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AP An annual freshman pillow fight at the US Military Academy turned bloody this year when cadets swung pillowcases packed with hard objects, injuring 30 cadets, according to a newspaper report.
afp Spanish football giants Real Madrid said they will donate 1 million euros (1.11 million dollars) to help refugees to be taken in by Spain in the next few weeks.
PhuketWATCH Daily Media Wrap
PHUKET: The daily wrap of Thailand news, with a Phuket perspective, plus relevant reports from national and international media. Beware of inconsistent imitations.
Today's Top Stories
bangkokpost.com General Prayut Chan-o-cha has invoked Section 44 of the 2014 interim charter to strip Thaksin Shinawatra of his police rank, effective on Sunday.
nationmultimedia.com Police are set to seek a warrant for the arrest of a tenth suspect in connection with last month's Erawan Shrine bombing, a source close to the investigation said.
bangkokpost.com Two members of a drug-trafficking gang have been arrested and 100kg of crystal methamphetamine worth about 300 million baht seized in Chumphon's Pathiu district, police said.
Human Trafficking in Thailand
bangkokpost.com Editorial: We have to look at the worldwide situation and confront the fact the migrant crisis is the defining challenge of our times. History will judge how humanity rises to meet it.
youthkiawaaz.com Until such time as each nation is prepared to assist in such massive humanitarian crises, refugees are in serious trouble.
PA Singer and human rights campaigner Sir Bob Geldof has offered to immediately take in four families as he expressed disgust at the migrant and refugee crisis in Europe.
manilastandardtoday.com The boat people face circumstances different from those fleeing Syria and neighboring countries. Deemed stateless entities because the Myanmar government would not recognise them as an ethnic minority group, they are treated with hostility and discriminated against in Myanmar. In their desire to escape, they were taken by human traffickers who eventually abandoned them at sea.
Phuket World of People
nationmultimedia.com Three loud chai-yos for the Phuket Provincial Court in acquitting two Phuketwan news website journalists over a report implicating the Thai Navy in human trafficking. The Phuket court's courage benefits not only the individuals concerned, but also the image of Thailand - for justice has not only been done, but it has been seen to be done. The verdict thus is a win-win.
stuff.co.nz New Zealander Gareth Hughes ran after and managed to catch up with a Bangkok taxi that had disappeared with his belongings and ''rag dolled'' the driver before getting his bags out of the boot and continuing on to the airport to make his flight to China.
Phuket Update A fugitive wanted for possession of more than five million baht's worth of drugs and related assets was arrested in Songkhla. Anuwat ''Obie'' Thongtan, 31, escaped from his Phuket home last month just before police arrived.
aa.com.tr A Muslim leader in Thailand's insurgency-plagued south who had survived a previous attack was shot dead in Pattani province, according to local media. Dormeng Benjaewan, the 76-year-old imam of the Payonok Mosque in Saiburi district, was shot several times by a suspect riding pillion on a motorcycle in front of a food shop.
telegraph.co.uk Gerard Depardieu, the French actor, has declared that he will ''sell everything'' in his home country, including his chateau and restaurants. ''I want to sell everything in France!'' he told TV Magazine. ''I don't want to be a part of this country any more, even though I love the French.''
smh.com.au New York City millionaire Leslie Ann Mandel who died in June has left a $100,000 trust fund to care for her 32 pet cockatiels.
Around the Region
nationmultimedia.com A group of Thai supporters arrested in Laos for causing disturbance during Thailand's 6-0 football victory over Vietnam on Friday night were released after spending a night in detention. Twenty-five Thai fans were detained overnight in Laos following a crowd disturbance on terraces at the National Sports Complex stadium in Vientiane.
Phuket World of Sport
afp Wayne Rooney equalled Bobby Charlton's England goalscoring record as Roy Hodgson's side beat San Marino 6-0 to become the first nation to secure qualification for Euro 2016.
Coming Events on Phuket 2015
September 6-11 Asian Weightlifting Championships
Until September 12 Por Tor (Hungry Ghost) Festival
September Quicksilver surf carnival at Patong beach
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
