bangkokpost.com Editorial: The sad and ill-considered lawsuit by the Royal Thai Navy is now in the hands of the Phuket Provincial Court. This defamation case against the Phuketwan news website deserves to be remembered as a lawsuit that should never have been launched.
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bangkokpost.com While rains battered most of the country, Thailand's Cabinet was set to begin a campaign for people to donate drinking water to drought-stricken areas.

nationmultimedia.com Hoteliers predict that tourist arrivals from China will continue to increase by up to 25 percent a year over the next three years with a huge number of young Chinese travellers descending on Thailand.

bangkokpost.com Now 11 days into a hunger strike aimed at stopping a coal-fired power plant in Krabi, a campaigning duo have drawn 100 supporters and government deaf ears.



nationmultimedia.com During the first 12 days of July, Don Muang saw the number of passengers soar by 82.4 percent year on year, while the other three major international airports also saw numbers rise - Chiang Mai by 76.9 percent, Suvarnabhumi 50 percent, and Phuket 23.3 percent.

bangkokpost.com British migrant rights campaigner Andy Hall is back in court Monday, facing prison for defamation, with supporters demanding the prime minister stop the suits.

nationmultimedia.com United Kingdom's Business Technology Education Council advised the government before it announced the need to lift professional education to an international standard, with pilot projects earmarked to start in Phuket in hospitality and hotel management.

tvnz.co.nz A man found dead in a pool at Demi Moore's house worked for the actress, it's being reported. The 21-year-old was found in the early hours of Sunday morning (local time) and was pronounced dead at the scene by police.

smh.com.au A young couple allegedly at the centre of a viral sex video that outraged Chinese authorities have been arrested, according to reports. The one-minute video, which appears to have been filmed by the fornicating couple mid-tryst, was shot in the change room of a Uniqlo store in Beijing.

telepgraph.co.uk A home movie which shows the Queen aged seven apparently giving a Nazi salute may have been inadvertently released to documentary makers after it first emerged in a Royal exhibition last year. Buckingham Palace is furious after footage from the 1933 family movie showing the then Princess Elizabeth perform the salute was made public online by The Sun newspaper at the weekend.

abc.net.au The New York Times has published more court documents that reveal comedian Bill Cosby admitted under oath he had paid women after sex to stop his wife finding out. The comedian is accused of drugging and raping numerous women.

stuff.co.nz Medical students have reportedly cut a newborn's penis while trying to sever his umbilical cord. The undergraduates made the shocking blunder in the delivery room in the City of Saltillo in the state of Coahuila, north-eastern Mexico, The Sun reported. They then tried to hide the boy from his parents.



afp Thousands of Indonesians were spending a miserable Eid on Friday after failing to make it home to see their families after erupting volcanoes closed six airports, including in the country's second-biggest city. The international airport serving Surabaya, the largest city after the capital Jakarta, and four smaller airports were closed on the eve of the Muslim holiday by the eruption of Mount Raung on the main island of Java.



smh.com.au Aussie golfer Jason Day shares the lead with amateur Paul Dunne and Louis Oosthuizen with 18 holes remaining in the British Open Championship.

theage.com.au Australia reversed their Ashes fortunes in dramatic fashion, embarrassing England by 405 runs at Lords.

theguardian.com With extra police around the Team Sky bus at the start of the stage - five officers rather than two the team said - Chris Froome enjoyed a more settled day on the Tour de France with no reports of any repeat of the urine-throwing or spitting which had marred the previous day's leg into Mende.



July Kathu Street Culture festival

August 23-30 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 26 Tsunami memorial ceremonies