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Phuket rain fails to dampen locals' merit making spirit

PHUKET: This morning's heavy rain did not affect the turnout for the “Tam boon klang lhad” (Merit Day) as hundreds of locals poured into downtown Phuket to donate food and items to the local monks and 'make merit'.

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Bangkok: Reconciliation bill comes under fire

BANGKOK: The reconciliation bill sponsored by Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yubamrung is facing growing opposition as it would exonerate those responsible for the crackdown on the 2010 red shirt protests.

Aerosmith's Steven Tyler spotted in Phuket Town

PHUKET: Phuket Town locals got a shock last night (May 18) when they spotted Aerosmith's lead singer Steven Tyler partying at Timber Hut bar in Phuket Town.

Phuket Police must stamp out abuse of tourists, says Chinese envoy

PHUKET: China’s Haad-Yai-based Vice Consul, Qin Jian, has urged police to crack down hard on sexual attacks on tourists, following yesterday’s alleged molestation of a 19-year-old Chinese tourist by a “black taxi” driver who picked her up from the airport.

US woman on trial for cutting off 'hyper-sexual' husband's penis

Phuket News / World

Thursday 18 April 2013, 10:04AM

LOS ANGELES: A US man whose estranged wife cut off his penis accused her Wednesday of effectively murdering him, recounting his horror as she severed the organ and threw it into a garbage disposal machine.

Boston University grieves for Chinese student killed by bomb

Phuket News / World

Thursday 18 April 2013, 09:58AM

BOSTON: Three Chinese friends from Boston University went to sample American life at the city's ill-fated marathon. Lu Lingzi was killed, Zhou Danling was badly hurt and the third wonders how she survived unscathed.

French executives on trial over faulty breast implants

Phuket News / World

Wednesday 17 April 2013, 05:47PM

MARSEILLE: France launched one of its biggest-ever trials on Wednesday as five managers from company PIP faced charges of selling faulty breast implants that sparked a global health scare.

New Zealand backs gay marriage

Phuket News / World

Wednesday 17 April 2013, 05:46PM

WELLINGTON: New Zealand became the first country in the Asia-Pacific region to legalise gay marriage Wednesday after a historic parliamentary vote.

Thai jailed in Aus for prostituting daughter, 9

Phuket News / Thailand

Wednesday 17 April 2013, 05:41PM

SYDNEY: A Thai-born woman was jailed in Australia Tuesday for prostituting her daughter from the age of nine, marketing her to clients as the "new girl" in crimes condemned as "despicable".

Forgotten child in school van dies

Phuket News / Thailand

Wednesday 17 April 2013, 05:39PM

SAMUT PRAKAN: Manassanan Thongphu, the young girl who was left in a van for several hours outside her kindergarten in Samut Prakan, has died after two weeks in a coma struggling for her life.

Dolphin dies after rescue from Phuket’s Nai Harn beach [VIDEO]

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 17 April 2013, 05:34PM

PHUKET: An injured female spinner dolphin found in the water at Nai Harn beach around midday today (April 17) died this afternoon after being taken to the Phuket Marine Biological Center (PMBC).

Phuket airport security upped after Boston bombings

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 17 April 2013, 05:30PM

PHUKET: The Boston bombings will not have an affect on Phuket’s risk of a terrorist attack, but security at Phuket International Airport has been increased to be on the safe side, says its director.

Wet and windy in Phuket for five more days

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 17 April 2013, 04:59PM

PHUKET: Roongrawee Aonkot, Director of Weather Forecasting at the Southern Meteorological Centre, has said the current thundery, wet and windy weather will continue in Phuket for the next five days or so.

German expat dies in Phuket after night out drinking

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 17 April 2013, 04:17PM

PHUKET: German national Peter Lutz Teubner, a Phuket resident, was found dead in his house in Karon today (April 17).

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Wednesday 17 April 2013, 02:09PM

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Phuket dive boat drama: ‘Passengers jumped overboard’

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 17 April 2013, 12:24PM

PHUKET: The manager of the liveaboard dive boat Little Princess has given dramatic details of how the boat sank in heavy seas off Koh Tachai in Phang Nga province yesterday (April 16), with many passengers jumping overboard, and their belongings sinking to the bottom of the sea along with the boat.

Phuket: Police station builder’s contract to be terminated today

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 17 April 2013, 11:27AM

BANGKOK: The Royal Thai Police have resolved to terminate their contract with PCC Development and Construction Co to build 396 police stations, some of them in Phuket, despite the company threatening to take the matter to court.

Fourth member of Phuket skimmer gang sought

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 17 April 2013, 10:59AM

PHUKET: Police have issued a photograph of a fourth member of the alleged ATM skimming gang, three of whom were arrested on Sunday (April 14). He has been named as 20-year-old Mounir Arabi, a French citizen, also wanted in Pattaya for skimming.

Phuket Buddhist amulet expert dies

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 17 April 2013, 10:49AM

PHUKET: Local singer and well-known Phuket Town Buddhist amulet expert Teerapon Kaewsakul, 46, died from a heart attack yesterday (April 16) in his apartment.

Yet another day free of road deaths in Phuket

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 17 April 2013, 09:56AM

PHUKET: The island yesterday continued its run of days free of road fatalities, recording five accidents with five people taken to hospital.

'Indisputable' that US practiced torture after 9/11: panel

Phuket News / World

Wednesday 17 April 2013, 09:31AM

U.S: It is 'indisputable' that the United States engaged in torture after the September 11, 2001 terror attacks and top officials are ultimately to blame, says an independent review released Tuesday.

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Wednesday 17 April 2013, 09:22AM

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Quake kills at least 37 in Pakistan and Iran

Phuket News / Asia

Wednesday 17 April 2013, 12:09AM

QUETTA, PAKISTAN: A powerful earthquake struck southeastern Iran today (April 16), killing at least 34 people across the border in Pakistan and shaking buildings as far away as the Gulf and New Delhi.

Weather sinks dive boat, strands 400. Navy to the rescue

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 16 April 2013, 10:48PM

PHANG NGA: The Thai Navy offshore patrol vessel HTMS Pattani is currently standing off Koh Tachai, halfway between the Similan and Surin Islands, taking on board some 400 tourists and recreational divers stranded there by heavy weather.

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