METEOROLOGISTS are forecasting an 80 percent chance of rain for Phuket on Wednesday with storms likely to continue through until Friday.
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nationmultimedia.com Thai Airways is working with budget sister Nok Air to launch a new low-cost regional airline by the middle of next year. It will avoid the word 'Thai' to give it a more international image. THAI Smile will be launched this Saturday with its first flight to Macau.
Phuket Update Heavy rain continued to fall on Phuket City today after an overnight dousing. Thunderstorms are forecast for all of Phuket for the next few days.
bangkokpost.com As Bangkok prepared for another two days of heavy monsoon rains, scientists got 200 million baht for an atmospheric study.
nationmultimedia.com Six overseas tourists and four other people were killed when their bus, bound for the pier to the full moon party holiday island of Phangan, blew a tyre at high speed, veered into a divider strip and slammed into a power pole before flipping into a ditch.
afp British airport operator BAA admitted that immigration queues at Heathrow Airport, the main gateway for the London Olympics, have been "unacceptably long" in recent days. Some passengers were forced to wait for two and a half hours for passport checks at the west London airport, which will welcome around 80 percent of the athletes, officials, fans and media coming for the Games.
independent.co.uk Britain's Moors murderer Ian Brady is under observation in hospital after being taken acutely ill at the high security psychiatric unit where he has been held since 1985.
bangkokpost.com The Constitution Court has ordered the 416 lawmakers and cabinet ministers who voted in support of charter amendment drafts to justify their decision in writing within 15 days.
nationmultimedia.com After a rumor that Thaksin Shinawatra asked Pheu Thai Party not to fight if the Constitution Court objects to the charter amendment bill, a Pheu Thai MP confirmed that Thaksin wants the party to accept the court's ruling.
nationmultimedia.com Encouraged by the success of properties in Had Yai and Pattaya, Tune Hotels is opening its first hotel in Bangkok on October 1. ''Next up will be the resort island of Phuket,'' a spokesperson said.
cnn.com A prisoner release announced by Burma (Myanmar) authorities includes at least 24 political detainees, a prisoner rights group said.
Agencies Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has brushed off orders from Myanmar's government to stop calling the country ''Burma,'' a name widely used by democracy campaigners to defy the former junta.
bangkokpost.com Airports of Thailand said the eastern runway, one of Suvarnabhumi's two runways undergoing overlays since June 11, will be fully operational on August 2, one week ahead of schedule.
AP A 52-year-old man from Thailand has been sentenced to more than six years in prison after federal agents say they found him with child pornography at a Las Vegas airport. Manu Panatkul was sentenced to 78 months behind bars after pleading guilty to transporting child pornography.
thescottishsun.co.uk Comic Chris Dangerfield has secured sponsorship for his Fringe show about sex tourism in Thailand - from an escort agency. The 40-year-old's show is about his seven-week trip to romp with vice girls in the Far East.
cnn.com China is planning to ban shark fin soup from being served at official banquets in a sign the country may be losing its taste for the expensive delicacy. According to Chinese media, the ban could take up to three years to implement.
thewest.com.au An investigation by Channel 7's 'Today Tonight' tested Balinese showers, taps, swimming pools, Kuta beach, ice and a popular water park and found the water was essentially as good as what holidaymakers would find at home.
afp Thirteen Paris landmarks attracted more than one million visitors last year but the Notre Dame Cathedral with 13.6 million was top choice and far ahead of the emblematic Eiffel Tower, the city's tourism office said.
theage.com.au When one newspaper makes a factual error, the others should point it out. It is likely to make the competitors more careful about being accurate in the future - something that is in everyone's long-term interest. And more reliable papers might win more readers.
afp Spanish Formula One driver Maria De Villota was fighting for her life after suffering serious injuries during a crash in testing for the Marussia team in Britain.
AP Manchester United filed a registration statement with the US Securities and Exchange Commission to hold an initial public offering of stock and become a listed company on the New York Stock Exchange.
theage.com.au Four-time winner Serena Williams beat Wimbledon titleholder, Petra Kvitova, 6-3, 7-5 to move through to the semifinals.
smh.com.au Fourth and fifth seeds Andy Murray and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, indefatiguable Spaniard David Ferrer and Germans Florian Mayer and Philipp Kohlschreiber joined earlier arrivals Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer and Mikhail Youhzny in an all-European last Wimbledon eight.
July 18-22 Phuket Raceweek
July 21-22 Toyota motor racing at Saphan Hin, Phuket City
July 29 Health International Phuket Marathon
August 2 Asarnha Bucha public holiday
August 3 Buddhist Lent Day
August 12 HM The Queen's Birthday
September 12-15 Quiksilver Thailand Surf Competition, Patong
September 24 Mahidol Day
October 14-23 Vegetarian Festival
November 24 Laguna Phuket Triathlon
November 28 Loy Kratong Day
December 1 World AIDs Day
December 1-8 King's Cup Regatta
December 5 HM The King's Birthday
December 10 Constitution Day
December 15-20 Patong carnival
December 25 Christmas Day
November 14-21 Fourth Asia Beach Games, Phuket
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