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The bullet that hurts - but never kills

By Rachanon Intharaksa 
The Nation

 

 

Researchers from Kasetsart University have invented an alternative “first shot” bullet for pistols, which would cause some pain but never a death.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998537-the-bullet-that-hurts-but-never-kills/

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Thai/British Scrabbler remains in contention at world championships

 

Picture: Gerry's game against former World Scrabble Champion Joel Wapnick of Canada in Round 16 at the world championships in Nottingham, England.

 

Bangkok resident Gerry Carter remained in contention after day two of the World , Scrabble Championships in Nottingham, England.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998579-thaibritish-scrabbler-remains-in-contention-at-world-championships/

 

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Higher excise tax on sweetened drinks ready for cabinet approval 

 

 

Excise Department says it is preparing a proposal to increase taxes on soft drinks with sugar contents exceeding the specified limit for the cabinet to approve.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998538-higher-excise-tax-on-sweetened-drinks-ready-for-cabinet-approval/

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Yingluck’s life after the coup

By KASAMAKORN CHANWANPEN 
THE NATION

 

 

Ex-PM may be at the top of Junta’s watch list, but her activities include gardening and social media.

 

BANGKOK: -- FROM BEING a successful business woman and the first female prime minister of Thailand to facing criminal lawsuits and having her assets frozen, it can be said Yingluck Shinawatra’s life has been quite a rollercoaster ride for the past three years.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998581-yingluck’s-life-after-the-coup/

 

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Former premier also in legal battle to unfreeze her assets

By KESINEE TAENGKHIAO 
THE NATION

 

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YINGLUCK Shinawatra is fighting a legal battle to release her assets that have been frozen by the Finance Ministry, but her chances of winning this legal case are slim.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998583-former-premier-yingluck-also-in-legal-battle-to-unfreeze-her-assets/

 

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Shinawatra legacy hanging over Pheu Thai party’s leadership choice

By POLITICAL NEWS DESK 
The Nation

 

 

WHATEVER THE VERDICT in the case against former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra, the Pheu Thai Party will need to find a new leader and PM candidate to contest the next election which is expected to be held next year.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998584-shinawatra-legacy-hanging-over-pheu-thai-party’s-leadership-choice/

 

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Yingluck verdict holds the key to reconciliation

By POLITICAL NEWS DESK 
THE NATION

 

 

Decision concluding rice-pledging case will have wide-ranging implications for politics.

 

AN EAGERLY awaited verdict in the case of former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra tomorrow could determine the future of Thai politics.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998585-yingluck-verdict-holds-the-key-to-reconciliation/

 

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Protesters told what is allowed tomorrow

By The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) yesterday published an infographic explaining the fine details of the junta’s Public Assembly Bill in a light of tomorrow’s likely mass gathering in front of the Supreme Court.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998586-yingluck-verdict-protesters-told-what-is-allowed-tomorrow/

 

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Police ‘fully prepared’ to handle crowds as new threats issued

By THE NATION

 

Metropolitan Police deputy commander Pol Maj-General Panurat Lakboon makes a point while inspecting security preparations at the Supreme Court yesterday ahead of the verdict reading tomorrow.

 

POLICE ARE “100-per-cent prepared” to provide security tomorrow when thousands of people are expected to gather for the Supreme Court verdict in the case against former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra, according to a top police officer.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998588-police-‘fully-prepared’-to-handle-crowds-as-new-threats-issued/

 

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Krabi massacre suspects ‘to be arraigned soon’

By Sittichai Sikhawat 
The Nation

 

File photo: Bang Fath

 

Attorney-General spokesman Lt Somnuek Siangkong believes suspects in the massacre of a Krabi village head and his family will be arraigned in court before the end of next month.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998589-krabi-massacre-suspects-‘to-be-arraigned-soon’/

 

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More Mahakan Fort relocations ordered

By PRATCH RUJIVANAROM 
THE NATION

 

 

