theguardian.com Islamic State has released a video appearing to show the British terrorist known as Jihadi John standing over the severed head of US aid worker Peter Kassig. The footage also showed what appeared to be the mass beheading of several captured Syrian soldiers.

asiaone.com The mothers of two teenage boys reportedly lured to work on an Indonesian fishing trawler called on Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha to bring their sons back. Saowapa's son, Thaksin Wannasin, is just 15 and Jimmy's son Thiradon Pengkho is barely 13 years old.


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bangkokpost.com The Thai Journalists Association will push next week for the lifting of orders restricting freedom of expression of journalists and the general public, as well as martial law.

telegraph.co.uk ''Jihadi John,'' the man accused of executing British hostages David Haines and Alan Henning and two Americans held by Isil, may have been injured in an airstrike on an Iraqi town close to the Syrian border a week ago.

bangkokpost.com Gathering ideas about reform from the public is essential but curbs on meetings are making the job of the National Reform Council (NRC) more difficult, say some members.

theglobeandmail.com Vladimir Putin is quitting a Group of 20 summit early after facing heavy criticism over what Western forces say are Russian combat troops entering Ukraine. The reception for Mr Putin in Brisbane included sharp rebukes from Stephen Harper and Barack Obama.



AP More than 200 refugees detained in Thailand earlier this year are believed to be Chinese Uighurs and should be repatriated, a Chinese consul said, dismissing concerns they will be mistreated.



Chaofa Cluster Paragliding, power paragliding 9am-on
Karon Cluster Beach Basketball 10am-noon Beach Handball 10am-5pm; Woodball 9am-3.30pm; Squash 7pm-on; Beach Volleyball 9am-4.30pm; Sailing,windsurfing 10am-on
Patong Cluster Beach Sepaktakraw 8.30am-6pm; Beach Wrestling 3pm-5pm; Kurash 4pm-on; Petanque 8.30am-on
Bang Neaw Dam Cluster Cable wakeboard, Wakeskate 9am-4.15pm
Saphan Hin Cluster Beach Soccer 9.45am-4pm; Sport Climbing 8am-4pm



afp The world's most powerful economies meeting as G20 vowed to ''extinguish'' the Ebola epidemic ravaging west Africa, as the vast desert nation of Mali scrambled to prevent a new outbreak of the killer disease.

belfasttelegraph.co.uk The poor, as the man said, are with ye always. Ditto, it appears, Band Aid. The music industry's charity effort has re-released itself in time for a renewed assault of the Christmas No 1 spot 10 years after its last incarnation.



bangkokpost.com Russian tourist Behpa Venera Khasianova, 22, suffered a cut hand as she struggled with a man on a motorbike who attempted to snatch her bag, Pattaya police said. The would be thief, quickly arrested, said he tried to steal because he had lost his job at a karaoke.

thecitizen.org.au An Australian journalist working in Thailand fears he will not get a fair trial on criminal defamation charges because of a damaging statement issued by the country's Justice Ministry in refusing his application for legal aid.
http://www.thecitizen.org.au/news/australian-journalist-fears-rough-justice-thai-defamation-case

AP A strong 7.1 undersea earthquake hit eastern Indonesia, triggering a small tsunami and some panic but no casualties or major damage.

nationmultimedia.com Actress Panadda ''Boom'' Wongphudee presented Bt50,000 to Bangkok garbage collector Surat Maneenopparatsuda. But after thanking Boom, Surat gave the money back and told her to donate it to charity causes for underprivileged people. Fined for selling copy videos, he said he was content with what he had - freedom, a job, a loving family and no debt.

cbsnews.com Russian state television has released a satellite photograph that it claims shows that a Ukrainian fighter jet shot down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17.But many commentators dismissed the photo as a fake.

watoday.com.au Bill Cosby has cancelled yet another TV appearance amid a growing uproar over allegations the comedian sexually assaulted several women decades ago.

nationmultimedia.com Two women were shot dead in Yala's Betong district, while a female teacher was also fatally shot in Pattani's Khok Pho district. A bomb in Narathiwat's Rueso district also injured a defence volunteer.

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scmp./com Thousands of Rohingya boatpeople who have left Myanmar in the past month are missing, raising fears their boats have been prevented from reaching shore.

fna Chris Lewa, the coordinator of the Arakan Project, said that about 12,000 Rohingyas aboard boats have departed the Western Myanmar state of Rakhine since October 15, but have not made a landfall or contacted relatives after their voyages, which normally take several days.

nytimes.com ''Discrimination toward the Rohingya or any other religious minority, I think, does not express the kind of country, over the long term, that Burma wants to be,'' President Obama said at a news conference with Aung San Suu Kyi.

intoday.in Singapore is ready to help India make a good decision in realising its ambitious plan to develop 100 smart cities across the country, a senior minister said in Singapore.



afp England and reigning champions Spain both secured home victories in Euro 2016 qualifying.

nationmultimedia.com Thailand's sensational 2-0 win over Iran in the men's foot volley competition was the highlight of the day in the 4th Asian Beach Games.

bangkokpost.com Thailand claimed one gold medal in foot volley and a silver in the women's marathon swimming at the fourth Asian Beach Games. The Thais remained second overall but cut Mongolia'[s lead to only one gold.

xinhua Shi Yu claimed China's first gold medal at the Beach Asian Games as the 19-year-old triumphed in the women's 5km swimming. The runner-up in last Games clocked 59 minutes and 49.3 seconds to go one up this time as Thailand's Benjaporn Sriphanomthorn took the silver medal.

sportskeeda.com First day of the matches of the 3x3 basketball of the 4th Asian Beach Games at Phuket, Thailand saw mix results for the South Asian teams. In the Women's category India lost to Philippines 11-13 While Nepal lost to Turkmenistan 6-18. In Men's category Bangladesh lost to Qatar 9-21, Afghanistan beat Maldives 6- 5, Banglasesh beat Maldives 20-10, India beat Bhutan 21-9, Afghanistan lost to Turkmenistan 7-10 and India beat Laos 21-4.

Phuket Update Laguna Phuket will relaunch its 18-hole championship golf course in early January after a revamp.



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