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bbc.com Gunfire has reportedly resumed at Karachi airport after Sunday's attack by gunmen, which left 23 people dead and a number of others injured.
bangkokpost.com High-cost high-speed trains will most certainly be shelved by the National Council for Peace and Order, which is due to meet this week to discuss new infrastructure.
reuters Italy has rescued about 5200 men, women and children and recovered three dead bodies from overcrowded boats in the Mediterranean Sea since early Thursday.
news.com.au Aussie Daniel Ricciardo, 24, ended Mercedes early-season domination when he drove his Red Bull to his maiden victory in a crash and incident-packed Canadian Grand Prix.
PhuketWATCH Daily Media Wrap
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Today's Top News Items
rt.com Qatar is facing fresh corruption allegations over winning the right to host the 2022 World Cup, including allegations that disgraced former Fifa vice president Mohamed Bin Hammam arranged government-level talks for Thailand's Fifa executive Worawi Makudi to discuss a natural gas sale that Britain's Sunday Times said was ''potentially worth tens of millions of dollars to Thailand.''
bangkokpost.com The curfew was lifted in Koh Chang district in the eastern province of Trat, Hat Yai district in the southern province of Songkhla and Koh Phangan district in the southern province of Surat Thani.
bangkokpost.com The army says several key red-shirt activists have agreed to talks with the National Council for Peace and Order, boosting the junta's three-stage plan for reconciliation.
sbs.com.au Australia's downgrading of military ties with Thailand over the May 22 coup was marked by a breach in diplomatic protocols as well as triggering ''concerns and surprise,'' according to Thai Foreign Ministry officials. Thai Acting Foreign Minister, Sihasak Phuangketkeow, is planning to travel to Australia.
AP A small group of anti-coup activists from Bangkok's Thammasat University had hoped to hold a picnic rally, but they found the park next to their campus sealed off. So they paraded down a nearby street, handing out sandwiches and cakes. One older man shouted to onlookers, ''Sandwiches for democracy!''
news.com.au Nude photos of a nanny to the British prime minister's children have been posted on X-rated live sex websites. Police have been called in to investigate, according to The Sun, which broke the story.
The Hunt for Missing Flight MH370
news.com.au Oil rig worker Mike McKay who claimed to have seen missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 burst into flames over the Gulf of Thailand has been fired because his report to authorities led to callers blocking the rig's communication lines.
malaysiandigest.com Just last week, British yachtswoman Katherine Tee, 41, reported seeing an airliner on fire on the same night as McKay's ''burning plane'' - but she was sailing east from southern India to Phuket.
afp Several families of those aboard Flight MH370 launched a drive to raise $5 million to reward any insider who comes forward and resolves the mystery of the plane's disappearance exactly three months ago.
Phuket World of People
bangkokpost.com Police in Udon Thani arrested American Steven Timothy Rowe, 49, for allegedly murdering his 19-year-old girlfriend whose body was found in a bag on a restaurant rooftop in Pattaya.
nationmultimedia.com Phuket police have netted a Burmese man for allegedly scamming four compatriots into working on a fishing trawler for six months without pay. Ao Mo, 49, has confessed to human trafficking on several occasions and helping illegal migrants avoid arrest, Region 8 chief Major General Panya Mamen said.
thephuketnews.com Krabi man, Konoksak Promdaeng, 21, a bus driver for a Chinese tour agency on Phuket, was arrested at his Rassada home after police found Chinese tourists' stolen iPhones and cash. He admitted thefts to sustain a drug habit.
timesofisrael.com Two Israeli girls kidnapped by their father and taken to Thailand were reunited with their mother and returned to Israel in a transnational operation. The father was arrested for overstaying his visa. While he was in custody, the girls were reunited with their mother in Thailand and flown back to Israel. Relatives in Israel were arrested on suspicion of blackmail and aiding and abetting the kidnapping.
thephuketinsider.com While many residents are hailing the moves against Phuket's mafia-like transport cartel, eyes are now tuning to the privately operated beach clubs and oceanfront restaurants and bars that dot the shoreline, to see how the new policy makers will view these outlets.
nationmultimedia.com Voice TV and T News are expected to resume broadcasts soon after adjusting programs to be in line with orders from the ruling junta, a source from the broadcasting regulator revealed.
businesstimes.com.sg The disclosure by Vodafone Group, provider of mobile phone service to more than 400 million customers worldwide, that some governments tap directly into its network without company consent spurred a new round of protests by privacy advocates about the scope of surveillance.
stickmanweekly.com Prices continue to creep up in Phuket's bar ground zero, Patong. Lady drinks at Rock Hard are 200 baht and the longest running gogo bar on Phuket has introduced the Baccara barfine pricing system where if you wish to barfine a lady you MUST buy her 2 lady drinks, on top of the barfine.
cnn.com In a daring operation worthy of a movie, three men escaped from a Canadian jail by helicopter, prompting a massive manhunt, authorities said. The men escaped from a detention center in Quebec City.
cambridge-news.co.uk Author and Conservative politician Lord Jeffrey Archer has revealed he has been treated for prostate cancer.
What's Happening Around Asean Nations
dailymail.co.uk Police in Malaysia are investigating claims that British backpacker Gareth Huntley may have been murdered in a fight, it has been reported.
thejakartaglobe.com Surprisingly for a grouping that is often derided as toothless, the AEC is well on its way to implementation. All nations have adopted the Asean national single window (NSW), a facility that allows standardised information and documents such as customs declarations or import and export permits to be submitted once to a single location. Furthermore, government bond and stock markets across the region are converging as the 10 nations move toward becoming a single bloc.
World Cup 2014 and Phuket World of Sport
theguardian.com History weighed heavily on both rackets on Court Philippe Chatrier on Sunday and, for the 23rd time in 42 matches against Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal was left to drink in the applause, relieved and elated to win his ninth French Open title, his fifth in a row.
belfasttelegraph.co.uk The storm might have cleared but the way forward remains unclear for Roy Hodgson after his England side failed to score against ten men Honduras in their final World Cup finals warm-up game.
afp In response to the Sunday Times latest allegations, the Qatar 2022 Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy insisted in a new statement that ''Qatar has won the bid on its merits and we are confident that at the end of the appropriate process, the award of the 2022 World Cup to Qatar will stand.'' Fifa is due to meet this week.
bbc.com Andy Murray's appointment of Amelie Mauresmo as his new coach has sparked excitement throughout the tennis world. The Frenchwoman, 34, will initially work with Murray for the grass court season.
Coming Events on Phuket
Until June 14 Phuket prisons fair, Saphan Hin, Phuket City
July 11 Arsanha Bucha Day
July 16-20 Phuket Race Week yachting, Cape Panwa
August 12 Queen's Birthday
September 24-October 2 Vegetarian Festival, Phuket
October 23 Chulalongkorn Memorial Day
November 6 Loy Kratong
November 14-21 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
