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PHUKET: Arriving in Phuket yesterday in connection with the Sirinart National Park encroachment investigation, the new Director-General of the Department of National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP) took the opportunity to promote Thailand’s view on the international Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES).

Friday 1 March 2013, 06:38PM

The Big List: The sky is falling

THE BIG LIST: Although meteor strikes like the one in Russia last month are thankfully rare, hundreds of smaller meteors hit the earth every day. Most are just pieces of rubble that burn up as they enter the atmosphere – but many do get through.

Friday 1 March 2013, 06:08PM

A bird? A plane? No: a squirt-powered squid

WEIRD WORLD: A species of oceanic squid can fly through the air for more than 30 metres when it needs to escape predators, say Japanese researchers.

Friday 1 March 2013, 06:05PM

‘The dead are rising from the grave’

WEIRD WORLD: Shocked US viewers contemplated a zombie apocalypse this week when local television networks broadcast an official warning that armies of hostile undead were stalking the land.

Friday 1 March 2013, 06:04PM

The Big List: Dumbest Criminals

THE BIG LIST: There’s no entry test to be a criminal, so the ‘work’ understandably attracts a category of people who wouldn’t exactly qualify as “criminal masterminds”, and some are more like Mr Magoo than Moriarty. Here are stories of the dumbest criminals on record in recent years.

Friday 1 March 2013, 05:58PM

Dumb crooks snort dad and dog ashes

WEIRD WORLD: Three burglars in the US stole urns holding cremated ashes and snorted the contents up their noses, thinking they were drugs, police say.

Friday 1 March 2013, 05:56PM

Imagine: crime spree in Brazil by John Lennons

WEIRD WORLD: A wave of crimes committed by different people named John Lennon has hit a Brazilian city.

Friday 1 March 2013, 05:53PM

Facebook is making you miserable, say scientists

WEIRD WORLD: Photographs and details on Facebook about friend’s vacations, love lives and work successes have triggered new levels of envy and bitterness around the world, say researchers.

Friday 1 March 2013, 05:52PM

Nine owners charged with encroaching Phuket park

PHUKET: The current owners of nine parcels of land along the northwest coast of Phuket have been charged by police with encroachment into Sirinart Marine National Park, a meeting at the park’s headquarters at Nai Yang Beach heard yesterday (February 28).

Friday 1 March 2013, 03:40PM

Chiang Rai province to host season finale of ABC's hit reality series The Bachelor

CHIANG RAI: Thailand's northernmost province that is renowned for its pristine natural beauty and the rich indigenous culture of its various hill tribe communities, will offer a dramatic setting for the upcoming season finale of The Bachelor, scheduled to air Monday, March 11, 2013 (8:00–10:01 p.m. ET/PT) on ABC.

Friday 1 March 2013, 12:09PM

Nattawut-Natalie show stamps on Phuket fakes

PHUKET: In an effort to raise the profile of Thailand’s campaign against counterfeit goods, Deputy Commerce Minister Nuttawut Saikua led a crew of officials in the destruction of 94,120 fake fashion items, watches, DVDs and shoes yesterday (February 28) at the incinerator in Phuket Town.

Friday 1 March 2013, 11:49AM

Tourists rescued after Phuket speedboat breaks down

PHUKET: Three French tourists had a longer tour of Phang Nga Bay yesterday than they had planned, when the speedboat they had chartered broke down.

Thursday 28 February 2013, 02:20PM

Gas station prices dip

The government yesterday (February 27) raised the State Oil Fund (SOF) levy on petrol and gasohol by 0.20 baht a litre and 0.40 baht for gasohol E20 and diesel, to take effect today.

Thursday 28 February 2013, 01:49PM

Chinese official goes berserk after missing flight [VIDEO]

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Thursday 28 February 2013, 12:09PM

KUNMING: According to a report on Yahoo News, 'A high-ranking official in the Chinese government lost his cool (and then some) when he and his family missed their flight at the Kunming Wujiaba International Airport in Yunnan Province, China.'

Six foreigners hurt in minivan crash

PHUKET: Six foreigners and a tour guide were injured in Phang Nga when a pickup truck crashed into a tourist minivan on Tuesday evening (February 26).

Thursday 28 February 2013, 11:55AM

Bangkok: Fake prison officer caught

BANGKOK: Somkiat Jandok may be remembered as the man who broke into jail to commit a crime.

Thursday 28 February 2013, 10:29AM

Bangkok student, unable to take exam, decides to hold woman hostage [VIDEO]

BANGKOK: At 2pm on Tuesday, a 20-year-old student at the Bangkok Technical School of Business Administration took his 17-year-old fellow student hostage after seeing that his name was not on the examinee list.

Thursday 28 February 2013, 10:23AM

Bangkok: Police checking YouTube clips of Thai girl beatings [VIDEO]

BANGKOK: Metropolitan police are investigating a YouTube video clip showing up to ten people beating two girls in Thonburi, apparently for a monetary reward. No victims have filed complaints, and police are still gathering evidence.

Thursday 28 February 2013, 09:39AM

DSI uncovers skullduggery in Phang Nga and Phuket

PHUKET: Officers from the Bangkok-based Department of Special Investigations (DSI) have rolled their sleeves up and launched a wide probe into all kinds of problems over land cheating problems on Phuket and in Phang Nga.

Wednesday 27 February 2013, 06:57PM

Makha Bhucha Day celebrated across Thailand