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Britain's Kate in last public event before giving birth

LONDON: Prince William's wife Catherine on Saturday carried out her last public engagement before giving birth to their first baby, at Queen Elizabeth II's official 87th birthday celebrations.

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Thousands evacuated after blasts at Russian arms depot

MOSCOW: More than 6,000 people were evacuated in central Russia overnight after a series of massive explosions at an arms depot blew out windows and sparked a fire, the emergency situations ministry said Wednesday.

French floods claim first victim, Lourdes remains closed

TOULOUSE: Flash floods in southwestern France killed an elderly woman as the inundated grotto at the Roman Catholic pilgrimage site of Lourdes remained closed for a second day on Wednesday.

India monsoon floods leave 120 dead

DEHRADUN: Military helicopters dropped emergency supplies Wednesday to thousands of tourists and pilgrims stranded by flash floods that tore through towns and temples in northern India, killing at least 120 people, officials said.

Minister addresses Phuket tourism problems

Phuket News / Phuket

Sunday 5 May 2013, 12:24PM

PHUKET: The island has a number of tourism problems that need fixing, Somsak Pureesrisak, Thailand's new Minister of Tourism and Sports, said yesterday (May 4).

Five dealers held, 9,500 pills seized in Phuket bust

Phuket News / Phuket

Sunday 5 May 2013, 10:30AM

PHUKET: Police climbed up a drug dealing ladder over the past week to arrest four drug dealers and seize 9,458 methamphetamine (ya ba) tablets.

Cambodian held for murder of Japanese businessman

Phuket News / Thailand

Saturday 4 May 2013, 04:56PM

ARANYAPHRATHET: Thai Immigration police on Friday (May 3) arrested a Cambodian man for allegedly killing a Japanese businessman after he robbed the victim of his gambling takings in Poi Pet.

Big ganja consignment busted

Phuket News / Thailand

Saturday 4 May 2013, 04:36PM

NAKHON PHANOM: Almost a third of a ton of marijuana, with a street value of around 1.65 million baht, has been seized in Nakhon Phanom Province.

Phuket foreigners. Who needs them?

Phuket News / Opinion

Saturday 4 May 2013, 09:46AM

PHUKET: The dirty ‘F’ word – foreigner. Not native to this land. Someone of foreign nationality. Different. Alien. Not us. Foreigners. Bloody foreigners.

Bad weather here, but Phuket’s life guards still wait for new contract

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 3 May 2013, 04:21PM

PHUKET: Members of Phuket Lifeguard Club are waiting to hear whether the Phuket Provincial Administration Organisation will renew its contract to guard the island’s beaches, and on what terms.

Phuket Money: Making the best of that ancient forgotten pension

Phuket News / Business

Friday 3 May 2013, 04:21PM

Many Brits and nationals of other countries who previously worked in the UK will have accumulated pension funds from their ex-employers or via their own private pension schemes during their time spent working there.

TAT to open language schools for guides

Phuket News / Business

Friday 3 May 2013, 04:20PM

BANGKOK: The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) is set to open new language schools in major provinces across the country in a bid to shore up the nation’s lack of skilled tour guides.

BoT continues to resist pressure over high baht

Phuket News / Business

Friday 3 May 2013, 04:19PM

BANGKOK: Pressure continues to mount on the Bank of Thailand (BoT) over the rising Thai baht.

Most Thai workers ‘unhappy with boring jobs, low pay’

Phuket News / Business

Friday 3 May 2013, 04:16PM

A majority of Thai workers are unsatisfied with their current jobs and many see their salary as too low, says a survey from a recruitment company.

Ministry kicks back Thai Smile spinoff

Phuket News / Business

Friday 3 May 2013, 04:14PM

BANGKOK: A plan to set up THAI Smile Airways Co as a subsidiary of THAI Airways International has been sent back to the national carrier by the Transport Ministry for further study.

Khao Yai property boom heading for a legal wall

Phuket News / Business

Friday 3 May 2013, 04:13PM

Rich families who own most of the new property projects in Khao Yai may suffer the most from a possible drop in land prices if the new Nakhon Ratchasima town plan does not allow any property development.

New chef joins Indigo Pearl resort in Phuket

Phuket News / Business

Friday 3 May 2013, 04:09PM

PHUKET: The Phuket Indigo Pearl resort has announced the appointment of Jack Yoss as its new executive sous chef and chef of the resort’s Rivet restaurant.

Phang Nga, Krabi seen as back-ups for Phuket Airport

Phuket News / Business

Friday 3 May 2013, 04:05PM

PHUKET: With the Phuket International Airport extension, currently under construction, expected to be full to capacity as soon as it opens, the airport’s bosses are looking at other ways to handle the continually soaring passenger numbers.

Police waiting on DNA result for Samui skeleton

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 3 May 2013, 04:04PM

SURAT THANI: Police are having to rely on DNA matching to identify the skeleton found buried beneath the basement of a villa in Koh Samui owned by accused Hungarian-Israeli murderer Moshe David, also known as Gabor Nemeth.

‘Half billion visitors by 2017’

Phuket News / Business

Friday 3 May 2013, 04:03PM

Visitor arrivals to the Asia-Pacific region will grow to 581 million by 2017 with an annual growth rate of 4.1 per cent, according to a new Asia-Pacific Visitor Forecast released Thursday.

NEWS TODAY May 3

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 3 May 2013, 03:41PM

Lightning blacks out Phuket NE coast

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 3 May 2013, 03:18PM

PHUKET: Lightning struck this morning (May 3) in the Pa Khlok area, leaving much of the northeast coast blacked out.

The Big List: Spy Animals

Phuket News / Weird World

Friday 3 May 2013, 01:06PM

THE BIG LIST: The suspected Pakistani camera falcon may be just the latest effort by the world’s spy masters to deploy the feathered and the furred in espionage. Here are a few of the other animal ‘spies’ over the years.

Dead falcon sparks spy scare on Indian border

Phuket News / Weird World

Friday 3 May 2013, 01:03PM

WEIRD WORLD: Indian security forces have found a dead falcon fitted with a small camera which has sparked alarm near the country’s highly militarised border with Pakistan, say officials.

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