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China Military Holds Exercises in the South China Sea Ahead of Hague Decision
A Chinese soldier takes aim during a military drill in the South China Sea . SOUTH CHINA SEA – China will hold seven-day military drills around disputed islands starting Tuesday, the maritime safety...
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Monsoon Rains in China Leave 50 Dead, 12 Missing
Paramilitary policemen helps a young girl to a safe area in Chongqing, China . . BEIJING – Three days of heavy rain in southern China have left 50 people dead and another 12 missing and destroyed...
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28 Tourists Injured After Speedboat Crashes into Anchored Tugboat in Koh...
A speedboat with about 30 tourists was heading for the mainland but unexpectedly crashed into an anchored boat. . KOH SAMET – About 28 tourists were injured, one critically, on Samet Island, shortly...
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10-year-old Thai-Danish Girl Turns Beer Tabs into Prostheses
Vanessa urged family and friends to collect beer caps to a prostheses project constituted by the Royal Danish Princess. . DENMARK – A 10-year-old Thai-Danish girl from Hee in Western Jutland, Denmark...
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Thai Junta sets up Security Centers Ahead of August Referendum
Critics fear the new constitution will entrench the military’s influence. . . BANGKOK – A spokesman for the government said on Monday, Thailand’s military government has set up security centres...
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Four Taiwanese Nationals Nabbed in Bangkok for Credit Card Skimming
Thai Police Parade Liew Cheng Siao, 34, and Liew Kun Yen, 44,Lee Jui Seng, 30, and Chiew Chin Bin, 29,before the media. . . BANGKOK – Four Taiwanese nationals were arrested in Bangkok Sunday for using...
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Prayuth Disagrees with “Forced Conscription” of Students into Military
Prayuth Chan-ocha told the media that students shouldn’t blacklisted and forcibly drafted into military service. . . BANGKOK – Thailand’s Prime Minister Gen. Prayut Chan-ocha has voiced his objection...
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Nigel Farage Anti-EU Champion Stepping Down, Britain’s Politicians in Turmoil
My aim in being in politics was to get Britain out of the European Union,” Farage told reporters. . . LONDON – Nigel Farage the leader of the insurgent right-wing UK Independence Party said on...
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Joint Mekong River Security Forces Guarding Against Drug Trafficking and Crime
Thai Marine Border Police patrol the Mekong river in Chiang Saen in northern Chiang Rai province in May, 2013. . . CHIANG RAI – For years, the Mekong River has served as a large conduit for trade....
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Chiang Rai Airport to Get Full Body Scanners
Walk-through metal detectors will be replaced with full body scanners which will be able to spot both metal and non-metallic objects, weapons and explosives, concealed under clothing. . . . CHIANG RAI...
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NASA Solar Powered Spacecraft Juno Enters Orbit Around Jupiter
After a five-year journey, a solar-powered NASA spacecraft called Juno is set to attempt to enter the planet’s orbit . PASADENA – Soaring over Jupiter’s poles, a NASA spacecraft arrived at the solar...
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Floods in China Kill Over 100 and Wipe Out 1.9 million Hectares of Crops
Rainstorms and ensuing floods have affected seven provincial-level regions in China . . SHANGHAI – Severe flooding across central and southern China over the past week has killed almost 130 people,...
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Mother and Boyfriend Jailed in Singapore for Torturing 2 Year-Old Son to Death
This is the horrible woman or ‘mother’ who abused her two year old toddler Mohamad Daniel Nasser to death. . . SINGAPORE – A ruthless mother who tortured her two-year-old son to death for not eating...
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Thailand’s Finance Ministry Spearheading an Effort to Cancel Old-Age Allowances
The Finance Ministry also is spearheading an effort to cancel old-age allowances to many citizens over 60, in order to “save for the state” an estimated 10 billion baht per year. . . BANGKOK –...
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FBI Investigation Proves Hillary Clinton Lied About Private Emails
The FBI reported that Clinton was “extremely careless” in her handling of sensitive, classified material could be read as negligence . . WASHINGTON D.C. – FBI Director James Comey’s announcement...
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Toyota Thailand Terminates 800 Workers Due to Declining Sales
800 staff have already accepted a termination agreement under which they will receive a 16-day bonus and one month’s salary. . . BANGKOK – Toyota Thailand announced Wednesday it is letting go of at...
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Thailand to Create Prison Strickty for Transgenders
Transgender convicts had expressed concerns they could become targets for abuse if locked up with male prisoners . . BANGKOK – Thailand prisons will start a pilot program to separate transgender...
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62 Year-Old Swede Foud Dead in Pattaya with Head in Bucket of Water
Sten Lundholm was found dead with his head in a bucket of water . . CHON BURI – A 62-year-old Swedish National Sten Lundholm was found dead with his head in a bucket of water and bruising on his body...
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Jen’s English Tips – Any more or Anymore?
Any more or Anymore? Any more as a determiner We use any more as a determiner to describe ‘an indefinite quantity of something’. Any more is similar to some more. Some more is more common in...
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Global Witness Report Exposes Cambodian Prime Minister’s Corruption
Global Witness believes the actual value of the family’s holding is likely to be much higher than $200 million because of incomplete information and the use of third parties to hold shares. . . PHNOM...
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