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PHUKET: An Indonesia fishing boat caught fire at the fishing boat pier in Rassada Port at about 5:15pm on Saturday afternoon (March 2)

Monday 4 March 2013, 12:06PM

Health plans for foreigners in Thailand under review

BANGKOK: The Ministry of Public Health on Thursday revealed it was seeking appropriate forms of health insurance for foreigners in preparation for the formation of the Asean Economic Community (AEC) in 2015.

Monday 4 March 2013, 09:57AM

British queen hospitalised with gastroenteritis

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Monday 4 March 2013, 09:48AM

UK: Britain's 86-year-old Queen Elizabeth II spent Sunday night in hospital after being admitted for the first time in 10 years as a precautionary measure against the symptoms of gastroenteritis.

Australian climate on 'steroids' after hottest summer

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Monday 4 March 2013, 09:31AM

AUSTRALIA: Australia's weather went 'on steroids' over a summer that saw an unprecedented heatwave, bushfires and floods, the climate chief said Monday, warning that global warming would only make things worse.

Australia's Fairfax newspapers go tabloid

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Monday 4 March 2013, 09:30AM

SYDNEY: Australian broadsheet newspapers The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age on Monday ditched their century-old format for tabloid in a major overhaul at ailing media giant Fairfax.

Panty thief arrested over strangling

PATHUM THANI: A man who told police he broke into a 20-year-old student's apartment in Pathum Thani to steal her underwear on Friday has allegedly confessed to killing her after she caught him in the act.

Monday 4 March 2013, 01:01AM

Thailand in landmark ivory pledge

BANGKOK: Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra promised Sunday to end her nation's trade in ivory, delighting conservationists who have long urged the kingdom to tackle the rampant smuggling of tusks through its territory.

Monday 4 March 2013, 12:58AM

Sukhumbhand wins, Pheu Thai concedes defeat in Bangkok election

BANGKOK: MR Sukhumbhand Paribatra of the Democrat Party has won Sunday's Bangkok governor election with a record-high number of votes, as his Pheu Thai rival, Pol Gen Pongsapat Pongcharoen, conceded defeat.

Sunday 3 March 2013, 08:25PM

Pistol-toting bus driver arrested in Phuket - report

PHUKET: Phuket police have reportedly arrested the man who allegedly held a pistol to the head of a Phuket mother last weekend in a road rage incident.

Sunday 3 March 2013, 03:56PM

Myleene Klass spotted in Phuket

PHUKET: British popstar Myleene Klass has been spotted enjoying herself on a night out in Patong.

Sunday 3 March 2013, 11:52AM

Seven nabbed in B312m drug bust

SAMUT PRAKAN: Police have arrested seven drug suspects and seized 800,000 methamphetamine pills, worth 240 million baht in street value, and 16 kilogrammes of crystal methamphetamine worth 72 million baht.

Saturday 2 March 2013, 07:26PM

Bomb kills two, wounds 12 in Thai south

YALA: Two security officials died and 12 people were wounded in a blast in Thailand's south on Saturday, an army spokesman said, as unrest continued despite plans for talks with a key rebel group.

Saturday 2 March 2013, 07:23PM

DNP boss promotes species conservation in Phuket

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