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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.

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.

New Zealand backs gay marriage

Phuket News / World

Wednesday 17 April 2013, 05:46PM

WELLINGTON: New Zealand became the first country in the Asia-Pacific region to legalise gay marriage Wednesday after a historic parliamentary vote.

Thai jailed in Aus for prostituting daughter, 9

Phuket News / Thailand

Wednesday 17 April 2013, 05:41PM

SYDNEY: A Thai-born woman was jailed in Australia Tuesday for prostituting her daughter from the age of nine, marketing her to clients as the "new girl" in crimes condemned as "despicable".

Forgotten child in school van dies

Phuket News / Thailand

Wednesday 17 April 2013, 05:39PM

SAMUT PRAKAN: Manassanan Thongphu, the young girl who was left in a van for several hours outside her kindergarten in Samut Prakan, has died after two weeks in a coma struggling for her life.

Dolphin dies after rescue from Phuket’s Nai Harn beach [VIDEO]

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 17 April 2013, 05:34PM

PHUKET: An injured female spinner dolphin found in the water at Nai Harn beach around midday today (April 17) died this afternoon after being taken to the Phuket Marine Biological Center (PMBC).

Phuket airport security upped after Boston bombings

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 17 April 2013, 05:30PM

PHUKET: The Boston bombings will not have an affect on Phuket’s risk of a terrorist attack, but security at Phuket International Airport has been increased to be on the safe side, says its director.

Wet and windy in Phuket for five more days

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 17 April 2013, 04:59PM

PHUKET: Roongrawee Aonkot, Director of Weather Forecasting at the Southern Meteorological Centre, has said the current thundery, wet and windy weather will continue in Phuket for the next five days or so.

German expat dies in Phuket after night out drinking

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 17 April 2013, 04:17PM

PHUKET: German national Peter Lutz Teubner, a Phuket resident, was found dead in his house in Karon today (April 17).

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Wednesday 17 April 2013, 02:09PM

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Phuket dive boat drama: ‘Passengers jumped overboard’

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 17 April 2013, 12:24PM

PHUKET: The manager of the liveaboard dive boat Little Princess has given dramatic details of how the boat sank in heavy seas off Koh Tachai in Phang Nga province yesterday (April 16), with many passengers jumping overboard, and their belongings sinking to the bottom of the sea along with the boat.

Phuket: Police station builder’s contract to be terminated today

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 17 April 2013, 11:27AM

BANGKOK: The Royal Thai Police have resolved to terminate their contract with PCC Development and Construction Co to build 396 police stations, some of them in Phuket, despite the company threatening to take the matter to court.

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