reuters Japan recorded the biggest upset in Rugby World Cup history as substitute Karne Hesketh scored on the last play of the game to seal a 34-32 victory over two-time winners South Africa and send reverberations through the sport two days into the six-week tournament.

smh.com.au Jackie Collins, the bestselling pulp novelist and sister of actress Joan Collins, has died from breast cancer. She was 77.


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bangkokpost.com Hundreds of anti-coup activists rallied at Democracy Monument after defying an order not to march there, but police made no attempt to break up the event.

nationmultimedia.com A large group of demonstrators from the New Democracy Movement marched from Thammasat University to Democracy Monument yesterday evening, in a rally against dictatorship.

bangkokpost.com A new red-yellow divide is emerging, but this time it's not in Thailand but in Malaysia and there is a danger of a destructive conflict along racial lines. Former Thai foreign minister Kasit Piromya warned that rallies based on racial identity would only lead Malaysia down the path of war-torn countries such as Syria and Iraq.



nationmultimedia.com Police investing last month's Bangkok bomb blasts want to interrogate a taxi driver who regularly drove some of the main suspects.



Phuket Update A movie museum is due to begin construction in a forest glade at Phuket's Nai Harn beach from November - destroying forever the natural beauty that attracts beachlovers to the foreshore.

bangkokpost.com The PM wants to increase foreign confidence in Thailand to boost investment and generate much-needed economic growth. That will be hard to achieve if the media is not allowed to do its job.

cnn.com Angry Hungarian officials have accused Croatia of helping refugees from the Middle East cross its borders illegally. A train carrying 1000 migrants and 40 Croatian police officers crossed into Hungary without permission, according to Hungarian government spokesman Zoltan Kovacs.

scmp.com Japan's parliament passed contentious security bills into law, in a move that could see Japanese troops fight abroad for the first time in 70 years. Thousands rallied in a last-ditch show of opposition to laws they fear could fundamentally reshape the proudly pacifist nation.

bbc.com Critics say Australia's expensive refugee deal has proven to be a costly exercise in futility, in which the Cambodian government has emerged as the clear winner.

ameinfo.com Emirates, a global connector of people, places and economies announced additional services between Dubai and Phuket, meaning the popular Thai holiday island will be served twice daily from 1 December 2015.



thestar.com.my The rabies infections in the north likely came from neighboring Thailand since the infections are concentrated in Perlis, Kedah and Penang: ''We were free from rabies but the disease still occurs in a neighboring country.'' Twenty-seven people were bitten by dogs in Perlis; eight in Kedah; and six in Penang. All have been treated and discharged from hospital.



bbc.com Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel took pole for the Singapore Grand Prix as Lewis Hamilton qualified fifth, and Mercedes failed to qualify at the front for the first time in 15 months.

bbc.com Manchester City missed the chance to move six points clear at the top of the Premier League as West Ham produced a clinical counter-attacking display to win 1-2.

bangkokpost.com Nine-man Arsenal lost an ill-tempered London derby 2-0 to Chelsea as the champions pulled out of their early-season slump with their first Premier League win for almost a month.

afp France's record points scorer Frederic Michalak snared another harvest as his country opened their World Cup campaign with a clear 32-10 win over Italy.



PHUKET hosts the southern region's Prison Fair until September 23 with all kinds of useful, well-made goods available at Saphan Hin park in Phuket City. Furniture is a specialty. Food and trees and plants are also on sale.

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




January 7-10 Phuket International Boat Show