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BANGKOK: World Wildlife Fund (WWF) launched a global petition Monday that puts responsibility for African elephant poaching on Thailand.

Tuesday 15 January 2013, 09:17AM

The Big List: Weird Birthdays

THE BIG LIST: Welcome to the world: it can get a little weird sometimes, and for a few newborns the weirdness starts on the first day – and maybe even before that, as with these unusual births.

Monday 14 January 2013, 06:36PM

UFO sighting startles Thai school students

SAKON NAKHON: The Thai online community is buzzing about an alleged photo of a UFO that was taken by a high-school student on Christmas Day.

Monday 14 January 2013, 06:33PM

Facial hair transplants offer a ‘tache of class

Moustache transplants are gaining popularity in parts of the Middle East where a well-furred upper lip is seen as a symbol of authority and dignity.

Monday 14 January 2013, 06:31PM

Hello, baby! Need a hand?

This picture of a not-yet-born baby reaching out from her mother’s womb to grasp a doctor’s hand has gone viral on the internet – after the proud family posted it to Facebook.

Monday 14 January 2013, 06:30PM

Phuket real estate group set for property show

Phuket News / Business

Monday 14 January 2013, 03:20PM

PHUKET: The Phuket Real Estate Association (P-REA), a grouping of local property developers, is staging its seven-day Phuket Property Show 2013 from Thursday this week to the following Wednesday (January 17-23) at Central Festival Phuket, as a response to the rising demand for accommodation in Phuket.

No answers yet in Dutch tourist's death in Phuket

PHUKET: The body of Dutch national Stephan Henricus Maria Buczynski, 26, found floating in the sea off Patong yesterday morning (January 13) has been sent to the National Forensics Institute in Bangkok after an autopsy at Patong Hospital failed to establish the cause of his death.

Monday 14 January 2013, 01:37PM

Phuket police stage security show in Patong

PHUKET: In a show of force to impress tourists and to ginger up Phuket’s security forces, the Deputy Commissioner of the Royal Thai Police presided over an assembly of some 300 police officers on Bangla Rd on Friday (January 11), and ordered all officers to show their power and enforce the law more strictly.

Monday 14 January 2013, 11:37AM

Nineteen children among 46 dead in China landslide

Phuket News / Asia

Monday 14 January 2013, 11:30AM

CHINA: A desperate search for three people missing in a landslide in southwestern China ended on Saturday when their bodies were pulled from the mud, taking the final death toll to 46 -- many of them children.

Thai journalists warn of interference after army protest

BANGKOK: Thai journalists have called on the country's powerful military not to pressure the media after uniformed soldiers protested outside a television station over comments critical of the army chief.

Monday 14 January 2013, 11:29AM

Mystery over tourist's body found floating off Phuket beach

PHUKET: Kathu Police are investigating the death of a Dutch tourist whose body was found floating in the sea off Patong this morning, in front of the Phuket Graceland Hotel.

Sunday 13 January 2013, 10:12PM

Phuket reporter's alleged assassin arrested

PHUKET: The man who allegedly pulled the trigger in the assassination of Phuket reporter Wisut “Ae inside” Tangwittayaporn, a year ago almost to the day, was arrested in Cha-am, Phetburi, at 7 am today (January 13).

Sunday 13 January 2013, 09:47PM

Six arrested in new India bus gang-rape case: police

Phuket News / Asia

Sunday 13 January 2013, 03:22PM

INDIA: Six men have been arrested over the rape of a passenger on a coach in India, police said Sunday, weeks after the gang-rape and murder of a student on a bus in New Delhi sparked nationwide protests.

Netizens protest Thai soap opera ban

BANGKOK: About 50 members of a social network group rallied on Sunday morning in front of the Maleenont Tower on Rama IV Road which houses Channel 3, demanding the prime-time political soap opera "Nua Mek 2" be put back on air immediately, reports said.

Sunday 13 January 2013, 03:17PM

Xayaburi dam stirs debate on Mekong River Commission

BANGKOK: When ministers from the four member countries of the Mekong River Commission and donors meet in Luang Prabang, Laos this week, the future role of the agency will be on the table.

Sunday 13 January 2013, 03:15PM

‘Damrong’s work will continue in Phuket’ - environment minister

PHUKET: Bangkok-based Natural Resources and Environment Minister Preecha Rengsomboonsap visited Phuket on Wednesday (January 9) and confirmed that the 366 land suppression teams, put on hold several months ago, would eventually continue with their job.

Saturday 12 January 2013, 04:04PM

Awol soldier hangs himself in Phuket

PHUKET: A 23-year-old solider based in the Thai military in Sattaheep, Chonburi, killed himself in Phuket last night (January 11) after escaping from the navy base in the area.

Saturday 12 January 2013, 03:27PM

Australian tourist found dead in Phuket

PHUKET: A 45-year-old Australian tourist was found dead at a Patong hotel in Phuket around 4pm yesterday, after police say he overdosed on medicine.

Saturday 12 January 2013, 03:08PM

Mum sells child bride for B2,000

LOP BURI: A mother forced her 13-year-old daughter to marry a 34-year-old man who paid a bride price of 2,000 baht, The Pavena Foundation for Women and Children (Pavena) reported on Frida

Saturday 12 January 2013, 10:54AM

Rayong man swallows B3m in drugs