huffingtonpost.com The smiling faces of Burmese voters hide the tragic reality for many in Myanmar - the continued exclusion and persecution of Muslims, especially the Rohingya. An important first step should be recognition of the Rohingya.


PHUKET: The daily wrap of Thailand news, with a Phuket perspective, plus relevant reports from national and international media. Beware of inconsistent imitations.



latimes.com Two US police trainers were killed and two others wounded when a Jordanian police officer opened fire at a training facility in Amman, the capital, US and Jordanian officials said.

bangkokpost.com Former TAT governor Juthamas Siriwan and her daughter pleaded "not guilty" Monday in their long-delayed trial for bribery at the Bangkok Film Festival.

huffingtonpost.com When Myanmar's new Parliament sits, the realities are going to start hitting home. Newly elected MPs will be joined by 116 MPs, 25 percent of the total, who are appointed by the head of the army. These MPs will choose one of the two vice presidents, who will, like them, be a soldier.



globalriskinsights.com The United Nations has been called upon to investigate recent claims that Myanmar has committed genocide against Rohingya Muslims: ''Ethnic cleansing becomes genocide when the efforts to remove a population aim at the group's destruction.''

<

smh.com.au Australia has copped a barrage of criticism at a United Nations human rights forum over its treatment of asylum seekers on the high seas and in offshore detention centres. Countries including Brazil, Turkey, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Bangladesh - even Rwanda, Iran and North Korea - expressed concern over Australia's treatment of refugees.

nationmultimedia.com Veteran politician Suthep Thaugsuban took a dim view of the party-list system, saying most of its MPs were useless..

ctvnews.ca New PM Justin Trudeau said he and his cabinet will rely on their diplomats' assessments and first-hand knowledge to advance Canada's foreign policy agenda: ''Sending this letter to our ambassadors and high commissioners - and essentially giving them freedom to do public diplomacy like the rest of the world - is very positive sign.''

nationmultimedia.com Former commerce minister Niwattumrong Boonsongpaisan has testified before a government committee that former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra did not commit wrongdoing in the rice-pledging scheme despite an estimated ''loss'' of 600 million billion in taxpayers' money as alleged by the government.

telegraph.co.uk Six years after becoming president. Barack Obama launched his Facebook page with a note about climate change, and the promise to share his thoughts and some ''just-for-fun stuff''.

time.com If it's proven that ISIS carried off the Egypt airliner bombing, it will underscore just how wide-ranging the terror group has become.

theguardian.com Israeli and US government officials are hoping to patch up battered relations between the two countries when Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu visits Washington this week, for meetings with Barack Obama and leading Democrats.



huffingtonpost.com Burma now has a hybrid system of military rule and democracy. It's democracy on a leash. A long slow transition means many more years of human rights abuses. More women raped by the Burmese Army, more political prisoners, more villages burned. It isn't time to celebrate yet.



euronews.com Athletics is bracing for damning revelations with today's release of a report by the World Anti-Doping Agency. According to media leaks, the WDA report will say that athletics officials tried to extort money from leading competitors in return for concealing the fact that they had failed drugs tests.



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