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NEWS TODAY - HM Queen Elizabeth's Birthday celebrations

The British monarch's 87th birthday was celebrated at the Royal Phuket Marina, hosted by the British Ambassador to Thailand, Mark Kent. The celebrations followed an intense day of meetings between international Ambassadors discussing 'all the usual issues'.

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US unveils $300 million in new aid for Syrian refugees

ENNISKILLEN: US President Barack Obama will tell G8 leaders Monday that Washington is offering a new $300 million aid package for refugees inside and outside Syria, a senior official said.

Two thirds of Chile faces desertification: president

SANTIAGO: Two thirds of Chile's territory is facing desertification in which the bone-dry Atacama Desert grows by over a meter (3.3 feet) a day, President Sebastian Pinera warned Monday.

Defiant Putin sets himself up as G8 outsider

ENNISKILLEN: Vladimir Putin's participation in the first G8 summit of his new term was supposed to seal his comeback to the global stage as Russia's paramount leader after winning a third presidential term last year.

Two orcas caught in nets near Koh Chang

Phuket News / Thailand

Friday 22 March 2013, 01:00PM

KOH CHANG: Two orcas stuck in fishnets were rescued near Koh Chang by Department of National Parks officials. They are now under the supervision of a veterinarian team from Chulalongkorn University.

Phuket cake-eating comp seeks gluttons for punishment

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 22 March 2013, 12:47PM

PHUKET: Cake lovers are being encouraged to enter the Royal Phuket City Hotel cake-eating competition on Sunday (March 24), with the person who eats the most staggering away with B10,000.

Top pathologist to examine Phuket Sea Gypsy bone

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 22 March 2013, 11:33AM

PHUKET: Famed forensic pathologist Khunying Porntip Rojanasunan – almost as famous for her brightly coloured hair as for her forthright honesty – is to send a team to Phuket to examine the bone dug up by Sea Gypsies in Rawai on Wednesday night (March 20).

Southeast Asia human rights 'stagnating': US officials

Phuket News / Asia

Friday 22 March 2013, 09:03AM

WASHINGTON: US officials voiced concern Thursday about human rights in fast-growing Southeast Asian nations, pointing to a lack of progress in many places and a worsening situation in some.

Death toll in Brazil landslides rises to 31

Phuket News / World

Friday 22 March 2013, 09:01AM

RIO DE JANEIRO: Three bodies were found in eastern Brazil Thursday, bringing to 31 the death toll from landslides caused by heavy rains that lashed a rugged area of Rio de Janeiro state, authorities said.

US Supreme Court takes up gay marriage debate

Phuket News / World

Friday 22 March 2013, 09:00AM

WASHINGTON: In a hotly anticipated debate that could have historic consequences for American family life, the US Supreme Court will next week take up the divisive issue of legalizing same-sex marriage.

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.

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