MORE RESIDENTS of the Mahakan Fort community will have to leave in September as part of a Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) beautification plan.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998590-more-mahakan-fort-relocations-ordered/

 

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Staff trained on dealing with female inmates

By SEYHAK PARINHA 
THE NATION

 

 

Participants from Asean observe the implementation of ‘Bangkok rules’

 

SENIOR PRISON staff from around Asean have been attending a Thailand Institute of Justice (TJI) training course on how to better treat female inmates. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998591-staff-trained-on-dealing-with-female-inmates/

 

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UPDATE:

 

Smiling suspects deny intending to kill dismembered victim

By THE NATION

 

Priyanuch (L) and Jidarat (R)

 

FOUR DEFENDANTS in a much-publicised murder-dismemberment case yesterday told the court that they had not planned to kill the victim.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998540-dismemberment-suspects-smile-as-they-arrive-at-court/?do=findComment&comment=12205767

 

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EDITORIAL

Judgement day and a prayer for calm

By The Nation

 

There’s a potential powder keg in the thousands of people meeting outside the court for tomorrow’s Yingluck verdict

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998592-judgement-day-and-a-prayer-for-calm/

 

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Advice for motorists to bypass Chaengwattana road on Aug 25

By Chalarntorn Yothasmutra

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Motorists are advised to avoid Chaengwattana road on Friday in order not to get stuck in anticipated heavy traffic as many supporters of former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra are expected to show up to give her moral support on her judgement day.

 

 Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998593-advice-for-motorists-to-bypass-chaengwattana-road-on-aug-25/

 

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UPDATE:

 

Thailand charges dropped against BBC reporter

 

Charges have been withdrawn against a BBC journalist in a criminal defamation case in Thailand.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998495-bbc-journalist-on-trial-for-thailand-crime-reporting/?do=findComment&comment=12205797

 

 

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Netanyahu to Putin: Israel may act to curb Iran's clout in Syria

By Denis Pinchuk

 

Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) shakes hands with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a meeting in Sochi, Russia August 23, 2017. Sputnik/Alexei Nikolsky/Kremlin via REUTERS

 

SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday that Israel was prepared to act unilaterally to prevent an expanded Iranian military presence in Syria as Moscow works to end the civil war there.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998594-netanyahu-to-putin-israel-may-act-to-curb-irans-clout-in-syria/

 

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Firefighters battle blaze at store in east London

 

Firefighters battle a fire at a department store in Chingford, London, Britain August 23, 2017 in this still image obtained from social media. Jonathan Boyce via REUTERS

 

LONDON (Reuters) - The London Fire Brigade said on Wednesday that 15 fire engines and 97 firefighters and officers were tackling a huge blaze in a discount store in the east of the city.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998595-firefighters-battle-blaze-at-store-in-east-london/

 

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Rotterdam mayor says bus with gas bottles found outside cancelled concert

People gather at the scene where police are investigating a van (not pictured) with Spanish licence plates containing gas bottles that was found near a concert hall in Rotterdam, in this handout picture obtained by Reuters August 23, 2017. Social Media/Handout via REUTERS 

 

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - A bus with Spanish licence plates and containing gas bottles was found near a concert hall where earlier on Wednesday a rock concert was cancelled due to a threat, Rotterdam's mayor said.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998596-rotterdam-mayor-says-bus-with-gas-bottles-found-outside-cancelled-concert/

 

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Fellow Republicans rebuke Trump over government shutdown threat

By Chuck Mikolajczak and David Morgan

 

U.S. President Donald Trump arrives at a campaign rally in Phoenix, Arizona, U.S., August 22, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

 

NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Trump's fellow Republicans rebuked the president on Wednesday after his threat to shut down the U.S. government over funding for a border wall rattled markets and cast a shadow over

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998597-fellow-republicans-rebuke-trump-over-government-shutdown-threat/

 

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Why Sardinia's tourists taking sand as souvenir face fine

 

