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Thailand Live Tuesday 1 Aug 2017

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Tearful former Thai PM Yingluck says she was never dishonest

By Aukkarapon Niyomyat and Panu Wongcha-um

 

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Ousted former Thai prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra greets supporters as she arrives at the Supreme Court in Bangkok, Thailand, August 1, 2017. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

     

    BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra delivered a tearful closing statement to a Bangkok court on Tuesday, saying she did not act dishonestly in a multi-billion dollar rice subsidy scheme and that she was being politically persecuted.

     

    Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/995183-black-clad-yingluck-cuts-a-relaxed-figure-at-supreme-court/?do=findComment&comment=12139547

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    Yingkuck calls on Supreme Court to consider facts and vindicate her 

    By Kasamakorn Chanwanpen 
    The Nation

     

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    BANGKOK: -- Former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra, in her closing statement in her negligence trial on Tuesday, pleaded with the Supreme Court to make its ruling based on legitimate evidence and witness testimonies.

     

    Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/995183-black-clad-yingluck-cuts-a-relaxed-figure-at-supreme-court/?do=findComment&comment=12139557

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    China formally opens first overseas military base in Djibouti

     

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    BEIJING (Reuters) - China formally opened its first overseas military base on Tuesday with a flag raising ceremony in Djibouti in the Horn of Africa, the same day as the People's Liberation Army marks its 90th birthday, state media said.

     

    Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/995228-china-formally-opens-first-overseas-military-base-in-djibouti/

     

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    Situation in flood affected Sukhothai returning to normal

     

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    SUKHOTHAI, 01 August 2017, (NNT) - The situation in the flood hit province of Sukhothai is reportedly returning to normal, after the overflowing Yom River crippled local businesses. 

     

    Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/995230-situation-in-flood-affected-sukhothai-returning-to-normal/

     

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    Thai high school students bag home 49 medals in mathematics Olympiad in india

    By Thai PBS

     

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    BANGKOK: -- Thai students bagged home 49 medals from  India International  Mathematics Competition held in Lucknow from July 25-31.

     

    Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/995234-thai-high-school-students-bag-home-49-medals-in-mathematics-olympiad-in-india/

     

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    Panel keeps GDP growth pegged at 3.5-4% this year

    By The Nation

     

    BANGKOK: -- The Joint Standing Committee on Commerce, Industry and Banking on Tuesday maintained its forecast for gross domestic product growth this year at 3.5-4 per cent, in line with its cautious stance on economic expansion this year.

     

    Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/995235-panel-keeps-gdp-growth-pegged-at-35-4-this-year/

     

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    Swedish Man's Trashy Tale Wins Praise

    By Asaree Thaitrakulpanich, Staff Reporter

     

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    Marcus Kingo and his daughter Susannah Kingo during their July vacation in Thailand. Photo: Marcus Kingo / Facebook

     

    PHUKET — The internet Tuesday was singing the praises of a Swede who used his vacation time to clean up a Thai beach and encourage others to do the same.

     

    Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/995237-swedish-mans-trashy-tale-wins-praise/

     

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    Venezuela opposition leaders Lopez, Ledezma taken from homes - family

     

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    CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan opposition leaders Leopoldo Lopez and Antonio Ledezma have been taken from their homes, where they were serving house arrest, family members said on Tuesday, adding that President Nicolas Maduro was responsible for their fates.

     

    Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/995239-venezuela-opposition-leaders-lopez-ledezma-taken-from-homes-family/

     

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    Cabinet approves appointments of 10 senior public health officials

    By The Nation

     

    BANGKOK: -- The Cabinet on Tuesday approved the appointments of 10 senior officials in the public health sector, including four directors-general and four deputy permanent secretaries.

     

    Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/995241-cabinet-approves-appointments-of-10-senior-public-health-officials/

     

    Floods in Galyani Vadhana Destroy Farms and Omkoi Flood Defenses at Breaking Point

    by CityNews

     

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    CityNews – The tropical depression Sonca has affected Galyani Vadhana district the most over the last few days, resulting in a flash flood and mudslides that have devastated farmlands and homes in the area.

     

    Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/995271-floods-in-galyani-vadhana-destroy-farms-and-omkoi-flood-defenses-at-breaking-point/

     

    Police look for two foreign women for drowning dog at Pattaya beach

     

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    Tourist police in Pattaya are now looking for two female foreigners for questioning after they were seen in video footage taking a small dog in the sea and drowning it.

     

    Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/995272-police-look-for-two-foreign-women-for-drowning-dog-at-pattaya-beach/

     

    Swedish surfer dead of suspected overdose in Phuket

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    Nr Nilsson's bags were found on the bathroom floor alongside where he had collapsed. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

     

    PHUKET:-- Police believe the death of a 33-year-old Swedish man in the bathroom of a friend’s house in central Phuket last night (July 31) may have been drugs related.

     

    Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/995273-swedish-surfer-dead-of-suspected-overdose-in-phuket/

     

    Rare images of animals feasting, feeding caught on camera in Thai national park 

    By Coconuts Bangkok

     

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    All photos: DNP/Facebook

     

    Photos released over the weekend by The Department of National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP) provide a rarely-seen glimpse into life deep in a Thai national park.

     

    Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/995274-rare-images-of-animals-feasting-feeding-caught-on-camera-in-thai-national-park/

     

    Yingluck says she is a victim of “subtle political game”

     

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    Ex-premier Yingluck Shinawatra ended her trial of the controversial rice-pledging scheme today (Aug 1) saying she was a victim of “subtle political game” and begging for the high court to hand down a judgement with justice and honesty based on facts, evidence and witness accounts.

