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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.

Britain and Canada to share foreign embassies

Phuket News / World

Monday 24 September 2012, 05:21PM

Britain and Canada are to set up joint diplomatic missions and share embassy offices overseas, British Foreign Secretary William Hague was set to announce on Monday.

Phuket Opinion: Understanding the underpass

Phuket News / Opinion

Monday 24 September 2012, 02:39PM

PHUKET: Bridges, tunnels, overpasses and underpasses. All have been proposed in the last few years to ease traffic congestion on Phuket’s roads.

Southern 'bomber' arrested

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 24 September 2012, 02:16PM

PHUKET: A tip-off from local people resulted in the arrest on Friday night of 29-year-old Arehama Maamanseng, suspected to be a member of a group of terrorist bombers in the deep south of Thailand.

'The Demolisher' lines up two more targets

Phuket News / Phuket

Saturday 22 September 2012, 09:25PM

PHUKET: Investigators from the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP) last week visited two more luxury property developments south of Naithorn Beach, suspected of being built on land encroaching on the Sirinart Marine National Park (SNP). ore luxury properties, Malaiwana and Istana, are being investigated for possible encroachment on national park land.

New DSM joins JW

Phuket News / Business

Saturday 22 September 2012, 03:22PM

PHUKET: Now part of the team at the JW Marriott Phuket Resort & Spa is the new director of sales and marketing, Gallerne Ludovic.

Miracle Card finally begins to levitate

Phuket News / Business

Saturday 22 September 2012, 03:20PM

THAILAND: The Association of Thai Travel Agents (ATTA) says the new Miracle Thailand Card – a debit card for visitors – should help to attract more international tourists to the country, despite a shaky start last March.

Pimex set for March 2013

Phuket News / Business

Saturday 22 September 2012, 03:19PM

PHUKET: The organisers of the 2013 Phuket International Boat Show (Pimex) have announced that it will run from March 21 to 24 at the Royal Phuket Marina (RPM), with a large in-water boat display, 2,500 sqm indoor show space and marina-side activities on the boardwalk.

International tourists 'to hit one billion this year'

Phuket News / Business

Saturday 22 September 2012, 03:15PM

International tourism arrivals remain on track to reach the one billion mark by the end of year, according to the UN’s World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO).

IBAP gets a bit edgy

Phuket News / Business

Saturday 22 September 2012, 03:12PM

PHUKET: The International Business Association of Phuket (IBAP), having had a run of heavyweight guest speakers including the head of Google Thailand, Ariya Banomyong, crisis management expert Richard Hancock, and political commentators Dr Thitinan Pongsudhirak and Voranai Vanijaka, opted for something a little different for its most recent meeting.

Malaysian tourists are back in force

Phuket News / Business

Saturday 22 September 2012, 03:09PM

THAILAND: Travel from Malaysia to Thailand recorded year-on-year improvement for the first time since the car bomb in Haad Yai on March 31, according to the latest tourism report released by the Ministry of Tourism and Sports.

Bangkok lags in city brand survey

Phuket News / Business

Saturday 22 September 2012, 03:04PM

Bangkok has been ranked ninth in a new report which rates the “brand value” of 16 Asia Pacific cities.

MCOT boss moves over to run THAI

Phuket News / Business

Saturday 22 September 2012, 03:02PM

THAILAND: After just nine months as chairman of the state-owned MCOT Plc, Sorajak Kasemsuvan is on the move again, having been selected as president of state-owned Thai Airways International.

No justice for Lebanon victims

Phuket News / World

Saturday 22 September 2012, 02:59PM

Shahira Abu Ardeini lost her husband, sister and pregnant cousin in a massacre in Beirut’s Sabra and Shatila refugee camps 30 years ago. She and so many others are still waiting for justice to be done.

Cambodians fight malaria with the push of a button

Phuket News / Asia

Saturday 22 September 2012, 02:55PM

Cambodian villagers armed with a little medical know-how – and their mobile telephones – are the nation’s new foot soldiers in the fight against drug-resistant malaria.

Foreigner account? No bank you

Phuket News / Thailand

Saturday 22 September 2012, 02:49PM

The Anti-Money Laundering Office (AMLO) has announced new regulations for the opening of Thai bank accounts in a bid to reduce financial crime conducted by foreigners.

A mother's desperate love

Phuket News / Features

Saturday 22 September 2012, 02:30PM

PHUKET: Single mum Yuparate Kiawwan does not sleep at night. She can’t. If she does her son, Patchara “Petch” Samana, may die.

Thai Smile Phuket flights begin Oct 1

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 21 September 2012, 03:12PM

PHUKET: Thai Smile, the new “light” airline launched by Thai Airways International, will begin direct flights from Phuket to Bangkok and Chiang Mai on October 1, it was announced yesterday.

Bangkok gangs danced ‘Gangnam Style’ before Ekkamai gun battle, report claims

Phuket News / Thailand

Friday 21 September 2012, 02:38PM

BANGKOK: The gangs involved in today’s gun battle in Bangkok’s Ekkamai neighborhood provoked each other at a restaurant the night before – by dancing the “horse dance” from PSY’s massive K-Pop hit “Gangnam Style”, local news website INN is reporting.

UPDATE: Wigged gold robber turns himself in to Phuket police

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 21 September 2012, 01:27PM

PHUKET: One of the men, named as Kosol, believed to be responsible for the gold shop robbery in Phuket Town on Monday has turned himself into police today.

Tiger fire report presented today

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 21 September 2012, 01:13PM

PHUKET: President of the Safety in Architecture section of the Association of Siamese Architects, Dr Bundit Pradabsook was due to give a three hour presentation this morning in Bangkok, releasing his organisation’s report on the deadly Tiger Disco fire in Patong.

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