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bangkokpost.com About 30 pilots have resigned from Thai Airways International so far this year, not 200 as being speculated on social media, acting THAI president Siwakiat Jayema said.
bangkokpost.com The NCPO appears to have made impressive advances in its efforts to reclaim state-owned land from encroachers. On Phuket, for example, why not lease for the long-term some of the degraded forest reserves and turn them into residential estates or parks for the rich, since Phuket is already a haven for the wealthy?
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Today's Top News Items
bbc.com Oscar-winning British film director Richard Attenborough has died at the age of 90, his son has said. Lord Attenborough was one of Britain's leading actors, before becoming a highly successful director.
Phuket Update Lord Attenborough's 14-year-old granddaughter Lucy Holland, his daughter and her mother-in-law, both called Jane Holland, died in Khao Lak, north of Phuket, when the Boxing Day tsunami swept through in 2004. They were among 5400 victims in Thailand.
nationmultimedia.com Thai Airways International will today host a press conference following a report of mass resignation by over 200 pilots.
bangkokpost.com The military regime has agreed to allow 12 satellite television stations, including Bluesky channel, to resume broadcasting after they were blacked out during the coup. But they will have to adhere to strict conditions.
cnn.com The strongest earthquake in 25 years struck Northern California early Sunday, injuring more than 120 people, damaging historic buildings in downtown Napa and turning fireplaces into rubble. The 6.1-magnitude quake struck just southwest of Napa, California's famed wine country.
Latest on the Ebola Outbreak
reuters A British medical worker was flown home from West Africa after becoming the first Briton infected in an Ebola epidemic, and a separate new outbreak of the disease was detected in Democratic Republic of Congo where two deaths were confirmed.
Phuket World of People
bangkokpost.com The story of Swedish tourist Lief Christer, 45, who lost everything in a bar-girl swindle and lives hand-to-mouth on the streets of Bangkok because his embassy won't fly him home has drawn widespread public sympathy online.
Swedish tourist homeless after being 'swindled'
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/428503/swedish-tourist-is-homeless-after-being-windled-by-a-thai-woman
nationmultimedia.com According to the MasterCard Global Destination Cities Index 2014, the number of international visitors in Bangkok fell by 11 percent to about 16.4 million. London, meanwhile, enjoyed eight-per-cent growth. Attracting an estimated 18.7 million foreigners, London now sits at the top of the list while the 2013 champion Bangkok ended with the No 2 spot.
bangkokpost.com Police have arrested a taxi driver who allegedly assaulted and robbed a 20-year old Chinese woman tourist while taking her to Don Muang airport on Thursday. Sompoj Krutpuak, 32, allegedly said he did it because he had no money to pay for the daily rent for his taxi.
nytimes.com American freelance journalist Peter Theo Curtis, 45, held captive for nearly two years by Al Qaeda's branch in Syria was freed in a handover to UN peacekeepers in the Golan Heights.
nationmultimedia.com Rhetoric won't help create true reform. Action will. And it must be action of people at the base of the pyramid.
bangkokpost.com Three Department of Special Investigation (DSI) officials extorted 400,000 baht from Cambodian vendors at a border market, the Public Sector Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC) says.
theglobeandmail.com The British ambassador to the US said that investigators were close to identifying the young militant with a British accent who beheaded American journalist James W. Foley on a video released last week by the Islamic State.
foxnews.com Islamist militias in the city of Misrata announced that they have wrested control of the international airport in Tripoli from nationalist fighters from the city of Zintan. The airport has been closed since July 13.
nbcnews.com Slow-moving Tropical Storm Cristobal lashed parts of the Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands with heavy rainfall and white-crested surf after swollen rivers swept at least three people away on the Caribbean island shared by the Dominican Republic and Haiti.
perthnow.com.au Spend six nights at Point Yamu by COMO Phuket then enjoy another two nights at Metropolitan by COMO Bangkok from $1890 a person, including return economy airfares from Australia. Travel until September 18 and from October 6 to 31 and book by next Sunday.
Around the Asean Region
voanews.com Chris Lewa, a rights activist and researcher on the Rohingya of Myanmar's Rakhine state, says after a lull in departures more people appear ready to risk their lives at sea. ''It is very worrying, and it is not going to stop. Since August 10 we noticed again several boats leaving within a short span of time and that means it will probably continue to increase again as the [sailing] season really picks up.''
abc.net.au Malaysia's transport minister will visit Australia on Monday to pledge his government's commitment to finding Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 that disappeared more than five months ago.
foxnews.com The search for two Spanish citizens who have been missing since their tour boat sank in Indonesian waters earlier this month has been called off, national emergency management office spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said.
Phuket World of Sport
afp Manchester United secured their first Premier League point under Louis van Gaal but were still left searching for a first competitive win of the Dutchman's reign, after a 1-1 draw away to Sunderland.
afp Luis Enrique got off to a winning start as Barcelona manager as they shrugged off Javier Mascherano's first-half red card to beat Elche 3-0 thanks to two goals from Lionel Messi.
theguardian.com Daniel Ricciardo made it two wins from two, his victory here in Belgium coming after taking the flag at the last race in Hungary. He was the class of the field and not only had the pace on all his rivals but touch too as he managed his tyres to complete a two-stop race.
afp Jamaican sprint superstar Usain Bolt has brought his abbreviated season to a close after racing just four times, organisers of the Diamond League final in Zurich announced. Bolt set a new best time of 9.98sec for the rarely-run 100m indoors at Warsaw's national football stadium.
Coming Events on Phuket 2014
August 30 Thailand vs Burma football 6.30pm
September 3 Thailand vs Qatar football 6pm
September 7 Thailand vs Phuket mixed team 4pm
September 7 Qatar vs Australia football 6.30pm
September 12 Amcham at Angsana: the New Phuket
September 24-October 2 Vegetarian Festival, Phuket
October 23 Chulalongkorn Memorial Day
November 6 Loy Kratong
November 14-21 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
