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PHUKET: Saturday (January 12) is the annual Children’s Day across Thailand, and plenty of organised activities are planned for Phuket and Phang Nga. Here are some of the major ones.

Thursday 10 January 2013, 04:34PM

First high speed railway to be launched in Chiang Mai

BANGKOK: The Governor of Chiang Mai said the first high speed railway service in Thailand will be launched between Bangkok and Chiangmai; the project is expected to be completed in three years.

Thursday 10 January 2013, 04:02PM

Phangan mourns slain Briton

SURAT THANI: Residents and business operators Wednesday held a mourning ceremony on Koh Phangan’s Haad Rin Beach for a British bystander who was shot to death during a brawl at a New Year's Eve party.

Thursday 10 January 2013, 02:57PM

American arrested for hotel safe theft in Samui

SAMUI: An American was arrested Wednesday for allegedly breaking into safes at a popular Koh Samui hotel and stealing money and valuables worth more than two million baht.

Thursday 10 January 2013, 02:53PM

Bangkok drug mules use intimate hiding place

BANGKOK: Two women have been arrested at Don Mueang Airport with over 3,000 methamphetamine pills hidden in their vaginas, according to police.

Thursday 10 January 2013, 02:37PM

'Alien' caught on cop's camera in Krabi

KRABI: A policeman claims to have captured an image of an extraterrestrial life form while he was taking a picture of his son on a beach in Krabi province during the New Year holiday.

Thursday 10 January 2013, 12:28PM

Stabbed man found floating in Phuket klong

PHUKET: Fishermen heading out to drop their nets off Layan Beach early this morning (January 10) found a dead body in the Lanyan klong.

Thursday 10 January 2013, 11:55AM

Alleged Swedish killer of Kiwi now on the run

PATTAYA: The alleged murderer of a New Zealand man stabbed to death in Pattaya was allowed to leave the country and is now on the run, a New Zealand news website has reported.

Thursday 10 January 2013, 11:09AM

Catch issue statement over Phuket Russian attack

PHUKET: Catch Beach Club, the location where a violent attack on two Phuket residents took place in the early hours of Tuesday morning (January 8), has issued a brief statement regarding the incident.

Thursday 10 January 2013, 09:32AM

Runaway ‘Zorb’ accident kills Russian [VIDEO]

RUSSIA: A 27-year-old Russian man died after the giant 'zorb' ball he was in tumbled off a skifield and rolled for hundreds of metres into a mountainside ravine.

Thursday 10 January 2013, 09:15AM

Two crashes bring Phuket’s bypass road to a standstill

PHUKET: One person suffered a moderate leg injury and traffic was brought to a standstill by two separate but related crashes on the bypass road this afternoon. Five vehicles were damaged.

Wednesday 9 January 2013, 06:42PM

No deal in talks over Phuket bottle slashing

PHUKET: A negotiation session between an Iranian man and his Peruvian fiancée, and a Thai man who had his face badly slashed in an nasty altercation in Phuket on Monday night (January 7) failed to reach a conclusion today (January 9).

Wednesday 9 January 2013, 06:08PM

Phuket expat, 50, dies from liver disease

PHUKET: Well known British property developer Paul Wheildon, died in Phuket on Sunday (January 6) after a lengthy fight with liver disease. He was 50.

Wednesday 9 January 2013, 05:59PM

Pregnant Kate turns 31

UK: Prince William's wife Catherine marks her 31st birthday on Wednesday, but her well-documented pregnancy is likely to make it a low-key celebration.

Wednesday 9 January 2013, 04:44PM

2012 warmest on record for US, had historic extremes

US: 2012 marked the warmest year on record for the United States and was also the second most extreme ever, the US government agency charged with monitoring weather events said Tuesday.

Wednesday 9 January 2013, 04:43PM

Passions rise in France ahead of anti gay marriage protest

FRANCE: Passions and tensions are rising in France ahead of an expected giant weekend rally against the government's plan to legalise same-sex marriage and adoption that has angered influential Catholic and Muslim groups.

Wednesday 9 January 2013, 04:43PM

The challenge of Googling North Korea

Phuket News / Asia

Wednesday 9 January 2013, 04:41PM

NORTH KOREA: What is one of the world's most prominent advocates of Internet freedom doing in a country where unregulated access to information is generally either impossible or criminal?

Cooler weather aids Australia firefighters

Phuket News / Asia

Wednesday 9 January 2013, 04:39PM

AUSTRALIA: Cooler weather Wednesday helped firefighters douse blazes across Australia which have destroyed a handful of homes and killed thousands of livestock, but some 30 still raged out of control.

Third Delhi gang-rape suspect to plead not guilty: lawyer

Phuket News / Asia

Wednesday 9 January 2013, 04:38PM

INDIA: A third suspect accused of fatally gang-raping a 23-year-old student in a moving bus in New Delhi last month will plead not guilty to all charges, his lawyer said on Wednesday.

Tour bus from Phuket overturns in Chumphon, 2 dead