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Nine army officers, including the Third Army's deputy area commander, were killed when their helicopter crashed in Phayao province Monday evening.
nbcnews.com Thai police said two Americans suspected of trying to send infant and adult body parts in parcels to the US had fled the country. A baby's head, a baby's foot sliced into three parts, a heart and a ''sheet of skin'' with tattoo markings were found in parcels after staff at a shipping office in Bangkok scanned the packages, police said.
nbcnews.com Bono, lead singer of the band U2, will undergo surgery after he injured his arm in a cycling accident in New York's Central Park, the band said.
sbs.com.au The Group of 20 summit could have been Australia's moment, signaling its arrival as a global player, some here argued. But in all, the summit had Australians cringing more than cheering.
nydailynews.com The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says that 172 people on the Crown Princess cruise ship arriving in California on Sunday have fallen ill with the highly contagious norovirus. More than 4100 people on board will be tested on docking.
PhuketWATCH Daily Media Wrap
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Today's Top News Items
bangkokpost.com A rampaging male elephant trampled his mahout and fled into a Phang Nga forest north of Phuket with a Russian tourist and her eight-year-old daughter on his back. Another mahout managed to jump from a slope onto the elephant and was able to let the two tourists jump down from the elephant's back.
http://bangkokpost.com/news/general/443664/tourists-cling-to-back-of-killer-elephant
nationmultimedia.com Media and human rights groups condemned what they described as severe harassment of the media. Britain's Ambassador to Thailand Mark Kent was one who retweeted ''To sincerely reform, do not keep people's mouths closed''.
time.com President Barack Obama confirmed the murder of US aid worker Peter Kassig by militant extremist group ISIS. A former US Army Ranger, 26-year-old Kassig was working as a medical aid to Syrians escaping civil war when he was captured in Syria in October of last year, the Associated Press reports.
Human Trafficking in Thailand
worldbulletin.net Thai authorities are to dispatch a team to southern Thailand to try and stem the trafficking of Muslim Rohingya through the region, according to website Phuketwan. Adding to the problem is the suspected corruption of some local police officers.
Today at the Phuket Beach Games
Chaofa Cluster Paragliding, power paragliding 7am-on
Karon Cluster Marathon swimming 10am-1pm; Beach Basketball 10am-noon; Beach Handball 10am-5pm; Woodball 9am-3.30pm; Beach Volleyball 9am-4.30pm; Sailing,windsurfing 10am-on
Patong Cluster Beach Sepaktakraw 8.30am-6pm; Beach Wrestling 3pm-5pm; Kurash 4pm-on; Petanque 8.30am-on; Jetski 9.30am-2.30pm
Bang Neaw Dam Cluster Cable wakeboard, Wakeskate 10am-2.45pm
Saphan Hin Cluster Beach Soccer 11am-4pm; Inline stunt 2pm-4pm; Skateboard 2pm-4pm; BMX freestyle 2pm-4pm
Phuket World of People
Facebook Andy Hall, facing a new trial beginning today: ''We may not have massive resources, we may be limited with capacity and time and few often remain to fight at the hardest of times, but we will not be defeated and the fight will make us stronger. We are ready to fight on against injustice every day.''
bloomberg.com Wyndham Worldwide Corp. (WYN), parent of the world's biggest hotel operator, plans to introduce its timeshare business in southeast Asia by the end of this year. The company is in talks to buy properties in Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia, said Barry Robinson, managing director for southeast Asia and the Pacific rim at Wyndham's vacation resorts and hotel divisions.
bangkokpost.com G20 leaders representing the bulk of the world's economy committed to reform measures to lift their collective growth by an extra 2.1 percent by 2018.
cnn.com The United States is a big part of the power balance in Asia and plans to throw more of its weight onto the scale, the president told a crowd at the University of Queensland in Brisbane.
bangkokpost.com Bangkok police are attempting to trace the body parts of an infant discovered in three DHL parcels purportedly being sent to the US by a foreign national. Two men said they had bought the infant head and other organs from a night market.
telegraph.co.uk South Korean scientists believe the extinct 'Mammuthus' can be brought back to life using the DNA of an extremely well preserved mammoth found in the Siberian snow.
bangkokpost.com As more women enter the workforce, inflexible employers help to shift the dynamics of the family, and with it jeopardising the country's prospects.
independent.co.uk Women in 69 of the world's poorest countries will have access to an injectable contraceptive shot priced at just $1. The move to expand access to the contraceptive was announced by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and the Children's Investment Fund last week.
scmp.com The United Nations is preparing to confront North Korea over its dismal rights record with a key vote this week that could compel Pyongyang to answer to crimes against humanity.
straitstimes.com An online petition to prevent self-proclaimed ''pick up artist'' Julien Blanc from coming to Singapore has gathered more than 1000 supporters over two days. Blanc travels the world advocating the use of physical aggression and emotional abuse to convince women to have sex. Similar online petitions were started in Canada and Japan.
Around the Asean Region
smh.com.au Video emerges showing the aftermath of the Malaysian Airlines crash after it was shot down in rebel-held territory in eastern Ukraine.
onislam.net Escaping death and humiliation in their country, thousands of Rohingya Muslims have gone missing on their way from Burma to Malaysia, raising fears that their boats have been prevented from reaching shore.
cnn.com Ivan Watson explains why the conflict in Myanmar is forcing the Rohingya people to flee their own country.
nationmultimedia.com Whenever Malaysia chaired Asean in the past, exciting things often happened. This time will be no different.
Phuket World of Sport
bbc.com Roger Federer has withdrawn from the ATP World Tour final against Novak Djokovic because of a back injury. Djokovic becomes the first man to win three titles on the trot since Ivan Lendl in the 1980s.
nationmultimedia.com Thailand, powered by their petanque players, overtook overnight leader Mongolia in the medal standings at the 4th Asian Beach Games.
insidethegames.biz A World Beach Games will provide a unique opportunity for sports and disciplines to be showcased on a major multi-sport stage, Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) President Sheikh Ahmad Al Fahad Al Sabah has claimed.
pti Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu held his own to defeat Hong Kong's Yip Tsz Fung in an exciting three-game affair to win gold in the men's squash event at the Asian Beach Games in Phuket, Thailand.
tribune.com.pk Pakistani wrestler Muhammad Asad clinched the bronze medal at the Men's Freestyle 80kg event of the 4th Asian Beach Games by defeating Kazakhstan's Bauyrzhan Izbassar 2-0 at the Patong Beach in Phuket, Thailand.
Coming Events on Phuket 2014
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
Coming Events on Phuket 2015
February 13-15 Phuket Yacht Show
