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news.sky.com Fights among passengers at British airports have been reported after long queues formed at passport control desks due to IT problems.
wsj.com Oklahoma's governor called for a review of state executions after a botched lethal injection of an inmate spurred critics of capital punishment to call for a nationwide moratorium on putting people to death.
independent.co.uk Louis van Gaal anticipates being appointed Manchester United manager by the start of next week, leaving him just a few days to establish transfer market priorities before he begins preparations for the World Cup with the Dutch national team.
independent.co.uk The Sultan of Brunei, an absolute monarch who pays for a garrison of British troops to be stationed is his oil rich nation, will on Thursday dismiss the concerns of human rights campaigners and start imposing sharia law. Many of the laws, which include the dismemberment of limbs and stoning to death, will apply to both Muslims and non-Muslims.
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bangkokpost.com Anti-government protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban has set May 14 as the date to launch a ''final all-out battle'' against the government. In the lead-up to the May 14 rally, Mr Suthep also announced two major rallies on Coronation Day, Monday May 5, and Visakha Bucha Day, Tuesday May 13.
Shortly after Mr Suthep's announcement, Jatuporn Promphan, chairman of the pro-government United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) unveiled a change of date for a red shirt rally from May 6 to May 5, the same day the PDRC supporters will gather at Sanam Luang.
afp Thailand will hold a new general election on July 20, a top poll official said, in an effort to resolve a deadly six-month political crisis.
xinhuanet.com The government has agreed with all EC proposals such as enhancing the candidate registration mechanism and deploying security forces to help maintain order during the election, EC Secretary General Puchong Nutrawong said.
AP Although it remains unclear whether the anti-government movement will try to disrupt this election as well, the opposition Democrat Party's leader Abhisit Vejjajiva has softened his stance in recent days indicating that his party will likely contest the elections.
nst.com.my Some bold assumptions about a rapid end to a six-month political crisis are all that stand between Thailand and its first real recession since the global financial crisis.
Latest on Lost Flight MH370
cbsnews.com Malaysia says it will release a preliminary report of its investigation into Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 on Thursday, more than seven weeks after the plane vanished with 239 people on board.
notthenation.com The ongoing saga of locating Malaysia Airlines flight 370 took another disappointing turn today as search planes discovered that many of the large objects seen by satellites were just floating rafts full of Rohingya refugees.
http://notthenation.com/2014/03/mh370-search-planes-spot-floating-rohingya-refugees-dismiss-as-unrelated-debris/
cnn.com Two Bangladesh navy frigates are sailing to the Bay of Bengal site identified as a possible Flight 370 crash site - despite search coordinators believing the wreckage will be found thousands of miles away in the Indian Ocean.
channelnewsasia.com Malaysia this week opens what it calls KLIA2, the world's largest airport built specifically for low-cost airlines at a cost of $1.2 billion, a project driven by budget travel's phenomenal growth but which debuts under the shadow of missing flight MH370.
Phuket World of People
nationmultimedia.com Phuket police used a location app to quickly track down a woman who had stolen a Danish tourist's iPhone. Michael Dybdahl, 51, from Denmark, reported that his iPhone was missing to Patong police who used the Find My iPhone app and soon after arrested Sangwal Singnha, 37.
telegraph.co.uk Authorities in Majorca have vowed to fine tourists who leave the beach dressed only in bikinis or speedos this summer. As part of a Good Citizen Plan, Palma City Council has announced that it will issue fines of up to $1000 to holidaymakers who take to the streets dressed in nothing but beachwear.
washingtonpost.com Shocking images: The Rohingya may be the most well-known forgotten people on earth. Hunger and malnutrition stalk the camps, leaving infant children most vulnerable. According to one aid worker whom Reuters cites in the Kyein Ni Pin camp, six infants have died there in the weeks since doctors from Medecins Sans Frontieres were ordered out of Burma.
worldbulletin.net US lawmakers called on the Obama administration to punish countries that do too little to fight human trafficking, including Thailand and Malaysia, and said Myanmar should not receive a waiver to avoid possible sanctions over its record. Citing reports on the exploitation of Myanmar's Rohingya Muslim minority in their home country as well as Thailand and Malaysia, Republican US Representative Chris Smith said authorities have done too little to protect them.
