bangkokpost.com Phuket might be getting its own light rail transit system to ease traffic congestion on the island.
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/general/459138/light-rail-system-plan-for-phuket


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bangkokpost.com Deputy Defence Minister and army chief Udomdej Sitabutr has warned he will use martial law to stifle protest activities deemed to ''cross the line'' after the decision comes down Friday on whether to impeach former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra.

bangkokpost.com The BTS began service in 1999, and attempts to shame the owners into providing help for the disabled began before that. Now the court has ordered Bangkok City Hall to put elevators at every BTS station.



nationmutimedia.com The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees would coordinate with related parties to move some Rohingya refugees in Thailand on a voluntary basis to a third country, initially set as the US. The information was revealed during a UNHCR visit to a shelter in Nakhon Si Thammarat.



afp Warning alarms in AirAsia flight QZ8501 were ''screaming'' as the pilots desperately tried to stabilise the plane just before it plunged into the Java Sea last month, a crash investigator says.



bangkokpost.com Cambodia has agreed to an official redrawing of the border line for a watershed area near Ubon Ratchathani province that has been the centre of recent border tension, a 2nd Army official said.

cnn.com As thousands-strong anti-Islamisation rallies make headlines in Germany following the Charlie Hebdo attack, one of the rallies' organisers has resigned as leader of a right-wing group after a newspaper published a months-old selfie of him posing as Adolf Hitler.

smh.com.au The Australian dollar dropped anew below US81cents after the Bank of Canada made a surprise rate cut, its first in almost six years, and amid reports the European Central Bank (ECB) plans a bigger-than-expected stimulus package to revive struggling growth and stem a downward spiral in prices.

bangkokpost.com The Thai Retailers Association (TRA) forecasts retail sales growth of 6.3 percent this year, almost double last year's rate.

telegraph.co.uk Lawyers for the woman who claims she was sexually abused by Prince Andrew have written to Buckingham Palace asking him to testify under oath about the allegations against him.

mirror.co.uk Branded cigarette packets will be banned from next year in a landmark victory for public health campaigners, the British Government said.



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goal.com Andros Townsend's second-half penalty gave Tottenham a 1-0 home win in the first leg of the League Cup semifinal against Sheffield United.

telegraph.co.uk Liverpool's Jordan Henderson and the Chelsea striker Diego Costa were involved in a tunnel bust-up following their clubs' 1-1 draw at Anfield.

afp Australia welcome back captain Mile Jedinak as the Socceroos face undefeated China in the Asian Cup quarter-finals on Thursday, with South Korea and Uzbekistan also squaring off for a semi-final berth.



Until January 24 Local Food fair at Saphan Hin in Phuket City

January 30 US consular outreach, Le Meridien Phuket Beach Resort