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NEWS TODAY May 24
Taxi blockade at airport. Another protest - outside Governor's mansion. Dredging at Bang Tao Klong nearly complete.
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The Big List: Ghost Towns
THE BIG LIST: “Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair.” Shelley’s poem
Ozymandias
, a vision of lost ruins in the desert, mocks the ultimate fate of even greatest human cities, and the greatest vanities. Here are a few of the more unusual ghost towns you’ll find dotted around the world.
‘Ugly’ fish face up to extinction
WEIRD WORLD: They may be last of their species – and scientists joke they may be too ugly to breed. London Zoo has appealed to fish keepers to find a mate for their two tropical Mangarahara cichlids, which come originally from Madagascar.
Stray dogs sniff out human remains
WEIRD WORLD: A Polish businessman who stashed human body parts in a city warehouse instead of incinerating them was exposed by local stray dogs, who started gathering hungrily outside.
Police need help to identify dead foreigner
Phuket News / Phuket
Wednesday 31 October 2012, 04:09PM
PHUKET: Chalong police are hoping to find the family and friends of an unidentified foreigner, believed to be either Italian or French, who was killed in a motorcycle crash around 3am this morning (October 31) near the Vijitt Resort on Wiset Road, Rawai.
Land deeds on Koh Racha investigated
Phuket News / Phuket
Wednesday 31 October 2012, 03:01PM
PHUKET: Members of the National Committee on Human Rights’ Sub-Committee on Property and Forest Rights met with local people on Koh Racha Yai on Sunday (October 21) after receiving complaints about selective issuance of island land title deeds to big investors.
Phang Nga native arrested with kratom stash
Phuket News / Phuket
Wednesday 31 October 2012, 12:24PM
PHUKET: A 21-year-old Phang Nga man was arrested after an official caught him at the Phuket bus station at around 9.30pm last night (October 30) with a 5kg haul of kratom leaves in his bag.
Phuket needs more than ‘sea, sun and sand’
Phuket News / Phuket
Wednesday 31 October 2012, 11:46AM
PHUKET: Phuket lacks a ‘distinguishable’ culture compared to other top tourist destinations and should be more sustainable, Dr Ruckphon Osalort, Director of the National Institute of Development Administration for Thailand, said at a recent meeting.
Phuket beauty crowned Miss Teen Thailand
Phuket News / Phuket
Wednesday 31 October 2012, 10:52AM
PHUKET: British International School student, 16-year-old Tia Li Tawepanitchaphan, was crowned Miss Teen Thailand 2012 on Saturday (October 27) during the competition finals in Bangkok, winning B300,000 in prize money.
Phuket Hon Con meetings back on
Phuket News / Phuket
Wednesday 31 October 2012, 10:28AM
PHUKET: Phuket’s new governor Maitree Intusut met with the island’s honorary consuls on Monday at Phuket Provincial Hall.
Krabi teen gang “well known to police”
Phuket News / Phuket
Wednesday 31 October 2012, 08:24AM
PHUKET: The British man that was assaulted by a group of teenagers in Ao Nang headed back to Krabi yesterday (October 30) to give his statement to the courts.
Storm leaves billions in damage across eastern US
Phuket News / World
Wednesday 31 October 2012, 08:09AM
WORLD: US businesses, homeowners and local governments faced up to $20 billion in damage Tuesday as Hurricane Sandy left coastal homes crumbled, urban neighborhoods swamped and eight million without power.
Spotlight off Romney as storm, Obama take center stage
Phuket News / World
Wednesday 31 October 2012, 08:08AM
WORLD: Barack Obama spent Tuesday deploying the vast tools of his presidency to combat a raging super storm ravaging the East Coast; rival Mitt Romney took in cans of soup and mandarin oranges for victims.
Hurricane forces three US reactors shut
Phuket News / World
Wednesday 31 October 2012, 08:07AM
WORLD: Three US nuclear power reactors remained shut down and a fourth on alert Tuesday after Hurricane Sandy wreaked havoc with transmission networks and high waters threatened cooling systems.
Mexican pleads guilty in 'Fast and Furious' killing
Phuket News / World
Wednesday 31 October 2012, 08:07AM
WORLD: A Mexican man pleaded guilty Tuesday over the killing of a US border agent that threw a spotlight on the United States' controversial "Fast and Furious" gun-tracking operation, prosecutors said.
Surin hoteliers oppose Paris Hilton NY party
Phuket News / Phuket
Tuesday 30 October 2012, 03:57PM
PHUKET: A group of Surin hotel representatives have sent a letter to the Phuket Governor regarding the announced New Year’s Eve two day party on Surin Beach, asking him to reconsider the date and the venue of the festive bash.
Missing British tourists found
Phuket News / Phuket
Tuesday 30 October 2012, 01:13PM
PHUKET: Police have confirmed the two British tourists reported missing in the Ton Sai waterfall area in Thalang have been found.
Phuket police hunt for two missing Brit tourists
Phuket News / Phuket
Tuesday 30 October 2012, 12:51PM
PHUKET: More than 100 police officers from all over Phuket are searching for two British tourists believed to be missing near Ton Sai waterfall in Thalang.
Thirteen dead in US, Canada from storm Sandy
Phuket News / World
Tuesday 30 October 2012, 10:40AM
WORLD: At least 13 people were killed Monday in the United States and Canada as the megastorm Sandy slammed into the US East Coast, tearing down trees and power lines with hurricane-strength gusts.
Thai man nabbed with 16 tiger cubs in truck
Phuket News / Thailand
Tuesday 30 October 2012, 10:18AM
THAILAND: A Thai man has been arrested with 16 tiger cubs in his pick-up truck while driving near the kingdom's border with Laos, police said Saturday.
Seminar held on Thai-foreign relationships
Phuket News / Phuket
Monday 29 October 2012, 04:25PM
PHUKET: A seminar to inform couples of mixed nationality about their rights and obligations both here and abroad was held last Wednesday (October 24) in the Phuket Provincial Administration Organisation's Hall of the People.
Phuket electric grid gets boost from new transformer
Phuket News / Phuket
Monday 29 October 2012, 02:29PM
Phuket Vice-Governor Somkiet Sangkhaosuttirak and Sutad Pathamasirirat from the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) officially opened the Andaman region’s third electrical transformer station at Koh Kaew, Phuket on October 26.
MP Worawat: Phuket ICEC cancelled for ‘economic’ reasons
Phuket News / Phuket
Monday 29 October 2012, 10:29AM
PHUKET: Minister of the Prime Minister’s Office MP Worawat Ue-Apinyakul was in Phuket over the weekend and told The Phuket News that the cancellation of the Phuket International Convention and Exhibition Centre (ICEC) was for ‘environmental’ as well as ‘economic’ reasons.
Life since Thailand's Got Talent
Phuket News / Features
Saturday 27 October 2012, 02:55PM
PHUKET: Despite coming fourth in season two of Thailand’s Got Talent, and now being well known not only in Phuket but across Thailand, Rawai rock singer Warunee ‘Gig’ Suwannurak still finds it hard to believe that she’s not living a dream.
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