dailymail.co.uk A British tourist has been stabbed to death on holiday on a popular Greek island. The 20-year-old man was found at 3am fatally wounded outside a closed bar in the tourist resort of Malia in the north-east of Crete.

afp Nineteen people were killed and 20 hurt when a double decker coach collided with a truck in central Thailand and burst into flames, authorities said. The Bangkok-Roi Et bus caught fire after the crash. Police have arrested the driver of the truck.

bangkokpost.com Bodin ''Art'' Issara, who was caught on tape chasing and beating his former badminton partner, Maneepong ''A'' Jongjit, during an international tournament in Vancouver has issued a public apology, saying he lost his temper after A hit him with his racket.


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reuters Prince William's wife Kate gave birth to a boy, the couple's first child and the third in line to the British throne, heralding celebrations in London and messages of goodwill from across the world.

guardian.co.uk What will the royal baby be called? Who said the bump was too small? And what advice did Pippa give to the parents-to-be? Test your knowledge of the news event of the century.

independent.co.uk Wirathu, a monk who has been described as ''the Buddhist Bin Laden,'' was preaching a sermon on the outskirts of Mandalay, Burma's second biggest city, when a home-made bomb went off inside a parked car. Five people - a child novice monk, three women and a man - were slightly injured.

hundustantimes.com At least 89 people were killed and nearly 600 injured in a strong earthquake that shook large parts of northwest China's Gansu province.Several people were reported to be missing. The elderly and children were among the worst affected.

traveldailynews.asia Pattaya Mayor Itthipol Kunplone plans to open in August in cooperation with Thailand's Ministry of Tourism and Sports the first ''Pattaya Public Safety Centre'' where tourists will be able to register their complaints and get assistance.

ttrweekly.com Pattaya will also be one of the first destinations to have a ''tourism court'' that will deal quickly with non-violent crimes against tourists. Other priority tourism courts will open in Bangkok, Phuket, Samui and Chiang Mai, using district court premises but in the evenings.

smh.com.au/afp ''There have been quite a lot of problems in Phuket,'' said David Lipman, head of the EU delegation to Thailand and one of more than a dozen European ambassadors who recently visited the island to air their concerns.

saudigazette.com.sa/afp Drink spiking in bars on Phuket can be a problem and sometimes people wake up to find they have been robbed.

dailystar.com.lb/afp Thailand urged to tackle dark side of tourism: Bag snatching and robberies are also a regular occurrence on Phuket with tourists on motorbikes sometimes targeted on dimly lit roads.

guardian.co.uk British PM David Cameron has said he would never support a ban on topless images on page 3 of the Sun newspaper, as he set out plans for greater regulation of online pornography.

thejakartaglobe.com The National Commission on Child Protection has urged law enforcement in Bali to take action against a Japanese man accused of forcing a dozen teenage girls into prostitution. M.T., aged 47, helped pay for his victims' school fees and parents' medical bills in order to lure them.

bbc.co.uk A Norwegian woman at the centre of a Dubai rape case dispute has been pardoned and is free to leave Dubai, she has said. Marte Deborah Dalelv reported the attack to the police, but was charged with perjury, having extramarital sex and drinking alcohol, receiving a 16-month prison sentence. The man she accused of raping her - a colleague - has also been pardoned, a Norwegian official has said.

abc.net.au Indonesian police have shot dead two terrorist suspects armed with a homemade bomb and arrested another two. Indonesia's counter-terrorism chief Ansyaad Mbai said the men were part of a violent Islamist group and were shot as the anti-terror police unit conducted a raid on the street in an East Java town.

guardian.co.uk Pope Francis has embarked on his first overseas voyage as head of the Roman Catholic church, carrying his own bag on to the Alitalia aircraft that will take him to his home continent for a week-long visit to Brazil.



AP A fight broke out between two former badminton doubles partners from Thailand at the Canada Open over the weekend, prompting the Badminton World Federation to launch an investigation. During a change of ends in the doubles final, Bodin Issara lunged at Maneepong Jongjit, chasing him onto a neighboring court before punching him several times.

thejakartapost.com Issara, who needed two stitches, claims Jongjit hit him with a badminton racket. The pair split in January.

thesun.co.uk Former England captain Andrew Flintoff writes: When those legends were beating everyone just 10 years ago and all was rosy in their garden, was no one Down Under thinking about the future?

bbc.co.uk Victorious in the first Test by just 14 runs, England took this second one by 333 more. With it surely comes the series, and a supremacy that could stretch on and on. For the England supporters who celebrated amid the long shadows and Sunday evening sunshine at Lord's, these are heady days and improbable numbers.



July 22-23 Arsarnha Bucha Day, First Day of Buddhist Lent (Public Holidays, alcohol free)

July 22-24 Fifth annual Kathu Street festival. Opening night parade, 5.30pm

August 12 HM The Queen's Birthday

October 5-13 Phuket Vegetarian Festival

October 23 Chulalongkorn Memorial Day

October 29-November 3 Womens' volleyball, Karon beach

November 17 Loy Kratong Day

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

December 5 HM The King's birthday



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

November 14-21 Fourth Asia Beach Games, Phuket