bbc.co.uk Russian President Vladimir Putin has challenged the US to present to the UN evidence that Syria attacked rebels with chemical weapons near Damascus. Mr Putin said it would be ''utter nonsense'' for Syria's government to provoke opponents with such attacks.
AP Dunkin' Donuts has apologised for the ''insensitivity'' of an advertising campaign in Thailand featuring a woman in blackface makeup to promote a new chocolate flavored doughnut. Human Rights Watch called the advertisements ''bizarre and racist.''
AP An 5.9 magnitude earthquake hit a mountainous area in southwestern China Saturday morning, killing at least three people injuring 10 others, according to state media and the China Earthquake Administration.
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bangkokpost.com Weak consumer demand and falling exports, combined with a 5.4 percent drop in investment added up to a weak July, Bank of Thailand figures confirm. Tourism was one of the few bright spots in Thailand's slowing economy.
telegraph.co.uk Thai Airways said 39 people were hurt when an Airbus A380 carrying 500 passengers from Bangkok to the Chinese city encountered the turbulence on Friday morning.
stuff.co.nz Local carrier Hong Kong Airlines said three passengers and three flight attendants were hurt when their flight from Phuket hit ''sudden turbulence'' as it neared the city's airport. The airline said the plane landed safely and the six have left hospital.
dailymail.co.uk Enjoying the trip of a lifetime to Thailand, university student Isabelle Brennan stroked a young tiger at at the Tiger Temple sanctuary in West Thailand - before being bitten by a 400 lb animal. Eight weeks on, Miss Brennan is recovering at home but cannot walk unaided, while doctors said the four-inch wound will leave her scarred for life.
PHUKET's first regular Sunday Market Walking Street is to open from September 29 from 4pm-10pm along Thalang Road and Soi Romanee in Old Phuket Town. Food, souvenirs, handicrafts and street performances will be highlights. Styrofoam, smoking and ''pirate'' copy goods are banned.
nationmultimedia.com Attorney-General Chulasingh Vasantasingh has ordered the prosecution of Red Bull heir Vorayuth Yoovidhya on three counts, including speeding, for the hit-and-run accident that killed a policeman. The suspect, according to his lawyer, is now on an overseas trip that started on Thursday.
irrawaddy.org An Arakan State court reportedly sentenced 76 Rohingya Muslims to lengthy prison terms last week for their alleged roles in an outburst of deadly inter-communal violence in Maungdaw Township in June last year. At least seven were sentenced to life imprisonment. Arakan Project director Chris Lewa said: ''Some of these people were certainly not even involved in the [inter-communal] violence.''
latimes.com A human rights group criticised a Dunkin' Donuts advertising campaign running in Thailand that features a model whose face is painted black to sell a chocolate doughnut. In a phone interview Human Rights Watch spokesperson Phil Robertson said the ad ''fits into a long history of racist advertisements in Southeast Asia.'' The chief executive of Dunkin' Donuts in Thailand told the AP that the criticism is just ''paranoid American thinking.''
bloomberg Fast-food workers have protested and walked off the job in more than 50 US cities as they ratchet up pressure on the leading outlets to raise wages.
bangkokpost.com A four-year-old girl was allegedly raped regularly after she was placed in a child shelter house in Chon Buri's Banglamung district. The girl told her mother that she has been raped by several senior boys almost every day.
bbc.co.uk The vote of British MPs against military intervention in Syria is likely to send shock waves through the Obama administration. Britain has tended to march in lockstep with the US and this rejection of President Barack Obama's argument will leave bruises.
dvb.no The US has vowed to strengthen its military relationship with Burma, shortly after issuing another warning to Naypyidaw that it must sever its defence ties with North Korea.
news.com.au A strong 4.3 magnitude earthquake has shaken Christchurch, New Zealand, hitting near the epicentre of the fatal tremor that shook the region in 2011.
mirror.co.uk Clint Eastwood, 83, has separated from his second wife Dina, 48, after 17 years of marriage. A source told US Weekly magazine the couple, who share a 16-year-old daughter Morgan, have been loving apart for over a year, splitting last June.
AP There was nothing dirty - or defamatory - about including a Tennessee hotel on an unflattering list on a travel website because it's clear the inclusion was based on opinions, a federal appeals court ruled.
reuters Bayern Munich gained some revenge for the 2012 Champions League final defeat by Chelsea when they beat the Premier League club 5-4 on penalties after a thrilling UEFA Super Cup ended 2-2 at the end of extra-time.
AP Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer both dispatched their opponents with ease to remain on course for a clash in the quarterfinals of the US Open.
aap England's cricketers have inflicted more Ashes pain on Australia, wrapping up the women's series with a five-wicket victory in a Twenty20 match in Southampton.
August 31 Phuket FC v Ayuthaya FC
September 6 Phuket tourism pioneer Wichit Na Ranong at Amcham, Indigo Pearl
September 13 IBAP at A2, Bypass Road. Female Entrepreneurship in Thailand. Ms. Ulrike Guelich, Lecturer and Researcher at the School of Entrepreneurship and Management, Bangkok University, Bangkok.
October 5-13 Phuket Vegetarian Festival
October 12 Phuket Soi Dogs Foundation 10th anniversary party, Andara
October 23 Chulalongkorn Memorial Day
October 29-November 3 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour, Karon
November 17 Loy Kratong Day
November 24-December 1 Challenge Laguna Phuket Tri-Fest. Laguna Phuket
December 5 HM The King's birthday
January 9-12 Phuket International Boat Show, Royal Phuket Marina
November 14-21 Fourth Asia Beach Games, Phuket
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