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Top Gear producer admits Jeremy Clarkson's 'slope' remark WAS joke about Asian man but didn't realise 'light-hearted wordplay' was offensive (but regrets it now)
Andy Wilman 'regrets any offence caused' by use of word 'slope' by Jeremy Clarkson
Top Gear executive producer issues comment amid alleged racism row
Term used during two-part Top Gear Burma Special, screened in March
Word is a derogatory term for people of Asian descent
Lawyers Equal Action claimed BBC could face million-pound damages

By JULIAN ROBINSON

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LONDON: -- The executive producer of Top Gear has admitted presenter Jeremy Clarkson had called an Asian man a 'slope' when he joked about the construction of a bridge in Thailand during an episode.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/720897-top-gear-producer-admits-jeremy-clarksons-slope-remark-was-joke-about-asian-man/

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Constitutional Court gives 15-day deadline extension to caretaker PM on Thawil case
By English News

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BANGKOK, April 23 -- Constitutional Court on Wednesday approved caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck's request for a 15-day extension to defend herself on the controversial transfer of Thawil Pleansri from his position as National Security Council (NSC) Secretary General to an inactive post.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/720824-constitutional-court-deliberates-pms-extension-request/page-2?p=7726811#entry7726811

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Angry Phuket mob stages blockade over twin teen rape suspects
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The mob blockaded Thepkrasattri Road after hearing the twin suspects would not be arriving to re-enact their crimes. Photo: Kritsada Mueanhawong

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/720587-pregnant-woman-kicked-off-her-motorbike-sexually-assaulted-in-northern-phuket/page-5?p=7727534#entry7727534

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Bangkok braces for this year’s hottest day on Sunday

BANGKOK: -- People living in Bangkok can experience this year’s hottest day on upcoming Sunday April 27 when the sun will be closest to the capital and directly above it.

According to the Meteorological Department, April will be this year’s hottest month, with maximum temperatures of about 42-43 Celsius. The average temperature in Bangkok so far this month is 35C, it added.

Meanwhile the National Astronomical Research Institute of Thailand (NARIT) said at 12.16pm on Sunday, the sun will be exactly above the capital.

It said in theory when the sun is exactly above the head, it will be the hottest day as Bangkok will be fully exposed by the heat of the sun.

But the NARIT deputy director Saran Poshyachinda was hopeful that nature could come to the aid of Bangkok people and ease the heat of the sun.

He said rain, clouds and other factors could block some of the heat on that day.

Meanwhile the position between the sun and other provinces will vary depending on their unique positions, he said.

Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/bangkok-braces-years-hottest-day-sunday/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bangkok-braces-years-hottest-day-sunday

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-- Thai PBS 2014-04-23

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Phra Yantra Amaro quietly returns to Thailand

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BANGKOK: -- A former well-known charismatic monk Phra Yantra Amaro has quietly returned from asylum in the United States to his home province of Pak Phanang district of Nakhon Si Thammarat.

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