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The Big List: Ghost Towns

THE BIG LIST: “Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair.” Shelley’s poem Ozymandias, a vision of lost ruins in the desert, mocks the ultimate fate of even greatest human cities, and the greatest vanities. Here are a few of the more unusual ghost towns you’ll find dotted around the world.

‘Ugly’ fish face up to extinction

WEIRD WORLD: They may be last of their species – and scientists joke they may be too ugly to breed. London Zoo has appealed to fish keepers to find a mate for their two tropical Mangarahara cichlids, which come originally from Madagascar.

Stray dogs sniff out human remains

WEIRD WORLD: A Polish businessman who stashed human body parts in a city warehouse instead of incinerating them was exposed by local stray dogs, who started gathering hungrily outside.

Thai students set for mass tablet computer handout

Phuket News / Thailand

Friday 22 March 2013, 08:50AM

BANGKOK: Thailand plans to distribute about 1.7 million tablet computers to students and teachers this year in the world's largest handout of the devices for education, officials said Thursday.

Boy killed in Pattani ice-cream shop bomb blast

Phuket News / Thailand

Friday 22 March 2013, 08:49AM

PATTANI: A nine-year-old boy was killed and 14 people wounded by a bomb that was triggered in front of an ice-cream shop in downtown Pattani Thursday.

Bone ‘may be proof’ of Phuket Sea Gypsy land rights

Phuket News / Phuket

Thursday 21 March 2013, 07:00PM

PHUKET: A bone, which villagers believe might be part of the remains of an ancient ancestor of Phuket’s Sea Gypsy people, was found last night (March 20) in the Sea Gypsy village in Rawai.

Phuket beach chair wars ‘dying down’

Phuket News / Phuket

Thursday 21 March 2013, 06:16PM

PHUKET: Arguments between tourists wanting a beach chair, particularly on Kata and Karon Beaches, are disappearing now that it is close to the end of March and visitor numbers are declining towards the end of the tourist high season.

Phuket: B100k reward offered for return of laptop and hard drive

Phuket News / Phuket

Thursday 21 March 2013, 04:42PM

PHUKET: A Phuket photographer is offering a B100,000 reward for the return of his missing laptop and external hard drive containing more than 200,000 photos.

Unidentified body found floating off Phuket

Phuket News / Phuket

Thursday 21 March 2013, 04:40PM

PHUKET: The body of an unidentified man, believed to be Burmese, was found floating in the sea this morning (March 21) at Leam Tukkea on Koh Sirae.

Thailand still mute on alleged Rohingya killing

Phuket News / Thailand

Thursday 21 March 2013, 03:59PM

BANGKOK: The Thai military, government, and the National Human Rights Commission have yet to respond to calls by international organisations asking Thailand to investigate into the alleged killing of Rohingya asylum seekers by Thai navy personnel.

No-paperwork Russian arrested in Phuket

Phuket News / Phuket

Thursday 21 March 2013, 03:01PM

PHUKET: A Russian woman working at a tour company in Patong was arrested by Immigration Police last night (March 20) after she was unable to produce either a work permit or her passport.

Why Phuket needs the Russians

Phuket News / Features

Thursday 21 March 2013, 10:16AM

PHUKET: A Russian guest was so happy recently with the service at a swanky restaurant, where he had been dining with his family, that at the end of the meal he threw a wad of baht notes into the air as a tip for the Thai staff.

BoT says it won't stem soaring baht

Phuket News / Business

Thursday 21 March 2013, 08:49AM

BANGKOK: The central bank and Finance Ministry have decided against "special" intervention to curb the soaring baht which hit a 16-year high Wednesday.

Vietnamese man killed and stuffed in garbage container in Bangkok

Phuket News / Thailand

Thursday 21 March 2013, 08:43AM

BANGKOK: The corpse of a Vietnamese man has been found bound and left inside a black garbage bag in Charansanitwong 40, Bangkok. Police believe he was murdered due to conflict of interest involving a prostitution business.

The Russians are coming

Phuket News / Thailand

Wednesday 20 March 2013, 10:20PM

BANGKOK: Two decades after the end of the Soviet Union's military influence in Indochina, Russia has emerged as a country with growing potential for Thailand and its neighbours to reap the benefits of its rising spending power.

Tourist cop charged with murder after Phuket shootout

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 20 March 2013, 06:49PM

PHUKET: Tourist police officer, Sen Sgt Maj Pinchai Piyadilok, was today (March 20) charged with two counts of murder and one of attempted murder after two people were shot dead and another seriously injured in a shootout earlier in the day.

Could New York hold record for pot possession arrests?

Phuket News / World

Wednesday 20 March 2013, 06:17PM

NEW YORK: Could New York hold the record for most pot possession arrests? A new report out Tuesday said police there spent about a million hours taking offenders into custody between 2002 and 2012.

Australian leadership speculation mounts

Phuket News / Asia

Wednesday 20 March 2013, 06:14PM

SYDNEY: Speculation intensified Wednesday that Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard could be toppled by her party within days, with one report saying ex-leader Kevin Rudd was five votes from victory.

Anti-whalers return to Australia claiming win over Japan

Phuket News / Asia

Wednesday 20 March 2013, 06:12PM

SYDNEY: The Sea Shepherd anti-whaling fleet docked in Australia Wednesday claiming victory over Japan, as the activist group urged Canberra to grant fugitive founder Paul Watson free passage into the country.

Kidnap attempt on Chechen dissident in Austria: report

Phuket News / World

Wednesday 20 March 2013, 06:09PM

VIENNA: Five men with fake police IDs tried last week to kidnap a former Chechen minister in Austria who has fallen out with the Russian republic's strongman leader, a newspaper reported Wednesday.

Obama on first trip to Israel as US president

Phuket News / World

Wednesday 20 March 2013, 06:08PM

TEL AVIV: Barack Obama landed in Israel on Wednesday for the first time as US president, on a mission to ease past tensions with his hosts but facing scepticism about his plans to thwart Iran's nuclear threat.

Suspects deny harassing British tourist in India: lawyer

Phuket News / Asia

Wednesday 20 March 2013, 06:07PM

AGRA: Two men appeared in an Indian court Wednesday accused of harassing a British tourist who jumped off her hotel balcony fearing a sex attack, with their lawyer saying they denied the charges.

Phuket work permit crackdown starts April 14

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 20 March 2013, 05:45PM

PHUKET: Stringent checks on work permits, focusing on Russian, Nepali and Vietnamese people, in Kathu District will begin on April 14, Vice-Governor Somkiet Sangkhaosuthirak and Kathu District Officer Veera Keudsirimonkon announced yesterday (March 19) in a conference at Provincial Hall.

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