AP New York City mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner has admitted to sending additional explicit photos and texts to a woman he met online - correspondence she says began months after he resigned from Congress for similar behavior.

Phuket Update The weather outlook for Phuket is for more rain today and tomorrow.

independent.co.uk The death toll from two days of clashes between supporters and opponents of the ousted president rose to 11, most killed in pre-dawn street battles near a pro-Mohamed Morsi protest camp as the country remained mired in deadly turmoil three weeks after the military overthrew the Islamist leader.


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dailymail.co.uk One of the big decisions is already looming fast: who do Kate, William and Baby Cambridge spend Christmas with? The Royal Family at Sandringham, or the Middletons at Bucklebury?

Phuket Update Phuket Governor Maitree Intrusud has endorsed the new Airport to Patong low-cost hop-on, hop-off bus service by taking a ride at the weekend. The service was launched without fanfare on Friday and the governor is now urging Phuket residents to hop on board. Getting people to abandon motorcycles may be an issue.

afp An asylum-seeker boat heading for Australia has sunk off Java in Indonesia with unconfirmed reports that up to 60 people are dead or missing. The Australian Maritime Safety Authority confirmed to AFP that a rescue operation was underway, but said it was being coordinated by Indonesian authorities.

smh.com.au Department of Immigration staff turned a blind eye to a series of rapes and assaults at the Manus Island detention centre, a whistleblower has claimed. Manus Island in Papau New Guinea is where all boatpeople who target Australia are to be sent.

nationmultimedia.com Jet-setting former monk Wirapol Sukphol's younger brother told the media he was the person in the controversial picture that had been thought to be of Wirapol, better known then as Luang Pu Nenkham, lying alongside a woman.

trust.org A Rohingya woman at the Phang Nga family shelter north of Phuket tells Reuters: ''What is going to happen to us? We hear we'd be sent back to Myanmar (Burma). I don't want to betray the people at the shelter or the Thai government. But it's better to poison us then send us back to Myanmar.''

bangkokpost.com Glenn De Souza, the vice-president for international operations in Asia and the Middle East for the US hotel brand Best Western, said the return on investment for building a hotel in Myanmar (Burma) is 3-5 years, faster than the average of 10 years in other countries.

nationmultimedia.comM Heavy rain and elevated land plots are blamed for flooding that has just hit Nakhon Ratchasima and Chanthaburi.

bangkokpost.com A group of lecturers have demanded education authorities take action over charges that the president of an autonomous university in Bangkok changed academic grades for his son, a student at the school.

bbc.co.uk Most households in the UK will have pornography blocked by their internet provider unless they choose to receive it, David Cameron has announced. Mr Cameron warned in a speech that access to online pornography was ''corroding childhood''.

bangkokpost.com Villa Market JP Co plans to accelerate its expansion this year, with 300-400 million baht earmarked for 10 stores. The company opened three outlets in the first half of this year including its 25th branch, on Phuket.

independent.co.uk Greek police confirmed they have arrested 18 British nationals suspected of being involved in a brawl at a resort in Crete in which a Briton was stabbed to death. A 19-year-old man is suspected of delivering the fatal blow, a police statement said. He is being detained.

usatoday.com ''Wanted'' posters have been tacked up across Germany by Nazi hunters who say there are war criminals out there who continue to escape justice almost seven decades after the end of World War II. The campaign, ''Late. But not too late! Operation Last Chance II,'' kicked off Tuesday and offers a $33,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of Nazi criminals.

cnn.com A week after an Indian school served toxic food to students, leaving 23 dead, its headmistress remains missing along with her husband, police said.

smh.com.au McDonald's, the world's biggest fast food chain, says sales in Australia are going backwards, citing incorrect figures on the level of youth unemployment to help explain why fewer people are buying their burgers and fries.

bangkokpost.com Nok Air is intensifying its foray in Burma, its first foreign country upon resumption of its international services, with a route from the Thai border town Mae Sot to the former capital Yangon.

reuters Australia has told Britain it hopes it will remain part of the European Union, becoming the latest country to intervene in an emotive domestic debate that may culminate in a referendum to decide if Britain leaves the 28-nation bloc.

guardian.co.uk Gatwick has revealed its plans for a second runway which could almost treble passenger numbers at the London airport.

bnionline.net Harassment of Rohingya by Arakan state authorities is still happening despite the abolishment of Nasaka. There was hope that with the ending of Burma's notorious border guard force that life would get a little easier for the Muslim population. However the central police force that replaced them is also extorting money from Muslims, according to an elder who didn't want a name used.

nationmultimedia.com Khiri Travel has launched seven urban and rural walking and cycling trips in Southeast Asia destinations, among them a walking tour through Phuket Old Town. Designed for the culture buff and ''hungry traveller'' alike, the walking tour promises visitors food, architecture and the best of Asian urban life. Other walking tours are available in Phnom Penh and Rangoon.

wsj.com Thick acrid smoke wafting from fires burning in Indonesia have again started to shroud parts of Malaysia and could engulf neighboring Singapore, weeks after the worst air pollution in more than a decade choked parts of Southeast Asia.



independent.co.uk The company that runs Formula One has used a complex technique to legally avoid paying tens of millions of pounds in corporation tax despite racking up annual profits of 305m pounds last year, The Independent has learned. F1, run by billionaire Bernie Ecclestone, made a net contribution of 945,663 pounds in corporation tax in 2011 on revenues of 980m pounds.

smh.com.au Manchester United stumbled to a 3-2 defeat against Japan's Yokohama Marinos in their second loss in three games under new manager David Moyes. So far under Moyes, United has lost 1-0 in Bangkok and won 5-1 in Melbourne.

guardian.co.uk Fast bowler Jimmy Anderson: 'I don't feel sorry for Australia. We want to win 5-0'



July 22-23 Arsarnha Bucha Day, First Day of Buddhist Lent (Public Holidays, alcohol free)

July 22-24 Fifth annual Kathu Street festival. Opening night parade, 5.30pm

August 12 HM The Queen's Birthday

October 5-13 Phuket Vegetarian Festival

October 23 Chulalongkorn Memorial Day

October 29-November 3 Womens' volleyball, Karon beach

November 17 Loy Kratong Day

November 24-December 1 Challenge Laguna Phuket Tri-Fest. Laguna Phuket

December 5 HM The King's birthday



January 9-12 Phuket International Boat Show, Royal Phuket Marina

November 14-21 Fourth Asia Beach Games, Phuket