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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.

Phuket shooting target no angel

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 25 January 2013, 05:59PM

PHUKET: The intended Danish victim of the Soi Sansabai shooting on Tuesday, in which two innocent German tourists were wounded, was apparently no angel.

New Zealand sailor drowns in Phuket

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 25 January 2013, 02:28PM

PHUKET: New Zealand sailor Richard Spraggs, 59, drowned in Chalong Bay early this morning (January 25) after falling off his yacht, La Zingara, during a storm.

Teenager seriously injured in Phuket mob attack

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 25 January 2013, 01:03PM

PHUKET: Around 200 fired-up Kamala locals gathered at the Kamala Police Station in anger last night after an 18-year-old boy became the victim of a lynch-mob style attack.

Phuket Opinion: On the buses

Phuket News / Opinion

Tuesday 1 January 2013, 12:26PM

PHUKET: It’s a brave outfit that dares to run a bus service through Patong.

More details emerge of Phuket condo hell

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 25 January 2013, 11:50AM

PHUKET: The bullying developer and manager of Pornsawan Condominium on Chao Fa East Rd, Wichit, arrested after a years-long reign of terror over people living in the condo, is due to appear in court today (January 25) for a remand hearing. The occupants of the condo are praying he will not get bail.

Police still hunting clues in Phuket assassination

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 25 January 2013, 10:24AM

PHUKET: Police have interviewed the drivers of all the cars identified from CCTV footage of murdered Hilton HR Director Jintana Mahattanapak waiting at the traffic lights just before she was assassinated.

No bail for Phuket shoot-em-up Aussies

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 25 January 2013, 09:46AM

PHUKET: The two Australians charged with mistakenly shooting two German tourists were yesterday (January 24) refused bail by the Phuket Court and were ordered locked up in Phuket Provincial Prison.

Asian man found beaten to death in Phuket

Phuket News / Phuket

Thursday 24 January 2013, 06:51PM

PHUKET: Police are looking for four or five people believed to be involved in the beating to death of an Asian man, who was found tied to a tree at 3am today (January 24).

Relief at hand for neighbours of stinking Phuket klong

Phuket News / Phuket

Thursday 24 January 2013, 06:41PM

PHUKET: A team from the Damrongtham Centre, led by Vice-Governor Somkiet Sangkhaosuthirak, visited the luxury Surin Springs villas and apartments development in Cherng Talay to examine a complaint about a stinking klong that keeps overflowing.

British man claims B100,000 worth of cash left in Bangkok taxi

Phuket News / Thailand

Thursday 24 January 2013, 06:03PM

BANGKOK: British man John Richard Duffy, a 60-year-old British businessman, returned to Bangkok from Myanmar on Wednesday after realising he left a bag containing B100,000 worth of cash in the back of a taxi.

Syringes, surgery and slaps: Thais suffer for beauty

Phuket News / Thailand

Thursday 24 January 2013, 05:04PM

BANGKOK: From breast-slapping and gold thread face-lifts, to vaginal whitening soaps and olive oil penis enlargements, image obsessed Thais are going to ever increasing extremes in the quest for beauty.

'Missing' Swiss student turns up in Ranong prison

Phuket News / Thailand

Thursday 24 January 2013, 04:11PM

PHUKET: Swiss exchange student Tscherina Nora Janisch, 22, first reported missing while on holiday in Thailand, has been discovered in a Ranong prison, locked up for allegedly stealing a camera belonging to the immigration office.

IKEA ad upsets Thai transgender group

Phuket News / Thailand

Thursday 24 January 2013, 02:12PM

BANGKOK: Thai Transgender Alliance have sent an open letter to IKEA to complain about a 'negative and stereotypical' advert.

Baby escapes death twice [VIDEO]

Phuket News / World

Wednesday 23 January 2013, 06:37PM

RUSSIA: A baby girl narrowly escaped death twice after a car crash threw her from the vehicle and into the face of oncoming traffic.

Thais kick up a stink over Buddha toilet

Phuket News / Thailand

Wednesday 23 January 2013, 04:52PM

BANGKOK: A toilet in the Netherlands carrying an image of Buddha has outraged Thai citizens who have called for the offensive image to be removed.

Brace yourself: the dangerous new fashion trend

Phuket News / Thailand

Wednesday 23 January 2013, 04:08PM

BANGKOK: Not that it’s for our skinny-jean-wearing, pre-distressed-denim-buying selves to judge, but wearing fake braces as a fashion statement – a practice being championed by Thai, Indonesian and Chinese teens – seems fairly goofy.

Camera footage found of Phuket murder

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 23 January 2013, 03:48PM

PHUKET: Phuket police say footage from cameras near the Phuket Town intersection where Jintana Mahattanapak was murdered last Friday has revealed poor quality images of the suspects.

Fares set for green-plate Phuket taxis

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 23 January 2013, 03:08PM

PHUKET: Set prices have been announced for green-plate taxis, including those recently converted from their illegal “black plate” status.

Loan shark enforcers beat up two women

Phuket News / Thailand

Wednesday 23 January 2013, 02:19PM

PHANG NGA: Three enforcers for a major loan shark were arrested yesterday in Takuapa, Phang Nga, after beating up two women who did not in fact owe any money.

British grandmother gets death for drugs in Indonesia

Phuket News / Asia

Wednesday 23 January 2013, 01:03PM

BALI: A 56-year-old British grandmother was sentenced to death Tuesday for smuggling cocaine into the Indonesian island of Bali, in a shock verdict after prosecutors recommended 15 years imprisonment.

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