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Thailand Live Tuesday 15 Aug 2017

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Auditor-General threatens local officials backing ex-PM

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Pheu Thai Secretary General says people 'will give party a chance' as Yingluck verdict nears


BANGKOK: -- AUDITOR-GENERAL Pisit Leelawachiropas has threatened to release the names of local administrative officials who are organising trips to Bangkok in support of former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997199-auditor-general-threatens-local-officials-backing-ex-pm/

 

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CDC election could open door to ‘outsider’ as PM: Pheu Thai

By The Nation

 

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Politicians worried that proposals would complicate voting and confuse electorate


BANGKOK: -- THE CONSTITUTION Drafting Committee (CDC)’s proposed election system could pave the way for an outsider to become prime minister, Pheu Thai Party’s acting secretary-general said yesterday.

 

Full story:    https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997200-cdc-election-could-open-door-to-‘outsider’-as-pm-pheu-thai/

 

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Mother’s hopes extinguished as ex-boyfriend admits killing her daughter in 2014

 

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SARABURI: -- A mother’s hopes that her daughter was still alive after going missing three years ago have been dashed after an ex-army sergeant recently confessed to murdering her.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997157-cold-case-family-gets-answers-as-soldier-accused-of-deadly-abduction/?do=findComment&comment=12179550

 

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Govt warned hasty new flood-control measures could fail

By The Nation

 

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BANGKOK: -- SEVERAL government agencies are busy preparing water management projects for the Cabinet to consider during its upcoming mobile meeting.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997201-thai-govt-warned-hasty-new-flood-control-measures-could-fail/

 

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University unveils set of tech tools to help manage disasters

By The Nation

 

BNGKOK: -- THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY’S faculty of science and technology has unveiled two tech tools that could be useful in the face of natural disasters such as the recent floods in the North and Northeast.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997202-university-unveils-set-of-tech-tools-to-help-manage-disasters/

 

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Thai firms target Asean for growth

By SOMLUCK SRIMALEE 
THE NATION

 

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Thai Investment in ASEAN.

 

BANGKOK: -- THAI companies expanded their direct investment in Asean countries in the first quarter of this year, with outflows rising 3.67 per cent to US$30.19 billion from the previous quarter, Bank of Thailand figures show.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997204-thai-firms-target-asean-for-growth/

 

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Tamarind leftovers yield appetising rewards

By THE NATION

 

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Assoc Prof Wuttichai Nagaraksa, professor at the Faculty of Agro-Industry, King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, heads the research project.

 

BANGKOK: -- SCIENTISTS have worked with businesses to develop multiple new products using tamarind seeds left over from the processing of tamarind food products.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997206-tamarind-leftovers-yield-appetizing-rewards/

 

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Three runaway suspects re-captured in Nakhon Si Thammarat

By Thai PBS

 

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BANGKOK: -- Nakhon Si Thammarat police have re-captured three of four suspects, who broke off a police cell in Muang district on Aug 10, Muang district police chief Pol Col Adisak Thepawal said.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997207-three-runaway-suspects-re-captured-in-nakhon-si-thammarat/

 

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2 youths injured after being kicked off their motorbike in Pattaya

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PATTAYA: -- At around 12:30am on August 14th, Pattaya police were visited by 2 young Thai men who had suffered varies injuries, although none serious.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997208-2-youths-injured-after-being-kicked-off-their-motorbike-in-pattaya/

 

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Bombardier Wins Contracts for the First Monorails in Thailand

SOURCE: BOMBARDIER TRANSPORTATION

 

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Rendering of Bombardier INNOVIA monorail.

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Bombardier Transportation has announced two contracts for its Bombardier INNOVIA Monorail 300 system for two mass rapid transit lines in Bangkok.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997209-bombardier-wins-contracts-for-the-first-monorails-in-thailand/

 

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Car ploughs into pizzeria near Paris, killing 12-year-old girl

 

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French gendarmes maintain a roadblock a certain distance from the scene where a car ploughed into the outdoor terrace of a pizzeria, killing a young girl and injuring several other people according to media reports in Sept-Sorts, east of Paris, France, August 14, 2017. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier

 

(Reuters) - A car ploughed into the outdoor terrace of a pizzeria in the small town of Sept-Sorts east of Paris on Monday, killing a 12-year-old girl and seriously injuring several other people.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997212-car-ploughs-into-pizzeria-near-paris-killing-12-year-old-girl/

 

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More than 200 killed in Sierra Leone as mudslide sweeps away homes

By Christopher Johnson and Umaru Fofana

 

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    FREETOWN (Reuters) - A mudslide killed more than 200 people on the outskirts of Sierra Leone's capital Freetown on Monday, sweeping away homes and leaving residents desperate for news of missing family members.

     

    Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997213-more-than-200-killed-in-sierra-leone-as-mudslide-sweeps-away-homes/

     

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    New flights strengthen Thailand’s status as global aviation hub

     

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    Great news for globetrotters as more new flights to Thailand are launched


    BANGKOK: -- Five international airlines are expanding air access to Thailand with new flights from Beijing, Doha, Istanbul, Maldives, India’s Jaipur and Tiruchirappalli, and Singapore, strengthening the Kingdom’s status as a global aviation hub.

     

    Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997214-new-flights-strengthen-thailand’s-status-as-global-aviation-hub/

     

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    No cuts to Germany's welfare despite defence spending hikes - Merkel

     

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    (Reuters) - Germany's planned defence spending hikes will not trigger welfare cuts, Chancellor Angela Merkel said, rebutting criticism from her Social Democrat (SPD) rivals that she was caving in to U.S. demands for a bigger military budget.

