PHUKET: The daily wrap of Thailand news, with a Phuket perspective, plus relevant reports from national and international media. Beware of inconsistent imitations.
bbc.co.uk The mother of a murdered backpacker has urged the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to do more to help families whose relatives are killed abroad. Kirsty Jones, 23, was raped and strangled in Thailand in 2000. Sue Jones is annoyed she has had no response to a Freedom of Information request to have murder investigation files released.
bangkokpost.com The anti-Thaksin group will cease rallies in front of Government House while the Chinese prime minister is in town, but some supporters vow to hit the street for anti-government protests Friday, regardless of Internal Security Act restrictions.
nationmultimedia.com Public prosecutors have dropped terrorism charges against fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra in connection with the unrest and riots of 2010, due to ''weak evidence,'' attorney-general Athapol Yaisawang said.
afp Burma (Myanmar) won a new diplomatic prize Thursday for its dramatic political reforms, taking the helm of Southeast Asia's regional bloc despite warnings from some critics that the move was premature.
AP Just a few years ago Burma was an isolated dictatorship that embarrassed Asean with its dismal human rights record. Burma still has a long way to go. ''Now that the Asean leadership has fallen into their laps,'' said Panitan Wattanayagorn, an international relations specialist at Bangkok's Chulalongkorn University, ''they may think they don't have to do more.''
cbslocal.com OMG: Phuket Piercings!
france24.com Thailand's nine-day Vegetarian Festival in the tourist island of Phuket is a spectacular - and bloody - Chinese Taoist procession in which devotees purify themselves in public displays of self-mutilation.
huffingtonpost.com Thailand's Vegetarian Festival In Phuket Is Spectacular And Bloody Procession (PHOTOS)
mirror.co.uk Vegetarian Festival Thailand: See worshippers pierce their faces with KNIVES and GUNS
afp ''Phuket has the biggest vegetarian festival in the country,'' said Chanchai Doungjit, director of Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) in Phuket, adding that some 600 million baht ($19 million) is spent by visitors in Phuket province during the festivities.
bangkokpost.com Deadly accidents involving immigrant workers have become so frequent that they have lost their shock value. It is the same story with the influx of Rohingya boat people. Thailand now faces trade boycott threats from the US and the EU for its failure to tackle human trafficking. Unless corrupt officials are punished, Thailand cannot escape international scrutiny.
bbc.co.uk Canada's Alice Munro - called the ''master of the contemporary short story'' - won the 2013 Nobel Prize in literature. The prize committee compared the 82-year-old author to Anton Chekhov, the 19th century Russian who is considered one of the greatest short story writers in history.
bangkokpost.com Vivo Bene AG, a Swiss nursing and personal care company, is investing 250 million baht to develop a nursing home project for Alzheimer's patients in Doi Saket, Chiang Mai.
independent.co.uk Scientists at Disney have taken the touchscreen experience to the next level by creating a textured screen that allows viewers to feel videos and images. An algorithm developed by Disney Research can be used on touch devices such as desktops, mobile phones and tablets, to simulate 3D features on screen including ridges, edges, protrusions and texture.
ndtv.com President Barack Obama nominated respected economist Janet Yellen, 67, to lead the Federal Reserve, replacing outgoing Chairman Ben Bernanke, who carried the central bank through the financial crisis.
bbc.co.uk Scott Carpenter, one of the last surviving members of the Mercury 7 - Nasa's first group of astronauts - has died aged 88. In 1962 Mr Carpenter became the second American to orbit the earth, piloting the Aurora 7 spacecraft through three revolutions.
cbsnews.com Elephants are smarter than previously understood, according to research in the journal Current Biology. A pair of researchers from the University of St. Andrews tested 11 African elephants, all in captivity, to see if the animals understood the point of pointing.
wsj.com A former Singaporean diplomat faces a potentially hefty jail sentence if found guilty of inflating expense claims for pineapple tarts and wine consumed on official overseas trips. Lim Cheng Hoe, former chief of protocol at Singapore's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, was charged with 60 counts of cheating over claims.
telegraph.co.uk The ultra-wealthy from Asia and Australasia are buying second homes in just a handful of enclaves, namely the Thai resorts of Phuket and Samui, Indonesia's Bali and Niseko in northern Japan, which is popular for skiing.
thejakartapost.com Bali's tourist industry is seriously focusing on penetrating emerging tourist markets in Asean, which have been growing significantly in the last few years.
bbc.co.uk Legendary batsman Sachin Tendulkar will retire from all forms of cricket after playing his 200th Test next month. The 40-year-old former India captain, who retired from one-day internationals in December 2012, will end his career with two matches against West Indies.
mirror.co.uk England coach Andy Flower, who knows a straight bat from a curved ball, spoke for entire continents when he said: ''There are two kinds of batsman in the world. One, Sachin Tendulkar. Two, all the others.''
smh.com.au Six weeks out from the first Test against England in Brisbane, it has emerged the controversial infrared camera technology Hot Spot has been sidelined by the series' broadcaster Channel Nine.
theguardian.com Sixteen-year-old Australian Jacob Willcox has announced himself on the world surfing scene by defeating 11-time world champion Kelly Slater. The wildcard from Western Australia upstaged Slater in the opening round of the penultimate World Championship Tour event at Supertubos in Portugal.
Until October 13 Phuket Vegetarian Festival
October 11 IBAP non-program networking, Full Moon Brewwork Microbrewery, Jungceylon
October 12 Phuket Soi Dogs Foundation 10th anniversary party, Andara
October 19PTT Rayong V Phuket FC
October 23 Chulalongkorn Memorial Day
October 26 Phuket Navy League Margaritaville-Parrot Head Party 8pm, Underwood Art Factory, bypass road
October 26 Phuket Fc V Rayong United
October 29-November 3 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour, Karon
October 31 Halloween
November 2 Nakhonrachasima FC V Phuket FC
November 5 Melbourne Cup Day
November 8-9 Islamic New year celebrations, opposite Phuket Provincial Hall
November 17 Loy Kratong Day
November 24-December 1 Challenge Laguna Phuket Tri-Fest. Laguna Phuket
December 5 HM The King's birthday
December 26 Commemoration of 2004 Asian Tsunami
January 9-12 Phuket International Boat Show, Royal Phuket Marina
September 24-October 2 Vegetarian Festival, Phuket
November 14-21 Fourth Asia Beach Games, Phuket
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