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Massive power cut hits Phuket and entire South

PHUKET: A massive blackout apparently originating from a fault at the hydropower station at the Rachaphrapa dam in Surat Thani blacked out Phuket tonight, along with all provinces to the south.

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Update: Foreigner found drowned in Phuket identified

PHUKET: The foreigner found drowned and washed up on Patong Beach at around 7 on Tuesday morning (May 21) near Loma (Dolphin) Park has been identified.

'Biggest blackout ever' hits Phuket and 13 other provinces

PHUKET: The 'biggest power outage ever' in Thailand blacked out 14 southern provinces Tuesday evening, plunging almost the entire South, including Phuket, into blackness for lengthy periods.

Nine foreigners held on work permit charges

PHUKET: Nine people, apparently Chinese and Burmese nationals, were arrested this afternoon (May 21) at Wat Kathu for working without work permits.

9 dead during 'Seven Days of Danger'

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 2 January 2013, 01:12PM

PHUKET: This year’s 'Seven Days of Danger' road safety campaign ended with mixed results – the total number of accidents dropped to a third of the number in 2011-2012, as did the number of people injures. But the number of deaths rose.

Phuket News / Thailand

Wednesday 2 January 2013, 12:59PM

RAYONG: At midnight New Year's Eve, the beach at Mae Phim village in Rayong east Thailand was turned into an inferno of fire. The culprit was a rocket which ignited a thatched roof of Joe Joe restaurant and minutes after the whole lane of restaurants was on fire.

Four Thais jailed over deaths of 54 Myanmar migrants bound for Phuket

Phuket News / Thailand

Wednesday 2 January 2013, 09:52AM

THAILAND: Four people smugglers were sentenced to up to 10 years in prison by a Thai court after 54 illegal workers from Myanmar suffocated to death inside a seafood container, an official said on December 28.

60 dead in New Year’s stampede in Ivory Coast

Phuket News / World

Wednesday 2 January 2013, 09:23AM

ABIDJAN: At least 60 people died and dozens more were injured in Abidjan as crowds that had gathered for celebratory New Year’s fireworks stampeded overnight, Ivory Coast rescue workers said on Tuesday.

Senegal road accident kills 18

Phuket News / World

Wednesday 2 January 2013, 09:20AM

DAKAR: A minibus and a coach packed with pilgrims collided Tuesday in western Senegal, killing at least 18 people and leaving another 16 wounded, emergency services said.

Singapore arrests boy over Facebook bomb threat

Phuket News / Asia

Wednesday 2 January 2013, 09:19AM

SINGAPORE: Singapore police on Tuesday arrested a 13-year-old Indian boy for posting a Facebook message in which he allegedly threatened to bomb a luxury casino resort in the city-state.

Tens of thousands march against Hong Kong leader

Phuket News / Asia

Wednesday 2 January 2013, 09:17AM

HONG KONG: Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets of Hong Kong Tuesday, calling for the city’s embattled leader to quit and demanding greater democracy 15 years after it returned to Chinese rule.

Record 40,000 Dutch in New Year North Sea dip

Phuket News / Weird World

Wednesday 2 January 2013, 09:16AM

THE HAGUE: A record 40,000 people braved icy temperatures on the Netherlands’s North Sea coast Tuesday to take a cold plunge, setting a new record for the traditional New Year’s Day dip, organisers said.

Dozens hurt in West Bank after Israeli commandos rumbled

Phuket News / World

Wednesday 2 January 2013, 09:15AM

NABLUS: Israeli troops wounded dozens of Palestinians in clashes in a West Bank village on Tuesday after the discovery of a small commando force disguised as Arabs brought a crowd of stone-throwing villagers onto the streets, Palestinians said.

Motorcycle bomb kills four in Pakistan’s Karachi

Phuket News / World

Wednesday 2 January 2013, 09:13AM

KARACHI: A motorcycle bomb exploded Tuesday near the venue of a major political rally in Pakistan’s largest city Karachi, killing four people and injuring 42 others, officials said.

New Year begins in Syria with more fighting

Phuket News / World

Wednesday 2 January 2013, 09:12AM

DAMASCUS: Syrians woke up to air strikes near Damascus on New Year’s Day and the closure of Aleppo airport after repeated rebel attacks, casting doubts on efforts to end the 21-month conflict.

14 killed as Nigerian troops clash with Islamists

Phuket News / World

Wednesday 2 January 2013, 09:10AM

KANO: Nigerian troops clashed with militants from the Islamist group Boko Haram in the northeastern city of Maiduguri Tuesday, in an operation that left one soldier and 13 insurgents dead, the army said.

Third arrest over bomb in Northern Ireland policeman’s car

Phuket News / World

Wednesday 2 January 2013, 09:08AM

BELFAST, United Kingdom, Jan 01, 2013 (AFP) – A third man was arrested in Northern Ireland on Tuesday over the attempted murder of a police officer who found a bomb underneath his car.

End of the road is a beginning for US gay newlyweds

Phuket News / World

Wednesday 2 January 2013, 09:05AM

MARYLAND: The Black Walnut Point Inn is literally at the end of the road in this Chesapeake Bay village, but for seven gay and lesbian couples Tuesday, it was the starting point for a new chapter in their lives together.

New York heiress leaves millions to city parks and libraries

Phuket News / World

Wednesday 2 January 2013, 09:03AM

NEW YORK: A shy elderly woman whom no one took to be wealthy left a shockingly happy surprise when she died: $20 million in donations to the city’s libraries and main park.

Ten dead in Angola New Year stampede

Phuket News / World

Wednesday 2 January 2013, 09:01AM

JOHANNESBURG: Ten people, including four children, died and 120 were hurt in a stampede at an evangelical vigil in the Angolan capital Luanda on New Year’s Eve, Angolan news agency Angop reported.

British man killed in countdown party

Phuket News / Thailand

Wednesday 2 January 2013, 09:01AM

KOH PHANGAN: A 23-year-old British tourist was killed by a stray bullet during a fight involving a group of Thai men in a bar at Koh Phangan's Haad Rin Beach early in the morning of New Year's day.

Man shot dead at Phuket NYE party

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 1 January 2013, 06:07PM

PHUKET: A man was shot in the neck on New Year’s Eve just after midnight at a drinking party on Sakdidej Rd, Wichit.

Phuket Opinion: The best things in Phuket are free

Phuket News / Opinion

Tuesday 1 January 2013, 05:57PM

PHUKET: The best things in life are free. Try telling my girlfriend that.

Australian dies after 9th-floor leap

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 1 January 2013, 05:05PM

PHUKET: A 21-year-old Australian, Eric Sebastian Faulkner, was found severely injured at 9.45 pm yesterday (December 31), on the ground at the front of the Andaman Beach Suites Hotel on Rat-U-Thit Song Roi Pee Rd in Patong.

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