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Battle over beachside ‘encroachment’ in Phuket

PHUKET: Vice-Governor Somkiat Sungkhaosutthirak today paid a visit to a piece of land next to Bangtao Beach that has recently become the centre of heated debate in the local community around Klong Bangtao.

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Robber in raincoat raids Phuket convenience store

PHUKET: A robber wearing a motorbike helmet with the visor down and a red plastic raincoat walked into the Baan Lipon, Thalang, branch of the 24-hour Family Mart chain of convenience stores this morning and pulled a knife.

Chinese tourist drowns during trip off Phuket

PHUKET: Chinese tourist Li Ran, 30, drowned this afternoon (June 18) while on a trip to Racha Yai island.

Top Nazi war crimes suspect, 98, charged in Hungary

BUDAPEST: Hungarian prosecutors on Tuesday charged a 98-year-old top Nazi war crimes suspect over his brutal role in organising the deportation of some 12,000 Jews to World War II death camps.

All eyes on Vatican chimney as world awaits new pope

Phuket News / World

Wednesday 13 March 2013, 06:13PM

VATICAN CITY: Cardinals on Wednesday spent a second day behind Vatican walls to elect a pope, with all eyes on a chimney that will signal when there is a new leader for the world's 1.2 billion Catholics.

Japan firm prints needle-eye sized book

Phuket News / Asia

Wednesday 13 March 2013, 06:12PM

TOKYO: A book with pages the size of the eye of a needle has been printed in Japan, the publishing company said Wednesday, with each tiny page showing a microscopic flower.

Europe transport disrupted as snow turns to ice

Phuket News / World

Wednesday 13 March 2013, 06:12PM

PARIS: Icy roads were disrupting transport as northwestern Europe remained in the grip of unseasonable weather on Wednesday but many services were resuming after a severe late-winter snowstorm.

Gunmen dressed as cricketers kill five police in Kashmir

Phuket News / World

Wednesday 13 March 2013, 06:11PM

SRINAGAR: Militants disguised as cricketers killed five paramilitary police in an ambush in the main city of Indian Kashmir Wednesday, officials said, in the deadliest attack for nearly five years.

Babes, bikinis and beauty tips in Phuket

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 13 March 2013, 05:25PM

PHUKET: Prior to the ‘Some Like It Hot’ show at Xana Beach Club with Attica on Friday (March 15), The Phuket News speaks to Katarina Bonér from Katalina.

Health Ministry considers plan to force tourists to buy insurance

Phuket News / Thailand

Wednesday 13 March 2013, 01:06PM

BANGKOK: The Public Health Ministry is considering a measure to force foreign tourists to buy travel and health insurance before travelling to Thailand.

Thai Government to investigate Rohingya deaths

Phuket News / Thailand

Wednesday 13 March 2013, 01:02PM

BANGKOK: A leading human rights group on Wednesday accused Thai navy personnel of shooting at least two Rohingya asylum seekers and called on the government to investigate the incident.

PTT, Bangchak cut 95 gasoline price

Phuket News / Thailand

Wednesday 13 March 2013, 08:51AM

PHUKET: PTT Plc and Bangchak Petroleum announced yesterday (March12) that they are cutting the pump price of for petrol 95 by 1 baht a litre, effective after midnight yesterday.

Miss Thailand World contestants in Phuket

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 12 March 2013, 07:14PM

PHUKET: Twenty contestants in the Miss Thailand World 2013 beauty contest were today (March 12) in Phuket, where they visited the factory of the company chosen to make the winner’s B1 million crown – Phuket Pearl Group Co.

The Big List: Famous Killer Robots

Phuket News / Weird World

Tuesday 12 March 2013, 07:06PM

WEIRD WORLD: The robot armies of the future face big expectations. Robots are already used for everything from building cars to exploring Mars, but science fiction writers have long noted their potential as merciliess mechanical soldiers. Here are a few of the better-known killer robots:

Burning man mystery stumps sheriff

Phuket News / Weird World

Tuesday 12 March 2013, 07:03PM

WEIRD WORLD: Police in the United States called to a fire at a rural house think a man who died in the flames may have spontaneously combusted.

Dead bodies stolen for ‘ghost brides’ in China

Phuket News / Weird World

Tuesday 12 March 2013, 07:02PM

WEIRD WORLD:Four people have been jailed in China for digging up corpses to sell as brides for traditional “ghost marriages” – where dead single men are buried with a wife for the afterlife – according to Chinese news reports.

‘Stop Killer Robots’

Phuket News / Weird World

Tuesday 12 March 2013, 07:00PM

WEIRD WORLD: A new global campaign warns of the dangers of “autonomous weapons” – aka killer robot drones – which could soon present an international threat.

Falling Phuket branch flattens five vehicles

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 12 March 2013, 06:25PM

PHUKET: Several people had a lucky escape when a huge branch fell from a 100-year-old banyan tree in Phuket Town around noon today, badly damaging three cars and two pick-up trucks parked in front of the Phuket Social Security Office (SSO) on Amphur Rd.

Phuket burglar hits Russian’s room for B100k

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 12 March 2013, 05:51PM

PHUKET: A Russian tourist had belongings totalling B100,000 stolen from his hotel room yesterday morning (March 11) while he was at the beach.

Teenagers hurt in Phuket bag-snatch gone wrong

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 12 March 2013, 05:14PM

PHUKET: Two teenage boys who snatched a bag from a Singaporean tourist yesterday (March 11) were seriously hurt when the motorbike they were driving crashed into an oncoming car moments later.

Bangkok-Pattaya high speed train by 2018

Phuket News / Thailand

Tuesday 12 March 2013, 03:56PM

BANGKOK: The government is aiming to complete the country's first high-speed train between Bangkok and Pattaya by 2018.

Hat Yai Police: Sorry grandpa, wrong man

Phuket News / Thailand

Tuesday 12 March 2013, 03:49PM

SONGKHLA: Police admit they made a blunder in obtaining an arrest warrant on burglary charges for a 79-year-old man who has trouble walking.

Six expats arrested in Phuket on work permit offences

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 12 March 2013, 11:45AM

PHUKET: Six East Europeans were arrested yesterday (March 11) around midday by Immigration Police in Rawai, on work permit offences.

Six Cambodian children arrested in Phuket raid

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 12 March 2013, 11:39AM

PHUKET: Six Cambodian children and six adults in Patong were arrested on Friday afternoon (March 8) by a Phuket Immigration team led by Superintendent Pol Col Sanchai Chotkayaikit.

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