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foxnews.com Police in a Georgia town found a missing 13-year-old boy behind a false wall inside a home, and made five arrests including the boy's father, authorities said.
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dailymail.com Holidaymakers were left stunned and outraged when armed police officers and soldiers raided a picturesque beach in Thailand - to seize their personal parasols and sunloungers. The overly dramatic episode played out Phuket amid growing confusion over the rules on beaches where tourists soak up the sun and play in crystal clear waters.
bangkokpost.com The Principal Private Secretary of His Royal Highness Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn has ordered the Interior Ministry to remove the Akkharaphongpricha family name from the registration system. Three suspects bearing the surname are currently among 17 people arrested so far in connection with a massive corruption and bribery network.
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/general/446153/family-name-withdrawn
Human Trafficking in Thailand
aap The Australian government has announced a five-year plan to strengthen immigration and border control in Burma. Under the memorandum of understanding, Australia will help improve areas of border management in the south-east Asian country, including governance, training and development, and systems and technology.
Phuket World of People
bangkokpost.com An Australian teacher says he has been left with only 20 baht in his pocket after being drugged and robbed by two women in Pattaya. Mario Chittra, 46, filed a complaint with Pattaya police that two sex workers had drugged his can of beer and robbed him of 550 euros or about 22,500 baht, police said.
bangkokpost.com The ride-sharing service Uber, facing a possible ban in Thailand, says it is willing to work with local authorities to improve urban transport services. The company made the offer in a conciliatory statement.
bangkokpost.com A women's rights activist has called on the education community to blacklist a lecturer in Si Sa Ket, who allegedly tried to force his student to have sex with him, if the university finds him guilty of sexual misconduct.
telegraph.co.uk A government-sanctioned ''adultery map'' of philandering Communist Party officials has been published in China, charting the nationwide distribution of bed-hopping civil servants. The map was unveiled by the People's Daily, the Communist Party's newspaper, based on information obtained from the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), China's anti-corruption unit.
afp France's former president Nicolas Sarkozy handily won the leadership of his right-wing UMP, placing him firmly on the starting blocks in his race back to the presidential palace.
scmp.com Beijing's legislature has passed a ban on smoking in all indoor public places and offices, a move that comes as the mainland weighs similar restrictions at the national level, state media reported.
Around the Asean Region
bangkokpost.com Thailand will lose an estimated US$3.62 billion worth of trade in the Chinese market to Cambodia, Laos, Burma [Myanmar] and Vietnam over the next five years due to their better labor competency and higher manufacturing quality, says the director of the Centre for International Trade Studies at the University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce.
afp Stricken Malaysia Airlines has apologised for a year-end promotion tweet that draw anger after it inadvertently drew parallels with the still-missing MH370 flight. ''Want to go somewhere but don't know where?'' read the post on Twitter that was meant to promote special deals by the national carrier, prompting scorn from online users.
Phuket World of Sport
afp Real Madrid recorded a club record 16th consecutive win in all competitions with a 2-1 victory at Malaga to move five points clear at the top of La Liga.
bangkokpost.com A Danny Welbeck header in the second half gave Arsenal a 1-0 win over West Bromwich Albion in their Premier League match at The Hawthorns.
news.com.au England's dream came true and Australia's nightmare continued when the Wallabies' scrum suffered a pushover try in the 57th minute of their 26-17 loss at Twickenham.
watoday.com.au The first Test match between Australia and India has been postponed following the shock death of Phillip Hughes, Cricket Australia has announced.
news.com.au An umpire and former captain of Israel's cricket team has died after being hit by a cricket ball less than a week after Phillip Hughes was killed.
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November 29-December 6 King's Cup Regatta
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
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February 13-15 Phuket Yacht Show
