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PHUKET: One of the teenagers, aged 16, who snatched a handbag from a Singaporean tourist and then was hit by an oncoming car, has died in Vachira Hospital Phuket.

Thursday 14 March 2013, 05:56PM

Phuket sailor plans world record attempt

PHUKET: A Phuket man is on the hunt for support crew and a boat to help assist him set a new world record for the longest distance sailed in a Laser dinghy.

Thursday 14 March 2013, 05:23PM

Expensive Phuket jet ski fun for Chinese tourists

PHUKET: Three Chinese tourists go home this weekend after learning how expensive it can be to hire a jet ski in Patong.

Thursday 14 March 2013, 05:07PM

Ieng Sary, public face of Cambodia's genocide

PHNOM PENH: Ieng Sary, the former Khmer Rouge foreign minister who died Thursday at the age of 87, was a student radical who emerged as one of the few public faces of Cambodia's brutal 1970s regime.

Thursday 14 March 2013, 12:27PM

Ex-Khmer Rouge minister facing war crimes trial dies

PHNOM PENH: Former Khmer Rouge minister Ieng Sary, who was on trial for genocide and war crimes, died Thursday, the UN-backed court said, denying Cambodians a verdict over his role in the brutal regime.

Thursday 14 March 2013, 12:27PM

iPhone5 explodes while user takes call

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Thursday 14 March 2013, 11:54AM

BANGKOK: At 3pm yesterday, Bangkok resident Suwicha Auesomsaksakul was almost injured when his iPhone5 exploded after he had been holding it to his ear for only 30 seconds.

Phuket actors re-enact famous Battle of Thalang

PHUKET: A large crowd gathered in Thalang last night (March 13) to watch the impressive annual performance of the re-enactment of the Battle of Thalang, featuring Phuket Governor Maitree Intusut as King Rama I.

Thursday 14 March 2013, 11:34AM

Phuket resident: Controlled fire looked 'out of control'

PHUKET: Phuket resident Richard Desmond was shocked to see a raging fire in the Ao Po hills when he looked out of his window at around 7pm last night (March 13).

Thursday 14 March 2013, 11:02AM

Thailand, Laos back new bridge

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Thursday 14 March 2013, 10:09AM

VIENTIANE: Thailand and Laos agreed on Wednesday to build another bridge linking the countries across the Mekong River.

Phuket: Thai navy again denies shooting Rohingya refugees

BANGKOK: The Thai navy has rejected a leading human rights group's accusation that its sailors shot Rohingya asylum seekers.

Thursday 14 March 2013, 09:56AM

Pope Francis hailed, urged to work for peace

VATICAN: World leaders and Catholics hailed the election of Jorge Bergoglio from Argentina as the first Latin American pope on Wednesday, urging him to work for religious reconciliation and peace.

Thursday 14 March 2013, 08:34AM

Vietnam Defence Minister visits Phuket

PHUKET: Vietnam’s Minister of National Defense,Gen Phung Quang Thanh, arrived in Phuket on Monday (March 11) for a relaxed visit to the Royal Thai Navy Third Fleet.

Wednesday 13 March 2013, 06:40PM

The mother rescuing Nepal's children from behind bars

KATHMANDU: Inside a crumbling brick-walled compound in the heart of Kathmandu, children chatter and play hopscotch in the dust while their mothers peel vegetables and wash clothes in the pale winter sunshine.

Wednesday 13 March 2013, 06:20PM

Free rabies shots, neutering for Phuket’s pets

PHUKET: Phuket City Municipality is providing free rabies vaccinations for people’s pets until April 12, along with operations to neuter the animals, if required.

Wednesday 13 March 2013, 06:16PM

Sumatran tiger kills Indonesian farmer: villagers

SIDEMPUAN: A Sumatran tiger has killed a cocoa farmer in Indonesia, villagers claimed Wednesday, in the latest apparent attack by the rare wild cat as its habitat is rapidly cleared for plantations.

Wednesday 13 March 2013, 06:15PM

Last remaining member of Hitler assassination plot dies

BERLIN: Ewald Heinrich von Kleist, a former German army lieutenant who took part in a plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler, has died at the age of 90, a think tank he co-founded said Wednesday.

Wednesday 13 March 2013, 06:14PM

All eyes on Vatican chimney as world awaits new pope

VATICAN CITY: Cardinals on Wednesday spent a second day behind Vatican walls to elect a pope, with all eyes on a chimney that will signal when there is a new leader for the world's 1.2 billion Catholics.

Wednesday 13 March 2013, 06:13PM

Japan firm prints needle-eye sized book

TOKYO: A book with pages the size of the eye of a needle has been printed in Japan, the publishing company said Wednesday, with each tiny page showing a microscopic flower.

Wednesday 13 March 2013, 06:12PM

Europe transport disrupted as snow turns to ice

PARIS: Icy roads were disrupting transport as northwestern Europe remained in the grip of unseasonable weather on Wednesday but many services were resuming after a severe late-winter snowstorm.

Wednesday 13 March 2013, 06:12PM

Gunmen dressed as cricketers kill five police in Kashmir