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Phuket black taxi accused of molesting tourist

PHUKET: A“black taxi” driver was accused today of molesting a 19-year-old Chinese tourist during a five hour ordeal, during which he repeatedly tried to have sex with her and she repeatedly defended herself.

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Phuket Police must stamp out abuse of tourists, says Chinese envoy

PHUKET: China’s Haad-Yai-based Vice Consul, Qin Jian, has urged police to crack down hard on sexual attacks on tourists, following yesterday’s alleged molestation of a 19-year-old Chinese tourist by a “black taxi” driver who picked her up from the airport.

Government yields to pressure over school closures

BANGKOK: Bowing to a public outcry and resistance from many civic groups, the Education Ministry has agreed to create a joint committee to look into the issue of small school closures.

DSI arrests B150 million bank robber

HUA HIN: The Department of Special Investigation arrested the head of a Swiss bank robber gang on May 16 in Hua Hin.

Japan whaling fleet leaves port for Antarctica

Phuket News / Asia

Friday 28 December 2012, 02:19PM

TOKYO: Japanese whaling vessels left port Friday bound for the Southern Ocean on their annual hunt for the huge marine mammals, a media report and Greenpeace said.

Four injured, 17 vehicles damaged in Phuket pile-up

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 28 December 2012, 10:33AM

PHUKET: A tourist bus, fourteen cars and two motorbikes were involved in a pile-up on Phuket’s west coast road after the bus driver lost control of the brakes on his vehicle. Fortunately there were no serious injuries.

Fake 'aunt' of US massacre victim planned to defraud donors

Phuket News / World

Friday 28 December 2012, 10:01AM

NEW YORK: US authorities on Thursday arrested a woman accused of trying to profit from the massive public outpouring of support over the Newtown school massacre by posing as an aunt of one of the victims.

Sumatran "corpse flower" bloom a big hit in Brazil

Phuket News / Weird World

Friday 28 December 2012, 09:57AM

RIO DE JANEIRO: Hundreds of visitors are flocking daily to a botanical garden in southeastern Brazil to watch the rare blooming of the Titan arum, the world’s smelliest and largest tropical flower.

Two more billion-dollar cruise ships announced for French yard

Phuket News / World

Friday 28 December 2012, 09:54AM

NANTES: A French shipyard landed a multi-million-dollar contract Thursday as a US cruise company announced it was ordering a massive luxury liner from STX France at Saint Nazaire, on the Atlantic coast.

Dinosaur smuggler admits trade in plundered Asian fossils

Phuket News / World

Friday 28 December 2012, 09:49AM

NEW YORK: A man accused of smuggling 70-million-year-old dinosaur skeletons, including a Tyrannosaur, into the United States pleaded guilty in court Thursday.

Australian royal hoax DJs ‘unlikely to face charges’

Phuket News / World

Friday 28 December 2012, 09:46AM

SYDNEY: Two Australian DJs who made a hoax call to a hospital treating Prince William’s pregnant wife Catherine are unlikely to face prosecution, police said Friday.

US evacuates embassy in Central African Republic

Phuket News / World

Friday 28 December 2012, 09:43AM

WASHINGTON: The United States evacuated its embassy in the Central African Republic on Thursday and temporarily halted its operations, amid security fears after rebels seized large swathes of the country.

‘Stormin Norman’ Schwarzkopf dead at 78

Phuket News / World

Friday 28 December 2012, 09:40AM

MIAMI: Norman Schwarzkopf, the US general who led Operation Desert Storm, which liberated Kuwait from Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein in 1991, has died at the age of 78, a US official said Thursday.

Travel chaos as deadly storm hits northeast US

Phuket News / World

Friday 28 December 2012, 09:38AM

NEW YORK: The US northeast was battered by heavy snow and strong winds Thursday as a mighty storm carved a violent arc across several states, killing more than a dozen people and snarling holiday travel.

Man injured in east Australia shark attack

Phuket News / World

Friday 28 December 2012, 09:34AM

PORT MACQUARIE: A man survived an attack by a shark off Australia’s east coast Friday, but lost a finger and suffered a serious bite to the thigh, ambulance officials said.

Remembering the Tsunami

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 28 December 2012, 09:08AM

PHUKET: Wednesday, December 26, was a day for remembering the victims of the Asia Tsunami of eight years ago.

Phuket prosecutors pushing for Pitbull murder conviction

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 28 December 2012, 09:04AM

PHUKET: Provincial prosecutors have stated in court that they’ll pursue a murder conviction against Briton Lee “Pitbull” Aldhouse for the killing of former US Marine Dashawn Longfellow in August 2010.

Dancing Phuket officials help save boatmen

Phuket News / Phuket

Thursday 27 December 2012, 05:57PM

PHUKET: In the latest in uniformed song-and-dance performances, the lads and lasses of the Marine & Coastal Resources Research Centre, who run the aquarium at Cape Panwa have posted a “Happy New Year” video on Youtube, set to the song 'Sawatdee Pee Mai' by famed Thai singer Thongchai ‘Bird’ McIntyre.

Woman killed by Phuket water truck

Phuket News / Phuket

Thursday 27 December 2012, 05:33PM

PHUKET: The driver of a six-wheel water truck has been arrested after running over a woman motorcyclist, killing her, and then fleeing the scene.

Sleeping Phuket truck driver smashes into oncoming traffic

Phuket News / Phuket

Thursday 27 December 2012, 03:38PM

PHUKET: Three people were injured when a construction truck driver fell asleep at the wheel and plowed his vehicle into oncoming traffic in Kathu.

Phuket SMART Property Lifestyle Expo gets underway

Phuket News / Phuket

Thursday 27 December 2012, 03:36PM

PHUKET: This festive season a brand new attraction is coming to Phuket, the SMART Property and Lifestyle Expo will take place from December 27 – 30, 2012 at the Royal Phuket Marina. It’s billed as Phuket’s best extravaganza for accessible luxury experience. Visitors are invited to see, feel and taste – the luxury life.

Full security alert ordered in Hat Yai for New Year

Phuket News / Thailand

Thursday 27 December 2012, 03:19PM

HAT YAI: Security forces have been put on full alert in Hat Yai district of Songkhla province and the pictures of four insurgents distributed to law enforcement agencies as part of precautions against possible violence during the New Year festivities, reports said.

Philippines to buy three naval helicopters

Phuket News / Asia

Thursday 27 December 2012, 02:26PM

MANILA:The Philippines said today it would buy three naval helicopters from an Anglo-Italian manufacturer as part of its military modernisation programme amid a territorial dispute with China.

Obama returns to Washington on edge of fiscal cliff

Phuket News / World

Thursday 27 December 2012, 02:15PM

WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama returns on Thursday to a sharply divided Washington under pressure to forge a year-end deal with Republicans to avoid the tax hikes and spending cuts of the “fiscal cliff.”

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