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Britain's Kate in last public event before giving birth

LONDON: Prince William's wife Catherine on Saturday carried out her last public engagement before giving birth to their first baby, at Queen Elizabeth II's official 87th birthday celebrations.

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Thousands evacuated after blasts at Russian arms depot

MOSCOW: More than 6,000 people were evacuated in central Russia overnight after a series of massive explosions at an arms depot blew out windows and sparked a fire, the emergency situations ministry said Wednesday.

French floods claim first victim, Lourdes remains closed

TOULOUSE: Flash floods in southwestern France killed an elderly woman as the inundated grotto at the Roman Catholic pilgrimage site of Lourdes remained closed for a second day on Wednesday.

India monsoon floods leave 120 dead

DEHRADUN: Military helicopters dropped emergency supplies Wednesday to thousands of tourists and pilgrims stranded by flash floods that tore through towns and temples in northern India, killing at least 120 people, officials said.

Questions over alleged US cop killer's final stand

Phuket News / World

Thursday 14 February 2013, 09:28AM

US: US police denied Wednesday deliberately setting fire to a mountain cabin in which an alleged cop killer is thought to have died, saying they faced a warzone-like shootout after a six-day manhunt.

Myanmar warships to visit Phuket

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 13 February 2013, 10:15PM

PHUKET: Two warships of the Myanmar navy will make a historic visit to Phuket port next week to mark 65 years of diplomatic relations between Thailand and Myanmar, a navy source said.

THE BIG LIST: Famous Last Meals

Phuket News / Weird World

Wednesday 13 February 2013, 07:07PM

THE BIG LIST: Eating is our first and finest defence in the life-long game against the Grim Reaper, but everyone has to lose in the end. Here are a few of the last meals enjoyed by some of history’s rich, famous, unlucky, or gluttonous.

Sick whale vomits up beach gold rush

Phuket News / Weird World

Wednesday 13 February 2013, 07:03PM

WEIRD WORLD: Thousands of treasure seekers are now scouring the beaches of the UK for the smelliest old rubbish they can find, after a British man and his dog hit paydirt with a pile of whale vomit worth B2 million.

Iranians bitten by Space Monkey hoax

Phuket News / Weird World

Wednesday 13 February 2013, 07:01PM

WERID WORLD: Iran’s space agency has bungled its efforts to assure the world that it didn’t send a cute, cuddly monkey on a terrified one-way rocket trip into fiery oblivion.

Death Row dinners

Phuket News / Weird World

Wednesday 13 February 2013, 06:58PM

WEIRD WORLD: American artist Julie Green has spent 13 years painting the final meals of death row inmates – so far she’s painted more than 500 “last requests”.

One hurt by brakeless Phuket bus

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 13 February 2013, 06:34PM

PHUKET: An out-of-control but fortunately empty tour bus crashed into a woman on a motorbike this afternoon (February 13) before hitting a power pole on the way down from Patong Hill into Patong, causing traffic chaos.

Phuket KFC man gets a nasty surprise

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 13 February 2013, 06:18PM

PHUKET: A part time delivery man working for KFC received a nasty surprise when he turned up at room No 11 in the Purata Inn in Thung Tong yesterday (February 12) at around 9 pm, with a delivery of chicken wings.

DSI officials arrive to check ‘Russian’ firms in Phuket

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 13 February 2013, 05:52PM

PHUKET: A team from the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) in Bangkok arrived in Phuket today (February 13) to gather information about Russian-operated businesses suspected of operating illegally in Bang Tao.

Phuket resident ‘lucky to be alive’ after robbery

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 13 February 2013, 03:41PM

PHUKET: When long-time Phuket resident Mari Okawa was robbed on Sunday evening (February 10), the first thing she thought was how lucky she was to be alive.

'A Thai Love Song' by Malaysia's Namewee goes viral

Phuket News / Thailand

Wednesday 13 February 2013, 03:40PM

BANGKOK: 'A Thai Love Song' by Malaysian artist Wee Meng Chee, better known as Namewee, has become a regional hit after a video of the song was uploaded to Youtube last week.

Tourism Malaysia goes bigger at Phuket Old Town Festival 2013

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 13 February 2013, 02:40PM

PHUKET: The 14th Phuket Old Town Festival is here back and for the 3rd consecutive years, Tourism Malaysia will be joining this event in ‘Bigger’. It will be held from 15-17 February 2013 at Phuket Road (opposite Phuket Town Inn), Phuket Town.

Police want conscripts to boost ranks

Phuket News / Thailand

Wednesday 13 February 2013, 12:18PM

NONG KHAI: The Royal Thai Police Office will propose amending the police law to allow for police conscription as part of national service, a senior officer in the force says.

A date with the Phuket Woulfe pack

Phuket News / Business

Wednesday 13 February 2013, 12:35PM

PHUKET: It’s been a year since The Phuket News last visited Brian Woulfe at his contemporary offices in Baan Wana Park and interviewed him about his design business, Designed By Woulfe.

Thai Gov coffers get boost

Phuket News / Business

Wednesday 13 February 2013, 12:33PM

The Ministry of Finance has disclosed that the government earned B94 billion higher in revenue in the previous financial year compared to that of the year before.

Japan’s top three automakers posted record sales last year

Phuket News / Business

Wednesday 13 February 2013, 12:31PM

Japan’s three biggest automakers – Toyota, Nissan and Honda – on Monday posted record sales for 2012, as the results confirmed that Toyota recaptured the world’s biggest automaker crown.

Can this woman save South Africa?

Phuket News / World

Wednesday 13 February 2013, 12:27PM

SOUTH AFRICA: One of South Africa's most dynamic women appears set to enter politics, setting off rampant conjecture about whether she could finally help forge a viable alternative to the seemingly unshakeable African National Congress.

North Korea a final frontier for Google Maps

Phuket News / Asia

Wednesday 13 February 2013, 12:22PM

NORTH KOREA: North Korea was a final frontier for Google Maps. It took years and the help of amateur map-makers who once lived there or knew people who did to add gulags, streets and other details to what was long a patch of grey at the online atlas.

US consulate in Chiang Mai under close watch

Phuket News / Thailand

Wednesday 13 February 2013, 12:00PM

CHIANG MAI: The government has ordered that security be beefed up for the US consulate in Chiang Mai following intelligence reports of a potential terrorist attack.

With test, N. Korea threat looks more real

Phuket News / Asia

Wednesday 13 February 2013, 10:12AM

NORTH KOREA: With a defiant nuclear test, North Korea has shown it poses an increasingly credible threat but some doubt whether even the notoriously bellicose regime would ever use weapons of mass destruction.

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