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PHUKET: A tourist from Hong Kong has died in mysterious circumstances while swimming in the pool at the JW Marriott Phuket Resort & Spa late yesterday morning (January 14).

Tuesday 15 January 2013, 06:09PM

Family desperate to hear from missing Brit

KOH TAO: The family of a 22-year-old British tourist spoke of their alarm on Sunday (January 13) when he failed to return home on a flight from Thailand. He has now been missing for almost a week and the alarm has turned to anguish.

Tuesday 15 January 2013, 05:46PM

Iranian suspects deny Bangkok blast plot: lawyer

BANGKOK: Two Iranians on trial for an alleged botched bomb plot against Israeli diplomats in Bangkok appeared in court again Tuesday as their Thai lawyer protested their innocence.

Tuesday 15 January 2013, 05:02PM

'Very happy' Bush the elder leaves hospital

US: Former US president George H.W. Bush was released from hospital on Monday following more than two months of treatment for bronchitis, a bacterial infection and a persistent cough.

Tuesday 15 January 2013, 10:52AM

US boy guilty of killing Neo-Nazi father

US: An abused 12-year-old boy who shot his Neo-Nazi father dead while he was sleeping at their California home was found guilty Monday of second degree murder.

Tuesday 15 January 2013, 10:51AM

Britain's Cameron to make EU speech in Netherlands on Friday

UK: British Prime Minister David Cameron will give a long-awaited speech on his country's future relationship with the European Union in the Netherlands on Friday, his Downing Street office said.

Tuesday 15 January 2013, 10:50AM

New York school bus strike to strand 152,000 kids

US: Drivers of New York's yellow school buses planned to go on strike Wednesday, leaving 152,000 children looking for a new way to get to class on time.

Tuesday 15 January 2013, 10:49AM

Bored Japanese trucker gets kicks from Syria war tourism

SYRIA: Japanese trucker Toshifumi Fujimoto is bored with his humdrum job, a daily run from Osaka to Tokyo or Nagasaki hauling tanker loads of gasoline, water or even chocolate.

Tuesday 15 January 2013, 10:16AM

Yingluck pressed to ban ivory trade

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