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The end of counterfeit goods? New smartphone app can detect fakes with 100% accuracy

BY STAFF WRITER

 

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Researchers claim that a new app that can detect all counterfeit goods, from medicine to clothes, with 100% accuracy will be available next year.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/end-counterfeit-goods-new-smartphone-app-can-detect-fakes-100-accuracy/22857/

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Arrested in bed - Pattaya electrician preyed on tourists who kept money in hotel safes

 

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PATTAYA: -- Police in Pattaya have announced the arrest of an electrician who was stealing from tourists.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/991893-arrested-in-bed-pattaya-electrician-preyed-on-tourists-who-kept money-in-hotel-safes/

 

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U.S., UK, Kuwait urge swift negotiated solution to Qatar crisis

 

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Buildings are seen on a coast line in Doha, Qatar, June 15, 2017. REUTERS/Naseem Zeitoon

 

DUBAI (Reuters) - The United States, United Kingdom and Kuwait urged all parties to a Gulf Arab diplomatic row over Qatar to resolve their dispute as quickly as possible through dialogue, Kuwait state news agency KUNA reported on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/991894-us-uk-kuwait-urge-swift-negotiated-solution-to-qatar-crisis/

 

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U.S. Army soldier arrested in Hawaii on terrorism charges

By Phil Stewart

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. Army sergeant who served in Iraq and Afghanistan and is now stationed in Hawaii has been arrested on charges of providing material support to Islamic State extremists, the Federal Bureau of Investigation said on Monday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/991896-us-army-soldier-arrested-in-hawaii-on-terrorism-charges/

 

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Teen rapes and murders his aunty because she told gran about his smoking

 

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KAMPHAENG PHET: -- A fifteen year old boy raped and murdered his aunt telling Kamphaeng Phet police that he did it because she was always telling his grandmother about him smoking.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/991898-teen-rapes-and-murders-his-aunty-because-she-told-gran-about-his-smoking/

 

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Cabinet to consider procurement of 8 South Korean fighter jets

By The Nation

 

BANGKOK: -- The Cabinet will on Tuesday deliberate on the plan by the Air Force to purchase eight more T-50TH fighter jets from South Korean manufacturer KAI, military sources said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/991899-thai-cabinet-to-consider-procurement-of-8-south-korean-fighter-jets/

 

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Boy killed, 24 injured in Chinese tourist bus accident on Phuket

By The Nation

 

PHUKET: -- A bus transporting Chinese tourists to a hotel overturned on a notorious downhill Patong road late Monday night, killing a 10-year-old boy and injuring 24 others.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/991861-phuket-tour-bus-crash-on-patong-hill-leaves-boy-12-dead/?do=findComment&comment=12069754

 

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Northeast-bound train services still suspended after freight train derailment
By The Nation

 

KORAT: -- Railway officials are trying to salvage nine freight carriages that derailed at a rail crossing in Nakhon Ratchasima province, blocking northeast-bound train services since early Monday evening.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/991874-train-carrying-cement-derails-in-middle-of-korat-last-night/?do=findComment&comment=12069772

 

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U.S. urges Myanmar to allow U.N. inquiry into crimes against Rohingya

 

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A girl wears thanakha powder on her face in a Rohingya refugee camp outside Kyaukpyu in Rakhine state, Myanmar May 17, 2017. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

 

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United States on Monday called on Myanmar to allow a United Nations fact-finding mission to investigate widespread allegations of killings, rape and torture by security forces against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar's Rakhine state.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/991904-us-urges-myanmar-to-allow-un-inquiry-into-crimes-against-rohingya/

 

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Army spokesman says force open to opinions and change

 

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BANGKOK, 11 July 2017 (NNT) – A spokesman for the Royal Thai Army has affirmed that the force is always open to change and adaptation and welcomes the opinions of the public so that it may tailor its work towards the interests of the nation. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/991906-army-spokesman-says-force-open-to-opinions-and-change/

 

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Soldier suspected of involvement in war weapons trade case handed over to police

 

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TRAT, 11 July 2017 (NNT) – The Royal Thai Army has handed over a suspect to police after finding a link between an overturned arms transport in Trat province and an arms dealer. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/991908-soldier-suspected-of-involvement-in-war-weapons-trade-case-handed-over-to-police/

 

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Phuket to open emergency migrant-worker registration centre

Premkamon Ketsara

 

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Officials were ordered not to take any legal action against illegal migrant workers or their employers during the six-month reprieve ordered by Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha. Photo: Premkamon Ketsara

