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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.

The Big List: Strange Food

Phuket News / Weird World

Thursday 18 April 2013, 04:48PM

WEIRD WORLD: One man’s meat is another man’s cuddly pet, as the current gourmet fad for guinea pigs shows. Obviously weird food isn’t all that weird to the people who enjoy eating it, but a few delicacies are so unusual that they deserve special mention.

Phuket: Rawai soi turned into garbage dump

Phuket News / Phuket

Thursday 18 April 2013, 04:46PM

PHUKET: Canadian expat Andy Greenlay, 71, has been picking up garbage around where he lives in Rawai for 30 years, but the garbage problem has become so bad now that he cannot keep up with it.

Archaeologists uncover ancient ‘Gates of Hell’

Phuket News / Weird World

Thursday 18 April 2013, 04:42PM

WEIRD WORLD: Italian researchers say they’ve found the legendary “Gates of Hell”, known to the ancient Greeks and Romans as “Pluto’s Gate.”

BBQ guinea pigs to ‘feed the world’

Phuket News / Weird World

Thursday 18 April 2013, 04:40PM

WEIRD WORLD: You may remember them as a cherished childhood pet, but guinea pigs are turning up on posh restaurant menus around the world – and researchers say they could replace beef as a staple food.

Tuk-tuks shine lights on airstrip emergency

Phuket News / Weird World

Thursday 18 April 2013, 04:37PM

WEIRD WORLD: Hundreds of motorbike taxis lined an unlit airstrip in a jungle region of Peru so an emergency medevac plane with three very sick patients could take off – including a woman and her newborn baby.

10-week hiccup attack baffles teen’s doctors

Phuket News / Weird World

Thursday 18 April 2013, 04:33PM

WEIRD WORLD: A thirteen year-old girl in the UK has been hiccuping non-stop since January – and her doctors can’t find a way to make the hiccups stop.

NEWS TODAY April 18

Phuket News / Phuket

Thursday 18 April 2013, 02:12PM

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60-70 dead, hundreds hurt in Texas plant explosion: media

Phuket News / World

Thursday 18 April 2013, 01:03PM

CHICAGO: Some 60 to 70 people were killed and hundreds were injured by an explosion at a fertilizer plant outside Waco, Texas, local media reported, citing the local emergency manager.

Phuket pit bull victim struggling as medical bills reach B2m

Phuket News / Phuket

Thursday 18 April 2013, 12:21PM

PHUKET: Tiansak Aikphaiboon, victim of an attack by three pit bull dogs two and a half months ago, remains in hospital as doctors try to cure large, deep wounds in both of his legs.

Cambodia, Thailand clash over temple at top UN court

Phuket News / Thailand

Thursday 18 April 2013, 10:28AM

THE HAGUE: Thailand and Cambodia took their dispute around a flashpoint ancient temple to the UN's highest court on Monday, in a case Phnom Penh warned could end friendly relations between the countries.

Bardot appeals to Thailand over dog trade

Phuket News / Thailand

Thursday 18 April 2013, 10:27AM

PARIS: Brigitte Bardot has issued an appeal to Thai Premier Yingluck Shinawatra to clamp down on the slaughtering of dogs in illegal abattoirs.

Britain bids farewell to Margaret Thatcher

Phuket News / World

Thursday 18 April 2013, 10:25AM

LONDON: Margaret Thatcher was laid to rest on Wednesday with military pageantry and pockets of protests, in a funeral that reflected the polarising impact of Britain's longest-serving post-war prime minister.

Texas fertilizer plant explosion leaves injured: authorities

Phuket News / World

Thursday 18 April 2013, 10:24AM

WASHINGTON: A major explosion at a fertilizer plant outside the Texas town of Waco Wednesday left several people injured, and was so powerful it set fire to nearby buildings, authorities said.

Organised crime worth $90 bn a year in East Asia

Phuket News / Asia

Thursday 18 April 2013, 10:17AM

SYDNEY: Organised crime gangs dealing in fake goods, drugs, human trafficking, and the illicit wildlife trade earn nearly $90 billion annually in East Asia and the Pacific, a UN report showed Tuesday.

For overseas students, Boston bombs hit home

Phuket News / World

Thursday 18 April 2013, 10:16AM

WASHINGTON: The death of a Chinese student in the Boston bombings presents a potential image nightmare for US higher education, determined to counter perceptions that the United States is unsafe.

Australian PM vows no change on gay marriage stance

Phuket News / Asia

Thursday 18 April 2013, 10:15AM

SYDNEY: Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard vowed not to alter her stance on same-sex marriage despite New Zealand giving it the go-ahead, with hundreds of couples expected to make the journey to tie the knot.

EU in final push for breakthrough 2012 Serbia-Kosovo deal

Phuket News / World

Thursday 18 April 2013, 10:13AM

BRUSSELS: Serbia and Kosovo raised hopes of a breakthrough deal after hours of talks between their premier Wednesday as the EU made a final push to normalise ties and turn a page on the continent's last trouble-spot.

US woman on trial for cutting off 'hyper-sexual' husband's penis

Phuket News / World

Thursday 18 April 2013, 10:04AM

LOS ANGELES: A US man whose estranged wife cut off his penis accused her Wednesday of effectively murdering him, recounting his horror as she severed the organ and threw it into a garbage disposal machine.

Boston University grieves for Chinese student killed by bomb

Phuket News / World

Thursday 18 April 2013, 09:58AM

BOSTON: Three Chinese friends from Boston University went to sample American life at the city's ill-fated marathon. Lu Lingzi was killed, Zhou Danling was badly hurt and the third wonders how she survived unscathed.

French executives on trial over faulty breast implants

Phuket News / World

Wednesday 17 April 2013, 05:47PM

MARSEILLE: France launched one of its biggest-ever trials on Wednesday as five managers from company PIP faced charges of selling faulty breast implants that sparked a global health scare.

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