bno news The death toll as a result of flooding in various parts of Thailand has reached 54, the government said. Most of the casualties are a result of Tropical Storm Nock-Ten.
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indiatimes.com Facing stiff competition from low fare air-carriers, Singapore Airlines is all set to introduce a low cost carrier soon, a top official said in Chennai, India. He said the launch of carrier would add to the existing operations of Tiger, Silk Air and Singapore Airlines cargo.
bloomberg Shanghai carrier JuneYao Airlines has had its capacity cut by 10 percent for three months and been barred from hiring foreign crew after a pilot failed to give way to a plane making an emergency landing. The carrier will also be prevented from setting up subsidiaries and from buying or leasing new aircraft, the East China Regional Administration of the Civil Aviation Administration of China said.
afp Terrified passengers jumped out of a plane in India after it skidded to halt on landing, trying to escape before emergency ladders were put in place, officials said. Seven passengers were injured in the pre-dawn incident when the Gulf Air flight from Bahrain to Kochi in southern India veered onto muddy grassland.
bangkokpost.com The Defence Ministry may have to change the term "psychotic" in its formal description of conscripts who are transvestites following an Administrative Court case.
smh.com.au Timor Leste's tourism director Jose Quintas says his country is more than ready for tourists to arrive, but his people want adventurists and sun seekers, not the party-crazed visitors attracted to neighboring Asian destinations.
telegraph.co.uk More than 130 British holidaymakers are taking legal action against cruise line Fred Olsen after allegedly falling ill on board one of its ships. The cruise line was this week accused of ''repeatedly failing to protect the health of tourists'' on the MV Boudicca following several outbreaks of sickness.
bangkokpost.com Had Yai Airport has seen a rebound in traffic with passenger throughput and aircraft movements rising by nearly 40 percent in the 10 months to July, according to Airports of Thailand. Travellers are becoming more confident about visiting southern Thailand.
radioaustralia.net.au The UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Burma says there is a contradiction between the promises of reform being made by the government and the reality of the situation. Tomas Ojea Quintana says there is a window of opportunity for change, but few concrete signs of meaningful reform.
theage.com.au Melbourne has vaulted Vancouver to become the best city in the world to live, according to the latest Economist Intelligence Unit's Global Liveability Survey. The worst places among the 140 locations were Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea, Bangladesh's Dhaka and Zimbabwe's Harare.
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