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NEWS TODAY - HM Queen Elizabeth's Birthday celebrations

The British monarch's 87th birthday was celebrated at the Royal Phuket Marina, hosted by the British Ambassador to Thailand, Mark Kent. The celebrations followed an intense day of meetings between international Ambassadors discussing 'all the usual issues'.

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US unveils $300 million in new aid for Syrian refugees

ENNISKILLEN: US President Barack Obama will tell G8 leaders Monday that Washington is offering a new $300 million aid package for refugees inside and outside Syria, a senior official said.

Two thirds of Chile faces desertification: president

SANTIAGO: Two thirds of Chile's territory is facing desertification in which the bone-dry Atacama Desert grows by over a meter (3.3 feet) a day, President Sebastian Pinera warned Monday.

Defiant Putin sets himself up as G8 outsider

ENNISKILLEN: Vladimir Putin's participation in the first G8 summit of his new term was supposed to seal his comeback to the global stage as Russia's paramount leader after winning a third presidential term last year.

Two dead, two critically ill from Australian homebrew

Phuket News / Asia

Tuesday 11 June 2013, 12:24PM

SYDNEY: Two men are dead and two others critically ill after reportedly drinking home-brewed alcohol in Australia's Queensland state, police said Tuesday.

Eco cops descend on hot Phuket tourist island

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 11 June 2013, 12:19PM

PHUKET: Officials braved foul weather at sea yesterday (June 10) to go out to Koh Khai Nok to investigate allegations of land encroachment at the popular tourist site, now sadly ravaged by illegal restaurants, garbage, sewage and damage to the surrounding reef.

Mumbai building collapse toll rises to four: police

Phuket News / Asia

Tuesday 11 June 2013, 12:12PM

MUMBAI: The death toll from an apartment block collapse in central Mumbai has risen to four, police said Tuesday, with rescuers still searching for people who may be trapped under the rubble.

Rain brings more flooding to Phuket

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 11 June 2013, 11:11AM

PHUKET: Heavy rain overnight and this morning caused traffic chaos in various parts of the island, with flooding reported in Patong and on Chao Fah East Rd.

Phuket white mask protesters want Pheu Thai out

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 10 June 2013, 06:33PM

PHUKET: Some 2,000 Phuket people, many wearing white “Guy Fawkes” masks symbolising opposition to the government, gathered at Saphan Hin yesterday (June 9) to demand the resignation of the ruling Pheu Thai Party Cabinet.

More bad weather for Phuket, possible flooding tonight

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 10 June 2013, 05:20PM

PHUKET: The island is not over the bad weather yet. At 4pm this afternoon (June 10) the Thai Meteorological Department warned, “The intense southwest monsoon remains. Torrential rain and heavy to very heavy falls in many places are expected.”

Teacher in Phuket race raises B65k for sick colleague

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 10 June 2013, 05:08PM

PHUKET: HeadStart School physical education teacher Kayleigh Damant successfully completed her first marathon on Sunday in a time of 4 hours, 26 minutes and raised B65,000 for her sick colleague, Richard Allenby.

NEWS TODAY June 10

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 10 June 2013, 02:21PM

Rain, rain, rain. Floods in Patong, Football suspended. FOBISSEA a great success. Thanyapura hosts the fist SuperKidz series.

Faithful Phuket dog stays with dead Swedish mistress

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 10 June 2013, 01:06PM

PHUKET: A faithful dog stayed with his Swedish mistress despite the fact that she had been dead for seven to 10 days.

Phuket Opinion: Killing the goose

Phuket News / Opinion

Monday 10 June 2013, 10:10AM

PHUKET: Phuket’s ‘taxi mafia’ has once again thrust itself into the limelight.

Patong underwater in Phuket storm

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 10 June 2013, 12:02AM

PHUKET: Heavy rain all evening coupled with a high tide have resulted in flooding along the west coast of Phuket, particularly in Patong – as usual.

Phuket Opinion: Cheating the cheaters

Phuket News / Opinion

Sunday 9 June 2013, 04:59PM

BANGKOK: Foreign workers are useful. They fill the jobs we don’t have the proper skills to do, or the jobs that we simply don’t want to do.

Driver crushed by coach door in Pattaya

Phuket News / Thailand

Sunday 9 June 2013, 04:53PM

PATTAYA: Security Officers who were on routine patrol at a Coach Stop located within the grounds of their Hotel, discovered the body of a coach driver who appeared to have been crushed by the doors of his own vehicle.

Drunk Aussie smashes taxi window in Pattaya

Phuket News / Thailand

Sunday 9 June 2013, 12:36PM

PATTAYA: An Australian tourist was reported to have smashed a taxi window with a brick after he had consumed too much alcohol in Pattaya in the earlier hours of this morning.

Pickup crashes off Phuket road, rolls down hill

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 7 June 2013, 06:23PM

PHUKET: A driver believed to be Korean escaped death this afternoon (June 7) when his pickup truck flew off the road on the way up to the Khao Kad viewpoint and rolled 20 metres down the almost vertical hillside.

Phuket Exclusive: Pegas on public image, tour bus crashes

Phuket News / Features

Friday 7 June 2013, 06:12PM

PHUKET: People on Phuket don’t seem to have too many good things to say about Russian tour company, Pegas Touristik these days.

Shocking night for Phuket loris

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 7 June 2013, 04:52PM

PHUKET: Two Kusoldharm Foundation staff on their nightly rounds came across a slow loris at 3 am this morning (June 7) lying on the ground at the top of Khao Rang, Phuket Town.

700 join Phuket protest against Deputy PM

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 7 June 2013, 04:02PM

PHUKET: More than 700 Phuket people gathered this morning (June 7) at Saphan Hin before marching to Provincial Hall to deliver a letter to Governor Maitree Intusut, demanding the dismissal of Deputy Prime Minister Plodprasop Suraswadi for remarks he made at a Pheu Thai rally in Chiang Mai last weekend.

NEWS TODAY June 7

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 7 June 2013, 01:40PM

Coming from Thanyapura where SuperKidz starts tomorrow (Saturday). Two dead in stabbing incident at Krung-Sri, Phuket Town. Tourist registration crackdown paying off. Phuket FC play on Sunday and the end of an era - Esther Williams dies.

Teen assailant leaves ID at failed Phuket bag snatching

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 7 June 2013, 01:37PM

PHUKET: Thalang policemen yesterday evening (June 6) arrested a Thai teenager for attempting to snatch a handbag from an Irish expatriate.

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