bangkokpost.com Thailand won 10 gold medals on Tuesday to extend their overall lead at the fourth Asian Beach Games. The hosts, who are targeting 40 gold medals, have bagged 23 golds - 17 ahead of Mongolia and Japan.

firstpost.com England captain Wayne Rooney scored twice after Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain headed the opener in a 3-1 win over Scotland.


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bangkokpost.com A survey has found people were asked to pay the highest combined amount of bribes and tea money at the Land Department's offices.

abc.net.au An Australian man is among five people killed in a nightclub fire in Cambodia's north-western tourist hub of Siem Reap. Local police said 32-year-old Tom Ricketson, from Sydney, died in the fire at the Hip Hop nightclub. The club had no windows and only one door.

bangkokpost.com The Bangkok South Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Ryan (aka Ryen) Edward McPherson, 31, and Daniel Jamon Tanner, 33, on charges of theft and false declarations in violation of the Customs Act after police presented evidence suggesting they stole preserved human remains from a museum and attempted to ship the organs to the US.

bloomberg Last year, medical tourists pumped as much as $4.7 billion into the Thai economy, according to government statistics.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-11-18/medical-tourists-flock-to-thailand-spurring-post-coup-economy.html



todayszaman.com More than 600 Rohingya trafficking victims from Burma (Myanmar) and Bangladesh have been rescued, a navy spokesman in Dhaka said, in the single biggest operation of its kind by Bangladesh authorities. The victims were found aboard a 22-meter long trawler flying the Myanmar flag off Cox's Bazaar. Fourteen crew were detained.



Chaofa Cluster Paragliding, power paragliding 7am-on
Karon Cluster Beach water polo 10am-on; Beach Handball 10am-5pm; Woodball 9am-on; Beach Volleyball 9am-3.30pm; Sailing,wind surfing 10am-on
Patong Cluster Beach kebaddi 9.45am-4.15pm; Beach Sepaktakraw 8.30am-5pm; Jet-ski 10am-on;
Muay Thai 5pm-on; Petanque 8.30am-1.30pm
Bang Neaw Dam Cluster Wakeski,wakeboard 8am-1pm
Saphan Hin Cluster Beach Soccer 11am-3pm; Inline stunt 4pm-8pm; Skateboard 4pm-8pm; BMX freestyle 4pm-8pm
Nai Yang Cluster Beach athletics 2.30pm-on; Beach modern pentathlon 5.15pm-on



Phuket Update Vachira Phuket Hospital in Phuket City has opened southern Thailand's first Designated Receiving Area in a proactive move to test and treat patients suspected of suffering from ebola and other serious conditions such as dengue fever and malaria.



IANS Most tourists to Thailand have not considered martial law, currently enforced nationwide, as an obstacle to their visits to the southeast Asian country, according to an opinion poll. Twelve percent of the respondents complained about trouble while communicating in English with Thai people, said the poll.

bangkokpost.com While most foreign tourists are undeterred by the imposition of martial law in Thailand, a large number are concerned about being ripped off by cabbies and tuk-tuk drivers, an opinion survey by Bangkok University has found.
http://www.bangkokpost.com/business/tourism/443967/foreign-tourists-undeterred-by-martial-law-but-vexed-by-taxis-overcharging-in-thailand-in-thailand-a-large-number-are-concerned-about-being-ripped-off-by-cabbies-and-tuk-tuk-drivers

news.com.au Not surprisingly Bangkok in Thailand offered the cheapest airport cabs, averaging just 33 cents a kilometre followed by Bogota in Columbia at 53 cents for each km.

scmp.com At least three people have been taken away by police after dozens of protesters stormed the Legislative Council in Hong Kong and clashed repeatedly with police in the early hours of Wednesday.

wsj.com Wealthy Thais who supported last May's coup could soon be feeling the pinch after the country's military-backed government signed off on plans to introduce a new inheritance tax.

smh.com.au Australia has taken its stand against boat arrivals to a new level, saying it will no longer resettle asylum seekers found to be refugees by the United Nation's refugee agency in Indonesia who registered after July 1. But the decision could be wider than this. Human rights advocates were appalled at the decision, questioning the real motives behind it.

mizzima.com Migrant workers activist Andy Hall had a preliminary hearing November 17 into the criminal defamation and computer crimes case made by Thai company Natural Fruit, with the process being postponed by the court until February 2 next year.

bbc.com A UN committee has called for the Security Council to refer North Korea to the International Criminal Court over its human rights record.

scmp.com Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said he would call an early election to seek a fresh mandate for his economic policies, and postpone an unpopular sales tax rise, a day after data showed the economy had slipped back into recession.

thephuketinsider.com A large-scale mixed-use development named The Terminal is coming up near to Phuket International Airport. Located at the T intersection in Nai Yang near the gateway airport, the 71 rai project has commenced construction.



npr.org A human rights group is calling on Indonesia to scrap ''virginity tests'' given to female police recruits. Nisha Varia, associate women's rights director at Human Rights Watch, said in a statement: ''Police authorities in Jakarta need to immediately and unequivocally abolish the test, and then make certain that all police recruiting stations nationwide stop administering it.''

channelnewsasia.com The Rakhine chief minister and town elders in Burma (Myanmar) have summoned foreign NGOs and essentially advised them against using the word ''Rohingya''.

themalaysianinsider.com The negative effects of plummeting oil commodity prices has had a severe impact on Malaysia's growth prospects and government revenues, the Wall Street Journal reported.



nationmultimedia.com Hosts Thailand flexed their muscles to haul in 11 gold medals to stay atop the overall standings with 23 golds at press time in the 4th Asian Beach Games. Thailand made a clean sweep of both golds on offer in the beach petanque.

sportskeeda.com Qatar and Chinese Taipei won the men's and women's gold respectively in the 3x3 basketball event of the 4th Asian Beach Games at Phuket, Thailand. In the men's final, Qatar defeated India 21-20 to claim gold while Chinese Taipei defeated China 15-13 to win women's gold.

skysports.com World champions Germany beat European champions Spain 1-0 in Tuesday night's friendly, while Portugal defeated Argentina 1-0 at Old Trafford.

goal.com The home side had the better of proceedings for most of the match, and made sure the final margin would be lopsided with two late goals. Ireland 4-1 US.



November 14-23 Fourth Asia Beach Games, Phuket

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