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Phuket teacher runs marathon for cancer-stricken colleague

PHUKET: As HeadStart teacher Richard Allenby lay on his hospital bed before surgery at Bangkok Hospital Phuket, he was convinced he was going to die. He told his adult son to look after his pregnant wife and their unborn child.

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Who's responsible for Phuket's blackout?

BANGKOK: The energy minister has reasons to be upset about the southern power outage, as no one at the electricity supplying agencies made the decision to save the region.

Stockholm 'police brutality' riots go into third day

STOCKHOLM: Riots in a poor, mainly immigrant suburb of Sweden's capital have continued into a third night.

Boundless destruction as US tornado rescue winds down

MOORE: As rescue efforts in Oklahoma wound down Wednesday, residents turned to the daunting task of rebuilding a US heartland community shattered by a vast tornado that killed at least 24 people.

Royal Thai Police to step up gun control from May

Phuket News / Thailand

Wednesday 1 May 2013, 04:58PM

BANGKOK: The Royal Thai Police is set to step up its control on gun ownership from May onwards.

Small whale found stranded on Phuket beach

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 1 May 2013, 04:15PM

PHUKET: A young Dwarf Sperm Whale, about two metres long and weighing between 100 and 150 kilogrammes, was found on Patong beach this morning (May 1) at about 8am, attracting a crowd of curious tourists and locals.

Two foreigners found dead in Saiyuan Rd, Phuket

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 1 May 2013, 03:57PM

PHUKET: Two foreigners were found dead in Saiyuan Rd, Rawai, yesterday (April 30), in separate cases.

NEWS TODAY May 1

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 1 May 2013, 02:02PM

11 out of 35 'workers' are illegal. Motorbike firebug caught. Dawn raids at Phuket prison.

Phuket News: Yingluck distances speech from Thaksin

Phuket News / Thailand

Wednesday 1 May 2013, 09:55AM

BANGKOK: Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, back in Thailand on Tuesday, defended her Mongolia speech, insisting she has no intention of defending elder brother Thaksin, ousted by the 2006 coup she so strongly condemned.

94 year old Australian alleged rapist carried into court on a wheelchair in Chiang Mai

Phuket News / Thailand

Wednesday 1 May 2013, 09:50AM

CHIANG MAI: Australian national Karl Joseph Kraus, accused of raping four sisters aged between 7 and 15 in Ban Tharn Ing Doi, Doi Saket, arrived at Chiang Mai courthouse on Monday 30th April to face charges.

Australian falls to his death from 21st floor Pattaya condominium

Phuket News / Thailand

Wednesday 1 May 2013, 09:44AM

PATTAYA: A 45 year old Australian reportedly fell from a 21st floor apartment in Jomtien early on Tuesday Morning. Police are unsure if he committed suicide or fell due to his alleged intoxicated state.

Five bands compete in Battle of the Young Bands Phuket final

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 30 April 2013, 06:01PM

PHUKET: After three heats and more than a month of voting, the final line-up for the Battle of the Young Bands on Saturday (May 4) has been confirmed.

Phuket nightlife raids net ‘dancer’ and 10 illegal foreign workers

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 30 April 2013, 05:53PM

PHUKET: Kathu Police last night (April 29) arrested 11 foreigners for working illegally in four nightspots along Bangla Rd, Patong.

Bangladesh defends disaster effort as anger grows

Phuket News / Asia

Tuesday 30 April 2013, 05:43PM

DHAKA: Bangladesh on Tuesday defended its decision to snub foreign aid after the collapse of a factory complex as anger flared at the recovery operation and towards the building's owner when he appeared in court.

Gene clues point to Cambodia for resistant malaria

Phuket News / Asia

Tuesday 30 April 2013, 05:33PM

PARIS: Gene analysis of malaria parasites has pinpointed western Cambodia as the hotspot of strains that are dangerously resistant to artesiminin, the frontline drug against the disease, scientists said on Sunday.

King Willem-Alexander takes Dutch throne

Phuket News / World

Tuesday 30 April 2013, 04:30PM

AMSTERDAM: Dutch Crown Prince Willem-Alexander became Europe's youngest monarch on Tuesday after his mother, Queen Beatrix, abdicated and his country hailed the avowedly 21st-century king with a massive, orange-hued party.

Phuket Prison remains ‘clean’ – officials

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 30 April 2013, 03:44PM

PHUKET: Two hundred man staged a dawn raid on Phuket Provincial Prison this morning (April 30).

NEWS TODAY April 30

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 30 April 2013, 03:40PM

Protest against illegal foreign workers, Police swoop on Bangla road strip clubs, A meeting about 'meetings' PLUS this week's Phuket event guide with Kirsty and Sash.

Phuket’s serial bike burner ‘enjoyed it’

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 30 April 2013, 02:28PM

PHUKET: Police last night (April 29) arrested a 37-year-old man for a series of motorbike arsons.

Kuwait deports expats for "grave" traffic offences

Phuket News / Asia

Tuesday 30 April 2013, 02:09PM

KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait has deported 213 foreigners over the past few days for committing "grave" traffic offences as part of a drive to reduce accidents, a senior interior ministry official said in comments published on Tuesday.

B69 million drug bust in Bangkok

Phuket News / Thailand

Tuesday 30 April 2013, 01:55PM

BANGKOK: Bangkok police seized illegal drugs with an estimated value of 69 million baht on the street value and arrested three suspects on Monday night Metropolitan Police Bureau chief Khamronwit Thoopkrajang said.

Jackson lawyer blasts 'ruthless' AEG at death trial

Phuket News / World

Tuesday 30 April 2013, 12:11PM

LOS ANGELES: Michael Jackson's mother on Monday accused the promoter of his doomed final tour of sacrificing the drug-addled star in a 'ruthless' pursuit of profit in the months before his 2009 death.

Young obesity doubles death risk before 55: study

Phuket News / World

Tuesday 30 April 2013, 12:09PM

PARIS: Men who are obese in their early 20s are twice as likely as peers of average weight to die before reaching the age of 55, a study said Tuesday.

Phuket Rotary fundraiser on Friday

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 30 April 2013, 12:01PM

PHUKET: Rotary International and Lost Legends will join up on Friday (May 3) at the Underwood Art Factory on the bypass road, to hold a fundraising event, with half of all funds raised going toward a small school in a Burmese work camp in Phuket.

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