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PHUKET: The annual Chalong Temple Fair will take place from February 9-16, Phuket officials have announced.

Tuesday 5 February 2013, 03:30PM

Third world is swamped with fake TB drugs: study

FRANCE: Africa, India and other developing countries are awash in fake or sub-standard drugs for tuberculosis, fuelling the rise of treatment-resistant strains of TB, according to a survey published on Tuesday.

Tuesday 5 February 2013, 12:51PM

Four traders killed in insurgency-hit Thai south

YALA: Four fruit traders were shot dead by suspected militants in Thailand's unrest-hit south early on Tuesday, an army spokesman told AFP.

Tuesday 5 February 2013, 12:26PM

China one-child policy enforcer runs over baby

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Tuesday 5 February 2013, 12:20PM

BEIJING: A Chinese official demanding a couple pay a fine for violating the country's one-child policy crushed their 13-month-old boy to death with a car, a local spokesman said Tuesday.

Wanted Danish man arrested in Phuket

PHUKET: Wanted Danish man Dennis Knudsen, 24, the intended target of the Soi Sansabai shooting last month, was arrested in Phuket on Sunday (February 3).

Tuesday 5 February 2013, 10:53AM

Drowned Phuket sailor given send-off in NZ

PHUKET: New Zealand sailor Richard Spraggs, who died in Phuket last month, was farewelled at a ceremony in his home country yesterday (February 4), media reported.

Tuesday 5 February 2013, 09:40AM

Fugitive shooter arrested in Phuket Town

PHUKET: A Phuket man on the run for more than six months after shooting a Phuket Provincial Prison guard in Chalong was arrested last Thursday in Phuket Town.

Monday 4 February 2013, 04:39PM

Phuket doctor at loss to explain Russian death

PHUKET: The doctor who performed a basic examination of the body of Russian man Evgenii Pozhitkov, 40, is at a loss to explain how he died.

Monday 4 February 2013, 04:09PM

Pedestrian bridge removed for Phuket underpass

PHUKET: The pedestrian bridge connecting Central Festival Phuket with the newly opened Central Festival East (formerly Home Works) will close on February 14, with demolition taking place the following day.

Monday 4 February 2013, 02:46PM

Man charged after wielding knife outside Buckingham Palace [VIDEO]

LONDON: A man who was shocked by British police with a Taser stun gun as he waved large knives outside Buckingham Palace was charged on Monday with affray and possessing a bladed weapon in public.

Monday 4 February 2013, 02:46PM

Phuket: Govt wants Youtube sex spoof removed

BANGKOK: The government plans to ask YouTube to remove a video clip mocking the sex industry in Thailand.

Monday 4 February 2013, 01:41PM

German and British suspected child molesters caught by Pattaya police

PATTAYA: Two suspected child molesters and a Thai agent who is accused of procuring minors for foreign customers were arrested by police on Saturday.

Monday 4 February 2013, 12:40PM

Russian man found dead in Phuket

PHUKET: Chalong police are investigating the death of a Russian man, identified as Evgenii Pozhitkov, 40, who was found dead in the kitchen of his pool villa in Rawai yesterday afternoon (February 3).

Monday 4 February 2013, 10:28AM

Sri Lanka rescues 138 stranded on sinking boat: navy

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Sunday 3 February 2013, 10:13PM

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's navy on Sunday rescued 138 Bangladeshis and Myanmar nationals from a sinking fishing vessel off the island's east coast, officials said.

Thai cop arrested with 20 elephant tusks

CHUMPHON: A Thai policeman has been arrested after he was caught trying to smuggle 20 elephant tusks, officials said Sunday.

Sunday 3 February 2013, 10:11PM

US winter almost over: Phil the groundhog

NEW YORK: It's official, at least according to America's most celebrated groundhog: spring is around the corner.

Sunday 3 February 2013, 09:09AM

Hollande gets hero's welcome in a Mali fearful of future

BAMAKO: President Francois Hollande received a rapturous welcome in Mali on Saturday as he promised that France would stay as long as necessary to continue the fight against Islamist rebels in the country's north.

Sunday 3 February 2013, 09:06AM

Phuket police housing scandal back in the spotlight

PHUKET: Tharit Pengdit, DSI Director together with MP Prompong Nopparit, Pheu Thai Party spokesman, visited Phuket today to reexamine the police housing scandal.

Saturday 2 February 2013, 11:14PM

Phuket boat ordeal owners describe accident as 'force majeure'

PHUKET: Tour company Andawaree Co Ltd, which runs tours to Phi Phi from Chalong Pier, held a press conference yesterday (February 1) about the accident on January 30.

Saturday 2 February 2013, 05:01PM

Patong community mourns much-loved Phuket expat