AP A Polish official says he has seen images made by ground-penetrating radar that seem to prove the discovery of an armored Nazi train missing in southwestern Poland since World War II.

news.sky.com Up to 200 people are feared dead after a boat carrying around 400 migrants capsized off the Libyan coast, officials have said.

AP A sinkhole in a northeastern Chinese city swallowed five people in a dramatic scene that was captured on security video and shared widely on Chinese social media.
http://www.watoday.com.au/world/sinkhole-in-harbin-china-swallows-five-people-20150827-gj9l58.html


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AP A Thai court issued an arrest warrant for an unnamed suspect in a riverside blast that occurred a day after the bombing of a shrine in central Bangkok which killed 20 people.

bbc.com Forensic teams are working through the night to establish how many people died inside a truck found abandoned on a motorway near the Hungarian border, Austrian police say. Police estimate 20-50 people, almost certainly migrants, were in the truck.



spaldingvoice.co.uk The family of a human rights campaigner who could face seven years in a Thai prison have said he is ''staying strong and positive''. Andy Hall is due in court in October to face criminal defamation and computer crimes under what his family have called ''draconian laws'' relating to a report he co-authored which accused a fruit juice company of using child and forced labor.Natural Fruit, which supplies fruit juice to the UK and US, filed a string of criminal and civil cases against the 35-year-old, including the latest prosecution under the defamation and violation of the Computer Crimes Act, which carries a maximum sentence of seven years.

independent.co.uk Unknown, underpaid, and under threat, the likes of Andy Hall strike me as almost perfectly heroic. As the people they report on deserve better, so do they.

nationmultimedia.com AccorHotels will continue expanding in Thailand despite the recent bombing in Bangkok, said Patrick Basset, chief operating officer for Upper Southeast and Northeast Asia. Over the next three years, the group plans to open 13 hotels in Thailand. The new properties will be branded as Sofitel So, Pullman, M Gallery and Grand Mercure, and will have nearly 1400 rooms in total.

Krabi Update The leader of a group trying to grab a large unregistered palm oil plantation in Krabi's Khao Phanom District was shot dead Tuesday, police said: ''Hundreds of people are trying to takeover the 1000-rai track of land because the previous owner died.''

voanews.com Vassiliki Thanou, Greece's top supreme court judge, was sworn in Thursday as a caretaker head of the government, becoming the country's first female prime minister.

nationmultimedia.com Emirates has announced four new weekly flights between Phuket and Dubai starting on December 1. Adding a capacity increase of 57 percent, the four new flights will introduce connectivity from most cities in the Americas for the first time, as well as improve connections to a number of key destinations in Europe and the Middle East via one convenient stop in Dubai.

cbsnews.com Average life expectancy among people worldwide has risen by more than six years since 1990, and healthy life expectancy has climbed by more than five years, a new report shows.

bangkokpost.com Phang Nga is modest and relaxing, especially when compared to neighboring Phuket. Despite its empty beaches, the province remains rich with its own easy atmosphere and wilderness.



bbc.com Malaysia says it will block websites spreading information about a major anti-government protest this weekend. Protest organisers are calling for Prime Minister Najib Razak to step down over allegations of corruption.



smh.com.au Usain Bolt had few problems winning the 200-metre title at the track and field world championships on Thursday in Beijing, jumping out to a huge lead after 120 metres and easing past the finish line to take his fourth consecutive gold medal in the event. Then he was knocked down by a man on a Segway.



Until September 3 Por Tor (Hungry Ghost) Festival

September Quicksilver surf carnival at Patong beach

October 15-23 Phuket Vegetarian Festival

November Patong Festival

November 20 Laguna Phuket Triathlon

November 25 Loy Kratong festival

November 29 Challenge Laguna Phuket 2015

November 29 Phuket King's Cup Regatta

December 5 HM The King's Birthday

December 26 Tsunami memorial ceremonies