     

    Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/995183-black-clad-yingluck-cuts-a-relaxed-figure-at-supreme-court/?do=findComment&comment=12140280

     

    Immigration Bureau receives new IOM workstations to boost border control, detection of passport fraud

    By The Nation

     

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    TIB deputy commissioner Pornchai Kuntee, right, Canadian Ambassador Donica Pottie, centre, and IOM Thailand chief of mission Dana Graber Ladek cut a ribbon to mark the handover. Photo: Reuben Lim / IOM 2017

     

    The Thai Immigration Bureau (TIB) on Monday received five new Verifier Travel Document and Bearer (TD&B) workstations from IOM – the UN Migration Agency – to strengthen the country’s border control and detect passport and identity fraud.

     

    Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/995276-immigration-bureau-receives-new-iom-workstations-to-boost-border-control-detection-of-passport-fraud/

     

    Cabinet names Wanlop as new NSC chief

    By The Nation

     

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    General Wanlop Rugsanao

     

    The Cabinet yesterday named General Wanlop Rugsanaoh as the new secretary-general of the National Security Council (NSC).

     

    Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/995278-cabinet-names-wanlop-as-new-nsc-chief/

     

    Missing Thai students’ rented car found at bottom of cliff in US national park

    By The Nation

     

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    Authorities in the US have found the rented car of two Thai students that plunged into a canyon in Kings Canyon National Park in California, but they could not reach the site of the crash due to strong river currents and steep cliffs, said Thai Foreign Ministry spokesperson Busadee Santipitak on Tuesday.

     

    Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/995158-five-days-missing-thai-student-who-drove-off-cliff-in-california still-not-located/?do=findComment&comment=12140317

     

    Food Coma: Six-meter python caught napping nearby after devouring villager’s chickens

    By Coconuts Bangkok

     

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    A man in southern Trang province woke up to find a dozen of his chickens missing. What he found instead of his pen of hens was a giant python with a suspiciously large stomach bulge sleeping peacefully near the chicken coop.

     

    Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/995279-food-coma-six-meter-python-caught-napping-nearby-after-devouring-villager’s-chickens/

     

    Liverpool have sights set on title, says Klopp

     

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    (Reuters) - Liverpool are working hard towards their aim of winning the Premier League title, manager Juergen Klopp said ahead of the side's friendly against German champions Bayern Munich at the Allianz Arena on Tuesday.

     

    Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/995280-liverpool-have-sights-set-on-title-says-klopp/

     

    Angelina Jolie 'upset' over backlash to Cambodia film casting process

    By Reuters Staff

     

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    U.S. Actor and UNHCR Special Envoy Angelina Jolie attends a conference at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, March 15, 2017. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/Files

     

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Angelina Jolie responded to growing backlash over the casting process for her latest film, saying she was "upset" that an improvised scene during auditions had been misconstrued as taking real money away from impoverished children.

     

    Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/995281-angelina-jolie-upset-over-backlash-to-cambodia-film-casting-process/

     

    Philippines has highest HIV infection growth rate in Asia-Pacific: U.N.

     

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    FILE PHOTO: People light candles to mark World AIDS day in Quezon city, Metro Manila, Philippines December 1, 2016. REUTERS/Czar Dancel

     

    MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines has registered the fastest-growing HIV/AIDS epidemic in the Asia-Pacific in the past six years with a 140-percent increase in the number of new infections, the health ministry and the United Nations said on Tuesday.

     

    Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/995283-philippines-has-highest-hiv-infection-growth-rate-in-asia-pacific-un/

     

    Surge in North Koreans slipping into Thailand: immigration

    By Panu Wongcha-um

     

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    BANGKOK (Reuters) - The number of North Koreans slipping illegally into Thailand has surged in recent months, according to immigration bureau officials, as tensions mount on the Korean peninsula because of Pyongyang's weapons programmes.

     

    Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/995284-surge-in-north-koreans-slipping-into-thailand-immigration/

     

     

    It’s no secret – these really simple and obvious tips will speed up your smartphone

    BY STAFF WRITER

     

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    We all know that our phones start to slow down after about a year, but there are a few things that you can do that will speed it up again.

     

    Full Story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/no-secret-really-simple-obvious-tips-will-speed-smartphone/23317/

    If you only ever say one thing to Siri, make sure it is this!

    BY STAFF WRITER

     

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    Let’s face it we all get bored from time to time and try various things to keep ourselves amused.

     

    Full Story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/ever-say-one-thing-siri-make-sure/23319/

    Prayuth To Visit Flooded Region As Death Toll Climbs

    By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter

     

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    A road crew attempts to repair a road cut off by flood in Buriram Tuesday

     

    BANGKOK — Four days into a massive flooding crisis that has killed 11 across much of the country, prime minister and junta leader Prayuth Chan-ocha said Tuesday he would visit the affected region.

     

    Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/995292-prayuth-to-visit-flooded-region-as-death-toll-climbs/

     

    National reform ‘super board’ to be set up by August 30

    By Wasamon Audjarint 
    The Nation

     

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    The government is expected to set up a “super board” by August 30 to oversee the binding, 20-year national strategy following Monday’s enactment of the national strategy bill.

     

    Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/995293-national-reform-‘super-board’-to-be-set-up-by-august-30/

     

    Police raid sites linked to alleged loan shark

    By Apichart Hongsakul 
    The Nation

     

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    Officials raided four locations in Prachuap Khiri Khan province on Tuesday in a crackdown on an alleged loan shark who is said to have a total cash flow of more than Bt200 million.

     

    Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/995294-police-raid-sites-linked-to-alleged-loan-shark/

     

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