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Five injured in condo fire in Pathum Thani
Pathum Thai - Five people were injured when a fire broke out at a ten-storey condominium building in Pathum Thani early Sunday. The fire broke out at 5:30 am at the Muang Ek Condo's N 208 buildign in Muang district. The five were injured after inhaling smoke They were rushed to the Rangsit Hospital after fire fighters rescued them form the building. Police said the fire broke out at the ...
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Phuket Opinion Tourist abduction another sign of transport greed
PHUKET: The allegations of abduction of a female Chinese tourist by an illegal taxi driver operating out of Phuket International Airport once again highlight the need for a comprehensive overhaul of ...
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Apple computer from 1976 auctioned for 666000 dollars
Berlin - One of the first computers Apple ever made was auctioned off in Germany on Saturday for 516,000 euros (666,000 dollars). The original Apple 1 computer from 1976 is one of only six in the world known to still be functioning. It was sold to an anonymous buyer in Asia, said Cologne auction house Breker, which sold an Apple I computer for 490,000 euros last year. The Apple I was assembled ...
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Brunei Role In Ending Southern Thai Unrest
Satun, Southern Thailand - Brunei Darussalam could play a role in helping resolve the unrest in Southern Thailand through the dissemination of information via the media to enable the insurgents to come to an understanding with the Thai ...
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5 soldiers killed as rash of bombings hits southern Thailand
Police officers and soldiers in southern Thailand escaped death in bombings Saturday, one day after a bomb killed five military rangers, authorities said. A roadside bomb hit a truck carrying five soldiers in Narathiwat province, the Bangkok Post reported. Police officers in the same province responding to a report of gunshots were ambushed by a bomb but escaped without injury. Other bombings ...
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Five soldiers four police injured in southern attacks
Five soldiers were injured in a roadside bomb attack Saturday in Narathiwat's Reu So district while another roadside bomb in Yala's Yaha district, targeting a bomb squad police car, left four policemen and two civilians wounded. The bombing in Narathiwat occurred at 11am on Tha Reu-Kota Baru Road in Tambon Batong. Police and bomb squad officials rushed to inspect the scene where they ...
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Four policemen injured in Yala bomb attack
At 10.50am Saturday in Yala's Yaha district, a roadside bomb placed in a 30kg gas cylinder hit the bomb squad police car on Yala-Tao Poon Road in Tambon Tha Sap. Investigating police found the wrecked car in the middle of the road along near a three metres wide and one-metre-deep crater while another police van plunged into a roadside ditch. Four policemen were injured in the attack - ...
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Minister must quit over blackout poll
Energy Minister Pongsak Ruktapongpisal must resign to take responsibility for the blackout in all 14 provinces of the South last Tuesday, according to the majority of respondents in an Abac Poll. Of the 2,075 respondents, 55.7 per cent said the energy minister should be held responsible for the embarrassing power outage. They said he must also take responsibility for the damage to electricity ...
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Rough seas along Krabi coast capsize 60 boats two injured
PHUKET: Heavy weather wreaked havoc on the Krabi coast, across the bay from Phuket, flipping over 60 long-tail boats and injuring at least two this afternoon.Around noon today, rough seas capsized 10 longtail boats anchored close to shore, injuring one tourist, said Krabi Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Chief Thalerngsak ...
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Islamic Festival kicks off expects to draw record numbers in Phuket
PHUKET: Alhamdulillah Talk-show Festival, expected to draw over 20,000 participants, is underway in Cherng Talay and will be running until midnight ...
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South Korea edges Thailand to reach seventh Sudirman Cup final
Three-time champion South Korea defeated Thailand 3-1 here on Saturday to reach its seventh Sudirman Cup final.South Korea will meet the winner between defending champion China and Denmark, who will take on each other later Saturday.Thailand, making its debut in the world team badminton championships, lost to South Korea for the second time in five days.On Saturday, South Korean pair Ko Sung ...
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Phuket Opinion Proactive CCTV use necessary to protect resorts
Phuket Tourism Association (PTA) Vice President Bhuritt Maswongssa explains that it is necessary for hotel and resort owners to monitor CCTV to prevent crimes. Photo: Orawin ...
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Vesak Day in honor of Buddha in Thailand
A Buddhist believer meditates during Vesak Day, an annual celebration of Buddha's birth, enlightenment and death, at Wat Dharmmakaya in Pathum Thani province, on the outskirts of Bangkok on May 24, 2013. ...
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Chit fund scam Sudipta Sen cash trail may lead to Singapore Bangkok
probe to foreign shores. According to sources, FIU may seek the help of the international Egmont Group sharing financial information across member countries to spot money laundering. The Centre had set up the FIU-IND in November 2004, and India is a member of the Egmont Group. The Reserve Bank Of India has already decided to set up a coordination committee to look into the Ponzi and Collective ...
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Google to develop wireless networks in third world
San Francisco - Google is developing wireless internet systems to deploy in south-east Asia and sub-Saharan Africa to give web access to 1 billion more people, according to The Wall Street Journal on Friday. The report said that the internet software giant would team up with local communications companies to develop the wireless networks outside major cities where wired Internet connections are ...
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Phuket Tourist Police murder case on hold
PHUKET: The investigation into a Phuket Tourist Officer involved in a gunfight with neighbors that left two men dead and two, including the officer, injured on March 20 ...
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Amateur Shi Thai duo crowd Beijing Golf Challenge leaderboard
Shi Yuting continued her impressive form at the Beijing Challenge Friday as the Chinese amateur registered a hole-in-one en route to a second round 70 for a share of the 36-hole lead with Thais Tanaporn Kongkiatkrai (69) and Walailak Satarak (69) in the fourth leg of the China LPGA Tour season.Playing under overcast skies and windy conditions at the Orient (Beijing) Pearl Golf Country Club, the ...
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Report Yahoo bids for online TV site Hulu
Los Angeles - Days after buying social network Tumblr for more than 1 billion dollars, struggling internet giant Yahoo is eyeing another major purchase. According to the Los Angeles Times on Friday, the web portal has submitted a bid for online TV service Hulu, which is seeking 1 billion dollars. The service streams a wide range of TV shows to millions of users, with revenue from advertising ...
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Thailand-Japan plan two-way tourism traffic flows.
In an effort to address a gap in travel between Thailand and the island of Kyushu in Japan, a tourism exchange was recently organized in the city of Fukuoka between the Thai Government and the private sector of ...
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Thailand's chances for the World Expo 2020
The World Expo 2020, if it were held in one of Thailand’s cities, would add around 1% to the national economy on its own. This is a huge amount of money and presents a significant impulsion for government authorities to secure the country’s bid, but the competition is strong and Thailand’s chances have been undermined.
The first World Exposition was held in London in 1851. At the time it was called “The Great Exhibition” and was intended to promote the industrial achievements of the various participating countries. The United Kingdom hosted the event because they, at the time, were of course the most industrialised nation in the world and the Crystal Palace they built to house the national pavilions was received as a wonder of engineering. Read more
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