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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.

Wednesday 13 February 2013, 10:05AM

Break-out time for India’s SlumGods

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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.

DSI picks up Phuket land encroachment torch

PHUKET: With the retirement of Department of National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP) Director General Damrong Pidech, it seemed as though the investigation into encroachment in Phuket’s Sirinart Marine National Park had been suspended indefinitely.

Monday 18 February 2013, 12:57PM

Phuket: Is working in human resources a dangerous job?

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Monday 18 February 2013, 09:01AM

PHUKET: Phuket murder illuminates violence done to hotel management staff, reports Tanyaluk Sakoot.

World tour cycling couple hit by pickup truck

CHACHOENGSAO: A British couple on a world cycling tour have been killed in an accident in Chachoengsao province, in central Thailand, according to reports from The Sun and The Telegraph.

Monday 18 February 2013, 08:40AM

Three dead in Thai south bombings: officials

PATTANI: A series of blasts shook a town in the restive Thai south leaving three dead and 17 wounded, officials said Sunday, days after a major attack on a military base in the unrest-hit region.

Sunday 17 February 2013, 09:18PM

Phuket crash kills Swiss tourist

PHUKET: A Swiss tourist died after he lost control of his car and it plunged onto the beach early on Saturday morning (February 16).

Saturday 16 February 2013, 10:01PM

Thai couple smooch to a new world record

BANGKOK: A kiss lasting nearly two-and-a-half days propelled one determined Thai couple to a new record for the world's longest smooch on Valentine's Day, organisers said Friday.

Saturday 16 February 2013, 01:49PM

Phuket: Asteroid to make close encounter tonight

EARTH: Question: What has a diameter about the same as the Heroines Monument, weighs the same as 10,000 London buses, and flies at 23 times the speed of sound?

Friday 15 February 2013, 05:27PM

187 couples wed in Phuket on Valentine Day

PHUKET: Phuket’s three district offices, Muang, Kathu and Thalang, were jammed yesterday as couples queued to get married on the most romantic day of the year – Valentine’s Day.

Friday 15 February 2013, 04:42PM

Phuket visa run minibus crashes

PHUKET: A visa run minibus crashed off the rain-soaked road in Phang Nga and rolled yesterday afternoon (February14) on the way back from Ranong.

Friday 15 February 2013, 04:40PM

TOT server crash wipes out Phuket Internet

PHUKET: Access to the Internet via TOT – across Thailand – was wiped out for several hours this morning and early afternoon (February 15) after the telephone company’s main server in Bangkok crashed.

Friday 15 February 2013, 02:59PM

UFO explodes over eastern Russia [VIDEO]

WEIRD WORLD: Astonishing online videos show the moment an unidentified flying object exploded in the sky above eastern Russia today.

Friday 15 February 2013, 01:54PM

Phuket Opinion: Celebrating history

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Tuesday 1 January 2013, 12:35PM

PHUKET: If it’s one thing that Phuket Town does well, it’s festivals. Last week’s Chinese New Year festival in Phuket Town culminated on the Sanam Chai football field with a wonderful assortment of celebrations on Sunday night. There were Chinese acrobats, Chinese musicians, Chinese dancing and a magnificent fireworks display, which was, technically speaking, Chinese in origin.

Phuket Old Town Festival begins today

PHUKET: A large parade through the streets of Phuket’s Old Town this afternoon (February 15) will mark the start of the three-day annual festival.

Friday 15 February 2013, 10:01AM

New appeal to find missing British tourist

KOH PHANGAN: It's almost five years since English tourist Daniel Hall went missing while backpacking in Thailand. He was last seen on Koh Phangan in 2008.

Friday 15 February 2013, 09:15AM

Mother's warning after British man's motorcycle death in Phuket

PHUKET: A British mother has warned of the dangers of young people hiring motorcycles abroad after her 22-year-old son was killed in a crash in Phuket last year.

Friday 15 February 2013, 08:40AM

Phuket checkpoint catches druggies

PHUKET: Two people in possession of crystal methamphetamine (ya ice), were arrested at a police checkpoint on the Sai Muang Mai-Pa Khlok Rd near Dream Village and Mission Hills Golf Resort & Spa yesterday afternoon (February 13).

