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afp Struggling Malaysia Airlines suspended trading in its shares Friday ahead of an announcement later in the day on a restructuring plan aimed at keeping the carrier in business following two devastating air tragedies.
asiaone.com In the first half of 2014, Singapore surpassed the all time favorite Bangkok to become Asia's most prominent destination, Gullivers Travel Associates (GTA) said.
afp Armed pirates commandeered a Thai tanker off Malaysia's east coast and pumped out its cargo of oil, a maritime watchdog said, adding to a series of hijackings that has raised fears of a growing Southeast Asian piracy menace.
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Today's Top News Items
cnn.com A senior NATO commander releases satellite images of what NATO says are Russian combat forces engaged in military operations in or near Ukrainian territory.
news.com.au US President Barack Obama says it's plain for the world to see that Russian forces are fighting in Ukraine, but ruled out American military action in the war-town country.
bangkokpost.com Pattaya police said they are investigating the discovery of two unidentified decapitated bodies of a man and a woman in the sea near Koh Sak, along with an abandoned yacht nearby. Police could not determine the age and nationalities of the deceased. The bodies were sent to Police General Hospital in Bangkok for autopsy.
nationmultimedia.com The Criminal Court rejected the murder lawsuit against former prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and his former deputy Suthep Thaugsuban on the grounds that it did not have jurisdiction in the case.
Latest on the Ebola Outbreak
nbcnews.com The Ebola virus outbreak that's ravaging West Africa probably started with a single infected person, a new genetic analysis shows. This West African variant can be traced genetically to a single introduction, perhaps a person infected by a bat, researchers report in the journal Science.
Phuket World of People
nydailynews.com Tart-tongued comedian Joan Rivers was placed in a medically induced coma as her daughter flew cross-country to her critically ill 81-year-old mother's side, sources told the Daily News.
AP Angelina Jolie, 39, and Brad Pitt, 50, were married Saturday at Chateau Miraval, a wine chateau in the village of Correns in the south of France.
nationmultimedia.com The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) will debut its ''Real Thainess'' campaign at next year's World Travel Mart in London, in line with the National Council for Peace and Order's goal of highlighting tourism as a cash driver for the country.
bangkokpost.com The renovation of Terminal 2 and associated facilities at Don Muang airport is facing an expected delay, meaning congestion may reach its apex this year-end. The project, for which AoT has budgeted 3.3 billion baht, will not be ready for a partial opening in October.
nbcnews.com A passenger on an American Airlines flight from Miami to Paris that was diverted to Boston was charged in federal court with interfering with flight crew members. Prosecutors say Paris resident Edmund Alexandre became upset after a woman reclined the seat in front of him on the Wednesday flight. It's the second such incident in the US this week.
andrew-drummond.com Police in Krabi say at the moment the investigation into the suicide of Briton Jack Davies, 21, on Phi Phi is now closed but if the parents believe the death is suspicious and they have new information they will re-open inquiries when they travel to Thailand.
aap Australia's top foreign affairs civil servant, Peter Varghese, hopes talks with senior Thai officials will clarify details of a transition period agreement for Australians with babies carried by surrogate mothers in Thailand.
asiatraveltips.com For the first time, Krabi (19th) entered the running as one of the Top 20 destinations abroad for travellers from Singapore.
nationalgeographic.com Twenty coral species - 10 times the number listed previously - are the newest animals slated for protection under the Endangered Species Act.
Around the Asean Region
nytimes.com Malaysia Airlines reported a 75 percent wider loss in second-quarter earnings as passenger bookings continued to fall in response to the loss of two aircraft in separate disasters this year.
cbsnews.com Just weeks before the hunt for the missing Malaysian airliner MH370 is set to resume, an Australian official said that the sprawling search area in the southern Indian Ocean may be extended farther south based on a new analysis of a failed attempt to call the plane by satellite phone.
channelnewsasia.com Straco Leisure, a subsidiary of Straco Corporation, on Thursday (Aug 28) announced that it bought the Singapore Flyer for S$140 million.
bloomberg.com Indonesia and Australia agreed to step up intelligence sharing in a sign that the neighbors' relationship, which turned frosty last year due to a spying scandal, is thawing.
Coming Events on Phuket 2014
August 31 Thailand vs Burma football 6.30pm
September 3 Thailand vs Qatar football 6.30pm
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September 12 Amcham at Angsana: the New Phuket
September 24-October 2 Vegetarian Festival, Phuket
October 23 Chulalongkorn Memorial Day
November 6 Loy Kratong
November 14-21 Fourth Asia Beach Games, Phuket
December 5 King's Birthday
December 10 Constitution Day
December 25 Christmas Day
December 26 10th Anniversary, 2004 Tsunami
December 31 New Year's Eve
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February 13-15 Phuket Yacht Show
