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NEWS TODAY May 24

Taxi blockade at airport. Another protest - outside Governor's mansion. Dredging at Bang Tao Klong nearly complete.

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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.

Phuket bag snatcher caught with ‘Find My iPhone’ app

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 24 April 2013, 03:31PM

PHUKET: Thung Thong police yesterday (April 23) tracked down a snatched bag and the man who stole it, using the Find My iPhone app by Apple.

Phuket house on the hill catches fire

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 24 April 2013, 03:27PM

PHUKET: Firemen were called last night (April 23) to a blaze in a house on Radar Rd, near the Air Force radar station above Chalong.

News Today April 24

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 24 April 2013, 02:46PM

Dengue fever on the rise, Bang Tao klong to be dredged, motorbike arson in Kamala and the world's most amazing hamburger

Island Bliss to showcase magical fashion in Phuket

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 24 April 2013, 12:28PM

PHUKET: When one combines the mystery of Phnom Penh, the riotous colour of Ubud, the detailed eccentricities of Rajasthan and the beach chic of Byron Bay, the result is somewhat magical.

Dealer 'had to sell drugs to support 5 wives'

Phuket News / Thailand

Wednesday 24 April 2013, 11:59AM

AYUTTHAYA: Police yesterday (April 23) arrested a young drug dealer suspect who told them that he sold methamphetamine pills to get the money he needs to support his five wives.

Phuket News: Buddhists up in arms about Jesus, Buddha-inspired manga

Phuket News / Thailand

Wednesday 24 April 2013, 10:49AM

THAILAND: Conservative Buddhists and fans of Japanese manga are standing firm on opposite sides of a debate about whether a cartoon series, ‘Saint Young Men’, portrays Buddha, one of its two main characters, in an inappropriate manner.

Tiger pushing for ‘fairness’ in Phuket fire case

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 24 April 2013, 10:38AM

PHUKET: With the court hearings to decide blame and punishment in the Tiger Discotheque fire gradually approaching, Tiger’s legal counsel has launched a campaign to “ensure fairness”.

Phuket recycling network set up

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 24 April 2013, 09:19AM

PHUKET: The Regional Environment Office (REO) in Phuket has announced that it has opened a network of centres around the island for people to drop off recyclable waste. All are at existing junk shops.

Ghana recalls120 million faulty Chinese condoms

Phuket News / World

Wednesday 24 April 2013, 08:56AM

ACCRA: Ghana is recalling a shipment of 120 million Chinese-made condoms distributed to charities in the country after testing showed that they were riddled with holes and prone to breaking, an official said Tuesday.

Filthy Phuket klong to be fixed – Prompong

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 23 April 2013, 06:54PM

PHUKET: A high-priority plan has been laid to fix pollution flowing down a klong, across Bang Tao Beach and into the sea.

Two more Phuket bikes incinerated

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 23 April 2013, 04:52PM

PHUKET: Yesterday (April 22) was an incendiary day for Kamala, with two more motorcycles incinerated in separate incidents at different times in the afternoon, and a restaurant roof catching fire.

NEWS TODAY April 23

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 23 April 2013, 03:24PM

Another fatal 'big bike' crash. More motorbike arson. Black 'slick' on west coast beaches.

Phuket dengue fever cases on the rise

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 23 April 2013, 03:08PM

PHUKET: The number of people who have died from dengue fever in Phuket this year stands at one – a young Burmese girl – but the number of confirmed cases on the island so far is more than double that of last year.

Gov intervenes in stinking Phuket canal problem

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 23 April 2013, 02:11PM

PHUKET: Governor Maitree Intusut yesterday (April 22) stepped into a long-running dispute over untreated waste water in Klong Bang Yai, which is stinking up the Samkong area.

Phuket: Skeleton in David's house believed to be of missing multi-millionaire

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 23 April 2013, 12:10PM

PHUKET: Police in Surat Thani have revealed more details of the gruesome find on Koh Samui that may lead to a second murder charge against Phuket murder accused Hungarian-Israeli Moshe David.

Death row Briton in Bali lodges appeal with top court

Phuket News / Asia

Tuesday 23 April 2013, 12:06PM

DENPASAR: A British grandmother on death row for trafficking drugs into Bali on Tuesday lodged an appeal with Indonesia's top court, a day after losing a bid to get London to fund her legal fight.

Charity aims to raise B1m at ‘Mystic Mirage’ Phuket party

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 23 April 2013, 11:28AM

PHUKET: Phuket Has Been Good To Us is gearing up for their biggest fundraising event of the year, to be held on Friday, April 26 at Bliss Beach Club on Bang Tao beach.

Russian airline sold for 1 rouble

Phuket News / Business

Tuesday 23 April 2013, 11:19AM

In what may be the biggest shopping bargain in history, a group of investors have bought Moscow-based airline Red Wings for just 1 rouble – equivalent to 93 satang.

Cambodia to get new air carrier

Phuket News / Business

Tuesday 23 April 2013, 11:16AM

Cambodia is expected to launch a new airline later this year after a deal was struck between one of the country’s biggest tycoons and Philippine conglomerate San Miguel Corporation.

TCEB aiming to encourage greener Mice

Phuket News / Business

Tuesday 23 April 2013, 11:14AM

BANGKOK: Thailand Convention and Exhibition Bureau (TCEB) has collaborated with the Thailand Greenhouse Gas Management Organization (TGO) to sign a Memorandum of Understanding to develop a stringent guideline on carbon footprint assessment for the exhibition industry.

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