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Nok Teams With Scoot; Feb Poll Wins Backing; Star Dies at 81; Phuket Events

Monday, December 16, 2013
UPDATE

xinhua Thai anti-government protesters are continuing to camp out near the Government House in Bangkok, despite several rounds of talks to end the political crisis.

travelweekly.com.au Jetstar has launched its service between Melbourne and Phuket. The route opened for sales in September and Jetstar has reported strong forward bookings, with the initial two two weekly A330 flights rising to three in April.

afp A businessman convicted of laundering money for the Sicilian Mafia will be extradited to Italy from Thailand where he was arrested in 2012 after many years on the run, an Italian prosecutor said. Vito Palazzolo had appealed against a previous extradition order.

Sport Update Australia has declared at 6/369 setting England 503 runs to win the Third Ashes Test.

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bangkokpost.com A new game in Thailand's hotly contested low-cost-carrier market is beginning in the long-haul low-fare segment, with Thailand's Nok Air teaming up with Singapore's Scoot to create a joint-venture. NokScoot will likely start commercial flights out of Bangkok's Don Muang airport, Nok Air's existing base, in the second half of next year.

bangkokpost.com Suvarnabhumi and Don Mueang airports are bracing for an unusual situation in this year's high season as the political unrest and fewer tourists from China have set them on a course of missing their passenger targets.

scmp.com China's lunar rover Yutu, or Jade Rabbit, has rolled on to the surface of the moon and started beaming its first photographs back to earth.

bangkokpost.com Academics, officials and politicians who joined a government-backed forum showed no doubts about the need for reforms, but they failed to reach a consensus on when it should be undertaken. Protest leaders, Democrat Party members and senators supporting the rallies boycotted the discussions.

nationmultimedia.com Most participants said the best way to solve the political crisis was to hold a general election on February 2 next year.

stuff.co.uk The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade is offering assistance to a New Zealander arrested on Phuket for attempting to sell crystal meth. Garry Halpin, 52, told tourism news website Phuketwan he had not signed a statement or made a confession, nor had he ever sold drugs to tourists.

mirror.co.uk Syrian army helicopters killed 36 people, nearly half of them children, after dropping ''barrel bombs'' on the northern city of Aleppo.

usatoday.com About 200,000 poured into the streets of Kiev as protests entered their fourth week amid increased pressure by the US and its allies after the Ukrainian government backed away from a deal with the European Union.

smh.com.au The Australian government has disbanded a key group that provided advice on the health of asylum seekers in detention, as research reveals psychiatric problems - such as self-harm - are the most common reasons for the large number of detainee visits to hospital emergency departments.

ft.com EU member states will urge Burma's former military rulers to change the country's constitution and electoral laws to allow Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi to run in 2015 presidential elections. Under Myanmar's electoral rules, Ms Suu Kyi is barred from seeking the presidency because she was married to a foreigner.

cnn.com A US Navy guided missile cruiser took evasive action to avoid colliding with a Chinese warship in the South China Sea in what sources called a highly unusual and deliberate act by China, CNN has learned.

ft.com From the moment that Peter O'Toole, who has died at the age of 81, lent his blond locks and burning eyes to Lawrence of Arabia in 1962, turning a misfit man of history into a sandblown sex symbol, he was cinema's new Rudolph Valentino.

Phuket World Sports Wrap


goal.com This was a match in which Liverpool's brilliance far outweighed their opponent's ineptitude. Tottenham 0-5 Liverpool.

skysports.com A Carlos Tevez hat-trick helped Juventus open up a six-point lead at the top of Serie A ahead of Roma's trip to AC Milan on Monday night. Juventus 4-0 Sassuolo.

ap Sergio Garcia shot a final-round 68 to beat Henrik Stenson by four strokes and win the Thailand Golf Championship at the Amata Spring Country Club on Sunday.

Phuket Coming Events 2013


Until December 20 Patong Carnival

December 26 Commemoration of 2004 Asian Tsunami

Phuket Coming Events 2014


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

March BMW Golf Cup International World Finals 2013 at Blue Canyon Country Club

September 24-October 2 Vegetarian Festival, Phuket

November 14-21 Fourth Asia Beach Games, Phuket

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