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THAILAND: Teachers in insurgency-wracked southern Thailand decided Monday to suspend classes at hundreds of schools in the region over the killings of education workers by Muslim militants.

Tuesday 27 November 2012, 02:21PM

Thai 'Red Shirt' protest leaders to go on trial

THAILAND: Thai leaders of "Red Shirt" opposition protests that rocked Bangkok in 2010 are set to stand trial Thursday for terrorism, in a case that risks inflaming the kingdom's political tensions.

Tuesday 27 November 2012, 02:20PM

Phuket says bonjour to new French fair

PHUKET: After 12 years of the successful Bonjour French Fair in Bangkok, held at the Queen Sirikit Convention Centre, a new French Fair will be held in Phuket from November 30 to December 2.

Tuesday 27 November 2012, 11:19AM

Burmese come off worse in Phuket crash

PHUKET: Two Burmese men were hurt when the motorbike they were riding crashed with a Toyota Fortuner in Chalong at 8:30 this morning (November 27).

Tuesday 27 November 2012, 10:34AM

Tune to open hotel in Phuket

Phuket News / Business

Tuesday 27 November 2012, 10:18AM

PHUKET: Tune Hotels, the hotel arm of AirAsia founder Tony Fernandes’ empire, will open its latest property on Rat-U-Thit 200 Pi Rd in Patong, in January next year.

Treason complaints against Pitak Siam leaders

BANGKOK: The Pitak Siam anti-government protest ended on Saturday (November 24), but the legal smearing has only just begun.

Monday 26 November 2012, 05:38PM

1,900 counterfeit items seized in Phuket

PHUKET: Customs officers have seized 1,900 items of counterfeit goods left at the Phuket bus terminal last Tuesday (November 20), it was revealed at a press conference today (November 26).

Monday 26 November 2012, 05:37PM

Chalerm ‘to blame for police housing scandal’

BANGKOK: Maverick MP Chuwit Kamolvisit, Leader of the Love Thailand Party yesterday (November 25) took Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yoobumrung to task over the police housing scandal, revealed in The Phuket News in March this year.

Monday 26 November 2012, 05:12PM

Israel defence minister Barak quits politics

ISRAEL: Israel's Defence Minister Ehud Barak on Monday announced he was quitting political life after a decades-long career that also saw him serve as prime minister.

Monday 26 November 2012, 04:53PM

Sarkozy to meet ex-PM amid leadership battle

FRANCE: France's ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy was to meet with his former prime minister Monday amid a damaging leadership battle that is threatening the future of their right-wing UMP party, a source said.

Monday 26 November 2012, 04:51PM

Medvedev says 'does not rule out' Kremlin comeback

RUSSIA: Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said he is not ruling out a return to the Kremlin after his 2008-2012 single term as Russian head of state but was happy working as premier under his mentor Vladimir Putin.

Monday 26 November 2012, 04:47PM

TOT faces deadline for 3G plan

BANGKOK: The new TOT board has given the state agency a 90-day deadline to implement the first phase of its third-generation (3G) service on a full-scale commercial basis.

Monday 26 November 2012, 04:39PM

Thai PM faces no confidence motion

BANGKOK: Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Sunday faced a no-confidence debate launched by her opponents in parliament, a day after political protests turned violent in Bangkok.

Monday 26 November 2012, 04:35PM

'Gangnam Style' becomes YouTube's most watched video

Phuket News / Asia

Monday 26 November 2012, 04:29PM

South Korean pop sensation Psy's "Gangnam Style" on Saturday became YouTube's most-watched video of all time, registering more than 805 million views to overtake "Baby" by Canadian heartthrob Justin Bieber.

Broken Tooth a living reminder of Macau's vicious past

Phuket News / Asia

Monday 26 November 2012, 04:23PM

The release from jail next month of a triad boss known as Broken Tooth is fuelling speculation that the Chinese gambling playground of Macau could be on the verge of a return to the vicious gang violence of its colonial past.

The Phuket News goes Russian

PHUKET: Starting early 2013, The Phuket News, in association with members from the Phuket-based Russian community and representatives of Moscow businesses, will launch Thailand’s first ever weekly Russian-language newspaper.

Monday 26 November 2012, 09:03AM

Bangkok rally had little chance of success

BANGKOK: Pitak Siam's much-publicised rally to oust the Yingluck administration was a battle of political wills that ended with the government's offensive coming out on top.

Sunday 25 November 2012, 08:27AM

Dubai plans new 'city', world's largest mall

DUBAI: Dubai, famed for its mega-projects before it was hit by the global financial crisis, on Saturday announced a new development to open the world's biggest mall and a park larger than London's Hyde Park.

Sunday 25 November 2012, 08:12AM

Congress, Obama set to resume 'fiscal cliff' talks

WASHINGTON: Congress returns from its week-long Thanksgiving holiday Monday, as lawmakers and President Barack Obama try to avert a looming fiscal crisis that could send the entire US economy plunging into recession again.

Sunday 25 November 2012, 08:05AM

40 Russian tourists hurt as bus overturns