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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.

Backhoe driver arrested for forest damage in Phuket

Phuket News / Phuket

Saturday 15 June 2013, 03:10PM

PHUKET: Kathu District Chief Veera Kerdsirimongkol continued his campaign against forest encroachment with the arrest on Friday of a backhoe driver found levelling land in the Nakkerd Hills between Chalong and Kata.

Lost 9th Century city found in Cambodia

Phuket News / Weird World

Saturday 15 June 2013, 01:57PM

WEIRD WORLD: A lost city that thrived on a mist-shrouded Cambodian mountain 1,200 years ago has been discovered by archaeologists using revolutionary airborne laser technology, a report said Saturday.

Thailand's airports on alert for NSA leaker Edward Snowden

Phuket News / Thailand

Saturday 15 June 2013, 10:40AM

BANGKOK: Check-in staff at Thailand's airports have been warned to be on the lookout for the American fugitive Edward Snowden, who has admitted leaking classified documents about US internet monitoring programmes to journalists, and was last reported to be hiding in Hong Kong.

Phuket Gov faces battery of 17 ambassadors

Phuket News / Phuket

Saturday 15 June 2013, 12:49AM

PHUKET: The press conference afterwards may not have reflected it – diplomats are, after all, supposed to be diplomatic in public – but according to sources who attended yesterday’s (June 14) meeting between government officials and 17 ambassadors from the European Union, some tough points about tourist safety and fair treatment of visitors were made.

Sense of crisis at Phuket tourism meeting

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 14 June 2013, 04:42PM

PHUKET: A sense of crisis prevailed at a meeting of senior Phuket tourism industry figures yesterday (June 13), presided over by Thailand’s Minister of Tourism & Sports, Somsak Pureesrisak.

Drunk man arrested after throwing paving slabs at tourists on Pattaya Beach

Phuket News / Thailand

Friday 14 June 2013, 03:33PM

PATTAYA: A Thai Man, thought to be in his mid-30s, was arrested late on Wednesday night, after he was spotted throwing paving slabs at tourists.

Depressed Phuket guard talked out of suicide leap

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 14 June 2013, 12:57PM

PHUKET: A depressed security guard who climbed to the top of the Poonphol Night Plaza in Phuket Town yesterday afternoon (June 13), apparently intending to jump to his death, was talked down by a relative after an hour of high drama.

Police station scandal close to prosecution?

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 14 June 2013, 12:06PM

BANGKOK: Prosecutors will decide in two weeks whether to indict construction company PCC and its management on fraud charges, filed by the Department of Special Investigation (DSI), relating to the B5.8 billion contract to build 369 police stations, most of which remain uncompleted, including two in Phuket.

Baby Phuket elephant sees ocean for the first time [VIDEO]

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 14 June 2013, 11:41AM

PHUKET: A YouTube user has uploaded a video of a baby elephant seeing the ocean for the very first time.

The Big List: Air crash survivors

Phuket News / Weird World

Thursday 13 June 2013, 06:09PM

THE BIG LIST: The good news about plane crashes is that the odds of surviving are getting better all the time, and studies show that, on average, up to 75 per cent of passengers now survive even the worst aircraft accidents. While a lot can still go wrong at 30,000 feet, here are some cheery stories of survival.

Pilot walks out front door after crashing into house

Phuket News / Weird World

Thursday 13 June 2013, 06:04PM

WEIRD WORLD: The pilot of a small plane who ploughed his aircraft into a large house in Virginia in the US was unhurt – and left the building by the front door.

Son born in jail frees mother from prison

Phuket News / Weird World

Thursday 13 June 2013, 05:59PM

WEIRD WORLD: The son of a Indian woman has bailed her out of jail – 19 years after she gave birth to him in prison.

A new approach to Phuket warning signs

Phuket News / Phuket

Thursday 13 June 2013, 04:11PM

PHUKET: One constant complaint from Phuket’s beach lifeguards is that beachgoers either don’t understand about red “no swimming” flags, or deliberately ignore them.

Japan announces visas on arrival for Thais

Phuket News / Phuket

Thursday 13 June 2013, 03:39PM

TOKYO: The Japanese government had announced it is to exempt Thais from having to obtain visas beforehand for short stays, as part of a programme to entice more tourists to visit the country.

NEWS TODAY June 13

Phuket News / Phuket

Thursday 13 June 2013, 02:12PM

ITU Triathlon in November cancelled. Thai Senators inspecting Phuket's beaches. US Ambassador to Thailand visits Phuket.

International triathlon event in Phuket cancelled

Phuket News / Phuket

Thursday 13 June 2013, 10:01AM

PHUKET: The local organising committee of the 2013 Phuket ITU Long Distance Triathlon Series event have announced its cancellation.

Phuket airport baggage handler steals iPhone

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 12 June 2013, 06:17PM

PHUKET: A baggage handler at Phuket International Airport was arrested at 7pm last night (June 11) after he admitted stealing an iPhone 5 belonging to a passenger.

Will the problems on Phuket’s beaches be solved soon?

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 12 June 2013, 05:21PM

PHUKET: The Senate Tourism Committee led by its president, local senator Thanyarat Achariyachai, flew into Phuket this morning (June 12), immediately embarking on a day-long inspection of beaches along the west coast of the island.

US envoy in Phuket talks about tourist safety

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 12 June 2013, 04:20PM

PHUKET: United States Ambassador to Thailand Kristie Kenney today visited Phuket’s police chief and governor on a flying one-day trip to the island.

NEWS TODAY June 12

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 12 June 2013, 03:55PM

The Airport buses start to roll, but only to Patong. Slow Loris touts filmed, named and shamed. The white mask protest last Sunday. And the F1 for Phuket...mmmm, maybe.

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