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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.

Six winners from Phuket announced at property awards gala

Phuket News / Business

Sunday 14 October 2012, 12:35PM

PHUKET: The winners of the Thailand Property Awards 2012 were announced in Bangkok on Saturday night with six awards going back to Phuket, including the Best Agency Deal honour.

‘Shamed’ lawyer jumps from apartment

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 12 October 2012, 06:03PM

PHUKET: Lawyer Puwanat Pijansophon, 48, leaped from his third-floor apartment in Vichit last night (October 11) after an argument with his girlfriend over ice for drinks.

‘Migraine sufferer’ found shot dead

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 12 October 2012, 05:39PM

PHUKET: Police are checking into an apparent suicide of a man whose wife said he suffered badly from migraines.

Chinese tourist drowns in Phuket villa pool

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 12 October 2012, 04:49PM

PHUKET: A Chinese holidaymaker apparently overcome by alcohol drowned in the pool at her luxury villa in Rawai early on Tuesday (October 9). Investigators said no foul play was involved.

Floods ‘adding to high Veg Fest prices’

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 12 October 2012, 04:41PM

PHUKET: A combination of floods elsewhere in Thailand and rising demand in the run-up to the Vegetarian Festival have caused vegetable prices to rise in Phuket.

Phuket Gastronomic City bid hit by politics

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 12 October 2012, 04:38PM

PHUKET: An attempt by the Thai Peranakan Association (TPA) of Phuket to have Phuket Town registered with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco) as a City of Gastronomy has been set back by international politics.

US Navy leaves, Indian Navy arrives

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 12 October 2012, 04:31PM

PHUKET: As the US carrier USS John C Stennis weighed anchor yesterday (October 11), a rather smaller vessel from India, the Indian Navy training ship INS Sujata, docked at the deep-sea port in Ao Makham for three days as part of a training voyage for 150 cadets.

Trick or treat for a good cause

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 12 October 2012, 03:30PM

PHUKET: Trick or treat on the beach with cocktails! Put on your best costume and come down to Bliss Beach Club on Surin Beach for a Halloween Party. It’s on Saturday (October 27), tickets are B3,000, 50 per cent of which is donated directly to the Good Shepherd Charity in Phuket.

A private glimpse at the life of a ladyboy dancer

Phuket News / Features

Friday 12 October 2012, 12:20PM

PHUKET: It’s 5.30 in the afternoon and heading towards dusk. Spotlights on the roof of the Aphrodite cabaret show on the bypass road are bouncing beams off clouds. Already more than 200 tourists are milling around in the auditorium.

Ten years on, Bali remembers the dead

Phuket News / Asia

Friday 12 October 2012, 10:00AM

ASIA: Hundreds of survivors and relatives of the dead remembered the 202 people killed in the Bali bombings on Friday, in an emotional ceremony to mark 10 years since the atrocity.

Singapore economy shrinks but avoids recession

Phuket News / Business

Friday 12 October 2012, 09:50AM

ASIA: Singapore's economy shrank by 1.5 percent in the third quarter but avoided a technical recession after growth in the previous three months was adjusted upwards, government figures showed Friday.

Thai court issues arrest warrant against Thaksin

Phuket News / Thailand

Friday 12 October 2012, 09:47AM

THAILAND: Thailand's Supreme Court on Thursday issued an arrest warrant for ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra, in the latest abuse of power charges brought against the controversial tycoon.

Bali bombings victims call for Guantanamo man to face trial

Phuket News / Asia

Friday 12 October 2012, 09:46AM

ASIA: Relatives of British victims of the 2002 Bali bombings called for the release of a final suspect being held in Guantanamo Bay so he can stand trial, as they prepare to mark Friday's 10th anniversary.

Attacked Phuket official transferred from Chalong

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 12 October 2012, 09:21AM

PHUKET: The Chalong official who was the victim last week of a bizarre cleaning fluid attack is being transferred to an anti-drugs post with the provincial office.

Buyer in sight for landmark Phuket hotel

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 12 October 2012, 08:51AM

PHUKET: The 17-floor Thavorn Grand Plaza Hotel in Phuket Town, which has stood empty for more than a year, may finally have been sold.

Ladies’ men held for Phuket car theft

Phuket News / Phuket

Thursday 11 October 2012, 05:51PM

PHUKET: Kamala police last night (October 10) arrested two thieves who had stolen a Honda Jazz car at Jatujak Plaza on Rat U Thit 200 Pi Rd in Patong.

Exclusive: New Provincial Hall for Phuket

Phuket News / Phuket

Thursday 11 October 2012, 05:29PM

PHUKET: Phuket is to get an entirely new Provincial Hall, with the current 100-year-old building becoming a museum.

Qantas drops 65yo Kangaroo Route

Phuket News / Business

Thursday 11 October 2012, 04:18PM

PHUKET: The “Kangaroo Route” featuring the iconic Flying Kangaroo of Qantas Airlines, will no longer be hopping its way between Britain and Australia.

Cambodia and Thailand close to dual visa

Phuket News / Business

Thursday 11 October 2012, 04:12PM

A single visa for tourists to visit both Thailand and Cambodia will be the test phase of a wider project that will offer a single visa for five of the Asean nations – Thailand, Cambodia, Myanmar, Laos and Vietnam.

Travellers ‘going mobile’

Phuket News / Business

Thursday 11 October 2012, 04:09PM

PHUKET: Travellers today demand convenience and connectivity “as mobile penetration grows rapidly in Asia and around the world”, according to Matthew Varley, executive general manager for Asia with Phuket-based hotel booking website AsiaWebDirect.com (AWD).

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