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Smog serious threat to public health: experts

By Pratch Rujivanarom 
The Nation 

 

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The skyline around Bang Sue Central Station wears a shroud of smog yesterday morning. Dust rising from construction sites is blamed as one of the major factors contributing to the city’s worsening air pollution.Nation / Tatchadon Panyaphanitkul

 

Air pollution blankets capital for third day in a row, with prospects of prolonged unhealthy air quality levels

 

AUTHORITIES MUST take the air pollution problem in Bangkok seriously and strictly enforce mitigation measures to protect people’s health, academics said, while warning of serious financial costs to match.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1078100-smog-in-bangkok-serious-threat-to-public-health-experts/

 

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Peace team open to special status idea

By Kas Chanwanpen 
The Nation

 

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Malaysian facilitator Rahim Noor talk with Udomchai Thammasaroraj

 

New chief Udomchai ready for talks with all stakeholders as violence worsens

 

THE GOVERNMENT’S peace negotiation team said it would take all proposals into consideration, including an idea for a special administrative status for the deep South.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1078101-peace-team-open-to-special-status-idea/

 

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ANALYSIS: Junta keeps the country guessing about next election

By SOMROUTAI SAPSOMBOON 
THE NATION 

 

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AFTER SEIZING power from an elected government in May 2014, the ruling junta led by General Prayut Chan-o-cha came up with a political “road map” promising a general election in February 2016.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1078102-analysis-junta-keeps-the-country-guessing-about-next-election/

 

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Social media to play major role in vote

By ASINA POWNWASIN 
THE NATION WEEKEND

 

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For the first time since the last general election five years ago, Thailand is witnessing the fast-growing power of social media platforms, especially among young voters, indicating the polls expected in March this year will be significantly influenced by Line, Facebook, Twitter and other non-traditional media.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1078104-social-media-to-play-major-role-in-vote/

 

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Teachers-to-be can graduate with poor English, panel decides

By The Nation

 

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A STRONG grasp of the English language will not be required of teacher-education graduates, the committee in charge of preparing a teacher qualifications framework has decided.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1078106-teachers-to-be-can-graduate-with-poor-english-thai-panel-decides/

 

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Policeman’s murder in Pattani possibly revenge

By The Nation

 

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A POLICEMAN was shot dead yesterday outside his precinct station in Pattani’s Khok Pho district, in posible retaliation for the deaths of two suspected insurgents the day before.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1078107-policeman’s-murder-in-pattani-possibly-revenge/

 

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Kalasin villagers wage battle with supernatural after three ‘mysterious’ deaths

By The Nation

 

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Residents of two villages in Kalasin held rituals yesterday in a bid to ward off an evil spirit believed responsible for the sudden deaths of three local men.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1078108-kalasin-villagers-wage-battle-with-supernatural-after-three-‘mysterious’-deaths/

 

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Thailand out to MAKE A POINT

By  LERPONG AMSA-NGIAM 
THE NATION

 

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Sirisak Yodyadthai. middle, in a training with his players.

 

SIRISAK TARGETS DRAW AGAINST HOSTS UAE TO AVOID EARLY ASIAN CUP EXIT  

 

INTERIM manager Sirisak Yodyadthai is targeting at least a draw from tonight’s last group A game of the Asian Cup despite being without the rock of his defence, Pansa Hemviboon.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1078109-asian-cup-thailand-out-to-make-a-point/ 

 

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Reports probed of tainted rice given storm victims

By The Nation

 

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A fact-finding panel has been appointed to examine rice packs set to be distributed to victims of Tropical Storm Pabuk after it was reported that several were contaminated.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1078110-reports-probed-of-tainted-rice-given-storm-victims/

 

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Handbook of new standards coming for kindergartens and nurseries 

By The Nation

 

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To ensure up-to-par good quality in early childhood care and education at 53,335 kindergartens and nurseries nationwide, the Education Council is now in process of printing a handbook for distribution.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1078111-handbook-of-new-standards-coming-for-kindergartens-and-nurseries /

 

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Media outlets stung by online criticism over sneaky reporting on missing girl

By The Nation

 

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SOCIAL-MEDIA USERS have blasted news media outlets for invading the privacy of a 14-year-old girl who was reported as missing but turned out to be travelling with a much older man.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1078113-media-outlets-stung-by-online-criticism-over-sneaky-reporting-on-missing-girl/

 

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Poll shows Gen Prayut most suitable to be next PM

 

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More than 85 percent of the respondents to an opinion poll agreed that General Prayut Chan-o-cha is most suitable to be the next prime minister whereas the rest insisted that there are other individuals who are more suitable than him.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1078115-poll-shows-gen-prayut-most-suitable-to-be-next-pm/

