ft.com UBS shocked investors with news that is had discovered a potential $2bn loss due to unauthorised trading at its investment bank. The Swiss group gave no further details, other than saying the loss had been caused by ''a trader'' and the matter was under investigation.

smh.com.au The UK Sun tabloid reported that World Cup rugby captain Mike Tindall, who recently married a granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth II, had ''kissed and groped'' a blonde while watching a dwarf-throwing contest.

afp Danes voted in general elections Thursday as opinion polls suggested they would hand power to the centre-left after a decade in opposition and give the country its first woman prime minister.


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news.com.au Four star Australian Rules footballers from the Gold Coast Suns, including deputy vice-captain Campbell Brown, were detained and handcuffed after allegedly being involved in a fight during an end-of-season trip. They were detained on Koh Phangan, near Samui, famous for its Full Moon Party and popular with Australians.

thewest.com.au A Gold Coast spokesman said that he believed Brown had gone to the assistance of another player, who was allegedly provoked by a tourist, believed to be from Western Australia. The Suns released a statement confirming they would investigate the matter.

Associated Press FIFA has asked executive committee member Worawi Makudi to clarify claims that $860,000 in grants went to building soccer projects on land he owns in Thailand. FIFA says Makudi would face an investigation by its ethics committee ''should there be any evidence of any potential breach of the Code of Ethics.''

telegraph.co.uk Tripadvisor, the travel reviews website, has removed the slogan ''reviews you can trust'' from its hotel listings, in favour of the phrase ''reviews from our community''. The website is currently being investigated by the British Advertising Standards Authority following hoteliers alleging misleading and fraudulent reviews.

nationmultimedia.com Employers' representatives at the Central Wage Committee yesterday objected to the plan of raising the daily minimum wage to 300 baht in seven provinces from January, leading to a resolution to set up a working panel to study the plan first. Phuket (minimum wage 221 baht) is among seven provinces set to pioneer the move in January.

afp A Japanese air traffic controller fell asleep on the job, leaving a plane unable to land as attempts were made to wake him over the radio, a report said. An All Nippon Airways cargo plane from Bangkok seeking landing approval at Naha Airport in Okinawa was unable to get through despite repeated attempts, with communications lost for 12 minutes.

nationmultimedia.com New government spending will boost not only consumption, which is good for the economy, but also inflationary pressure, the Asian Development Bank said.

Via email Phuketwan has been offered the chance to buy a jet-ski by Hison, ''the #1 manufacturer of motor boats in China,'' who according to the email has been ''maken jet products'' for eight years. ''Hope to cooperate with your company in the future! Believe the jet ski will expand your business greatly,'' the email from ''Michelle'' says.

cnngo.com London Heathrow Airport has topped the world's busiest airport list (by international passengers) for the past 11 years, but the rank will certainly change when Beijing's Daxing airport opens. Currently under construction, Daxing airport will be Beijing's third airport and will occupy a total of 54 square kilometers with nine runways with up to 200 million passengers a year.

smh.com.au Dubai (currently the fourth busiest airport for international passengers) has announced a massive $7.8 billion expansion to boost its capacity from 60 million passengers a year to more than 90 million by 2018. The project figures are astounding, with one stage of the expansion alone adding twice the footprint of Heathrow's colossal Terminal 5.

voanews.com US special envoy Derek Mitchell says Burmese officials claim they are committed to reform, but he has urged them to back up their words with concrete actions. Mitchell, the new US coordinator for Burma policy, spoke to reporters as he was ending a five-day visit to Burma.

bbc.co.uk It sounds like something from a Victorian novel - hundreds of young women falling, en masse, into a swoon. But this phenomenon has become a bafflingly common occurrence in modern-day Cambodia, increasingly recently at garment factories.

eturbonews.com With improvement in air connectivity between India and Indonesia looking likely, Indonesia Tourism has decided to enhance their engagement in the India market in the coming months. According to Sapta Nirwandar, Director General - Tourism Marketing, Indonesia Tourism, the tourism board has decided to more than double their investments in the Indian market to attract more visitors to Indonesia.

todayonline.com The opposition should remain "competitive" in Singapore's political landscape but former Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew doubts if the country will be able to sustain a two-party political system.

Associated Press Life on Thai fishing boats is incredibly hard. Men toil for up to 20 hours a day, seven days a week, only able to snatch a few moments for food and rest between hauling nets, according to a report by the International Organisation for Migration. Some boats use "mother ships" to refuel and take on new crew to avoid returning to land and trafficked fishermen spend months or even years trapped in waters as far away as Somalia.



September 17-18 Honda Racing, Saphan Hin, Phuket City

September 21-24 Quiksilver Thailand Surf Competition 2011, Patong

September 27-October 5 Vegetarian Festival, Phuket

November 1-6 Women's Beach Volleyball Series at Karon on Phuket

November 26-27 9th Phuket International Soccer 7s

November 27 Laguna Phuket Triathlon

December 3-4 6th Andaman International Soccer 7s

December 4 Ironman 70.3 Asia-Pacific Championship, Laguna



March 18-28 National Youth Games, Phuket

March 29-April 1 Phuket International Boat Show, Royal Phuket Marina



November 14-21 Fourth Asia Beach Games, Phuket