bangkokpost.com Police suspect fellow countrymen are behind the murder of a Russian man in a low-rent Pattaya apartment. The unidentified Russian in his 30s was found stabbed and his throat slit over the weekend at the Porn Apartments.

smh.com.au Bali nine organisers Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan have lost their last ditch legal appeal to save them from the firing squad.


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bangkokpost.com Heeding the complaints of Koh Phangan locals about the many small raves on the popular island, authorities have banned all but the full moon party.

andrew-drummond.com The Thai Supreme Court has backed the appeal court and acquitted British journalist Andrew Drummond of criminal libel in a second case brought by Scot James Lumsden, former owner of Boyz Boyz Boyz a go-go club in the Thai resort of Pattaya.

nationmultimedia.com After Article 44 came under international fire, the government will tomorrow try to create a better understanding among foreign diplomats. Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam said he would join a Foreign Ministry-led briefing of envoys.



bangkokpost.com Prime Minister Prayuth should implement his fight against human trafficking at ground level. Root out the networks and penalise all concerned, especially government officials.
http://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/518419/it-time-for-action-not-words-on-trafficking



thephuketinsider.com There continues to be a debate that Thailand hotels have fallen into a bottomless pit of underachievement in terms of hotel rates. Chinese travelers continue to pay premiums for Hong Kong, Singapore and even Bali so why does Thailand continue to focus on quantity over quality?

nationmultimedia.com Tourist police have arrested a Malaysian at Phuket International Airport for having fake credit cards in his possession. The arrest of Mohd Jaris Tan Bin Abdullah, 50, was announced after an examination by officials from Kasikorn Bank and police confirmed that the credit cards were forged.

bangkokpost.com A majority of people agree to the invocation of Section 44 of the interim constitution to replace martial law, saying it will enable the government to maintain law and order, according to the result of Suan Dusit Poll.

reuters Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi said boycotting an upcoming historic election was an ''option'' if a military-drafted constitution that bars her from becoming president remains unchanged.

aljazeera.com In Thailand, environmental activism is exceedingly dangerous - and sometimes fatal. In recent decades, campaigners against coal-fired power plants, garbage dumps and mining projects have faced constant threats. According to a report from Global Witness, a nonprofit based in Washington, DC, 16 Thai environmentalists were murdered between 2002 and 2013.

bangkokpost.com The World Health Organisation's representative in Thailand has been asked to report to police on Monday to answer allegations he abused his maid and treated her like a slave.

thetimes.co.uk He's a billionaire philanthropist who flies his own helicopter and was elected to the top job in the Big Apple three times in a row. Now the outgoing mayor for New York city, Michael Bloomberg, is being urged to run again - and to parachute himself into London.

gukf-times.com Among the most creative investment ideas of present days is certainly the zebra dove, a small bird native to Southeast Asia, which has become the centre of a lucrative export business from Southern Thailand. The zebra dove is best known for its exotic yet pleasant soft, staccato cooing calls, which is the reason why they became popular with breeders especially in Thailand's Muslim south which has one of the birds' highest populations and accounts for 80 percent of Thailand's dove exports.

bangkokpost.com Four people, a couple and their grandchildren, were killed and another person was injured in a crash involving a car, a motorcycle and a bicycle in Sakon Nakhon.

telegraph.co.uk A fear of spiders could be something we are born with rather than something we learn, according to a new scientific study.



bangkokpost.com Bali hopes to draw one million Chinese tourists this year, thanks to a visa-free policy offering to China and other countries which is already in effect.

Try Phuketwan's Asean Today daily:
http://phuketwan.com/tourism/asean-today-bali-targets-chinese-abandoned-britain-cambodians-flock-home-typhoon-fizzles-22188/



independent.co.uk Who said Lionel Messi was better than Cristiano Ronaldo again? CR7 dropped a huge weight on his side of the Messi-Ronaldo see-saw debate with five goals in a 9-1 win over Granada, including an eight-minute hat-trick. It was the first time Ronaldo has scored five goals.

afp Jermain Defoe scored a sensational long-range volley as Sunderland leapt three points clear of the Premier League relegation zone by beating derby rivals Newcastle United 1-0.

AP World number one Novak Djokovic defeated Andy Murray 7-6 (7/3), 4-6, 6-0 to win his fifth Miami Masters title.



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