news.com.au Family and friends of the elephant shot by Glenn McGrath said they were ''overwhelmed'' by the heartfelt apology the former cricketer tweeted.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/titus-oreily-on-cricket-legend-glenn-mcgrath-hunting-photos/story-fni0fit3-1227234508896


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nationmultimedia.com According to Ben Montgomery, chairwoman of the Pacific Asia Travel Association's Thailand Chapter, PATA's latest marketing study suggests Thailand could see 50 million annual arrivals by the end of the decade, double the 24.8 million it welcomed last year. ''Do we still need to have millions of Chinese tourists? Or do we want more tourists coming to Phuket, where demand is more than supply and Phuket Airport is already full?''
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/business/The-tourism-industrys-future-needs-hard-look-30254632.html

bangkokpost.com Three activists from a group called ''Free People Thailand 58'' were taken into police custody on Sunday morning after being detained at a bus stop in front of a department store at Victory Monument where they had demanded the government hold a weekly people's opinion forum, reports said.

nationmultimedia.com The Basic Education Commission has opened 114 language centres with a budget of 9.57 million baht to prepare Thailand for the imminent Asean Economic Community.



npr.org A Chilean man who began an around-the-world bicycle journey four years ago and was closing in on a Guinness distance record, has been killed in Thailand. Juan Francisco Guillermo was hit by a passing pickup.

cnn.com ISIS has released a new propaganda video showing what appears to be Kurdish Peshmerga fighters paraded down Iraqi streets in cages.

reuters More than 1000 Muslims formed a human shield around Oslo's synagogue to offer symbolic protection to the city's Jewish community and condemned an attack on a synagogue in neighboring Denmark last weekend.

bbc.com More than 40 people have died in a ferry accident in Bangladesh when the boat capsized on the Padma river, north-west of the capital, Dhaka, after it was hit by a cargo vessel. Around 90 passengers were on board, and at least 40 of them either swam to safety or were rescued.

smh.com.au It's easy to make fun of the Oscars, so let's get started. No matter what awards they give in Hollywood on Monday, they will get it wrong. They always do, somehow.

indiatimes.com Mohamed Nasheed, the former Maldivian president and opposition leader, was arrested under anti-terrorism laws for allegedly ordering the arrest a senior judge in 2012 that triggered violence in the Indian Ocean island.

thetimes.co.uk Turkish troops have mounted the biggest ground incursion by any foreign power in Syria's four-year-old civil war to recover relics from a tomb encircled by Islamic State militants.

theguardian.com For many twentysomething women, holidays abroad alone are becoming increasingly common as women are more impulsive, young people are on different budgets and fewer people now think it is strange to go solo. According to the tour operators' trade association, Abta, 12 percent of women aged 25-34 holidayed on their own last year.



Try Phuketwan's Asean Today daily:
http://phuketwan.com/tourism/asean-today-families-mourn-mh370-loss-year-hundreds-killed-year-roads-lee-ill-21927/



goal.com Philippe Coutinho scored a wonderful early goal before Raheem Sterling sealed a vital 2-0 win for Liverpool at Southampton.

news.com.au A former Northern Ireland police officer has apologised through his lawyer for his role in preventing a black man from boarding a train in Paris last week. The solicitor for Richard Barklie said his client will cooperate with police.

reuters Cristiano Ronaldo's bullet header helped Real Madrid to a 2-0 victory over a physical Elche side as they extended their lead at the top of La Liga to four points.

news.com.au Fernando Alonso will stay in hospital overnight following a heavy crash in testing at Barcelona.



February 26-28 Phuket Old Town Festival

March 1-15 Heroines festival

March 4-8 Bay Regatta

April 11-19 Phuket Bike Week

April 17-19 Songkran Festival

May 4 Additional public holiday scheduled

June 20-21 Baba wedding at Old Phuket Town

July 15-19 Cape Panwa Hotel Phuket Raceweek