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Britain's Kate in last public event before giving birth

LONDON: Prince William's wife Catherine on Saturday carried out her last public engagement before giving birth to their first baby, at Queen Elizabeth II's official 87th birthday celebrations.

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India monsoon floods leave 120 dead

DEHRADUN: Military helicopters dropped emergency supplies Wednesday to thousands of tourists and pilgrims stranded by flash floods that tore through towns and temples in northern India, killing at least 120 people, officials said.

British Girl Guides scrap oath to God, keep the queen

LONDON: Britain's Girl Guides movement said on Wednesday it was scrapping its oath to God in an attempt to broaden its appeal, although members will still pledge allegiance to Queen Elizabeth II.

Tablets thrust Thai classrooms into digital era

In a rural classroom in the Thai highlands, hill tribe children energetically slide their fingertips over tablet computer screens practicing everything from English to mathematics and music.

Church of England rejects women bishops

Phuket News / World

Wednesday 21 November 2012, 09:50AM

WORLD: The Church of England narrowly rejected Tuesday the appointment of women bishops, triggering turmoil and setting back efforts to modernise the mother church of millions of Anglicans worldwide.

The world won't end next month, Maya experts insist

Phuket News / World

Wednesday 21 November 2012, 09:49AM

WORLD: Relax doomsayers, the Maya people did not really mark their calendar for the end of the world on December 21, 2012.

Water boss to tackle Phuket park pong

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 20 November 2012, 05:00PM

PHUKET: The new director of the Royal Irrigation Department, Ruethai Phacharanuruk, who arrived in Phuket just three days ago, has promised to address a smelly problem as one of his top priorities.

Tropical citizens die 7.7 years sooner: study

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 20 November 2012, 04:13PM

PHUKET: People living in the tropics are likely to die more than seven years younger than those in other regions, according to the first findings of a global research project released Monday.

Singapore cabbie returns B27.6m to Thai couple

Phuket News / Thailand

Tuesday 20 November 2012, 04:02PM

THAILAND: A Singaporean taxi driver has been heralded as a hero after he returned Sg$1.1 million (B27.6 million) in cash to a vacationing Thai couple who left the money in his cab.

Phuket resorts ‘still face difficulties’

Phuket News / Business

Tuesday 20 November 2012, 03:47PM

PHUKET: Bangkok-based property company Seacon has warned that although the influx of large Chinese and Russian tourists has compensated for the fall in European visitors, Phuket resorts and hotels are not out of the woods yet.

Holiday Inn takes over Ao Nang hotel

Phuket News / Business

Tuesday 20 November 2012, 03:46PM

PHUKET: Holiday Inn Hotels & Resorts is now operating its first resort in Krabi, after taking over management of the Sala Talay Resort and Spa at Ao Nang Beach. The conversion took place on November 1.

Movie about 2004 tsunami shuns ‘disaster’ label

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 20 November 2012, 12:34PM

PHUKET: Eight years after the devastating 2004 tsunami, British actors Ewan McGregor and Naomi Watts star in a film recounting the tragedy through the eyes of a tourist family caught up in the tidal wave.

Authorities prepare to ‘manage’ Phuket beaches

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 20 November 2012, 12:23PM

PHUKET: Officials are gathering detailed information about every vendor and business operator on Phuket’s beaches in preparation to “manage” the beaches better.

Phuket underpass work postponed by two days

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 20 November 2012, 11:36AM

PHUKET: The start of work on the underpass next to Central Festival Phuket has been delayed until Friday (November 23).

Yellow Shirt heavy-hitters arrive in Phuket

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 20 November 2012, 11:20AM

PHUKET: Maj Gen Chamlong Srimuang, one of the founders of the People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD) or Yellow Shirts, was in Phuket on Sunday heading a panel of Yellow Shirt heavy-hitters in a travelling protest labelled “Fight Thailand Crisis, Reform the Energy [industry]”.

Longfellow family hails Pitbull extradition to Phuket

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 20 November 2012, 10:32AM

PHUKET: Members of the family of Dashawn Longfellow, stabbed to death in Phuket in August 2010, have expressed delight at the decision of a UK court to deny the extradition appeal of his alleged killer Lee 'Pitbull' Aldhouse.

‘Pitbull’ to be sent back to Phuket

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 20 November 2012, 09:18AM

PHUKET: Kickboxer Lee “the Pitbull” Aldhouse has failed in his appeal against extradition to Thailand on a murder charge and is to be sent back to the country for trial.

Three teens held for Phuket bag-snatching

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 19 November 2012, 05:17PM

PHUKET: Police have arrested three teenage bag-snatchers after they stole a woman’s handbag at the entrance of the Phuket Graceland Resort & Spa on the beach road in Patong around midnight last night (November 18).

Dead Russian found floating in Phuket waters

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 19 November 2012, 03:02PM

PHUKET: A 70-year-old Russian tourist, Mikhail Bogdanov, was found dead this morning, floating in the sea off Patong Beach, in front of the Phuket Graceland Resort & Spa.

Phuket Gov meets poor communities

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 19 November 2012, 02:03PM

PHUKET: Phuket Governor Maitree Intusut met with local poor people – many of them Sea Gypsies – on Thursday (November 15) to discuss the government’s new land management plan and to hear their requirements.

Barack Obama visits Bangkok

Phuket News / Thailand

Monday 19 November 2012, 11:07AM

THAILAND: US President Barack Obama arrived in Bangkok yesterday (Sunday 18) for bilateral meetings with the Thai government and Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra.

AEC launch postponed by 12 months

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 19 November 2012, 09:02AM

PHUKET: Asean leaders have decided to delay the launch of the Asean Economic Community (AEC) for 12 months from January 1 to December 31, 2015, to prepare the necessary regulations.

‘No blow-back seen’ from ‘Evil Man’ vid

Phuket News / Phuket

Saturday 17 November 2012, 08:11PM

KRABI: Phi Phi Islands Tourism Business Association chairman Wirapas Jantaro says that he has seen no fallout from the Evil Man In Krabi YouTube vid, and has urged authorities and tourism organisations to ignore it.

Early morning fire rips through house in Phuket

Phuket News / Phuket

Saturday 17 November 2012, 04:40PM

A house off of Soi Loarong 1, alley Talat Nuea, was burnt down at 4:15 am this morning (November 17) with no injuries reported.

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