news.malaysia.msn.com ''Rohingya are leaving Burma by the thousands to escape religious persecution,'' Smith said at a House of Representatives subcommittee hearing on Tier Rankings and the US State Department's annual Trafficking in Persons report.
independent.co.uk Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams has been arrested in Northern Ireland in connection with the murder of Jean McConville in 1972, according to the Police Service of Northern Ireland. Her body was not found until 2003.
bangkokpost.com Siam Makro Plc, the operator of the Makro cash-and-carry store chain under Charoen Pokphand Group, announced that it will double its investment this year to 8 billion baht to expand its business.
wsj.com There is nowhere better in the world to eat than Bangkok - at least according to food website Chowzter, which recently named the Thai capital the world's ''foodiest city.''
huffingtonpost.co.uk Whether it's a cosy boutique hotel in the jungle, a shack by the sea or a pampering palace you're after - you can find exactly what you need in Thailand.
aap The bill for thousands of Australians on disability pensions living overseas in places like Thailand, Bali and Greece is around $100 million a year.
More News from the Region and the World
rsf.org For the first time ever, Reporters Without Borders is publishing a list of profiles of ''100 information heroes'' for World Press Freedom Day (May 3). Through their courageous work or activism, these ''100 heroes'' help to promote the freedom enshrined in article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the freedom ''to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.''
scmp.com Three people were killed and 79 injured in a terror attack outside the largest railway station in Urumqi, capital of troubled Xinjiang.
theguardian.com Bottles, plastic bags, fishing nets and other human litter have been found in Europe's deepest ocean depths, according one of the largest scientific surveys of the seafloor to date.
amnesty.org President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's decade in office has been marked by only patchy progress on human rights and Indonesia's next leader must urgently tackle ongoing violations and repeal repressive and discriminatory laws, Amnesty International said in a human rights agenda for Indonesia's presidential candidates.
theguardian.com Facebook Inc rolled out a new service that it envisions will distribute ads across a network of mobile applications, opening the door to a new source of revenue for the Internet social network.
smh.com.au Peaches Geldof died of a heroin overdose, echoing the death of her mother 14 years earlier, according to reports.
nationmultimedia.com While Thai workers are expected to voice grievances over low pay against the rising cost of living today, many migrant workers continue struggling to make ends meet with little complaint. For these workers from Cambodia, Myanmar and Laos, Thailand is a still a good place to work.
thejakartaglobe.com A 29-year-old South Korean tourist was detained for drunk driving in Bali after he crashed into a moving motorcycle, parked cars and tree. ''He didn't stop when he hit [the parked cars], he ran away instead,'' a Bali Police spokesman said. ''Good thing the public didn't [take matters into its own hands].''
Phuket World of Sport
news.com.au Chelsea have been dumped out of the Champions League as Atletico Madrid set up a dream final against near-neighbors Real in Lisbon later this month. Despite taking a first-half lead through Fernando Torres, Chelsea had no answer to the classy Spaniards who secured a 3-1 semi-final win both at Stamford Bridge and on aggregate.
news.sky.com Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling has been banned for life from the NBA for making racist comments. NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said the league would encourage its board of governors to force the sale of the basketball club. Mr Silver also levied a $2.5m fine on the 80-year-old owner for ''deeply offensive and harmful'' remarks.
afp Hollywood moguls, sports stars and rappers have all voiced interest in taking over the Los Angeles Clippers after the NBA urged owners to expel disgraced Donald Sterling in the wake of a racism row.
theage.com.au Australia is once again the world's No.1 ranked Test cricket nation without a ball being bowled, reclaiming the position for the first time in more than five years overnight.
Phuket Coming Events 2014
May 15 ''Final battle'' for Thailand's street protesters
May 24 Visakha Bucha Day
July 11 Arsanha Bucha Day
August 12 Queen's Birthday
September 24-October 2 Vegetarian Festival, Phuket
October 23 Chulalongkorn Memorial Day
November 6 Loy Kratong
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
I did read that the Monty Python team were back together but never realised they were with Not The Nation.
Posted by Sudo Nim on May 1, 2014 08:48