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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.

King Power beats Audemars Piguet in King's Cup Final

Phuket News / Thailand

Tuesday 18 September 2012, 06:29AM

THAILAND: After a fun and ferocious week of elephant polo, attended by teams from all over the world as well as royals, celebrities and many other special VIP guests, the final day of the tournament offered up a showcase of skillful play, plenty of memorable moments and a new winning team for 2012.

Army behind Thai protest death: inquest

Phuket News / Thailand

Monday 17 September 2012, 06:17PM

The Thai military shot and killed a taxi driver during 2010 "Red Shirt" rallies, an inquest found Monday, in the first ever ruling on deaths during the country's worst political violence in decades.

Security warning to US citizens

Phuket News / Thailand

Monday 17 September 2012, 04:12PM

The US Embassy in Bangkok is bracing for a protest planned at its gates tomorrow (September 18) over an anti-Islamic film that was at the root of the recent riots in Benghazi, Libya, in which the US Ambassador to that country and three other embassy staffers were killed.

BTS sells huge plot of Phuket land

Phuket News / Business

Monday 17 September 2012, 03:45PM

PHUKET: Thailand’s publicly listed BTS has announced that its subsidiary, Bangkok Mass Transit System Public Co Ltd (BMTS), has sold a massive 455-rai piece of land in Kamala.

Wigged raiders hit Phuket gold shop

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 17 September 2012, 03:23PM

PHUKET: Two men wearing wigs robbed a gold shop in Mubaan Kaeha, in the Rassada Port area of Phuket Town, at about 1pm today.

Buffalo rescued from well

Phuket News / Thailand

Monday 17 September 2012, 02:51PM

Pataloong Kupai Rescue Service in Ranong were called to perform an unusual rescue on Wednesday (September 12): pulling a two-year-old water buffalo from a well.

Phang-Nga prisoner caught

Phuket News / Thailand

Monday 17 September 2012, 02:31PM

After two days on the lam, drug suspect Tsongraks Kam-on, who escaped from Phang-nga courthouse on September 12 subsequent to his arraignment on charges of possessing 10,000 methamphetamine tablets and an unspecified type of firearm, was re-captured by provincial police.

Four shot dead and burnt in Thai south unrest

Phuket News / Thailand

Monday 17 September 2012, 12:49PM

Three paramilitary soldiers and a woman were shot dead by militants who then torched their bodies in an early morning ambush in Thailand's restive south, police said Saturday.

Thaksin should stay out of Thai politics: panel chief

Phuket News / Thailand

Monday 17 September 2012, 12:49PM

The head of an independent Thai reconciliation panel called on former leader Thaksin Shinawatra to stay out of the country's turbulent politics ahead of a key report on deadly 2010 protests Monday.

Funeral for Christian Roth set for Monday

Phuket News / Phuket

Sunday 16 September 2012, 11:59PM

PHUKET: The funeral for Christian Roth, highly popular beach complex operations manager at Angsana Laguna Phuket, will take place tomorrow (Monday, September 17).

Will the AEC really change anything?

Phuket News / Features

Saturday 15 September 2012, 02:48PM

PHUKET: In three years the Asean Economic Community will become fully operational, removing impediments to travel and commerce between the 13 member countries.

84-rai suspect land plot discovered

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 14 September 2012, 04:49PM

PHUKET: Another suspect land paper covering 84 rai, which officials believe encroaches on Sirinart Marine National Park, was discovered this week.

Angsana manager dies in road smash

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 14 September 2012, 02:35PM

Thai bid clouds Heineken's Asian expansion

Phuket News / Business

Friday 14 September 2012, 09:02AM

A battle for dominance in Asia's lucrative beer market broke out Thursday as a Thai tycoon made a $7.1 billion bid for a Singapore group that includes a brewer about to be taken over by Dutch giant Heineken.

Romney: Middle East needs US leadership

Phuket News / World

Friday 14 September 2012, 09:02AM

WORLD: Mitt Romney paid tribute Thursday to four American diplomats killed in Libya, insisting that US power was vital in the Middle East, but he halted his criticism of President Barack Obama's handling of the crisis.

Ex-Navy SEAL among four dead in Libya attack: US official

Phuket News / World

Friday 14 September 2012, 09:01AM

WORLD: One of the four Americans killed in Tuesday's attack on the US consulate in Libya was a former member of the elite Navy SEALs, a US official said Thursday.

Pentagon chief to visit China, Japan in Asia tour

Phuket News / Asia

Friday 14 September 2012, 09:00AM

ASIA: Defense Secretary Leon Panetta departs this weekend on a trip to China, Japan and New Zealand, officials said Thursday, as part of a US bid to shift towards the region despite crises in the Middle East.

Thailand says Myanmar preparing for refugee return

Phuket News / Thailand

Friday 14 September 2012, 09:00AM

THAILAND: About 120,000 Myanmar refugees in Thailand may return home within a year, the kingdom's National Security Council said Thursday, following recent talks between the two nations.

Hundreds jailed by 'fake' bomb detectors in Thai south

Phuket News / Thailand

Friday 14 September 2012, 08:57AM

THAILAND: Implicated by the wand of a "bogus" bomb detector, Hassan became one of hundreds detained in Thailand's insurgency-racked south because of equipment that experts say is useless.

Cough mixture ‘courier’ busted

Phuket News / Thailand

Thursday 13 September 2012, 06:07PM

Army special operations troops and regular police in Songkhla seized some 1,600 bottles of prescription cough syrup hidden in a 10-wheel truck they stopped for inspection on Tuesday morning (September 11).

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