smh.com.au The Australian government has made good on its threat to block US R&B singer Chris Brown from touring the country later this year, because of his domestic violence history.


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bangkokpost.com Thailand has won endorsement by the group of 77 developing nations to chair the 51-year-old bloc at the United Nations for 2016-2017.

nytimes.com Bono and Mark Zuckerberg write; The Internet should not belong to only three billion people, as it does today. It should be seen as a necessity for development, and a tool that makes larger things possible.

bangkokpost.com Suvarnabhumi airport's passenger throughput looks set to break a record of more than 52 million this year, exceeding its design capacity by 15 percent.



bangkokpost.com Two key suspects in last month's Erawan shrine bomb blast were taken to the scene for re-enactment amid tight security on Saturday afternoon.



nationmultimedia.com The government was prepared to tackle issues largely neglected over the years, such as human trafficking and illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, Thaikland's Prime Minister, Prayuth Chan-ocha, said in New York.

smh.com.au The UN has postponed a planned visit to Australia because the federal government cannot guarantee legal immunity to detention centre workers who discuss asylum seekers and migrants. The Human Rights Law Centre's executive director, Hugh de Kretser, said the cancelled visit was ''unprecedented for a western liberal democracy.''



Phuket Update One woman was killed and another seriously injured when their motorcycle crashed into the stone wall of a resort on a steep slope as they entered Kamala on Friday night. The survivor has been named as Yanika Midseang, 22.

thaipbs.or.th Phuket's Sakoo Tambon Administration Organisation (Or Bor Tor) deputy Chief Surin Yotharak revealed that for many decades Nai Yang beachfront had been taken over by small businesses who constructed shops and restaurants to take advantage of the boom in tourism. It was not until the NCPO came into power before the area was rightly returned to the public.

theguardian.com Last week satellite images revealed Russia's military expansion in Syria, with deployments of troops, tanks and warplanes. Now western governments are scrambling to respond to the shift in power in the Middle East.

PA British adventure tourist James Robert Murphy, 20, and Daniel Thomas Hollnsteiner, 21, of New York, were killed in a freak storm while kayaking on a New Zealand's Lake Tekapo. Nine survivors were treated for hypothermia after spending up to an hour in the freezing waters.

cnn.com After Pope Francis finished his speech to Congress, a Pennsylvania congressman walked up to the rostrum and swiped the half-empty glass from which the Holy See had just sipped. Glass in hand, Democratic Rep. Bob Brady carefully walked back to his office where he, his wife, a friend and a staffer took turns sipping the water from the glass.

thephuketinsider.com While global Communism seems to be falling by the wayside, a new tourist segment is catching on called ''red tourism.'' According to a news piece in the International New York Times, a growing number of Chinese are visiting historic political landmarks in Russia.

smh.com.au Google has trialled driverless cars and Singapore has driverless trains. Now the airline industry is experimenting with the idea of pilotless passenger planes.



cambodiadaily.com A British man convicted of raping a teenager in Phnom Penh in 2009 had his case thrown out of the Court of Appeal, then accused a prominent NGO head of conspiring to frame him.



afp Dan Biggar guided an injury-hit Wales to a thrilling 28-25 World Cup win over England at Twickenham as they twice came from 10 points behind to record a stunning 'Pool of Death' victory.



October 15-23 Phuket Vegetarian Festival

November Patong Festival

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