thetimes.co.uk Japanese police have arrested 67-year-old millionairess Chisako Kakehi on suspicion of murdering her elderly husband, after it emerged that five of her previous partners had died suddenly under suspicious circumstances.

dpa Speaking of possibly ''a shocking picture,'' star violinist Vanessa-Mae will be retroactively kicked out the 2014 Winter Olympics if qualifying ski races she participated in are confirmed to have been rigged, International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach said.

bangkokpost.com Thailand's largest homebuilder Land & Houses Pcl said it expected net profit to hit a record high this year due to gain from asset sales to a real estate investment trust (REIT) and higher revenue.


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bangkokpost.com Foreign tourist arrivals to Thailand rose in October for the first time this year, helped by a huge spike in Chinese visits and improvements from Asean.

afp Five Thai students were detained after flashing the three-finger salute from 'The Hunger Games' films during a speech by the premier, officials said, in the latest crackdown on opposition to May's coup.

bangkokpost.com The prime minister waded into the heart of red shirt country to win Northeast love, but was greeted with five ''DistrictThai'' salutes - which convinced cinema operators to cancel Thursday's opening of the new Hunger Games film.

catholic.org DEPTHS OF DEPRAVITY: Two U.S. men flee Thailand after allegedly shipping BABY PARTS overseas
http://www.catholic.org/news/international/asia/story.php?id=57713

bangkokpost.com The Lawyers Council of Thailand (LCT) accused police of negligence after they failed to press charges of violating customs law against two Americans accused of stealing human organs.



Chaofa Cluster Paragliding, power paragliding 7am-on
Karon Cluster Beach water polo 10am-on; Beach Handball 10am-5pm; Beach Volleyball 9am-2.30pm; Sailing, wind surfing 10am-on
Patong Cluster Beach kebaddi 2pm-5.20pm; Beach Sepaktakraw 8.30am-5pm; Muay thai 5pm-on; Petanque 8.30am-3pm
Bang Neaw Dam Cluster Wakeski, wakeboard 8am-4pm
Saphan Hin Cluster Beach Soccer 11am-3pm; Inline stunt 5pm-8pm; Skateboard 5pm-8pm; BMX freestyle 5pm-8pm
Nai Yang Cluster Beach athletics 2.30pm-on; Beach modern pentathlon 5.15pm-on



thedailybeast.com Burma parliamentary speaker Shwe Mann has ruled out pre-election changes to the junta-drafted constitution, which bars opposition leader and democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi from becoming president.

heraldsun.com.au Journalist Alan Morison says he is a ''prisoner of Thailand'' after Thai courts rejected a appeal to allow him to travel to Australia to visit his ailing 91-year-old father.
http://www.news.com.au/world/breaking-news/aussie-says-he-is-prisoner-of-thailand/story-e6frfkui-1227128666419

bangkokpost.com Ten years after being ravaged by the tsunami, Phuket and Phang Nga will hold its most significant memorial service to mark the loss of thousands of lives on that fateful day.

nytimes.com The revelation, reported on Monday by BuzzFeed, that an executive publicly floated the idea of investigating the private lives of journalists who criticise Uber was only the latest in a parade of unflattering news about Uber's tactics as it navigates the next phase of its growth.

dhakatribune.com It looks as if Bangladesh may be about to receive another wave of Rohingya refugees from Burma (Myanmar). Our government should not be silent while this is happening. We should warn Myanmar that we expect it to guarantee full citizenship to the Rohingya, and create a situation in which the Rohingya refugees now in Bangladesh can return to Myanmar.

voanews.com Thailand's former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra remains under legal scrutiny for failing to stop massive losses and corruption in the country's controversial rice price support scheme. The Thai Finance Ministry estimates that the country has spent more than $21 billion to support rice price programs by various governments over the past decade.

scmp.com Nearly 83 percent of Hongkongers want the Occupy Central protests to stop, while more than two-thirds believe the government should clear the protest sites, a University of Hong Kong survey has found.

bangkokpost.com A relative of one of the nine victims killed in Monday's military helicopter crash has pleaded with the army to improve the safety of its choppers.

theguardian.com The bodies of a national beauty queen and her sister were found buried by a river in northern Honduras, shocking the Central American nation and highlighting the depth of its long standing homicide crisis. Mar??a Jose Alvarado, 19, had been due to travel to London on Thursday for the Miss World pageant in December.

bbc.com U2 frontman Bono broke his arm in six places and fractured his eye socket, hand and shoulder blade in his recent bicycle accident in New York.

MCOT Some 70 percent of foreign tourists queried said imposing martial law did not affect their decision to visit Thailand, while 86 percent thought the country was safe for tourists, according to the poll.

news.com.au The cast of 'The Shawshank Redemption' have reunited to celebrate 20 years since the film was released. Many of the cast, including its stars Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman, gathered in Beverly Hills for a special screening of the film.

bbc.com Controversial US "pick-up artist" Julien Blanc has been barred from entering the UK by the Home Office. The self-styled ''dating guru'' holds seminars claiming to teach men how to attract women but his methods have been widely criticised as sexually abusive.



abc.net.au Toolies are using Bali party packages as an opportunity to prey on school leavers living it up on the tourist hotspot, a drug and alcohol service warns. Toolies is a term used to describe an adult who gatecrashes Schoolies celebrations.

thestar.com.my The impact of terrorism on Malaysia is increasing, with the nation rising from 91st place in 2013 to 48th place out of 162 countries in this year's Global Terrorism Index (GTI), according to the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP).



stuff.co.nz Michael Boxall best summed things up. ''S*** way to end the tour,'' the All Whites' centre back tweeted following the abject 2-0 loss to world No 165 Thailand in Korat.



November 14-23 Fourth Asia Beach Games, Phuket

December 5 King's Birthday

December 10 Constitution Day

December 25 Christmas Day

December 26 10th Anniversary, 2004 Tsunami

December 31 New Year's Eve



February 13-15 Phuket Yacht Show