Famed for its pristine beaches, the Mediterranean island of Sardinia has hit back at holidaymakers who have been pinching its sand.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998598-why-sardinias-tourists-taking-sand-as-souvenir-face-fine/

 

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Russian ambassador to Sudan found dead in swimming pool

 

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Russia's ambassador to Sudan, Mirgayas Shirinskiy, was found dead in the swimming pool at his home in Khartoum on Wednesday, the Sudanese police said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998599-russian-ambassador-to-sudan-found-dead-in-swimming-pool/

 

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Cuba 'incidents' caused brain injury, nerve damage to diplomats - CBS News

 

FILE PHOTO: An exterior view of the U.S. Embassy is seen in Havana, Cuba, June 19, 2017. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A doctor who evaluated American and Canadian diplomats working in Cuba diagnosed them with conditions as serious as mild traumatic brain injury and damage to the central nervous system, CBS News said on Wednesday, citing medical records it reviewed.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998600-cuba-incidents-caused-brain-injury-nerve-damage-to-diplomats-cbs-news/

 

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Trump, McConnell say they remain united on shared goals

 

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell walks to his office prior to an all night round of health care votes on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., July 27, 2017. REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Wednesday emphasized their plans to cooperate on shared goals, following weeks of tensions between the two Republicans.

 

Source: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998601-trump-mcconnell-say-they-remain-united-on-shared-goals/

 

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Australian Defense Minister visits Thailand to tighten security relations

 

BANGKOK, 24 August 2017 (NNT) – The Defense Ministers of Thailand and Australia have met to further enhance bilateral cooperation in security and terrorism prevention. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998608-australian-defense-minister-visits-thailand-to-tighten-security-relations/

 

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Samsung seeks to bury fiery past with Galaxy Note 8 launch

BY REUTERS 

 

Guests use the new Galaxy Note 8 smartphone during the company's launch event in New York City, U.S., August 23, 2017. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

 

SEOUL/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Samsung Electronics Co Ltd <005930.KS> set out to wipe the slate clean in New York on Wednesday with its new Galaxy Note 8 “phablet,” hoping features like dual rear cameras and its biggest-ever screen will extinguish memories of the device’s fire-prone predecessor.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/samsung-seeks-bury-fiery-past-galaxy-note-8-launch/23760/

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Barcelona balances security and freedom after deadly attacks

By Inmaculada Sanz and Sarah White

 

People gather at an impromptu memorial where a van crashed into pedestrians at Las Ramblas in Barcelona, Spain. REUTERS/Albert Gea

 

MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's northeastern region of Catalonia, hit last week by two Islamist militant attacks which killed 15 people, is to deploy more police, install bollards in Barcelona and step up security around stations and tourist landmarks.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998612-barcelona-balances-security-and-freedom-after-deadly-attacks/

 

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China's Xi pledges to properly address differences with South Korea - Xinhua

 

FILE PHOTO: Chinese President Xi Jinping attends a news conference at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, July 5, 2017. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch/File Photo

 

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's President Xi Jinping pledged to make concerted efforts with South Korea's President Moon Jae-in to address differences between the two countries properly, the official Xinhua news agency said on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998613-chinas-xi-pledges-to-properly-address-differences-with-south-korea-xinhua/

 

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Canada frets over possible huge surge in asylum-seekers - sources

By David Ljunggren

 

A group of asylum seekers wait to be processed after being escorted from their tent encampment to the CanadaBorder Services in Lacolle, Quebec,Canada August 11, 2017. REUTERS/Christinne Muschi

 

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada fears a huge surge in asylum seekers crossing the border from the United States, putting political pressure on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau ahead of a 2019 election, sources familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998615-canada frets-over-possible-huge-surge-in-asylum-seekers-sources/

 

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Tech school student shot dead by rival-school students

By The Nation

 

BANGKOK: -- A vocational school student was fatally shot by a group of students from a rival school in Nonthaburi province on Wednesday evening, police said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998618-tech-school-student-shot-dead-by-rival-school-students/