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WEIRD WORLD: Stores across New Zealand stocked up with Marmite for the first time in more than a year, as a shortage of the breakfast spread caused by an earthquake came to an end.

Thursday 4 April 2013, 12:22PM

Driverless truck smashes along German motorway

WEIRD WORLD: A 40-tonne articulated truck cruised for more than 10 kilometres along a German autobahn after its driver collapsed with a heart attack.

Thursday 4 April 2013, 12:21PM

Museum rocked by Heavy Metal threat

WEIRD WORLD: Britain’s prestigious Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) has cancelled a concert by “grind” metal band Napalm Death because of fears that the music will literally bring the house down.

Thursday 4 April 2013, 12:19PM

Sick Brit fired for shark attack

WEIRD WORLD: A British man hailed as a hero for wrestling a shark away from an Australian beach has been sacked after it emerged that he was on sick leave at the time.

Thursday 4 April 2013, 12:17PM

Chakri Day commemorations in Phuket

PHUKET: Saturday (April 6) is Chakri Day, commemorating the foundation of the royal Chakri Dynasty.

Thursday 4 April 2013, 10:24AM

Dad charged for son’s alleged holiday sex with prostitute on Samui

Phuket News / Thailand

Thursday 4 April 2013, 09:39AM

KOH SAMUI: An Australian man has been charged with child sex tourism offences after allegedly allowing his 13-year-old son to visit a prostitute while on Koh Samui last year.

Bus crash on Phuket's Patong hill

PHUKET: A Pegas Tours bus crashed on Patong hill tonight, causing traffic delays in the area.

Wednesday 3 April 2013, 09:12PM

News Today, April 3

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Wednesday 3 April 2013, 04:23PM

Phuket: ‘Missing’ German tourist found on Koh Phangan

PHUKET: Tourist Benjamin Jürgs, reported missing by his family in Germany, has been found on Koh Phangan today (April 3).

Wednesday 3 April 2013, 04:10PM

Phuket: Muay Thai champ caught with drugs in his underwear

PHUKET: Former Thai boxing champion Sumonchai Mad-Adam, 32, better known by his ring name of Rungsaknoi Dechrit, was arrested by Karon police yesterday (April 2) on drug-dealing charges, after methamphetamine (ya ba) pills were found in his underwear.

Wednesday 3 April 2013, 03:33PM

Govt sets out Songkran precautions for Phuket

PHUKET: Sales of alcohol will be banned during the Songkran holiday on April 12 and 13 in the main water fight areas: Bangla Rd and the beach road in Patong, Surin Beach, Saphan Hin, Sirinart Park at Nai Yang Beach, Kata and Karon Beaches and Kamala Park.

Wednesday 3 April 2013, 03:01PM

Marine abducted and shot dead in Thai south: army

Phuket News / Thailand

Wednesday 3 April 2013, 01:12PM

NARATHIWAT: A Thai marine has been abducted and executed in Thailand's deep south in a possible revenge attack for losses sustained by militants in a botched raid on a military base, an army spokesman said Wednesday.

'Ready for Hillary' supporters launch website

WASHINGTON: 'Ready for Hillary' – the name says it all.

Wednesday 3 April 2013, 11:30AM

UN adopts global treaty on weapons trade

The UN General Assembly on Tuesday passed the first treaty regulating the conventional arms trade in an attempt to bring transparency and protection of human rights to the often murky industry.

Wednesday 3 April 2013, 11:29AM

Campaign to replace Chavez kicks off in Venezuela

MARACAIBO: The presidential campaign to replace Venezuela's Hugo Chavez formally kicked off Tuesday, with his chosen successor vowing to carry on the deceased leader's socialist "revolution."

Wednesday 3 April 2013, 11:28AM

Jackson doctor refuses to testify

LOS ANGELES: Michael Jackson's jailed former doctor refused Tuesday to testify at a trial in which the singer's mother is seeking massive damages from tour promoters she blames for hiring the medic.

Wednesday 3 April 2013, 11:25AM

S. Korea says North bans entry to industrial park

SEOUL: North Korea told South Korea on Wednesday that it was banning access to their Kaesong joint industrial park, but said South Koreans in the complex would be allowed to leave, officials said.

Wednesday 3 April 2013, 11:24AM

Australia launches national child sex abuse inquiry

MELBOURNE: Australia opened a national probe into child sex abuse on Wednesday, with premier Julia Gillard warning of "uncomfortable truths" as institutions including schools and churches come under scrutiny.

Wednesday 3 April 2013, 11:23AM

Japan woman put skeleton brother in trash: police

TOKYO: A Japanese woman who lived with her brother's mummified body for years tried to dispose of his corpse with household rubbish when she finally realised he was dead, police and reports said Wednesday.

Wednesday 3 April 2013, 11:22AM

Singapore gardens aim for UNESCO heritage status