pence looks at a koala with his daughters Charlotte and Audrey and a keeper during a visit to Taronga Zoo in Sydney, Australia, April 23, 2017. REUTERS/Jason Reed

 

SYDNEY (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Mike Pence crouched down in the shade of a eucalyptus tree on Sunday at Sydney's Taronga Zoo where Penny, a red kangaroo, dozed in the midday heat, scratching her behind the ears before she lazily rolled onto her back.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/979916-us-vice-president-pence-tries-hand-at-koala-diplomacy-down-under/

 

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Big catch-up for Merkel's party in most populous German state - poll

REUTERS

 

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends the weekly cabinet meeting at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany April 12, 2017. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke

 

BERLIN (Reuters) - Support for German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives has risen to its highest level in two years in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany's most populous state, albeit on a par with its main opposition, a poll showed on Sunday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/979923-big-catch-up-for-merkels-party-in-most-populous-german-state-poll/

 

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Pope likens migrant holding centres to 'concentration camps'

By Philip Pullella

REUTERS

 

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Pope Francis leads a mass at the Basilica of Saint Bartholomew on Tiber island in Rome, April 22, 2017. REUTERS/Maurizio Brambatti/Pool

 

ROME (Reuters) - Pope Francis urged governments on Saturday to get migrants and refugees out of holding centres, saying many had become "concentration camps".

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/979926-pope likens-migrant-holding-centres-to-concentration-camps/

 

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