nationmultimedia.com Police have found billions of baht worth of assets at the home of Central Investigation Bureau commander Lt-General Pongpat Chayaphan, who has been suspended from service after being charged with several crimes, including lese majeste, a police source said.

reuters A court in Hong Kong on Monday adjourned the trial of a 29-year-old British banker charged with killing two women until July because of the length of time needed for prosecutors to prepare their case.

bangkokpost.com The government plans to seek Cabinet approval for its proposal to extend the maximum period of work permits for foreigners working in Thailand to two years from the current one year.

bbc.com King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand attended an official ceremony on Sunday, quashing speculation about his health.


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bangkokpost.com Thailand now believe they are genuine contenders to host the inaugural World Beach Games in 2017 after successfully staging the Asian Beach Games in Phuket. The hosts were on Sunday crowned overall winners.

andrew-drummond.com Britain's Foreign and Commonwealth Office has been condemned by MPs for failing to offer acceptable levels of help to Britons in trouble abroad, according to a report in the Observer.

bangkokpost.com The Foreign Ministry plans to invite the UN's top human rights officer for the region to hear its explanation over why it arrested demonstrators who flashed the ''three-finger salute.''



cbsnews.com According to a United Nations report, sex trafficking has become a $99-billion-a-year industry - a figure that has more than tripled in the last seven years.



bangkokpost.com Some vendors have resumed their businesses on Surin and Bang Tao beaches on the west coast of Phuket four months after the junta's much-publicised clean-up campaign to give tourists open spaces.

AP A suicide bomber blew himself up at a volleyball tournament in eastern Afghanistan, killing at least 45 people in the country's deadliest terrorist attack this year, officials said.

andrew-drummond.com In Phuket British honorary consul Martin Carpenter, now ignoring the official channels of meetings with the local governor, has given cause to discredit the belief that the army has stepped in to end scams against tourists.

bangkokpost.com In a delightfully imaginative attempt to make motorists aware of pedestrians, especially children, officials in Krabi have had the road crossings painted with actual zebra depictions, not just the plain and standard black and white stripes.

thetimes.co.uk Pressure was building on Bill Cosby to break his silence after a 16th woman came forward accusing the comedian of drugging and raping her.

thedrum.com The on-going price war between taxi booking apps has intensified in the run up to Christmas, after London-based black cab app Get Taxi rolled out a new aggressive price strategy. Controversial app Uber has reduced its fares by up to half.

smh.com.au Hire car owner Russell Howarth carried out his eighth citizen's arrest in Sydney in his battle to bring the Sydney taxi industry's slick hi-tech rival, Uber, to heel.

bbc.com Hillary Clinton would be a ''great president'' if she decided to run for the White House in 2016, President Barack Obama has said.

cnn.com When a couple left scathing comments on a travel review website that a hotel in northern England they had stayed at was a ''filthy, dirty rotten stinking hovel,'' they thought no more about it. But Tony and Jan Jenkinson were shocked later to see an extra $156 added to their credit card bill. They had been fined by Broadway Hotel in Blackpool, which reportedly told them its policy was to charge guests who had left bad reviews.

nationmultimedia.com After six months in power, the National Council for Peace and Order has nothing to boast about in regard to its promise to solve land and natural resource problems. There has been no big case involving action against grabs of forestland.

thephuketinsider.com Thai hospitality group Centara has entered into an agreement to manage a new hotel in Ao Nang Krabi. The 158-room hotel will be branded as Centra Phu Pano Resort.

smh.com.au A newborn baby survived for six days at the bottom of a stormwater drain in Sydney before being discovered. The mother has been charged with attempted murder.

economist.com Retirement can exacerbate the bad habits kept in check by working life; about a third of pensioners with drinking problems developed them when they retired. The European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction estimates that the number of over-65s in drug rehabilitation in Europe will double between 2001 and 2020.



wsj.com A train carrying the wreckage of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 left a separatist-controlled area of Eastern Ukraine bound for the government-controlled city of Kharkiv, Interfax reported. The Russian news agency said the debris will later be shipped to the Netherlands, which has suffered the highest death toll in the July 17 disaster and has led the international investigation and identification of the victims.



straitstimes.com The Lions' first match at the National Stadium has ended in defeat as Bernd Stange's men went down 1-2 to Thailand in the Asean Football Federation Suzuki Cup.

eurosport.yahoo.com Lewis Hamilton declared Sunday the greatest day of his life after ending a thrilling season with his second Formula One world championship.

news.com.au Roger Federer was the toast of Switzerland once again as he applied the final touches to his country's first ever Davis Cup win.

skysports.com Liverpool endured another forgettable afternoon at Selhurst Park as they were beaten 3-1 by Crystal Palace.

tasnim Iran's beach Kabaddi team claimed a gold medal over Pakistan in the 2014 Asian Beach Games in Phuket, Thailand.

news.com.au Australia are back on top of the ODI world rankings after beating South Africa by two wickets in the final ODI at the SCG, wrapping up the series 4-1.



Phuket Update Italy's Massimo Cigana and Alberto Casadei made an impressive history together at Laguna Phuket Triathlon as they crossed the finish line as one and claimed LPT's first dual champions in the annual event's 21-year history.

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



February 13-15 Phuket Yacht Show