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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.

Dramatic Chao Phraya rescue in Bangkok [VIDEO]

Phuket News / Thailand

Wednesday 10 April 2013, 04:38PM

BANGKOK: An alert passenger captured a video of a dramatic rescue in the Chao Phraya river in Bangkok, when a man saved a woman from drowning, and was then, in turn, saved by her.

Wet weather coming to Phuket for Songkran

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 10 April 2013, 04:31PM

PHUKET: As thunder grumbled and dark clouds gathered over Phuket this afternoon, driven westwards from the Gulf of Thailand, meteorologists predicted cooler weather and a 10 per cent chance of rain tomorrow (April 11).

Aircraft travel set to get bumpier – scientists

Phuket News / World

Wednesday 10 April 2013, 04:00PM

LONDON: Flights will become bumpier as global warming destabilises air currents at altitudes used by commercial airliners, climate scientists have warned.

Fireworks and acrobats as Outrigger opens in style in Phuket

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 10 April 2013, 03:28PM

PHUKET: Four hundred people attended the sensational grand opening party of the 255-room Outrigger Laguna Phuket Beach Resort in Phuket on April 4.

News Today, April 10

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 10 April 2013, 02:45PM

The Daily News Phuket

Phuket gas delivery teenager shot

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 10 April 2013, 12:56PM

PHUKET: A teenager delivering cooking gas in a three-wheel motorbike was shot on Kra Rd, Phuket Town, this morning.

Thai SkyTrain raises B63 billion in mega IPO

Phuket News / Business

Wednesday 10 April 2013, 09:33AM

BANGKOK: The Thai operator of Bangkok's SkyTrain system said Friday that it had raised B63 billion in one of the biggest initial public offerings (IPOs) worldwide this year.

Thailand, Taiwan TV stations sorry for Thatcher photo gaffes

Phuket News / Thailand

Wednesday 10 April 2013, 09:22AM

BANGKOK: A Thai station apologised Tuesday for showing a photo of actress Meryl Streep when reporting the death of Margaret Thatcher, while a Taiwanese cable news channel ran a photo of Queen Elizabeth II.

Thailand: Defamation charges chill labour rights inquiries

Phuket News / Thailand

Wednesday 10 April 2013, 09:09AM

THAILAND: Criminal defamation charges against a prominent labour activist violate his right to free speech and will have a chilling effect on investigations of alleged rights abuses by companies in Thailand, Human Rights Watch said on April 9.

Reward for Phuket gold heist and killing doubled to B400k

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 9 April 2013, 11:08PM

PHUKET: The reward for information leading to the capture of the man who robbed a gold shop at the Tesco-Lotus supermarket on the bypass road and shot dead a customer last night has been doubled.

Coffee, tea or Richard Branson?

Phuket News / World

Tuesday 9 April 2013, 05:55PM

The day may have been rescheduled time after time, but on May 12, Sir Richard Branson will finally shave the hair off his legs and slip into a sexy red skirt for his debut as a flight attendant aboard an AirAsia X flight.

Police investigate Phuket motorbike ‘arson’

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 9 April 2013, 05:41PM

PHUKET: Police are investigating a spate of motorbike fires around the island, with all believed to be arson.

Phuket robbery victim’s actions praised

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 9 April 2013, 04:46PM

PHUKET: The actions of the customer shot dead in last night’s gold shop robbery have been recognised by an award presented to his fiancee at the Phuket Provincial Hall today (April 9).

News Today, April 9

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 9 April 2013, 04:27PM

The Daily News Phuket

Phuket Songkran events round-up

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 9 April 2013, 03:12PM

PHUKET: With Songkran coming up this weekend, here's a list of events happening around Phuket.

Villagers lose fight over Phuket ‘fallow’ land

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 9 April 2013, 12:08PM

PHUKET: People living in a small village on 83 rai of land near Klong Mudong in Chalong staged a protest last Friday (April 5) when land officers, accompanied by police, arrived to survey the land.

B200k reward offered for info on Phuket robbery-murder [VIDEO]

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 9 April 2013, 10:02AM

PHUKET: Police have offered a reward of B200,000 for information leading to the arrest of the gold shop robber who shot dead a customer yesterday evening (April 8) in the CP Goldmaster shop next to Tesco Lotus on the bypass road.

Thai draft 'lottery' brings range of emotions [VIDEO]

Phuket News / Thailand

Tuesday 9 April 2013, 09:58AM

Ror Dor: Early April is the time of year when healthy Thai men, aged 21 to 30 and having never attended the Ror Dor military school, need to participate in the military draft.

News Today, April 8

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 9 April 2013, 08:56AM

The Daily News Phuket

Phuket gold shop robber shoots and kills customer

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 9 April 2013, 12:17AM

PHUKET: A gold robber ransacking the CP Goldmaster gold shop next to Tesco Lotus on the bypass road tonight (April 8) at about 7 pm, callously and coolly shot a customer who tried to remonstrate with him.

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