Topless Kate Anger; More Attacks Urged; Thai's New Chief; Volleyball Thailand v China; Phuket Events

afp Libyan authorities have arrested about 50 people after last week's killing of US ambassador Chris Stevens in a mob attack in the city of Benghazi, Libya's parliament chief said, saying it was planned by foreigners.

dailyrecord.co.uk The Royal couple were further incensed when Italian magazine Chi - owned by former PM Silvio Berlusconi - said they would publish the shots tomorrow. They plan to run a 26-page special with the cover headline: ''The Queen is naked!''

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bangkokpost.com Sorajak Kasemsuvan, who won the endorsement of the Thai Airways International board to head the struggling flag carrier, faces a mountain of challenges and uphill tasks. Awaiting Dr Sorajak, currently chairman of the state-controlled broadcast enterprise MCOT, is a long list of tough issues including staff disunity, a falling competitive edge, intense market rivalries and a debt-laden balance sheet.

AP Al-Qaida's most active branch in the Middle East called for more attacks on US embassies to ''set the fires blazing,'' seeking to co-opt outrage over an anti-Muslim film even as the wave of protests that swept 20 countries this week eased.

bbc.co.uk The United States has ordered non-essential diplomatic personnel to leave Tunisia and Sudan.

abc.net.au Furious anti-Western protests against a film mocking the Prophet Mohammad have spilled over, with violence flaring in Australia and the Muslim world.

smh.com.au Get this straight, and quickly: some of you may be from countries where this kind of thing is acceptable. But it is NOT acceptable in this country.

nationmultimedia.com Vanchai Chirathivat, long the patriarch of one of richest, most extended and best-known business families in Thailand, passed away. He was 84. The Central Group's chairman was fighting prostrate cancer before he died.

dailymail.co.uk British media baron Richard Desmond announced he was taking immediate steps to terminate his involvement with the Irish Daily Star after it became the second publication to print topless photographs of the Duchess of Cambridge.

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CHANNEL 4 goes inside the restricted Rohingya camps to reveal Burma's secret shame.
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The Burmese democracy campaigner, Aung San Suu Kyi, sets off on Sunday for her first trip to America since being freed from 20 years under house arrest. But while she is now free to travel, others in Burma are still effectively in detention.

latimes.com Derek Mitchell, the first US ambassador to Burma in 22 years, was right in August to call the fate of the ethnic nationalities the country's ''defining challenge.'' It is also why this issue should be on the top of the agenda this week when Suu Kyi comes to Washington to receive the Congressional Gold Medal.

thejakartapost.com The recent spate of deadly violence and explosion attributed to terrorist cells in Surakarta (Solo) and Jakarta have yet to trigger a negative impact on the tourist industry in Bali. Bali Tourism Agency head Ida Bagus Kade Subhiksu pointed out that so far there had not been any reported cancelations affecting individual travelers or tour operators caused by concern over the violence.

ap A wooden ferry boat has sunk in a river in Indonesia's part of Borneo island, leaving seven people dead and at least 14 others missing.

mysinchew.com Legoland Malaysia with 40 rides could be a pull factor for Malaysia to attract more foreign tourists especially from Singapore and other Asean countries, says Tourism Malaysia Director for Singapore, Zalizam Zakaria.

scmp.com Vice-President Xi Jinping, China's presumed next leader, re-emerged onto the public stage in Beijing after a two-week absence that fuelled rumors he was ill.

balidiscovery.com Ron Taylor, underwater cinematographer, died at the age of 78. Among his most recognised works are the terrifying underwater shark attack sequences used in the 1975 Hollywood blockbuster, 'Jaws'. He and his wife Valerie worked tirelessly to publicise and stop the wholesale slaughter of sharks for their fins.

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bangkokpost.com The Thai volleyball team will face China in the final of the third AVC Cup for Women in Kazakhstan today. The match, which will be live on Channel 7 at 6.30pm, will be a repeat of the final in China two years ago, when the hosts beat Thailand to retain the title.

nationmultimedia.com World No 12 Thailand, who finished an impressive fourth place at this year's World Grand Prix, advanced to the final without losing a match.

reuters Manchester United (4-0) and Arsenal (6-1) enjoyed emphatic home wins over Wigan Athletic and Southampton respectively to join Chelsea and Manchester City in the top four and give the Premier League summit a familiar feel.

independent.co.uk In international football, teams who do not turn up are automatically penalised with a 3-0 defeat. It is a strategy that Wigan might adopt whenever they are due to play at Manchester United. It might save time and they might even be better off.

bbc.co.uk Another of United's elder statesmen also passed a landmark, with Ryan Giggs making his 600th Premier League appearance - the first man to do so. ''They will always produce quality,'' Ferguson said of Giggs and Paul Scholes, making his 700th appearance for the club.

independent.co.uk Sunderland 1-1 Liverpool: After the nightmare of the Hillsborough fallout, things start going the right way as the visitors dominate proceedings on the pitch again.

independent.co.uk After the handshakes and headshakes, a football match broke out, but like much of the build-up, it was undistinguished stuff. QPR 0-0 Chelsea.

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