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bangkokpost.com Aviation and travel executives say the numbers of foreign tourists transiting at Bangkok's airports to popular destinations such as Phuket, Koh Samui, Krabi, Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai are rising. International arrivals at other airports such as Phuket and Chiang Mai are surging.
bangkokpost.com An explosive device was thrown at the Sukhumvit Soi 31 housing compound of Democrat leader Abhisit Vejjajiva shortly before midnight on Tuesday, but no one was injured.
bangkokpost.com Caretaker PM Yingluck insists she'll stay on in office to 'protect democracy' and wants the Election Commission to attend Wednesday's discussion on deferring the polls, but the EC says, No - and the commissioners ask for a private talk on Thursday.
cnn.com At their peak on Monday evening, they numbered as many as 170,000, said Lt. Gen. Paradon Pattanathabut, the nation's security chief.
cnbc.com Has the Bangkok shutdown lived up to its hype? ''If you're running a factory on the eastern seaboard, you're probably unaware of (the protests). As you are if you're sitting on the beach in Koh Samui or Phuket,'' Adrian Mowat, an emerging market equity strategist at JPMorgan, told CNBC.
theguardian.com Although the capital was calm and the mood among the tens of thousands of protesters remained festive, analysts said the scope for a peaceful resolution of the crisis was narrowing.
wsj.com After turning central Bangkok into a flag-waving sea of protest Monday, anti-government activists now say they are preparing to take their campaign to the next level by seizing Thailand's stock exchange.
nationmultimedia.com The anti-government protests have grabbed global attention, with major newspapers and agencies ranging from The New York Times, CNN, BBC to Al Jazeera reporting on the "Bangkok shutdown".
dw.de The army, one of the country's central pillars of power, seems reluctant to get involved. But rumors are spreading about a potential military coup.
bangkokpost.com The Tourism Authority of Thailand says the outlook for Chinese New Year remains promising and the celebrations should generate tourism revenue of at least 11 billion baht.
telegraph.co.uk If Francois Hollande treats his women the way he treats his press conferences, I feel rather sorry for them. He starts slowly. Excitement builds and builds. Steadily, he keeps going. And going. And going. For what feels like ages. Until . . . All of a sudden it seems to be over.
scmp.com China has flight-tested a hypersonic missile delivery vehicle capable of penetrating any existing defence system with nuclear warheads, according to the Pentagon.
reuters A women's group says that Burma's military is still using rape as a weapon of war, with more than 100 women and girls raped by the army since a 2010 election. Twenty-eight of the women were killed or died of injuries.
Foreign Policy Germany has become a prime destination for male sex tourists looking for cheap, legal and relatively hygienic pleasures of the flesh. Busloads of pleasure seekers from nearby countries simply cross the border into Germany instead of travelling to faraway sex-tourism destinations such as Thailand.
watoday.com.au Rolf Harris has pleaded not guilty in London to 12 charges of sexual assault against four girls, one aged as young as seven.
time.com The creator of the world's first alcopop beverage, Duncan MacGillivray, has died of a heart attack during a holiday with his family in Bali, according to the ABC. MacGillivray was 66.
straitstimes.com Singapore has objected to a New York Times editorial headlined ''Singapore's angry migrant workers'', on the December 8 riot in Little India, and the newspaper's repeated refusal to publish the republic's ambassador's response to it.
skysports.com Andy Murray has warned Australian Open organisers they are risking a tragedy and damaging the reputation of tennis by asking players to compete in extreme heat in Melbourne. Temperatures reached a high of 42.2 degrees Celsius at 5.45pm, just after Murray began his first-round match against Japan's Go Soeda, which he went on to win 6-1 6-1 6-3.
January 18 Phuket FC v Vladivostok
January 31 Chinese New Year (Horse)
February 14 Valentines Day
February 14 Makha Bucha Day
April 11-19 Phuket Bike Week
April 13-16 Songkran
March BMW Golf Cup International World Finals 2013 at Blue Canyon Country Club
August 12 Queen's Birthday
September 24-October 2 Vegetarian Festival, Phuket
November 14-21 Fourth Asia Beach Games, Phuket
December 5 King's Birthday
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