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Troubled man retreats to electric pole
Published on 06/09/2012
» Police spent two hours talking to a man perched on a high-voltage pole before persuading him to come down and visit a psychiatrist. Vijit Saothong, a 26-year-old hotel worker, had sought refuge in a high place after suffering an overwhelming number of problems including arguments with his wife, a constant toothache, a 65,000 baht debt and disagreements with his relatives. At first he refused to be dislodged and demanded that the police switch off a strong light. After talking to his wife on a mobile phone he agreed to go with her to a hospital for psychiatric assessment.
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Post flood Pattaya braces for drought
Published on 03/09/2012
» Whilst most media stories have been about flooding, and whether the disaster of 2011 will be repeated, water experts in Pattaya and Rayong are warning about inadequate supplies in 2013. They say that preventive measures now are essential if the Eastern Seaboard is to avoid a crisis in time for next year’s high season.
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Huge drug haul in Chiang Rai
Phitsanu Thepthong, Published on 03/09/2012
» Police arrested suspected drug gang members who police say were smuggling 21 kgs of heroin and 14kgs of ya ice from the North to the South.
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Finnish diver reports being raped on Koh Lipe
Published on 27/08/2012
» PHUKET: A Finnish woman on a scuba diving course on Koh Lipe, Satun province, reported being raped last Thursday night (August 23).
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Parks Dept hikes fees as much as 150pc
Published on 24/08/2012
» PHUKET: The Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP) has announced it is to hike park entrance fees from October 1 at 29 national parks countrywide, including seven in southern Thailand.
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Tourists jumped from Tiger's second storey
Published on 18/08/2012
» PHUKET: Shocking accounts of tourists jumping from the second floor and others trampled in the panic to escape are emerging following the fire at Patong's Tiger Discoteque early on Friday morning.
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Cop arrested for drug trafficking
Phitsanu Thepthong, Published on 17/08/2012
» A Chiang Mai border patrol policeman has been charged with smuggling more than 20,000 ya ba pills said Pol Maj Gen Chamnan Ruadrew, the Deputy Commissioner of Provincial Police Bureau, Region 5, on August 11.
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Phuket residents oppose Tesco Lotus
Achadtaya Chuenniran, Published on 16/08/2012
» Angry Phuket residents held a rally Thursday to protest the proposed construction of a Tesco Lotus superstore in the tourist island's city area.
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Thailand’s Hidden Hazards
Published on 06/08/2012
» Thailand travel guides warn you of exotic diseases that melt your brain, shopping scams that gut your wallet, and cultural no-no’s that may send you to the slammer, but seldom cover the day-to-day, life-threatening hazards you only learn about if you survive them. On my first day in Thailand, I almost died just trying to walk.
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Japan to provide fire engine for Bankad sub-district
Phitsanu Thepthong, Published on 04/08/2012
» Under its Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects Scheme, the government of Japan will provide funds amounting to 2,825,000 baht for the procurement of a fire engine for the Bankad Tambon Administration Organization (TAO) in Mae Wang District, Chiang Mai Province.
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