xinhua Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation reported on Sunday that flooding continued in 30 provinces of Thailand, with the flood death toll at 261 and four people missing.
World Cup Rugby update: Australia 11, South Africa 9
PHUKET: A daily wrap of Thailand news, with a Phuket perspective, plus relevant reports from national and international media.
tehelka.com Seven long years after the tsunami devastated [Phuket and] countries from Sumatra to India, manmade waves will be stimulated in the Indian Ocean next week to re-enact the scenario of December 26, 2004, to test the recently installed Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System. More than 20 nations are participating in a full-scale exercise organised under the auspices of Unesco's Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission. The exercise will also assess responsibility for the issue of advisories handed over to the countries of the region through a new regional tsunami advisory service.
nationmultimedia.com A fleet of about 1000 boats will be assembled in an attempt to speed the flow of water from the flood-swollen Chao Phraya River into the sea on Tuesday, Science and Technology Minister Plodprasop Surasawadi said.
bangkokpost.com Justice Minister Pracha Promnok, who has been appointed the director of the National Flood Relief Centre, said the flood disaster was a national crisis. Many Bangkok residents to stockpile food and drinking water.
bloomberg At least 253 people have been killed as a result of the seasonal monsoon rains that have hit Thailand since July 25, the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation said. About 30 of Thailand's 77 provinces remain underwater, the agency said.
scmp.com A worldwide advertising campaign featuring Cathay Pacific employees has finally been launched, two months after a sex scandal forced the airline to postpone it
telegraph.co.uk Google and Microsoft want to respectively maintain and establish their positions alongside Apple as major smartphone powers. Google has numbers on its side, with more than half of all new phones sold now running the company's Android operating system. But its problem now is to establish the operating system as a real rival to the ease of use the Apple iOS has pioneered.
mmtimes.com Optimism is growing around Burma's bid to chair Asean in 2014 as a crucial visit by Indonesia's Foreign Minister Mr Marty Natalegawa looms later this month.
Associated Press The director of Burma's state censorship board has said his own department should be abolished to allow greater press freedom in the Southeast Asian nation. US-funded Radio Free Asia cited Tint Swe, the director of the country's Press Scrutiny and Registration Department, as saying in an interview that censoring the media is not consistent with democratic values.
dailytimes.com.pk Representatives of the Kachin Womens Association of Thailand charged that Burmese troops are committing wide scale human rights abuses including rape and torture in areas controlled by armed rebel group, the Kachin Independence Organisation.
bbc.co.uk A tiny Sicilian TV station that campaigns against the Mafia, Telejato, is among hundreds of channels threatened with closure due to a change in the law. Pino Maniaci, his family and a small team of volunteers put together a daily news show, which is dominated by Mafia and corruption stories.
scmp.com France coach Marc Lievremont finally smiled at the World Cup after his side pulled off one of their famous recoveries to dump their biggest rivals, England, out of the tournament.
The Sunday Times said England, the 2003 champions, ''could not possibly have played worse in what is supposed to be the biggest tournament in the sport''.
The Independent on Sunday focussed not on England's failure, but on Wales' success over ireland, with a huge picture of Welsh scrum-half Mike Phillips taking to the air before scoring a try.
theroar.com.au It's time for the most anticipated sporting event of the weekend: the Wallabies fight for their Rugby World Cup lives this afternoon when they face the Springboks in Wellington.
THIS WEEKEND there's motor racing again at the Phuket City Saphan Hin circuit, with free entry and activities as Toyota-brand vehicles rev and race from 9am-4pm.Vios, Yaris and Prius will be on the track, with celebrity racers, and the Vios Lady Cup.
October 14 IBAP meets @ Full Moon Microbrewery and Restaurant at JungCeylon in Patong to hear Ike Nwankwo, ex NBA player and Los Angeles Laker, now Head Coach at Top Flight Basketball Academy.
October 28-30 Save Nature@ Phuket seminars and clean-up for divers, Phuket Marine Biological Centre
November 1-6 Women's Beach Volleyball Series at Karon on Phuket
November 26-27 9th Phuket International Soccer 7s
December 3-4 6th Andaman International Soccer 7s
December 4 Ironman 70.3 Asia-Pacific Championship, Laguna
March 29-April 1 Phuket International Boat Show, Royal Phuket Marina
November 14-21 Fourth Asia Beach Games, Phuket
Update: Phuket Killer Flees as Neighbors Can Only Look On in FrightUpdate A man is stabbed to death in his bedroom by a knife-wielding killer who flees into the night, with witnesses powerless to intervene. Police are now hunting the murderer.Update: Phuket Killer Flees as Neighbors Can Only Look On in Fright
Aussie Tourist Falls to Death From Patong Hotel BalconyBreaking News A security guard found the body of an Australian tourist in the car park of a Patong bank, the apparent victim of a fatal fall from his adjoining hotel balcony.Aussie Tourist Falls to Death From Patong Hotel Balcony
Phuket Will See World Record Hawaii Ironman Champ Race at Laguna PhuketLatest Phuket sports fans will see a reigning world champion in action later this year when Aussie Craig Alexander, arguably the best ever, competes in the Phuket Ironman.Phuket Will See World Record Hawaii Ironman Champ Race at Laguna Phuket
Phuket Likely to See More Rohingya Boatpeople This Sailing SeasonNews Analysis The arrival on the Malaysian island of Penang of the first boatpeople of the ''sailing season'' means Phuket can expect visitors whose fate will remain just as uncertain on dry land.Phuket Likely to See More Rohingya Boatpeople This Sailing Season
Fix All Phuket's Rip-Off Woes, Envoys Will Tell Tourism MinisterBreaking News A group of envoys from European nations plan to ask the new Tourism Minister to resolve Phuket's tuk-tuk and taxi transport issues and end jet-ski scams to protect tourists and tourism.Fix All Phuket's Rip-Off Woes, Envoys Will Tell Tourism Minister
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