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Phuket mansion grounds to become public park

PHUKET: The grounds around a classic but decaying Sino-colonial mansion on Wichit Songkram Rd near Kathu are to be turned into a new exercise park run by the Phuket Provincial Administration Organisation, but the well-known mansion will remain.

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The Big List: Lost and Found

THE BIG LIST: Stories of missing soldiers and standed sailors are as old as literature itself – Homer’s hero Odysseus was cursed to wander for 10 years after the battle of Troy before returning home. Here are some strange but true tales of men who were lost and then found a long time later.

‘MIA Vietnam vet’ exposed as hoax

WEIRD WORLD: A man claiming to be an American soldier missing since his helicopter was shot down during the Vietnam War has been exposed as a hoaxer.

Sno Cone Joe wages street war on Mr Ding-A-Ling

WEIRD WORLD: There ain’t enough ice-cream eaters in this town for the both of us – that was the message Joshua Malatino had for his rival ice-cream van drivers in Gloversville, New York.

Japan mourns highest terror toll since 9/11

Phuket News / Asia

Tuesday 22 January 2013, 06:24PM

JAPAN: Japan grieved Tuesday over its greatest loss of life at militant hands since 9/11 as the carnage in Algeria provoked soul-searching for a people who have been relatively immune to Islamist terror.

Spate of Iraq car bombs kill 17

Phuket News / World

Tuesday 22 January 2013, 06:23PM

IRAQ: A wave of attacks in and around Baghdad and in northern Iraq killed 17 people and wounded dozens of others on Tuesday, shattering a relative calm after a spate of deadly attacks last week.

China's Xi says 'no leniency' in corruption fight

Phuket News / Asia

Tuesday 22 January 2013, 06:23PM

CHINA: China's president-in-waiting Xi Jinping intensified calls for a crackdown on corruption Tuesday, saying there would be "no leniency" for party officials whatever their rank, state media reported.

Golden day for Phuket pork vendor

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 22 January 2013, 05:39PM

PHUKET: Pork vendor Atcharaporn Weerakarn has bought tickets for the annual Red Cross lottery for as long as she can remember, and yesterday (January 21) she was rewarded when she finally won the grand prize – B500,000 worth of gold.

New airport-Kata bus service to launch in Phuket

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 22 January 2013, 03:44PM

PHUKET: Despite the possibility of a violent reaction from taxi and tuk-tuk drivers, a new bus service linking Phuket International Airport to Kata via Patong will begin in March, the Chief of the Phuket Land Transportation Office (PLTO), Teerayut Prasertphol, has announced.

Myanmar gets ready for first ever international literary festival

Phuket News / Asia

Tuesday 22 January 2013, 02:54PM

MYANMAR: The Irrawaddy Literary Festival, to be held in Yangon from Friday 1st to Sunday 3rd February 2012, brings together a stellar cast of high-profile international authors and local Burmese counterparts.

Photographing Baba life in Phuket

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 22 January 2013, 02:43PM

PHUKET: Photo competition ‘Baba Life Photo @ Phuket’ will be held on Sunday, February 3, along Thalang Road in Phuket Town, where photographers will take photos of models in traditional Baba dress.

Phuket food festival returns

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 22 January 2013, 02:20PM

PHUKET: The fifth Phuket Traditional Food Festival kicked off on Sunday at Saphan Hin, and will continue until Thursday (January 24).

Still no sightings of missing Phuket surfer

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 22 January 2013, 12:51PM

PHUKET: Police have found no more clues to shed light on the disappearance of American surfer Brett Bean, nearly two months after he was last heard from.

CCTV fails to reveal details of Phuket murder

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 22 January 2013, 12:32PM

PHUKET: CCTV camera footage around the area where Hilton Phuket Arcadia Resort staff member Jintana Mahattanapak was murdered did not capture footage of her killers, police said today (January 22).

The Big List: Weird Aircraft Cargoes

Phuket News / Weird World

Tuesday 22 January 2013, 10:40AM

THE BIG LIST: In these days of tough aircraft security, frequent fliers are often bombarded with reminders of the sorts of things they cannot take on to a plane. But sometimes that message just doesn’t get through. Here are some of the stranger aircraft cargoes on record:

Cops find angry croc guarding dope stash

Phuket News / Weird World

Tuesday 22 January 2013, 10:38AM

WEIRD WORLD: California police officers were confronted by an aggressive crocodile guarding an illicit marijuana stash when they visited the house of a suspected drug dealer this week.

‘Wonky’ sat-nav sends Brussels-bound driver to Croatia

Phuket News / Weird World

Tuesday 22 January 2013, 10:34AM

WEIRD WORLD: A Belgian woman ended up driving across Europe after mistakenly following directions from her satellite navigation system.

Snake on a plane, seriously!

Phuket News / Weird World

Tuesday 22 January 2013, 10:33AM

WEIRD WORLD: Passengers on an Australian jet bound for Papua New Guinea spotted a three-metre snake clinging desperately to the wing of their aircraft throughout the flight.

Thai army officials 'involved' in people smuggling

Phuket News / Thailand

Tuesday 22 January 2013, 09:22AM

BANGKOK: Thai authorities said on Monday they were investigating allegations that army officials were involved in the trafficking of Rohingya boat people fleeing deadly sectarian violence in Myanmar.

Phuket resident skimmed for B90,000

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 22 January 2013, 09:19AM

PHUKET: A Phuket resident is determined to get back the B90,000 skimmed from his bank account in April last year, withdrawn without his knowledge from an ATM some 1,000 kilometres away in Pattaya.

Phuket woman's drive-by killing captured on CCTV

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 22 January 2013, 09:16AM

PHUKET: The execution-style killing of a Phuket woman as she drove along one of the island's main roads was recorded on CCTV cameras in the area, say the police.

'We were cheated,' say Dutch-Thai family in Phuket

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 22 January 2013, 09:14AM

PHUKET: Thai consumer protection officials say they'll examine the case of a visiting Dutch-Thai family in Phuket, who say a travel company in Bangkok scammed them out of more than B200,000.

Danish man wanted for Phuket hotel robbery

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 22 January 2013, 09:09AM

PHUKET: Police have issued an arrest warrant for the man believed to have drugged a Karon hotel receptionist on Monday and made off with B3 million worth of belongings from security boxes.

Phuket man arrested for drugs

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 22 January 2013, 09:07AM

PHUKET: Wichit police have arrested 35-year-old Phuket Town resident Chusak O-in for possession of 74 ya ba pills and 29.49 grams of ya ice.

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