nationmultimedia.com A 35-year-old British tourist who did not have the cash for a flight home was killed when he jumpedfrom the second floor of the departure terminal at Suvarnabhumi in Bangkok early today.

pattayamail.com Two Pattaya County Club caddies were killed when their motorbike was struck by a hit-and-run driver of an 18-wheel truck. Both were mothers of young children.

bangkokpost.com A 76-year-old British hotelier died after being hit by a motorcycle as he was crossing a street on Samui late on Thursday night.

afp Announcing a December 4 summit on illegal migration in Bangkok, Thailand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said a trafficking crackdown had resulted in a ''substantive'' reduction of the trade.

theguardian.com A man who claimed that Facebook discriminated against him because of his name, Phuc Dat Bich, attracting global media attention, has announced that it was a hoax.

qz.com Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam will collectively pass the US in the number of Facebook and Twitter users in 2016 - then pull well ahead in years to come.

washingtonpost.com A day after he was widely rebuked for mocking a reporter with a physical disability, business mogul and reality TV star Donald Trump denied that he had done so and accused the reporter of ''using his disability to grandstand.''


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bangkokpost.com Prime Minister Prayuth says a red shirt plan to bomb Bangkok and assassinate him has been broken up, while the UDD says the only ''plot'' is by the PM.

reuters Saudi Arabia plans to execute more than 50 people convicted of terrorism, two Saudi newspapers reported this week, in what appears to be a warning to would-be jihadists at a time of militant attacks on the kingdom.



afp Myanmar and Bangladesh face renewed pressure to tackle ''the root causes'' of an annual migration crisis after Thailand announced a regional summit next Friday ahead of the new sailing season. Thailand has invited Bangladesh, Myanmar, Indonesia and Malaysia as well as representatives from the UN, US, Australia, Japan, Switzerland, the European Union and NGOs.



Phuket Update Senior Phuket police insist that three European women sunbaking in bikinis in Phuket City's Saphan Hin public park were ordered by police to dress more modestly for their own safety. They ''might be sexually harassed while sunbathing in bikinis,'' according to officers, who appear to subscribe to the theory that what women wear causes attacks.

nzherald.co.nz Sydney police rushed to an apartment around 2am Sunday after receiving reports of a woman screaming hysterically, a man yelling ''I'm going to kill you, you're dead! Die, die,'' and sounds of furniture being thrown around.
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Phuket Update A monster python measuring six metres was found under a house in Samkong, the popular Phuket City dining district, and removed by snake catchers for release in a safer, less builtup part of the holiday island.

Phuket Update It has been suggested that the move to use 911 instead of 191 as Phuket's emergency number was to due to ''tourists' familiarity'' with the 911 hotline number but in China, Thailand's largest source market for tourists, the central emergency number is 119. In Russia, France, Germany and Sweden it is 112. In the UK it is 999 and in Australia it is 000.

bbc.com Russia has rejected Turkey's claims that it did not know the plane it shot down on the Syria border was Russian. President Vladimir Putin said Russian planes were easily identifiable and the jet's flight co-ordinates had been passed on to Turkey's ally, the US.

theguardian.com We should eat less meat to protect the living planet, and eat more meat to boost the farming industry. These policies are irreconcilable. The new analyses suggest that economic growth is the problem, regardless of whether the word sustainable is bolted to the front of it.

AP A South African court opened the way to allowing local trade in rhino horns, alarming some conservationists who warned the ruling leaves rhinos even more vulnerable to poachers who are slaughtering them in record numbers.



bangkokpost.com Vietnam is considering the installation of slot machines inside its international airport terminals to make them more attractive for travellers. The country has eight international airports.



November 29 Challenge Laguna Phuket 2015

November 29 Phuket King's Cup Regatta

December 5 HM The King's Birthday

December 26 Tsunami memorial ceremonies



January 7-10 Phuket International Boat Show