     

    Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997215-no-cuts-to-germanys-welfare-despite-defence-spending-hikes-merkel/

     

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    North Korea's Kim puts army on alert; U.S. warns it can intercept missile

    By Idrees Ali and Christine Kim

     

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    Servicepersons of the Ministry of People's Security met on August 10, 2017 to express full support for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) government statement, in this photo released on August 11, 2017 by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang. KCNA/via REUTERS

     

    WASHINGTON/SEOUL (Reuters) - Defense Secretary Jim Mattis warned on Monday that the U.S. military would be prepared to intercept a missile fired by North Korea if it was headed to Guam, while North Korean leader Kim Jong Un alerted his army that it should always be fire-ready.

     

    Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997216-north-koreas-kim-puts-army-on-alert-us-warns-it-can-intercept-missile/

     

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    Merck CEO resigns from Trump council over Charlottesville

    By Michael Erman

     

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    (Reuters) - Merck & Co Inc <MRK.N> Chief Executive Kenneth Frazier resigned from U.S. President Donald Trump's American Manufacturing Council on Monday, saying he was taking a stand against intolerance and extremism.

     

    Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997217-merck-ceo-resigns-from-trump-council-over-charlottesville/

     

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    Taylor Swift wins groping trial against radio DJ

    By Keith Coffman and Jann Tracey

     

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    DENVER (Reuters) - Taylor Swift won a federal court trial on Monday, with the jury awarding her the symbolic $1 she had sought from a Colorado DJ she accused of grabbing her bare bottom during a photo shoot.

     

    Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997218-taylor-swift-wins-groping-trial-against-radio-dj/

     

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    Italy to return ambassador to Cairo, ending standoff over murdered student

    By Steve Scherer

     

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    A man holds a placard during a vigil to commemorate Giulio Regeni, who was found murdered in Cairo a year ago, in downtown Rome, Italy January 25, 2017. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi

     

    ROME (Reuters) - Italy said on Monday it would return its ambassador to Cairo more than a year after the murder of an Italian graduate student led the Rome government to recall its previous envoy.

     

    Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997222-italy-to-return-ambassador-to-cairo-ending-standoff-over-murdered-student/

     

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    TAT to open tourist info centers, OTOP shops at PTT gas stations

     

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    BANGKOK, 15 August 2017 (NNT) – The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) is pursuing the plan to establish tourist information centers and OTOP shops at PTT gas stations nationwide. 

     

    Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997223-tat-to-open-tourist-info-centers-otop-shops-at-ptt-gas-stations/

     

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    Trump yields to pressure, calls neo-Nazis and KKK criminals

    By Scott Malone and Jeff Mason

     

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    U.S. President Donald Trump delivers a statement on the deadly protests in Charlottesville, at the White House in Washington, U.S. August 14, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

     

    CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va./WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump denounced neo-Nazis and the Ku Klux Klan as criminals and thugs on Monday, bowing to mounting political pressure to condemn such groups explicitly after a white-nationalist rally turned deadly in Virginia.


    Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997090-after-criticism-white-house-says-trump-condemns-kkk-neo-nazis/?do=findComment&comment=12179858

     

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    Man arrested in Oklahoma bomb plot that echoed 1995 attack

     

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    Jerry Drake Varnell, is pictured in this undated handout photo obtained by Reuters August 14, 2017. Oklahoma Department of Corrections/Handout via REUTERS

     

    (Reuters) - An Oklahoma man angry with the government has been arrested by the FBI on charges that he tried to blow up an Oklahoma City bank building with a van he thought was packed with explosives, U.S. prosecutors said on Monday.

     

    Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997224-man-arrested-in-oklahoma-bomb-plot-that-echoed-1995-attack/

     

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    Tourist police open new office in Nakhon Sri Thammarat

     

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    NAKHON SRI THAMMARAT, 15 August 2017 (NNT) – Tourist police have opened a new tourist service center in the southern province of Nakhon Sri Thammarat in bid to provide better assistance to tourists under government policy to promote 2018 as Thailand Travel Year. 

     

    Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997225-tourist-police-open-new-office-in-nakhon-sri-thammarat/

     

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    Preparations under way for rainstorms in monsoon season

     

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    BANGKOK, 15 August 2017 (NNT) – Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has ordered authorities to closely monitor for rainstorms in the upcoming monsoon season and to get prepared in advance in bid to mitigate impacts. 

     

    Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997227-preparations-under-way-for-rainstorms-in-monsoon-season/

     

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    Govt pushes for biopharmaceutical development

     

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    BANGKOK, 15August 2017 (NNT) - The Ministry of Public Health and the private sector are collaborating to develop biopharmaceutical innovation in a bid to position Thailand as the hub of international medicine. 

     

    Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997231-thai-govt-pushes-for-biopharmaceutical-development/

     

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    RTARF officers in abduction case face disciplinary probe

    By Thai PBS

     

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    BANGKOK: -- A committee has been set up to conduct a disciplinary investigation on Maj Gen Jaroon Ampa and four other officers attached to the Royal Thai Armed Forces (RTARF) headquarters in connection with the abduction for ransom of businessmen, Gen Surapong Suwana-adth, the supreme commander, said on Monday (Aug 14).

     

    Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997233-rtarf-officers-in-abduction-case-face-disciplinary-probe/

     

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