bangkokpost.com A number of suspects in the Bangkok bombings in August, Thais and foreigners, have been arrested abroad and Thailand is seeking their extradition, police confirm. Officers have declined to name the country.

cbc.ca A man and a woman suspected of carrying out a shooting at a social services facility in San Bernardino, California, have been killed after a gun battle with police.

bangkokpost.com The possible ban on Thai airlines by the European Aviation Safety Agency could cause a marked drop in tourist arrivals, the Tourism Authority of Thailand warns.


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dpa Multiple heavily armed attackers were on the loose in the southern California city of San Bernardino, after they shot and killed as many as 14 people and wounded others at a non-profit health agency.

bangkokpost.com The Supreme Court has refused permission for former PM Yingluck Shinawatra to travel to talk to European MPs.

nationmultimedia.com Thai authorities are expected to complete the overhaul of the national aviation safety system by August next year, after which the country should qualify to have the International Civil Aviation Organisation's red flag on safety concern lifted, according to the Transport Ministry.



Phuket Update Security guard Nattapong Rittidech, 19, was rewarded with 3000 baht for handing in a pouch containing 400,000 baht in cash that he found on top of a urinal stall in the men's room at the Tesco Lotus in Samkong, Phuket City, on his first day of work at the shopping centre: ''I never opened it or checked what was inside.''

frontiermyanmar.net President U Thein Sein assured opposition leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi that power would be ''peacefully'' handed over to her National League for Democracy party that won the November 8 polls by a landslide, a government spokesman said. There has not been a transfer of power to the winner's party in Myanmar since independence in 1948.

wsj.com Thailand's military-installed government scrambled to minimise the potential impact from the US Federal Aviation Administration's move to downgrade its safety rating on the tourism-dependent country's aviation industry. Its biggest concern now is that the European Aviation Safety Agency might follow suit and downgrade Thailand.

foxnews.com The Thai island of Phuket has had a huge problem with uninsured travelers. Foreigners come to the popular beach destination, get injured and then are unable to pay their hospital bill. By some estimates, hospitals across all of Thailand have lost $5.58 million (200 million THB) in unpaid hospital bills from tourists over the past 12 months.

smh.com.au ''One hectare of healthy sea grass has the capacity of holding 15 times the carbon of one hectare of Amazonian rainforest,'' Professor Duarte, a marine ecologist at Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, said. ''Their role as a carbon sink has been neglected.''

reuters The heaviest rainfall in over a century caused massive flooding across the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, driving thousands from their homes, shutting auto factories and paralysing the airport in the state capital Chennai.

ttrweekly.com Thailand's tourism industry hosted a welcoming ceremony for the 27 millionth tourist, just 10 days after the kingdom handed out prizes to the lucky 26th millionth visitor who arrived in Phuket. US citizen Chelsea Raeann Graham was the lucky 27th millionth visitor. Tourism officials welcomed her at Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Airport.



smh.com.au An Australian A320 pilot said the AirAsia crash once again highlighted the issue of pilots becoming too dependent on automation, which was degrading manual flying skills. On a commercial flight these days, it is possible a pilot will spend as little as one minute touching the control stick.



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