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reuters Two attackers opened fire on the US consulate building in Turkey's biggest city, Istanbul, and fled when police shot back, broadcaster CNN Turk said.
thesun.co.uk Forecasters predicted that parts of the UK would reach 28C on Sunday - warmer than the 27C Thai holiday resort of Phuket.
reuters Families of passengers killed in the Germanwings crash in March will take legal action against Lufthansa in the US after rejecting the carrier's compensation offer as inadequate, the newspaper Bild am Sonntag has said, citing the families' lawyer.
afp A Spanish man died after being gored in the neck while filming a bull run through the streets of Villaseca de la Sagra in central Spain with his mobile phone.
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bangkokpost.com Thai Airways International reveals that aviation experts from several countries have asked to come aboard and check the air safety standards for themselves.
nationalpost.com A French couple who died while hiking in searing New Mexico desert heat were praised Sunday for saving the life of their 10-year-old son by giving him the bulk of their water supply.
bangkokpost.com Traffic police set an ambush along the Vibhavadi Rangsit Highway that seized 258 motorcycles being raced by 400 young people, 59 of them minors.
Human Trafficking in Thailand
nationmultimedia.com The Criminal Court's new divisions on human trafficking, corruption and misbehavior by state officials, and narcotics will open today, while a memorandum of understanding on human trafficking will be signed.
Phuket World of People
nationmultimedia.com Former central bank governor MR Chatu Mongol Sonakul has headed down the "angel" investor path. His clients include the Exchange Tower, Phuket's Jungceylon Shopping Mall, Mercury Tower & Mercury Ville, the Millennium Hilton Bangkok and the Royal Phuket Yacht Club.
bbc.com Six suspected tiger poachers have been shot dead in a gunfight with Bangladeshi police at a hideout in the world's largest mangrove forest. The Sundarbans in south-east Bangladesh are home to the rare Bengal tiger.
abc.net.au Malian and French armed forces have ended a 24-hour hostage-taking at a hotel in the centre of Mali that left 12 people dead, the defence ministry says: ''The death toll has increased to 12 dead - five soldiers, four terrorists and three hostages.''
bbc.com Seven people have been arrested in eastern Pakistan on suspicion of involvement in a child sexual abuse and extortion scandal. The Chief Minister of Punjab province, Shahbaz Sharif, ordered a judicial inquiry into reports that hundreds of children had been abused.
nationalpost.com A survivor of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki has used the event's 70th anniversary to warn the Japanese prime minister that changes to the country's pacifist constitution will lead Japan ''back to the wartime period.''
AP Haitians were electing legislators to Parliament Sunday after a years-long wait, but the vote was plagued with delays, disorder and occasional fistfights and rock throwing.
Around the Region
ft.com Fifty years ago, Malaysia expelled Singapore from the federation and the two entities went their separate ways. So distraught was Lee Kuan Yew, then Singapore's chief minister, that he shed tears in public for the first and last time in his long and extraordinary career. Half a century later, it should be Malaysians who are crying.
Phuket World of Sport
nytimes.com Two mistakes by the new goalkeeper Petr Cech sent Arsenal to a 2-0 defeat at home to West Ham.
skysports.com Philippe Coutinho's late wonder strike saw Liverpool exact revenge on Stoke with a 1-0 win at the Britannia Stadium.
afp New Zealand drew similarities with Australias cricket collapse as soul-searching began Sunday into the All Blacks loss to the Wallabies in the Rugby Championship decider.
Coming Events on Phuket 2015
August 12 HM The Queen's birthday
August 23-30 Por Tor (Hungry Ghost) Festival
September Quicksilver surf carnival at Patong beach
October 15-23 Phuket Vegetarian Festival
November Patong Festival
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
Guy Kawasaki, highly respected and well known perosn in business circles and among influential people, just reposted few videos on a salve fishing issue.
Let's hope it will help to attract attention also from those in the US with an influence, to put more pressure on involved guilty parties or abbettors in S.E.A. ...
Posted by Sue on August 11, 2015 00:09