World Cup Scores: GER 0:1 SRB SVN 2:2 USA ENG 0:0 ALG
Screening Tonight: 6.30pm Netherlands v Japan 9pm Ghana v Australia 1.30am Cameroon v Denmark

sportinglife.com England's Football Association have formally complained to Fifa after an angry fan barged his way into the dressing room and confronted David Beckham in Cape Town. England were booed off following their 0-0 draw with Algeria that leaves their World Cup hopes hanging by a thread. And one supporter was so angry he evaded security to remonstrate with the former skipper.

telegraph.co.uk Wayne Rooney has lambasted England supporters who booed the national team following an insipid goalless draw against Algeria that has placed Fabio Capello's World Cup ambitions in severe doubt. Boos rang out around the Greenpoint Stadium at the final whistle of a game that leaves England needing a win over Slovenia in their final game on Wednesday, prompting Rooney to question their loyalty.

bangkokpost.com The United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship might well be down, but it is definitely not out. One UDD leader who asked not to be named said the red shirts are planning more strategies for their campaign to oust the government and what they label the amataya, or social elite. ''It is only a matter of time before a new attack is mounted,'' the red shirt leader said. ''It will be a whole new game.''

heraldsun.com.au The US State Department has named and shamed Australia as a source and destination for human trafficking for sexual servitude and forced labor. It said women from Thailand, Malaysia, South Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam and China - and to a lesser extent Eastern Europe - were forced into slavery after migrating to Australia voluntarily with the intention of working legally. The report also chided Australia for tolerating prostitution among young Aboriginal girls.

afp US President Barack Obama called on the Burma regime to free Nobel Peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi in a message sending best wishes for her 65th birthday. Obama hailed the Burma opposition leader's ''determination, courage, and personal sacrifice in working for human rights and democratic change'' as she marks her birthday Saturday under house arrest in Yangon. The military regime has kept Suu Kyi in detention for almost 15 years and she has been barred from running in coming elections that critics have denounced as a sham aimed at entrenching the generals' power.

voanews.com Burmese women activists fear Burma's military will be entrenched in power after elections later this year and are calling on the international community to reject the outcome. The activists made the calls as they marked Women of Burma Day and the birthday of the Nobel Peace Prize Laureate.

Associated Press The UN refugee agency says Zimbabweans top the list of people seeking asylum abroad. The UN High Commissioner for Refugees said in its latest report 158,200 Zimbabweans sought asylum last year, fleeing political and economic turmoil and uncertainties over a fragile coalition government. By comparison, about 48,600 people from Burma applied for asylum.

bbc.co.uk Malaysia has been urged to repeal security laws that allow for detention without trial.The recommendation was made by UN officials investigating alleged widespread abuse of detainees. According to the UN group, almost all those it interviewed said they were tortured or mistreated in Malaysia's detention centres.

Associated Press Imax Corp. said it has reached an agreement with Major Cineplex Group, the leading commercial theater operator in Thailand, to install five Imax digital theater systems. The companies plan to open two big-screen theaters in greater Bangkok by October.

todayonline.com A retired Japanese teacher and his wife were stabbed to death in their home in Indonesia by a disgruntled former domestic worker. Yasuwo Hara, 69, was stabbed in the chest and his wife, Mizue, 67, in the neck and stomach around 9pm on Thursday at their home in Ciputat, southern Jakarta.

reuters Former priest Pierino Gelmini, one of Italy's most high-profile and politically well-connected Catholics, was ordered to stand trial on charges of sexual abuse at a drug rehabilitation center, his lawyer said. Gelmini, known most commonly in Italy as ''Father Pierino,'' founded his Comunita Incontro in 1963 and the group has nearly 200 centers in Italy helping drug addicts. It also has operations as far away as Bolivia and Thailand.



smh.com.au Results over the past couple of days will mean Argentina are seen, understandably, as the tournament's top side, but no one should be fooled into underestimating the Germans.

scmp.com Serbia stunned Germany 1-0 in a pulsating World Cup tie marked by a cluster of yellow cards, Miroslav Klose's sending off and Germany's Lukas Podolski missing a second-half penalty.

todayonline.com Ivory Coast captain Didier Drogba is poised to face Brazil in their Group G clash on Sunday (Monday morning Thailand time) despite having broken his arm, coach Sven-Goran Eriksson said. ''It wouldn't be surprising if Drogba plays from the start against Brazil,'' said Eriksson, the former England and Mexico head coach. ''He came on for 25 minutes against Portugal and it went well.''



June 19 Soft opening from 10pm of Opiume at IndoChine Resort in Kalim. Cocktails from 7pm.
Until June 20 Phuket International Halal Food Festival, Saphan Hin park, Phuket City
June 25-26 Phuket Music Festival, Full Moon Version, at Karon beach. [Last year it was called the RoyFest. It's no longer the RoyFest.]
June 25 to 27 Second Kathu Culture Road Fair, recalling the region's history
July 21-25 Phuket Six Senses Race Week, Evason, Rawai
July 4 US Phuket Navy League Independence Day free family picnic at the Headstart International Learning Center directly across from Makro (near Central Festival) in Phuket City from 10am-7pm.
October 1-3 Asian Hospitality and Travel Show, Central Festival Phuket Convention and Exhibition Center, Phuket City
December 4-11 Phuket King's Cup Regatta
2011
January 6-9 PIMEX boat show, Royal Phuket Marina
February 9-13 The Bay Regatta - Phuket, Phang Nga, Krabi