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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.

Stabbing 'sent shockwaves through tourism industry'

Phuket News / Phuket

Sunday 24 June 2012, 10:42AM

PHUKET: Andrew J Wood, President of Skal International Thailand, says that the violent death of travel agent Michelle Smith, “has sent shockwaves throughout the tourism industry here in Thailand and overseas”.

Phuket security likely to be beefed up

Phuket News / Phuket

Sunday 24 June 2012, 10:25AM

PHUKET: Investigations into the killing of Australian travel agent Michelle Smith on Wednesday night (June 20) at Kata Noi are now being led by Pol Gen Chatchai Potranant, an expert in crime suppression and one of Thailand’s most senior officers.

Thailand probes radar blackout at Suvarnabhumi

Phuket News / Thailand

Saturday 23 June 2012, 11:28PM

Thailand has launched a probe into a radar blackout at its main international airport, a minister said Saturday, after the incident threatened to tarnish the nation's image as a regional aviation hub.

B300k offered for info on killers

Phuket News / Phuket

Saturday 23 June 2012, 01:30PM

PHUKET: Police announced this morning that a reward of B300,000 is being offered for information leading to the capture of the killers of Australian travel agent Michelle Smith, 60, on Wednesday night in Kata.

Police arrest 19 North Korean refugees

Phuket News / Thailand

Saturday 23 June 2012, 01:10PM

Police arrested 19 North Korean refugees in northern Thailand on Friday who asked to be sent to a "third country", most likely South Korea, officials said, and charged them with illegal entry.

'Mafia gangs gone in three months'

Phuket News / Phuket

Saturday 23 June 2012, 01:02PM

PHUKET: Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yoobamrung vowed yesterday (June 22) to get rid of mafia gangs in Thailand tourism hotspots, including Phuket, within three months.

CCTV stills show suspects in Michelle Smith case

Phuket News / Phuket

Saturday 23 June 2012, 10:58AM

PHUKET: Police last night released enhanced images from CCTV cameras in Kata showing the two men they believe killed Australian travel agent Michelle Smith on Wednesday night (June 20).

Stabbing victim's husband 'absolutely devastated'

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 22 June 2012, 05:19PM

PHUKET: The husband of Australian travel agent Michelle Smith, 60, has told an Australian newspaper he is ‘absolutely devastated’ and will never recover from the loss of his life partner.

Rolly Tasker dies at 86

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 22 June 2012, 02:40PM

PHUKET: Rolly Tasker, founder of one of Phuket’s most successful industries, died this morning (June 22) in Australia, at the age of 86, after a long battle with cancer.

Two men sought over Phi Phi deaths

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 22 June 2012, 12:59PM

PHUKET: Police are looking for two Portuguese men last seen with the two Canadian sisters found dead under mysterious circumstances at a hotel on Koh Phi Phi last week.

Bashed fighter's family overwhelmed by support

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 22 June 2012, 11:54AM

PHUKET: The family of Phuket Muay Thai fighter Daniel Ketley, who was allegedly beaten and left for dead in Naiharn on June 8 say they have been blown away by the support from people all around the world after they went public about the incident.

Many missing as 110 survive Indian Ocean boat capsize

Phuket News / World

Friday 22 June 2012, 11:38AM

Ships and aircraft scoured the Indian Ocean Friday for survivors after a boat capsized off Australia's remote Christmas Island, with three people confirmed dead and more than 80 missing.

19-year-old found hanged in Phuket

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 22 June 2012, 09:52AM

PHUKET: A 19-year-old man, Danupong Dechbamroong, was found hanged at his home off Sri Sena Rd, on the southeast edge of Phuket Town, on Wednesday (June 20).

New form of 'ice' seized in Phuket

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 22 June 2012, 09:47AM

PHUKET: Police in Thalang district seized 307 methamphetamine tablets (ya ba) and crystal methamphetamine (ya ice) of a new but increasingly popular type during a drug raid on Tuesday night (June 19).

TAT in 'deep shock' over killing

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 22 June 2012, 09:41AM

The Tourism Authority Thailand (TAT) “is in deep shock and regret” following the stabbing death of Australian travel agent Michelle Smith in Phuket.

Killers will be caught – resort owner

Phuket News / Phuket

Thursday 21 June 2012, 07:03PM

PHUKET: Sombat Atiset, owner of the Katathani Resort in Kata, today offered deep apologies to the family of Australian travel agent Michelle Smith, stabbed to death outside his resort, and said, “I believe we will catch these killers.”

Stabbing victim 'lived life to the full'

Phuket News / Phuket

Thursday 21 June 2012, 04:39PM

PHUKET: The 59-year-old Australian travel agent and mother of three who was stabbed to death in Phuket last night “loved life and lived it to the full, with no regrets,” her family have said through a heartbreaking statement that shows just what damage has been done by her killer.

Channel 3 fined B500,000 for 'breastgate' scandal

Phuket News / Thailand

Thursday 21 June 2012, 12:50PM

Channel 3 operator Bangkok Entertainment Company (BEC) has been fined B500,000 for the ‘breastgate’ scandal that infuriated Thailand’s Culture Ministry and set off debate through Thai society about cultural mores.

Australian travel agent stabbed to death

Phuket News / Phuket

Thursday 21 June 2012, 09:26AM

PHUKET: A 59-year-old Australian travel agent, Michelle Smith, was slashed to death by snatch-and-grab robbers in Kata Noi last night (June 20).

Police arrest S. African for drug smuggling

Phuket News / Thailand

Wednesday 20 June 2012, 06:07PM

A South African woman has been arrested at Bangkok airport attempting to smuggle two kilogrammes (4.4 pounds) of crystal methamphetamine, Thai police said Wednesday.

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