bangkokpost.com A 73-year-old German man fell to his death from the eighth floor of a condominium building in South Pattaya. Broken pieces of the man's mobile were found on the condo floor, indicating he may have smashed it after an argument.

AP Eight people were killed and more than 20 injured when a bus carrying workers back from a holiday weekend crashed in Kanchanaburi, western Thailand. Thai media reported that the crash site is known to locals as ''the curve of a hundred corpses'' because of previous accidents there.


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AP The vice-president of the Maldives will be charged with high treason after being arrested in connection with an explosion aboard the president's boat last month that authorities have called an assassination attempt.

bangkokpost.com The Transport Ministry will soon require at least 20 percent of pilots hired by commercial airlines to be Thai nationals, Transport Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith says.



Phuket Update Phuket Governor Governor Jamleran Tipayapongtada attended the funeral at Baan Don temple of two young men whose deaths during a police pursuit prompted a wild riot at Thalang Police Station. Governor Jamleran, other authorities and police expressed their sympathy to the bereaved families. The cremation takes place on Monday.



independent.ie A young couple believed to be from Ireland have been found dead on a beach in South Africa. A local discovered a male body washed up on Robberg Beach at Plettenberg Bay at 6pm. While he reported it emergency services, two female walkers told him they had come across the body of a female about 200 metres along the beach.

dailyrecord.co.uk A newly-wed couple have drowned off the coast of South Africa in a honeymoon tragedy. John Rodgers, 28, and his wife Lynette, 26, died after getting into trouble in rough seas in Plettenberg Bay - just six days after they walked down the aisle.

news.com.au In a bombshell interview, former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair has apologised for elements of the Iraq war, and conceded that it may have helped the rise of Islamic State. The interview with US journalist Fareed Zakaria, to be screened today, comes a week after a British newspaper revealed Mr Blair had committed the UK to joining the United States in the Iraq war a year before the 2003 invasion.

bangkokpost.com Editorial: Now it's official. Thailand's roads have become the second-deadliest in the world, and that is a record we can hardly be proud of.

PA Veteran Chinese pro-democracy campaigners have protested Britain's treatment of an activist detained during Chinese President Xi Jinping's pageant-filled visit. Wang Dan and Wu'er Kaixi said in a statement that Britain appeared to have jettisoned human rights concerns in favor of securing business deals.

nationmultimedia.com Two more migrant workers have been arrested for alleged roles in the murder of an 18-year-old female student in Ranong. The men were arrested on fishing trawlers off the Phang Nga coast on Friday night. The development follows the arrest of another migrant worker who reportedly confessed to having stabbed the girl in an isolated alley while high on glue.

AP About 250 South Koreans, including more than 30 over the age of 90, arrived at the resort hours earlier for three-day meetings with 190 of their North Korean relatives most hadn't heard from for more than 60 years. For many participants from both countries, their first meeting after decades of separation will likely be their last, considering their age.

theguardian.com Germaine Greer has accused TV star Caitlyn Jenner of stealing the limelight from other female members of the Kardashian family, in comments likely to further alienate campaigners who object to the writer and commentator's views about transgender people.

irishtimes.com This week Amnesty International released Chains, a short campaign film voiced by Liam Neeson and produced by the television writer and director Graham Linehan. It's part of Amnesty's campaign to decriminalise abortion in Ireland.

arabnews.com The collapse in oil prices, which have more than halved from their previous peaks, has not been painless for Saudi Arabia. However, it's far too soon to start writing the Kingdom's obituary: Its economy is far better insulated now than it was during the slump of the 1980s and 1990s, when oil reached below $10 a barrel in 1998.



jakartaglobe.com Checking the list of the worst man-made environmental disasters ever, Indonesia's fires are probably the biggest global environmental disaster of the 21st century. And I consider it a crime, not just a disaster, because even though setting fire to land remains perfectly legal in Indonesia, endangering the lives of millions of people, destroying protected forests and their wildlife, and threatening the global environment are criminal acts.



afp Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho was sent to the stands as the Premier League champions' crisis deepened with a stormy 2-1 defeat at West Ham United.

smh.com.au New Zealand captain Richie McCaw could miss the World Cup final if he is deemed to have deliberately elbowed Francois Louw in the All Black's 20-18 victory over South Africa.



November 1-3 Patong Carnival

November 20 Laguna Phuket Triathlon

November 25 Loy Kratong festival

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