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nytimes.com President Obama, facing a newly invigorated challenge from Mitt Romney, portrayed his rival as a former corporate raider who would favor the wealthy over the middle class and a political vacillator during their second debate. The election is three weeks away.
dailymail.co.uk There was outrage after debate moderator Candy Crowley sided with the President, telling Mitt Romney that he was wrong about remarks Obama had made on the Libyan Embassy attack. Ms Crowley struggled to control the candidates as they spoke over each other amid angry exchanges.
PhuketWATCH Daily Media Wrap
PHUKET: A daily wrap of Thailand news, with a Phuket perspective, plus relevant reports from national and international media.
Phuket Update Former Phuket Governor Tri Augkaradacha is not spending his time idly in retirement. He has joined the Phuket delegation who are selling Phuket at the ITB Singapore, the most important travel fair in Asia.
irrawaddy.org Although still minuscule compared with neighbor Thailand and other regional holiday destinations, Burma has this year witnessed the biggest growth in tourism in Southeast Asia. Burma has been notching up monthly tourist gains of 50 percent or more over 2011.
nationmultimedia.com The Public Health Ministry has said that it will start looking for a way to solve the shortage of nursing staff and see if the 17,000 nurses working on temporary contracts can be given permanent status by next month. All 17,000 nurses currently working on temporary contracts at state hospitals are threatening to quit and find work at private hospitals.
bangkokpost.com Asiatravel.com has introduced Thailand's first wholesale website for tourism products and services, designed as an alternative for small and medium-sized tour agents to find cheaper choices. The firm said travel agents using its system at TAcentre.com can help their customers save up to 35 percent compared with booking the same products individually on other websites.
telegraph.co.uk The Prince of Wales's letters to ministers must be kept secret because their contents would ''seriously damage'' his future role as king were they made public, Britain's attorney-general has ruled. Dominic Grieve moved to avert a constitutional crisis by blocking the release of 27 letters containing ''particularly frank'' views that could cast doubt on the Prince's political neutrality.
nationmultimedia.com Pan Pacific Hotels Group is set to rebuild its profile in Thailand in five years including with a new format, Parkroyal. ''We are actively working on it [the expansion plan] in Thailand, particularly in Bangkok as a hub and key tourism cities like Phuket, Hua Hin and Chiang Mai,'' said Patrick Imbardelli, president and chief executive officer.
channelnewsasia.com Two policemen were found murdered in central Indonesia, national police said, a week after they disappeared while investigating an alleged terrorist training camp: ''The two missing policemen were found dead with their throats slit.''
thejakartaglobe.com A Russian man who attempted to smuggle hashish into Bali by swallowing 88 capsules filled with the illegal narcotic was sentenced to eight years in prison. Russian yoga teacher Alexander Simonov was also ordered to pay a Rp 1 billion ($104,000) fine.
pattayadailynews.com A Russian couple with the help of bystanders caught a 35-year-old Thai man on a motorbike who tried to snatch the woman's handbag near Soi Pattaya Park. The couple fought the man, whose bike fell to the ground as he tried to escape. Bystanders helped capture the thief.
thejakartapost.com For the majority of tourists, Bali is now just one more tropical island with white sands, dramatic sea views and luxury resorts and villas: ''The more the environment deteriorates, the less attractive Bali will be to tourists.''
Phuket People
THE Phuket Navy League is holding a welcome for the USS O'Kane (DDG 77) on Thursday at the Hog's Breath Cafe, Patong Promenade Level 3, Shop B 301, 70 Bangla Road.
spaopportunities.com Rosewood hotels and resorts is to open its second Asian resort in Phuket, Thailand in 2014. Located on a 600m Emerald Bay beachfront in Western Phuket, the Rosewood Phuket resort comprises 87 villas, 20 residences and five hideaway homes and a spa.
Phuket World Sports Wrap
reuters Germany squandered a four-goal lead to draw 4-4 with Sweden while world champions Spain conceded in stoppage time to draw 1-1 with France as both teams lost 100 percent records in World Cup qualifying. Poland's Group H match with England was postponed over rain.
reuters England players and officials were attacked by their Serbian opponents and racially abused by home fans moments after a 1-0 win over Serbia in a European Under-21 playoff.
smh.com.au A pair of late goals to Tim Cahill and Archie Thompson have put Australia on course to qualify for the 2014 World Cup as the Socceroos claimed a dramatic 2-1 win over Iraq in Doha.
afp A trip to Thailand may have given Sven Goran Eriksson's career a fillip but it hasn't always been plain sailing for former football A-listers in the Land of Smiles. Big names who have turned their careers around in Thailand are rare.
Phuket Vegetarian Festival, Day By Day
Parades and Places to Beat the Traffic
LEARN where the parades are each day to avoid Phuket traffic hassles.
http://www.phuketvegetarian.com/phuketvegetarian2012_en.pdf/
Phuket Coming Events 2012
Until October 22 Phuket Vegetarian Festival
October 21-24 Phuket International Sports Fishing titles
November 25 Laguna Phuket Triathlon
November 28 Loy Kratong Day
November 30 AustCham Phuket sundowners social and business networking
December 1 World AIDs Day
December 1-8 King's Cup Regatta
December 5 HM The King's Birthday
December 10 Constitution Day
December 15-20 Patong Carnival
December 25 Christmas Day
Phuket Coming Events 2014
November 14-21 Fourth Asia Beach Games, Phuket
