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bangkokpost.com The National Council for Peace and Order has rejected a request from former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra to travel overseas on grounds she is undergoing the process of being indicted over negligence of duty in the rice-pledging scheme, several news agencies have reported.
thenews.com.pk Nobel peace laureate Malala Yousafzai called for global support to help release more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram, as they marked 300 days as hostages.
theguardian.com Ten minutes after the final whistle, Atletico Madrid were back by popular demand, returning to the pitch to be given another ovation after a stunning 4-0 victory over rivals Real Madrid.
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Today's Top News Items
bangkokpost.com Authorities allow satirical floats but confiscate banners as students at the annual Chula-Thammasat football match test the limits of free expression.
nationmultimedia.com Most Thais appear to believe that given the country's current situation martial law needs to be continued, according to the latest public opinion survey. Of the 1120 people surveyed by Bangkok University Research Centre's Bangkok Poll, about 70 percent of respondents insisted that martial law was necessary at the moment. The Bangkok Poll found that just 22 percent felt martial law was not necessary anymore.
bangkokpost.com Thailand and China agree to strengthen military ties. At the same time, Thailand says China also pledged not to ''interfere'' in its politics.
Phuket World of People
news.com.au Headline: Four arrested on Phuket in Tahiland for putting umbrellas and sunbeds on Karon beach. [Ed: Subeditors struggle with spelling these days. Borrowing stories without attribution also has become popular.]
bangkokpost.com Editorial: According to former board member Banyong Pongpanich, THAI shoulders a higher cost for its available seat kilometres (ASK) than its competitors on some routes. For instance, for the Bangkok-Phuket route, which is about 700km, Thai Airways International has an ASK cost of 2590 baht, compared with Thai AirAsia's 1115 baht.
washingtonpost.com The Pentagon is sending 3600 troops to Thailand this week to participate in a major military exercise, US officials said, even though the country remains under the control of Thai generals who ousted a democratically elected government last year.
aap Prominent rights lawyer Amal Clooney has requested a meeting with Egypt's president to push for the release of Al-Jazeera reporter Mohamed Fahmy.
independent.co.uk Hours of talks between European leaders and Vladimir Putin ended without an agreement on the Ukraine crisis and Francois Hollande believes these talks could be the last chance at a peaceful resolution.
scmp.com TransAsia has cancelled 90 flights over three days to allow its ATR pilots to receive mandated retraining and undergo tests after the post-take-off crash that killed at least 40 people.
bloomberg The TransAsia Airways plane that crashed in Taiwan sounded a warning from one engine before fuel was manually cut to the other, investigators said.
theguardian.com People who don't spend much time on the internet are invariably shocked to discover the barbarism - the eager abandonment of the social contract - that so many of us face simply for doing our jobs. Keep screaming, trolls. I see you.
afp Clothing giant Uniqlo has come under fire for buying supplies from Chinese factories accused of putting workers at risk in dangerous conditions, with sewage on the factory floor, extremely high temperatures and poor ventilation.
scmp.com After 18 months of closely guarding the identity of a 26-year-old American aid worker believed to be the last American held hostage by Islamic State (IS), her family have revealed her identity after the group claimed she had been killed in a Jordanian air strike.
bbc.com The Prince of Wales has described the extent to which young people are becoming radicalised as ''alarming'' and one of the ''greatest worries''.
cnn.com A gunman killed at least four people, including a seven-year-old, and wounded two others at a home in suburban Atlanta, authorities said.
xinhua Russian President Vladimir Putin said that his country will never accept a unipolar world. Noting that there is one ''undisputed'' unipolar leadership trying to control the current world and force others to obey, Putin said Russia would never accept such attempts.
bbc.com A painting of two Tahitian girls by the French artist Gauguin has been sold for $300m, making it the most expensive work of art ever sold.
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Phuket World of Sport
afp Chelsea beat Aston Villa 2-1 to move seven points clear at the Premier League summit as second-place Manchester City fluffed their lines, drawing 1-1 against Hull.
agencies Harry Kane was the man of the match for Tottenham Hotspur, scoring twice to give them a 2-1 comeback win over Arsenal in a fiercely contested London derby.
Coming Events on Phuket 2015
THE SOI DOG Foundation will be holding its fourth mobile event in Phuket on February 21 to offer puppies and kittens for adoption. The event will be held at Macro in Thalang from 11am to 3pm. The kittens and puppets have all been vaccinated and sterilised.
February 26-28 Phuket Old Town festival
March 1-15 Heroines festival
March 4-8 Bay Regatta
April 11-13 Phuket Bike Week
April 17-19 Songkran Festival
May 4 Additional public holiday scheduled