Thursday 14 February 2013, 04:51PM

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NEWS TODAY May 24

Taxi blockade at airport. Another protest - outside Governor's mansion. Dredging at Bang Tao Klong nearly complete.

Friday 24 May 2013, 04:39PM

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.

Friday 24 May 2013, 03:40PM

‘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.

Friday 24 May 2013, 03:37PM

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.

Friday 24 May 2013, 03:35PM

Argentine ghost town rises from the waves

WEIRD WORLD: A town in Argentina that was under water for 25 years is once again proving an attraction for tourists.

Friday 24 May 2013, 03:34PM

Berserker Australians get rough Phuket justice

PHUKET: Two out-of-control Australians received rough justice early yesterday morning (May 23), after they attacked an American in a bar on Bangla Rd and started a brawl.

Friday 24 May 2013, 12:44PM

Phuket Opinion: Kept in the dark

Phuket News / Opinion

Friday 24 May 2013, 12:10PM

PHUKET: If Tuesday night’s black out – the biggest outage ever recorded in Thailand – taught us anything, it is to always be careful in Thailand. That you’re on your own and that nothing is probably as it seems.

Improvement of polluted Phuket canal ‘underway’

PHUKET: Much of the polluted Klong Bangtao has been dredged in order to improve flow and reduce bottlenecks that cause stagnation, a meeting at Phuket Provincial Hall was told this morning (May 23).

Thursday 23 May 2013, 06:36PM

Taxis, taxis, taxis – a week of fever in Phuket

PHUKET: Thirty meter taxis from the Phuket Limousine & Business Services cooperative (PBC) convened a mob at Phuket International Airport yesterday evening (May 22), blocking one of the two roads into the airport.

Thursday 23 May 2013, 05:48PM

NEWS TODAY May 23

'Blackout could have been avoided'. Thai industries affected by black out. Former VG house suspect overlooking Patong.

Thursday 23 May 2013, 03:47PM

Who's responsible for Phuket's blackout?

BANGKOK: The energy minister has reasons to be upset about the southern power outage, as no one at the electricity supplying agencies made the decision to save the region.

Wednesday 22 May 2013, 10:37PM

Phuket teacher runs marathon for cancer-stricken colleague

PHUKET: As HeadStart teacher Richard Allenby lay on his hospital bed before surgery at Bangkok Hospital Phuket, he was convinced he was going to die. He told his adult son to look after his pregnant wife and their unborn child.

Wednesday 22 May 2013, 06:39PM

Stockholm 'police brutality' riots go into third day

STOCKHOLM: Riots in a poor, mainly immigrant suburb of Sweden's capital have continued into a third night.

Wednesday 22 May 2013, 06:29PM

Boundless destruction as US tornado rescue winds down

MOORE: As rescue efforts in Oklahoma wound down Wednesday, residents turned to the daunting task of rebuilding a US heartland community shattered by a vast tornado that killed at least 24 people.

Wednesday 22 May 2013, 06:15PM

Phuket vendors protest no-parking zone

PHUKET: Around 30 street vendors attended a meeting at the Phuket City Municipality to discuss a new no-parking zone outside Vachira Hospital, which they say has led to lost revenue for them.

Wednesday 22 May 2013, 06:06PM

Senators inspect former Phuket VG’s hilltop paradise

PHUKET: A Senate committee led by Boonsong Kowawisaratch, senator for Mae Hong Son Province, this morning (May 22) visited the resort-style house built by a former vice-governor of Phuket, high in the hills overlooking Patong.

Wednesday 22 May 2013, 05:59PM

British police charge man over IRA bombing 31 years ago

LONDON: A man has been charged over a notorious IRA bombing in London in 1982 which killed four British soldiers on ceremonial duty, prosecutors said on Wednesday.

Wednesday 22 May 2013, 05:48PM

Japan parliament approves child abduction treaty

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Wednesday 22 May 2013, 05:08PM

TOKYO: Japan's parliament on Wednesday approved an international treaty on child abductions after decades of pressure from the United States and other Western nations.

British PM 'proud' of gay marriage bill but economy now focus