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bangkokpost.com In the wake of the Tiger Disco fire, Akaraphol Butkho is walking the Phuket streets showing a photo his sister, fearing that DNA tests will confirm his worst fears.

bangkokpost.com Outgoing Patong Mayor Pian Keesin, who is running for re-election, revealed that the municipal office had no record of the disco's original design application. But he was confident the venue was operating legally and had met safety requirements.

bangkokpost.com A 57-year-old security guard at a nearby bar said the Tiger Disco usually closed at 4am and often much later. ''The place doesn't have a policy to ask their guests to leave,'' he said. ''They will let them linger at the bar until 6-7 am.''

property-report.com Despite the Thai property market's recovery in Q2 of this year, the first half of the year has still seen financial results lower than in the same period of last year.

bangkokpost.com A warder at Nakhon Si Thammarat prison was shot dead after he refused to cooperate with a drug gang, police said. Od Sae Pua, 49, was riding his motorcycle home when he was attacked.

balidiscovery.com ''It is no longer appropriate that our regions is only targeting growth in tourism arrivals,'' Bali culture and tourism expert Dr Agung Suryawan Wiranatha told a conference. ''What's important is that we begin enhancing the quality of our destination and its attractiveness to visitors in order that Bali can be sold with a higher price.''

reuters A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck 35 miles southeast of Palu on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, injuring a child and damaging at least 48 houses just as residents were breaking the Ramadan fast, authorities said.

ukpa Burma's government has formed a commission to investigate sectarian violence in which at least 83 people were killed. President Thein Sein's website announced the commission more than two months after the June clashes between Rakhine Buddhists and Muslim Rohingyas that displaced tens of thousands of people.

bangkokpost.com The tragic fatal shooting of Chanakarn Detkard, 46, by the senator with whom she had two children has raised serious issues about gun ownership and the handling of private weapons in public places.

bbc.co.uk Thousands of people are protesting outside a platinum mine where 34 people were shot dead during a confrontation with police. The government has announced an inquiry into the violence.

mcot The inaugural flight of Firefly Airline to Had Yai International Airport bringing 90 tourists from Malaysia's Subang Airport in Subang, a suburb of Kuala Lumpur, was warmly welcomed by Had Yai residents.

telegraph.co.uk Heineken is preparing to raise its bid for the maker of Tiger beer to more than four billion pounds in a move that it hopes will see off a rival Thai bid.

afp Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan and South Korea are projected to be the world's richest economies on a per capita basis by 2050 as the region's rapid growth boosts wealth creation, a study showed.

cnn.com Danny Quah of the London School of Economics predicts that by 2050, the world's economic center of gravity will be somewhere between India and China, the report notes. In 1980, the global economic center lay in the middle of the Atlantic.

Supermodel and 2004 tsunami survivor Petra Nemcova, 33, says: ''Every moment is so precious and anything can happen in the next moment, so you have to give it your best because you may lose the chance to be happy.'' She now devotes her life to charity.



dailymail.co.uk Even Kenny Dalglish was never humiliated like this. As mocking West Bromwich fans chanted the name of the former Liverpool manager, Brendan Rodgers squirmed uncomfortably on the touchline watching his new charges taken apart by a squad tipped in some quarters for relegation. Wst Brom 3-0 Liverpool.

eurosport.yahoo.com Newcastle United manager Alan Pardew swiftly apologised for pushing a linesman in the back after contesting a decision in their opening 2-1 win over Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League.

dailymail.co.uk James Milner expects it to be even tougher for Manchester City to defend the Barclays Premier League title than it was for them to win it - and feels confident the team are ready to make the step up to another level this term.

smh.com.au The Wallabies are the ultimate huff-and-puff merchants. They can talk it up and sound as if they can blow the All Blacks' house down, but when it really matters, they cough, splutter and fall short. Wallabies 19 All Blacks 27.



September 12-15 Quiksilver Thailand Surf Competition, Patong

September 24 Mahidol Day

October 14 Vegetarian Festival

November 25 Laguna Phuket Triathlon

November 28 Loy Kratong Day

December 1 World AIDs Day

December 1-8 King's Cup Regatta

December 5 HM The King's Birthday

December 10 Constitution Day

December 15-20 Patong carnival

December 25 Christmas Day



November 14-21 Fourth Asia Beach Games,Phuket