 

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Opponents of poll delay warn of bigger protest if no words on election date this Friday

 

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The activist group pushing for an early election today threatened to escalate its campaign if the Election Commission fails to announce an election date by this coming Friday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1078116-opponents-of-poll-delay-warn-of-bigger-protest-if-no-words-on-election-date-this-friday/

 

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Korat rice farmer endures drought, now rest of crop stolen

By The Nation 
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A drought-afflicted farmer in Nakhon Ratchasima has discovered that Bt100,000 worth of rice went missing from her warehouse during December.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1078119-korat-rice-farmer-endures-drought-now-rest-of-crop-stolen/

 

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Leftist militant Battisti extradited to Italy after arrest in Bolivia

By Stephen Jewkes

 

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FILE PHOTO: Italian former leftist guerrilla Cesare Battisti sits in a taxi next to his lawyer Igor Tamasauskas as they leave the headquarters of the Federal Police in Sao Paulo March 13, 2015. REUTERS/Nacho Doce/File photo

 

MILAN (Reuters) - Italian former leftist guerrilla Cesare Battisti, convicted of murder and on the run for almost four decades after escaping prison, was extradited to Italy after being arrested in Bolivia, officials said on Sunday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1078121-leftist-militant-battisti-extradited-to-italy-after-arrest-in-bolivia/

 

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Ahead of vote, UK PM May warns it would be catastrophic to halt Brexit

By Kylie MacLellan

 

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FILE PHOTO: Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May leaves 10 Downing Street in London, Britain, January 9, 2019. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo

 

LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Theresa May warned lawmakers on Sunday that failing to deliverBrexit would be catastrophic for democracy, in a plea for support two days before parliament is expected to reject her deal with Brussels.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1078123-ahead-of-vote-uk-pm-may-warns-it-would-be-catastrophic-to-halt brexit/

 

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White House asked for options to strike Iran - WSJ

 

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FILE PHOTO: Sunset is seen over the White House, on the day of the U.S. midterm election, in Washington, D.C., U.S., November 6, 2018. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House's national security team last fall asked the Pentagon to provide it with options for striking Iran after a group of militants aligned with Tehran fired mortars into an area in Baghdad that is home to the U.S. Embassy, the Wall Street Journal reported Sunday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1078124-white-house-asked-for-options-to-strike-iran-wsj/

 

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Republican Senator Graham urges Trump to open U.S. government temporarily

By Doina Chiacu

 

 

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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a "roundtable discussion on border security and safe communities" with state, local, and community leaders in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, U.S., January 11, 2019. REUTERS/Leah Millis

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Republican senator close to President Donald Trump on Sunday backed a temporary re-opening of the federal government, in the 23rd day of the longest shutdown ever, to allow for talks on a spending agreement that could satisfy Trump's border security demands.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1078125-republican-senator-graham-urges-trump-to-open-us-government-temporarily/

 

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Carnage as eight die and thirteen injured in pick-up/ electrical authority vehicle collision

 

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Eight people are dead and thirteen injured after an electrical authority maintenance vehicle collided with a pick-up carrying workers. The accident happened at a bend in Lomsak, Phetchabun yesterday. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1078133-carnage-as-eight-die-and-thirteen-injured-in-pick-up-electrical-authority-vehicle-collision/

 

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Video: Handicapped American man claims taxi driver theft but Pattaya police are not so sure

 

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A video showed the aftermath to what a 58 year American man said was a robbery outside a branch of 7/11 at the Rum Pho Market in Pattaya. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1078141-video-handicapped-american-man-claims-taxi-driver-theft-but-pattaya-police-are-not-so-sure/

 

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Four girls orphaned as parents killed in Ang Thong motorcycle accident

By The Nation

 

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A couple was killed when their motorcycle crashed into the rear of a trailer truck parked on an Ang Thong roadside early Monday, leaving behind four daughters.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1078143-four-girls-orphaned-as-parents-killed-in-ang-thong-motorcycle-accident/

 

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"Farang to blame" as Thai man knocked off his motorcycle in South Pattaya

 

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Thai media Sanook were quick to blame a western driver who they said blindly came out of an intersection and hit a Thai man on a motorcycle. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1078147-farang-to-blame-as-thai-man-knocked-off-his-motorcycle-in-south-pattaya/

 

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Video: Just another day in Bangkok - motorcyclists and pedestrians play cat and mouse with a train

 

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Footage posted online showed a level crossing in Bangkok where many motorcyclists and pedestrians were playing a dangerous game as a train approached. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1078150-video-just-another-day-in-bangkok-motorcyclists-and-pedestrians-play-cat-and-mouse-with-a-train/

 

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