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dailyrecord.co.uk Teen idol Justin Bieber has been accused of fathering a son in a backstage romp with a fan. The baby-faced 17-year-old, a devout Christian, allegedly had sex with Mariah Yeater, 20, minutes after a bouncer took her backstage to meet him in Los Angeles in October.
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bangkokpost.com Severe flooding coupled with foreign governments' advisories against travel to Thailand have begun to take a toll. Passenger numbers at Suvarnabhumi International Airport, Bangkok's main airport, started to decline during the last week of October, falling by seven percent year-on-year, and the decline is likely to become more pronounced as flooding problems intensify, scaring more international travellers away. [Tourists can effortlessly transit a dry Suvarnabhumi to get to Phuket and Chiang Mai, which are flood-free.]
csmonitor.com Manufacturing problems could cause a worldwide laptop shortage after a severe Thailand flood. This hard drive and laptop shortage has already affected prices.
nationmultimedia.com Despite filthy stagnant floodwater spreading in many provinces, the government tried to play down fears of a public health crisis, citing the ''success'' in avoiding outbreak of fatal communicable diseases like leptospirosis and cholera.
bloomberg.com Bangkok Governor Sukhumbhand Paribatra ordered police to protect a levee on the city's outskirts after thousands of people damaged the floodgate, threatening inner parts of the Thai capital.
bangkokpost.com Floodwater from the northern outskirts of the capital continues to flow deeper towards the heart of Bangkok while its western side has been widely inundated and will need over a month to drain.
bbc.co.uk Staff at Honda motors in Britain have been forced to work a three-day week due to the floods that stopped production at the Thai factories which make the electronic components needed to produce Honda cars at the Wiltshire plant. Honda was due to start the mass production of the Civic but this has now been put back by at least a month.
wsj.com There are plenty of reasons why a smart automaker would want to rely heavily on Thailand despite the well-known flood patterns, as a quick chat with auto industry expert and sometime Thailand resident Michael Dunne highlights. One, he says, is simply "world-class quality."
nationmultimedia.com The seven industrial estates that have been hit by severe flooding are expected to need loans of at least five billion baht to build barriers to prevent future flooding.
bangkokpost.com Who would have thought Bangkok could ever come to this? This government, led by Pheu Thai, must find a new leader. Now. One who is capable of making the difficult decisions so that our country survives.
news.com.au So many rats have drowned in Cambodia's worst flooding in over a decade that the cross-border trade in the rodent's meat has plummeted, Prime Minister Hun Sen said.
click-manchester.com Rickie La-Touche, 30, was jailed for life. La-Touche suffocated his 28-year-old wife, Pornpilai Srisroi, following an argument in which she had threatened to leave him and return to her native Thailand.
Pornpilai's mother, Tui Srisoi, said of her daughter, known as Boom: ''A mother's worst nightmare: to have your only daughter fall in love, marry and move to a country the other side of the world. Then to hear by telephone she has been brutally killed by the man to whom you entrusted her, your son-in-law.''
Phuket People
A Phuket village chief who holds a licence to carry a firearm has received an apology from Phuket Police Commander Major General Pekad Tantipong after an officer at a checkpoint seized the weapon and told the village chief that he could have the weapon back when the checkpoint duty ceased. ''I had done nothing wrong,'' the village chief said.
Phuket Sports World
around the rings.com Eight teams from six countries advanced to today's 32-team main draw as the 2011 FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch World Tour resumed for the sixth time on Phuket: Two teams each from China and Japan along with single duos from Italy Finland, Latvia and Netherlands.
smh.com.au Kelly Slater has won his 11th World Surfing Title by winning his third round heat at the Search event in San Francisco.
nationmultimedia.com In the wake of flooding in Bangkok, the Football Association of Thailand has moved Thailand's World Cup qualifier against leaders Australia on November 15 to Supachalasai stadium.
reuters Lionel Messi netted a hat-trick for Barcelona in a resounding 4-0 victory away to 10-man Viktoria Plzen that put the rampant European champions through to the last 16 of the Champions League.
Phuket Coming Events
November 3 FC Phuket v SEA Games u23 side, Surakul Stadium, Phuket City.
Until November 6 Women's Beach Volleyball Series at Karon on Phuket
November 9-10 Loy Kratong Festival
November 19 The Khao Lak Community Appeal and the Foundation for Education and Development are holding the second Khao Lak Charity Golf Tournament at Tab Lamu Navy Golf Course. Last year the two charities raised 420,000 baht for their causes, with a great turnout. Details: 081 5441837.
November 26-27 9th Phuket International Soccer 7s
November 27 Laguna Phuket Triathlon
December2-5 Phuket Musiq Festival, Saphan Hin, Phuket City, nightly
December 3-4 Sixth Andaman International Soccer 7s
December 3-10 King's Cup Regatta, Kata beach
December 4 Ironman 70.3 Asia-Pacific Championship, Laguna
Phuket Coming Events 2012
Late February Phuket Blues Festival, Laguna Phuket
March 18-28 National Youth Games, Phuket
March 29-April 1 Phuket International Boat Show, Royal Phuket Marina
Phuket Coming Events 2014
November 14-21 Fourth Asia Beach Games, Phuket
