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NEW YORK: Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani school girl and advocate for girls' education who survived a would-be assassin's bullet, is among the 100 most influential people in the world, Time magazine said Thursday.

Thursday 18 April 2013, 11:41PM

Swedish anorexia patients targeted by modelling agencies

STOCKHOLM: A Stockholm treatment centre for eating disorders on Thursday said talent scouts from modelling agencies had approached their patients outside the clinic, hoping to recruit them.

Thursday 18 April 2013, 11:40PM

Bangkok killer found in Phuket after 11 years

PHUKET: Phuket Police yesterday (April 17) arrested a man wanted for a stabbing murder 11 years ago in Bangkok.

Thursday 18 April 2013, 05:54PM

Phuket’s 'zero' road deaths record marred on last day

PHUKET: The island almost got through the Seven Days of Danger around Songkran with no road deaths.

Thursday 18 April 2013, 05:19PM

The Big List: Strange Food

WEIRD WORLD: One man’s meat is another man’s cuddly pet, as the current gourmet fad for guinea pigs shows. Obviously weird food isn’t all that weird to the people who enjoy eating it, but a few delicacies are so unusual that they deserve special mention.

Thursday 18 April 2013, 04:48PM

Phuket: Rawai soi turned into garbage dump

PHUKET: Canadian expat Andy Greenlay, 71, has been picking up garbage around where he lives in Rawai for 30 years, but the garbage problem has become so bad now that he cannot keep up with it.

Thursday 18 April 2013, 04:46PM

Archaeologists uncover ancient ‘Gates of Hell’

WEIRD WORLD: Italian researchers say they’ve found the legendary “Gates of Hell”, known to the ancient Greeks and Romans as “Pluto’s Gate.”

Thursday 18 April 2013, 04:42PM

BBQ guinea pigs to ‘feed the world’

WEIRD WORLD: You may remember them as a cherished childhood pet, but guinea pigs are turning up on posh restaurant menus around the world – and researchers say they could replace beef as a staple food.

Thursday 18 April 2013, 04:40PM

Tuk-tuks shine lights on airstrip emergency

WEIRD WORLD: Hundreds of motorbike taxis lined an unlit airstrip in a jungle region of Peru so an emergency medevac plane with three very sick patients could take off – including a woman and her newborn baby.

Thursday 18 April 2013, 04:37PM

10-week hiccup attack baffles teen’s doctors

WEIRD WORLD: A thirteen year-old girl in the UK has been hiccuping non-stop since January – and her doctors can’t find a way to make the hiccups stop.

Thursday 18 April 2013, 04:33PM

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Thursday 18 April 2013, 02:12PM

60-70 dead, hundreds hurt in Texas plant explosion: media

CHICAGO: Some 60 to 70 people were killed and hundreds were injured by an explosion at a fertilizer plant outside Waco, Texas, local media reported, citing the local emergency manager.

Thursday 18 April 2013, 01:03PM

Phuket pit bull victim struggling as medical bills reach B2m

PHUKET: Tiansak Aikphaiboon, victim of an attack by three pit bull dogs two and a half months ago, remains in hospital as doctors try to cure large, deep wounds in both of his legs.

Thursday 18 April 2013, 12:21PM

Cambodia, Thailand clash over temple at top UN court

Phuket News / Thailand

Thursday 18 April 2013, 10:28AM

THE HAGUE: Thailand and Cambodia took their dispute around a flashpoint ancient temple to the UN's highest court on Monday, in a case Phnom Penh warned could end friendly relations between the countries.

Bardot appeals to Thailand over dog trade

Phuket News / Thailand

Thursday 18 April 2013, 10:27AM

PARIS: Brigitte Bardot has issued an appeal to Thai Premier Yingluck Shinawatra to clamp down on the slaughtering of dogs in illegal abattoirs.

Britain bids farewell to Margaret Thatcher

LONDON: Margaret Thatcher was laid to rest on Wednesday with military pageantry and pockets of protests, in a funeral that reflected the polarising impact of Britain's longest-serving post-war prime minister.

Thursday 18 April 2013, 10:25AM

Texas fertilizer plant explosion leaves injured: authorities

WASHINGTON: A major explosion at a fertilizer plant outside the Texas town of Waco Wednesday left several people injured, and was so powerful it set fire to nearby buildings, authorities said.

Thursday 18 April 2013, 10:24AM

Organised crime worth $90 bn a year in East Asia

Phuket News / Asia

Thursday 18 April 2013, 10:17AM

SYDNEY: Organised crime gangs dealing in fake goods, drugs, human trafficking, and the illicit wildlife trade earn nearly $90 billion annually in East Asia and the Pacific, a UN report showed Tuesday.

For overseas students, Boston bombs hit home