 

PHUKET: -- The Phuket Governor has pleaded for migrant workers and employers not to panic and the new Phuket Immigration chief has ordered officials not to take any legal action against such people during the six-month moratorium on the current crackdown on illegal workers.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/991914-phuket-to-open-emergency-migrant-worker-registration-centre/

 

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U.S. military plane crashes in Mississippi, at least 5 reported dead

 

(Reuters) - A U.S. military plane crashed in rural Mississippi on Monday evening, a state emergency official said, and media there reported that at least five people were killed.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/991915-us-military-plane-crashes-in-mississippi-at-least-5-reported-dead/

 

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Magnitude 5.3 quake hits southern Japan, no tsunami warning

 

TOKYO (Reuters) - An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.2 hit the southern Japanese island of Kyushu on Tuesday, but no tsunami warning was issued and there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/991916-magnitude-53-quake-hits-southern-japan-no-tsunami-warning/

 

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Gunmen shot dead eight family members, including three girls 

 

KRABI: -- A group of  armed men in fatigues broke into  a village headman’s  house in Ao Luek district of Krabi province last night, handcuffed him before shooting all the 11 family members inside.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/991917-gunmen-kill-eight-family-members-including-three-girls in-krabi/

 

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Twitter lets users mute notifications from unknown accounts

BY REUTERS 

 

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Twitter Inc (TWTR.N), in its latest step to curb abusive behavior on its platform, rolled out new features on Monday to help users disable notifications from accounts that they want to avoid.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/twitter-lets-users-mute-notifications-unknown-accounts/22860/

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Phuket Governor calls emergency meeting over fatal Patong tour bus crash

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

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PHUKET: -- The Governor of Phuket Phuket has called an emergency meeting this morning (July 11) in the wake of the devastating tour bus crash on Patong Hill last night that has killed person, a 10-year-old boy.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/991861-phuket-tour-bus-crash-on-patong-hill-leaves-boy-12-dead/?do=findComment&comment=12070107

 

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Gunmen In Army Fatigues Murder Family of 8: Police

By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter

 

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KRABI — Gunmen clad in army camouflage broke into a residence in the southern province of Krabi Monday night before killing eight family members there, including small children, police said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/991917-gunmen-kill-eight-family-members-including-three-girls in-krabi/?do=findComment&comment=12070186

 

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Eight killed, three seriously wounded in execution-style home massacre in Krabi

By The Nation

 

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KRABI: -- A village head and 10 other people living in his house in Krabi province were shot in the head execution style by several assailants, leaving eight people dead and three people suffering serious injuries, police said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/991917-gunmen-kill-eight-family-members-including-three-girls in-krabi/?do=findComment&comment=12070268

 

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Panicked residents flee as Samut Prakan homes tilt on foundations

By The Nation

 

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SAMUT PRKARN: -- Residents of a Samut Prakan housing estate are seeking urgent government assistance after sudden subsidence around midnight on Monday left eight townhouses visibly tilting with cracks in walls, beams and pillars.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/991934-panicked-residents-flee-as-samut-prakan-homes-tilt-on-foundations/

 

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Koh Tao Death: Police Say Final Frame Shows Tourist Buying Ticket Off Island

By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter

 

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Police on Koh Tao released this still image showing what they said was Elise Dallemagne on April 21 after she bought a ticket to leave the island days before her body was discovered.

 

KOH TAO — Police on Koh Tao said Tuesday that CCTV footage shows a 30-year-old Belgian tourist buying a ferry ticket for the mainland in what they describe as the last known footage of her alive.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/991935-koh-tao-death-police-say-final-frame-shows-tourist-buying-ticket-off-island/

 

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Ex-nude model arrested for being ‘madam’ of 16-year-old girl

By Angsuma Sridokkham 
The Nation

 

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BANGKOK: -- Bangkok's Huai Kwang police have charged a former nude magazine model with human trafficking over the prostitution of a 16-year-old girl.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/991936-ex-nude-model-arrested-for-being-‘madam’-of-16-year-old-girl/

 

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Phuket police find blood stains in German murder suspect’s car

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

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Phuket Police have sent blood stain samples found in the car rented by German Nico Pake for DNA tests. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: -- Police have sent samples from blood stains found inside a car rented by 36-year-old German Nico Papke to determine whether DNA tests match the blood as that of Pischa “Lek” Nampadung, whose body was found dumped in the Phuket jungle on Saturday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/991939-phuket-police-find-blood-stains-in-german-murder-suspect’s-car/

 

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