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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.

Michelle Smith killers plead guilty

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 6 August 2012, 03:03PM

PHUKET: The trial of the two men involved in the killing of Australian travel agent Michelle Smith on June 20 started today.

Airpark up for sale

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 6 August 2012, 11:11AM

PHUKET: Phuket Airpark, the island’s private airstrip on the east coast, in Pa Khlok, is now on the market for B434 million.

Killing six years ago linked to illegal sand mine

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 6 August 2012, 10:57AM

PHUKET: The Department of Special Investigations is looking into allegations that a murder six years ago was connected with the vast illegal sand mine in Phang Nga.

Phuket Opinion: Promoting the island's artists

Phuket News / Opinion

Monday 6 August 2012, 10:38AM

PHUKET: Phuket is fast becoming recognised for its talented performers, following the success of Warunee 'Gig' Suwannurak, who has made it into the finals of the Thailand's Got Talent television competition.

Legalise casinos, says Thailand's richest man

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 6 August 2012, 10:03AM

PHUKET: Dhanin Chearavanont, chairman and chief executive of giant conglomerate Charoen Pokphand Group (CP) and rated by Forbes magazine as Thailand’s richest man, last week urged legalisation of casinos for Phuket, Pattaya and Chiang Mai.

Grenades, AK-47 found on Bangkok bus

Phuket News / Thailand

Sunday 5 August 2012, 11:29PM

Thai police said Sunday they were looking for the owner of a bag left on a public bus in Bangkok with an AK-47 assault rifle, more than 200 bullets, 10 hand grenades and five mines inside.

Aussie started the fight: taxi drivers

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 3 August 2012, 05:52PM

PHUKET: This afternoon, police called tuk-tuk drivers and Australian tourist Peter Hulands for questioning at the police station in Patong.

Chinese acrobats to help pay for airport interpreters

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 3 August 2012, 05:23PM

PHUKET: Acrobats and magicians from Fujian Province in China are scheduled to perform a charity event at Siam Niramit Theatre on August 14.

Security the fifth S in Thailand tourism survey

Phuket News / Business

Friday 3 August 2012, 04:31PM

Despite the recent bad press, tourists in general still believe that Thailand is a vibrant destination with friendly people, according to “Is Thailand Still Amazing?” a study released recently by the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT).

S. Korea doctor accused of dumping patient's body

Phuket News / World

Friday 3 August 2012, 01:45PM

A South Korean doctor has admitted dumping the body of a patient after he accidentally killed her by administering a sedative, police said Friday.

No change in interest rates for now – BoT

Phuket News / Business

Friday 3 August 2012, 01:00PM

Thailand’s central bank, the Bank of Thailand, left its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 3.0 per cent last week, warning that the worsening global economic situation was weighing on Asian exports.

Record hotel sales this year – JLL

Phuket News / Business

Friday 3 August 2012, 12:59PM

Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels is predicting that Phuket will be one of the Asia Pacific region’s hotel investment hot spots in 2012, following record sales in the first half of the year.

Thais urged to change for AEC 2015

Phuket News / Business

Friday 3 August 2012, 12:57PM

Surin Pitsuwan, Secretary-General of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) advised Thailand today to change its trade and investment models from one of trying to attract investment into the country to one of investing more in Asean markets and then bringing revenue back to the country.

AirAsia buys Indonesia' Batavia Air

Phuket News / Business

Friday 3 August 2012, 12:52PM

Low cost carrier Air Asia has announced said that it is to buy Indonesia’s Batavia Air for US$80 million (B2.4 billion), with the acquisition expected to be complete by the second quarter of next year.

Boom in Muslim tourists predicted

Phuket News / Business

Friday 3 August 2012, 12:51PM

From halal spas to prayer rooms at airport terminals, the global tourism industry is gearing up for a projected boom in Muslim travel over the next decade, experts say.

Thailand 'should aim to get more Indonesian tourists'

Phuket News / Business

Friday 3 August 2012, 12:50PM

An Indonesian tourism expert says the unified market in Asean that will come into being in 2015 will open doors for Asean’s private sector tourism industry to build better businesses.

Japanese tourism back on track

Phuket News / Business

Friday 3 August 2012, 12:35PM

Japanese tourism has bounced back from the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami, with the number of visitors exceeding the figures before the twin disaster.

Renminbi 'becoming an anchor currency'

Phuket News / Business

Friday 3 August 2012, 12:32PM

China’s renminbi currency is increasingly being used to settle trade transactions in Asia, gradually cementing its way to becoming a regional ‘anchor’ currency, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) says.

Tourist 'beaten by tuk-tuk drivers'

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 3 August 2012, 12:15PM

PHUKET: Australian tourist Peter Hulands, 45, claims he was beaten by five tuk-tuk drivers in Patong on Tuesday morning (July 31), after he attempted to confront them after they allegedly made a sexual joke about his girlfriend.

Phuket lions roar on national stage

Phuket News / Features

Friday 3 August 2012, 11:49AM

PHUKET: Arguably the single most successful sporting establishment in Phuket is tucked away behind an innocuous looking metal gate halfway up the Ha Sip Pee Road hill leading out of Patong.

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