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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.

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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.

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.

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.

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.

Phuket taxi driver held for 'rape' of tourist

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 23 January 2013, 12:53PM

PHUKET: A meter taxi driver has been arrested on a charge of rape after a Chinese tourist told Phuket police on Saturday (January 19) he frightened her into performing sexual acts with him.

American expat held for Phuket shooting incident

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 23 January 2013, 11:43AM

PHUKET: An American expat living in Phuket was arrested on Saturday morning (January 19) on firearms charges, after saying the gun in his possession “went off by itself”.

Phuket game boys break into school to play online

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 23 January 2013, 11:40AM

PHUKET: Three primary school students who used a knife to break into a Cherng Talay school’s computer room over the weekend to play video games and use Facebook will face prosecution.

Austrian tourist in Phuket found dead next to sexual aids

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 23 January 2013, 11:00AM

PHUKET: An elderly Austrian tourist was found dead in his Patong hotel room bed on Sunday (January 20), and is believed to have died from a medical condition.

Aussie misses target, shoots Phuket tourists

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 23 January 2013, 10:56AM

PHUKET: An Australian tattoo parlour owner, angry with a Danish man who he said had not repaid money he had borrowed, shot at him last night.

Missing UK man's bank touched

Phuket News / Thailand

Wednesday 23 January 2013, 09:52AM

BANGKOK: Money has been withdrawn from the home bank account of a British man missing in Thailand for more than two weeks, UK police said on Tuesday.

Veteran BBC presenter Stuart Hall charged with rape

Phuket News / World

Wednesday 23 January 2013, 08:57AM

UK: British police on Tuesday charged veteran BBC broadcaster Stuart Hall with one offence of rape and 14 of indecent assault committed between 1967 and 1986.

Asian students outshine Thai colleagues

Phuket News / Thailand

Wednesday 23 January 2013, 08:53AM

CHIANG RAI: Students from Asian countries are better than their Thai counterparts in English-language proficiency, rector of Mae Fah Luang University Wanchai Sirichana, said on January 22.

Singapore cool-off should heat up property sales abroad

Phuket News / Business

Tuesday 22 January 2013, 07:05PM

SINGAPORE: The number of Singaporeans buying overseas property is likely to increase after their government introduced property cooling measures, website PropertyGuru.com predicts.

Thai ‘expo powerhouse position strengthened’

Phuket News / Business

Tuesday 22 January 2013, 07:02PM

BANGKOK: Thailand’s strong position as “the exhibitions powerhouse of Asean” has been strengthened further by the decision of two professional exhibition companies to set up regional headquarters in Bangkok, says the Thailand Convention and Exhibition Bureau (TCEB).

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