PHUKET FC levelled the score at 1-1 by scoring at the 66-minute mark in its Division One away deby with Krabi FC last night. Then the green machine allowed a penalty at the 86-minute mark and a third goal at 92 minutes. Unhappiness at the performance is likely to be widespread.

bbc.co.uk An explosion has ripped through a market in the north-western Pakistani city of Peshawar, leaving at least 33 dead and dozens wounded, officials say.


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theguardian.com Italian centre-right leader Silvio Berlusconi pulled his ministers out of the cabinet, effectively bringing down the government of Prime Minister Enrico Letta and leaving the euro-zone's third-largest economy in chaos.

abclocal.go.com A former US solder arrested on Phuket has pleaded not guilty to charges that he agreed to help supposed Colombian drug traffickers kill a US drug enforcement agent for $800,000. Joseph Manuel Hunter entered the plea during a brief appearance at a federal courthouse in New York City.

bangkokpost.com The freelance sex workers based around Sanam Luang are mostly young and beautiful. They stand on one side of the street while their boyfriends, who act as pimps, stand on the opposite side. The women are mostly the girlfriends of ''Vanz boys,'' or motorcycle racing gang members.

smh.com.au Bondi beach will shrink to a thin ribbon of sand and extreme storm surges would reach the top of its concrete sea wall, research commissioned by the local council shows. The latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change found the sea level would rise and could be expected to be up to 80 centimetres higher by the end of the century.

torontosun.com A well-known US meteorologist was so affected by a report on climate change that he has vowed never to fly again. ''I realised, just now: This has to be the last flight I ever take. I'm committing right now to stop flying. It's not worth the climate,'' Eric Holthaus tweeted.

straitstimes.com Singapore should brace itself for warmer and wetter days in the next century. The National Environment Agency held its own briefing on a long-anticipated global climate change study.

utsanddiego.com When a dam project in Thailand turned a national park into a lake, scientists from UC San Diego began studying a dozen small mammal species on its newly minted islands, figuring they had 50 to 100 years before the animals disappeared. Some of the creatures vanished in 15 years. Nearly all were gone within a quarter century, setting a record for local extinctions, and offering a global warning about the hazards of habitat fragmentation.

nytimes.com On most of the islands, all the native species were gone, replaced by the rats after the Khlong Saeng river was dammed. Only on a few islands did some species still cling to existence. ''No one expected to see such rapid extinctions,'' said Dr Luke Gibson.

nationmultimedia.com The Weather Bureau warned of heavy rains in the Northeast tomorrow when tropical storm Wutip is expected to hit upper Vietnam, as parts of Thailand, notably Isaan, continue to reel under floods.

bangkokpost.com Trucks, workers and Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra herself delivered two items to people in Pathum Thani's historic Sam Khok district - 390 new flat-bottomed boats, and the news that they probably will be needed in the imminent floods.

smh.com.au Survivors from a boat that sank off the south of Java said they had raised the alarm with Australian authorities, passing on their exact location at least 24 hours before their boat sank with the loss of an estimated 59 lives. But immigration minister Scott Morrison contradicted the reports, saying initial reports suggested the boat had foundered in Indonesian waters.

tax-news.com A plan to cut import duties on luxury goods, in an effort to promote the country as a tourist ''shopping paradise,'' is scheduled to be considered by Thailand's Cabinet within the next month.

scmp.com Police have rescued 92 abducted children and held 301 suspects in connection with the bust of one of the biggest cross-country child-trafficking networks in China in years.

3news.co.nz Organisers breathed a sigh of relief as the finale of a three-week Miss World contest passed off smoothly. Miss Philippines has been crowned Miss World 2013 amid tight security.

scmp.com Hong Kong - one of the wealthiest places in the world - has acknowledged for the first time that it has a sizeable poverty problem by declaring that 1.31 million of its citizens are officially poor.

theage.com.au The latest Forbes Travel Guide gives just seven London hotels a five-star rating, the same number as New York, and neither The Ritz nor the Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park made the top shelf.



independent.co.uk Arsenal emerged from a day of surprise results top of the Premier League. While all their major title rivals dropped points, the Gunners emerged as the winners of the weekend in a 2-1 victory over Swansea.

reuters.com If David Moyes wondered how difficult it would be to replace Alex Ferguson at Manchester United then the scale of the task was brought home by a stinging 2-1 Premier League defeat to West Bromwich Albion. Three losses in six games is United's worst start in 24 years.

independent.co.uk Aston Villa were nowhere for 45 minutes, lucky to be only one goal behind a Manchester City side that looked capable of anything they pleased. Yet unbelievably, victory 3-2 was Villa's at the close.

afp A second-half goal by John Terry gave Chelsea a 1-1 draw with Tottenham Hotspur in a hard-fought London derby at White Hart Lane.

bbc.co.uk We've seen Lionel Messi score, then limp off, Napoli and Paris St-Germain go top of their leagues and Atletico Madrid ruin Gareth Bale's home debut to keep up their 100 percent start to the season.

cbc.ca Canada's Milos Raonic is still hoping to improve even as the tennis season draws to a close. Raonic came from a set down to oust defending champion Richard Gasquet and reach the final of the Thailand Open.

afp Raonic put out defending champion Richard Gasquet in the second loss of the day for France, 3-6, 7-5, 6-4. He plays top seed Tomas Berdych.

theroar.com.au Hawthorn's AFL premiership win over Fremantle was as much a victory for how coach Alastair Clarkson has reshaped his side since their unexpected 2008 flag as fulfilment of that promise.

smh.com.au The Wallabies were soundly beaten by the Springboks in a three-try, 28-8 rout. Australia could not combat South Africans' hustling, increasingly impressive attack and fell to their sixth loss of the season and their fourth under Ewen McKenzie.



TWO of Scotland's finest stand-up comedians, Raymond Mearns and Phil Kay, are due to appear at the Holiday Inn Phuket on October 8.

September 29 First weekly Sunday walking street, Thalang Road and Soi Romanee, Old Phuket Town, 4pm-10pm

Until September 30 French Wine Week at Sofitel Krabi Phokeethra Golf & Spa Resort, Krabi

October 5-13 Phuket Vegetarian Festival

October 12 Phuket Soi Dogs Foundation 10th anniversary party, Andara

October 23 Chulalongkorn Memorial Day

October 29-November 3 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour, Karon

October 31 Halloween

November 5 Melbourne Cup Day

November 8-9 Islamic New year celebrations, opposite Phuket Provincial Hall

November 17 Loy Kratong Day

November 24-December 1 Challenge Laguna Phuket Tri-Fest. Laguna Phuket

December 5 HM The King's birthday

December 26 Commemoration of 2004 Asian Tsunami



January 9-12 Phuket International Boat Show, Royal Phuket Marina

November 14-21 Fourth Asia Beach Games, Phuket