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AN INDIAN tourist has been killed in a jetski collision off Pattaya and police are keen to interview the rider of the other vehicle, who fled the scene. On one jetski was Uma Dhar Kesarwani, 46, and his daughter, Sakshi, 14. Mr Kesarwani broke his neck in the collision and died in the ambulance on the way to hospital. Sakshi suffered a dislocated hip and a broken jaw and is recovering in Pattaya Memorial Hospital. Mr Kesarwani along with his wife, son and two daughters, hired a jetski from a local operator about 5pm on Thursday before the high-speed collision.
The rider of the other jetski fled the scene, apparently uninjured. Police have a photograph of the man astride the jetski and are keen to talk to him. The fatal jetski collision carried reminders for Phuket of a collision off Patong earlier this year which led to the death of a young Singaporean tourist.
Associated Press Indonesia's most wanted terror suspect had been planning attacks on the Danish Embassy and a police ceremony before his arrest, media reports and officials said. Abdullah Sunata, taken into custody Wednesday, allegedly wanted to bomb the Danish Embassy over anger about a Danish newspaper's publication of cartoons depicting Islam's Prophet Muhammad.
AFP Disastrous news for England fans ahead of the crunch last-16 match with Germany Sunday: an octopus in Germany with a perfect track record of predicting World Cup matches has plumped for a German win.
reuters A Singapore court ordered a Swiss man to three strokes of a cane and jail for five months for spray-painting graffiti on suburban train carriages, reinforcing the city-state's low tolerance for even minor crimes. Oliver Fricker, 32, pleaded guilty to spray-painting graphics and the words ''McKoy Banos'' across two carriages. He was accompanied at the time by Lloyd Dane Alexander, a Briton. Singapore has sought the extradition of Alexander.
aap An Australian man was among nine people killed when a fire tore through an Indonesian nightclub. The fire broke out at the Redboxx Cafe in southern Surabaya in east Java about 3.30am on Friday.
telegraph.co.uk Contestants on Young Imam chant passages from the Koran, not pop covers. While the concept is based on hit British and American shows, the young Malaysian men are out to prove they are the best mullah in the land. The first challenge was to bathe and bury a body that had lain unclaimed in a morgue for one month. The man had died of the AIDS virus.
afp Malaysia and Thailand have for the first time joined a major US-led exercise in the Pacific Ocean in which some 20,000 personnel are practicing how to coordinate in a crisis. Billed as the world's largest international maritime war games, the biennial Rim of the Pacific Exercise, or RIMPAC, opened Wednesday for a six-week run off Hawaii. More than 150 aircraft, 34 ships and five submarines are taking part.
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xinhua.com The 2010 FIFA World Cup group stage ended on Friday when Brazil, Portugal, Spain and Chile joined the other 12 teams to qualify for the knockout stage. In Durban, Brazil and Portugal ground out an uninspired 0-0 draw to advance hand in hand.
bbc.co.uk Coach Vicente del Bosque admits Spain are feeling the weight of expectation after edging into the last 16 of the with a fractured 2-1 win over Chile. World Cup favorites Spain face Portugal on Monday for a place in the quarter-finals but have still to click in the tournament.
Phuket Coming Events
June 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 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.
July 9-18 Phuket Flower Festival and Pineapple Show, Saphan Hin park, Phuket City
July 21-25 Phuket Six Senses Race Week, Evason, Rawai
July 24 Third Worldwide Photo Walk, with at least one walk for photographers on Phuket
July 30 AustCham Thailand Sundowners at 4.30pm at Skippers, RPM. AustCham Thailand will host this Sundowners business networking session with a marine industry theme. It will start with an introduction on AustCham by the President then be followed with a talk by Austrade on the development of the marine industry in Australia at 4.50pm. This will be followed by a panel discussion with reps from Australian marine businesses, then Sundowners on the RPM boardwalk at 6pm. For further info contact Harry Usher harry@ladypie.com 0812731740
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
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January 6-9 PIMEX boat show, Royal Phuket Marina
February 9-13 The Bay Regatta - Phuket, Phang Nga, Krabi
