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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.

JFK bomber jacket sold at auction for $665,500

Phuket News / World

Tuesday 19 February 2013, 12:18PM

US: A leather bomber jacket that belonged to slain US president John F. Kennedy has been sold at auction for $665,500, far exceeding the initial estimate, a Massachusetts auction house said Monday

Man on trial for beheading British grandmother

Phuket News / World

Tuesday 19 February 2013, 12:17PM

SPAIN: A Bulgarian man went on trial Monday accused of decapitating a British grandmother in a store on the Spanish holiday island of Tenerife and then running out with her severed head.

Pistorius to fight for bail as slain girlfriend cremated

Phuket News / World

Tuesday 19 February 2013, 12:15PM

SOUTH AFRICA: Oscar Pistorius's slain girlfriend is to be cremated Tuesday as the South African "Bladerunner" athlete appears in court for a bail hearing expected to reveal more about what happened the night she was shot dead.

Phuket: Thai Smile gives up on LCC battle

Phuket News / Business

Tuesday 19 February 2013, 10:27AM

PHUKET: Thai Smile – launched just seven months ago by Thai Airways International (THAI) in an attempt to claw back business from low cost carriers (LCCs) such as Air Asia – has given up and will now instead attempt to emulate the the successful models of Singapore’s Silk Air and Hong Kong’s Dragonair.

'Best ever' Phuket Old Town Fest needs traffic answers

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 19 February 2013, 09:47AM

PHUKET: Plans will be made to alleviate the annual traffic headache for residents and visitors attending the Phuket Old Town Festival, after some people living in the old centre complained that traffic was too congested.

Missing Brit found alive in Thailand

Phuket News / Thailand

Tuesday 19 February 2013, 08:49AM

THAILAND: The family of missing British tourist Tom Armstrong, 22, has announced that their son is alive and well, after being reported missing while in Koh Tao earlier this year.

Aldhouse pleads not guilty to Phuket murder

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 18 February 2013, 05:26PM

PHUKET: Briton Lee Aldhouse, accused of murdering a former US Marine in Phuket in August 2010, pleaded not guilty today before Judge Piyawut Kleuajan in the Phuket Provincial Court.

TAT apologises to Brit cyclists' families

Phuket News / Thailand

Monday 18 February 2013, 04:19PM

BANGKOK: The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) chief has apologised to the families of the British couple who were killed by a car in Chachoengsao province while on a cycling trip around the world.

Asia, Africa and North America join hands to crack down on wildlife crime syndicates

Phuket News / Asia

Monday 18 February 2013, 03:59PM

BANGKOK: Police, Customs and wildlife officers from Asia, Africa and the United States announced today that a cross border enforcement operation code-named “COBRA” was successfully carried out.

Phuket's Phanason moves up

Phuket News / Business

Monday 18 February 2013, 03:07PM

PHUKET: Local Phuket development firm Phanason has shifted into a higher property bracket with its latest offering on the east coast, reports Bill Barnett in his blog, thephuketinsider.com.

Makro opens second store in Phuket

Phuket News / Business

Monday 18 February 2013, 02:46PM

PHUKET: Makro opened its second store in Phuket, on Nanai Rd, Patong, on February 7.

Chinese New Year sees hotels filled

Phuket News / Business

Monday 18 February 2013, 02:44PM

THAILAND: Hotel occupancy across the country during this year’s Chinese New Year celebrations has been impressive and led business operators to predict a healthy growth rate.

AIS Phuket opens new shop in Central

Phuket News / Business

Monday 18 February 2013, 02:43PM

PHUKET: Mobile phone giant AIS opened its new shop at Central Festival on January 29.

Sansiri launches ‘The Base Height Phuket’ condo

Phuket News / Business

Monday 18 February 2013, 02:40PM

PHUKET: Sansiri on Friday (February 15) launched sales for its latest condominium project, The Base Height Phuket, on Hongsyok Uthit Rd in Sam Kong.

Japanese carmakers expand production in Thailand

Phuket News / Business

Monday 18 February 2013, 02:38PM

THAILAND: Honda and Mitsubishi have announced plans for big expansions of carmaking capacity in Thailand.

Get it together, minister tells tourism bodies

Phuket News / Business

Monday 18 February 2013, 02:36PM

Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Kittiratt Na Ranong has urged private tourism associations to work together to present an accurate, factual plan to the government for the development and support of tourism.

Bright outlook predicted for Thai hotel investment

Phuket News / Business

Monday 18 February 2013, 02:34PM

Last year was a strong year for hotel investment in Phuket and elsewhere in Thailand, the Hotels & Hospitality Group of Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) states in a report just released.

THA urges crackdown on hotel licensing

Phuket News / Business

Monday 18 February 2013, 02:32PM

The Thai Hotel Association (THA) says Thailand’s hotel business in 2012 gained valuable points in occupancy and room rate, but the overall industry performance was stymied by the continuing existence of illegal hotels.

King Momo: from bank teller to Carnival king

Phuket News / World

Wednesday 13 February 2013, 10:05AM

RIO DE JANEIRO: The undisputed heavy-weight champion of the Rio Carnival for the past five years, Milton Rodrigues da Silva wants to keep his crown until 2016, when the city hosts the Olympics.

Break-out time for India’s SlumGods

Phuket News / Asia

Wednesday 13 February 2013, 09:47AM

MUMBAI: The youngsters from India’s best-known slum spin, twist and flip their bodies to the hip hop beat – but don’t call them breakdancers. And definitely not slumdogs.

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