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PHUKET: The sale of alcohol in restaurants, shops and entertainment venues in Phuket City (Tambon Talad Nuea and Tambon Talad Yai), will be banned from 6pm tonight (June 15) until midnight at the end of tomorrow (June 16).

Friday 15 June 2012, 05:37PM

Rape 'victim' sentenced to 15 days in jail

PHUKET: An Australian tourist who admitted lying to authorities about being raped in Phuket has been sentenced to 15 days in prison, starting today.

Friday 15 June 2012, 03:31PM

Avista Group moves up a notch with new resort

PHUKET: The new high-end Avista Hideaway Resort, owned and run by Thai group Avista Hospitality and Investments, is scheduled to open in November.

Friday 15 June 2012, 03:02PM

1997 'crisis architect' Saxena gets 10 years

A saga spanning 17 years came to an end on Friday (June 8) when a Thai court sentenced former Indian financier Rakesh Saxena to 10 years in prison for his part in a fraud case that helped trigger the 1997 Asian crisis.

Friday 15 June 2012, 03:00PM

Govt scales down N-power plans

The National Energy Policy Council (NEPC) has scaled down plans for nuclear power plants.

Friday 15 June 2012, 02:59PM

Confidence dips after 6-mth rise

Thailand’s Consumer Confidence Index in May dipped for the first time in the six months, according to the latest monthly survey by the Economic and Business Forecasting Centre of the University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce (UTCC).

Friday 15 June 2012, 02:56PM

Cycling mad couple on 9,000km journey

PHUKET: A newly married couple are spending their honeymoon in a rather unconventional way – cycling 9,000 kilometres on a tandem bike around Thailand.

Friday 15 June 2012, 02:17PM

Tourist lied about rape, police say

PHUKET: A 21-year-old Australian woman who reported to Kathu police that she had been raped on Sunday by three men in a tuk-tuk, confessed last night (June 14) that she had lied about the incident, police say.

Friday 15 June 2012, 11:00AM

BIG LIST: Dietary Requirements

Don’t get too excited about those gigantic cookie glasses just yet – they’re not being made public (probably because the creators want them all to themselves). But perhaps you can try any of the following:

Friday 15 June 2012, 10:27AM

Jerusalem plans DNA dog poo database

The Jerusalem municipality is planning to compile a DNA database for dogs in the Holy City in a bid to combat the problem of dog poo by tracing droppings back to the offending pooch.

Friday 15 June 2012, 10:23AM

New goggles serve up see-food diet

Japanese scientists have developed a set of revolutionary new ‘diet goggles’ which trick over-indulgent eaters into scoffing less food.

Friday 15 June 2012, 10:21AM

A thirst to die for

People often talk about having a thirst for life, but a two-year-old boy has taken that to whole new levels.

Friday 15 June 2012, 10:19AM

Cabinet backs away from confrontation

Phuket News / Thailand

Friday 15 June 2012, 10:10AM

The Cabinet agreed this week to conclude the current session of Parliament next Tuesday (June 19), backing away from the row over the reconciliation bills that have caused the People’s Alliance for Democracy, or Yellow Shirts, to take to the streets again.

Police seek help, photos released of lost 'forest boy'

Berlin Police on Tuesday released a photograph of the mysterious “forest boy” who turned to authorities nine months ago saying he lived in a wood for five years and did not know who he was.

Friday 15 June 2012, 10:04AM

Falklands to hold referendum on political status in 2013

The Falkland Islands will hold a referendum on its political status in 2013 in a bid to end the bitter territorial dispute between Britain and Argentina, the archipelago’s government said Tuesday.

Friday 15 June 2012, 09:51AM

Obama rejects Romney's 'faulty' Twitter message

A sarcastic US President Barack Obama Tuesday said the theme of his rival Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign could fit on a tweet with letters to spare – “it’s Obama’s fault.”

Friday 15 June 2012, 09:46AM

Brilliant Asian Americans face the 'bamboo ceiling'

Asian American families churn out doctors, engineers and graduate students, but their high-achieving image hides a “bamboo ceiling” that marginalises the fastest growing US minority, experts say.

Friday 15 June 2012, 09:43AM

Time to move On On

Phuket News / Features

Friday 15 June 2012, 09:36AM

PHUKET: As Phuket’s oldest hotel prepares to undergo a dramatic renovation to secure its future, Paritta Wangkiat discovers why, at the historic On On, some things will never change.

Medical teams practice halting flu at Phuket airport