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Phuket rain fails to dampen locals' merit making spirit

PHUKET: This morning's heavy rain did not affect the turnout for the “Tam boon klang lhad” (Merit Day) as hundreds of locals poured into downtown Phuket to donate food and items to the local monks and 'make merit'.

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Bangkok: Reconciliation bill comes under fire

BANGKOK: The reconciliation bill sponsored by Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yubamrung is facing growing opposition as it would exonerate those responsible for the crackdown on the 2010 red shirt protests.

Aerosmith's Steven Tyler spotted in Phuket Town

PHUKET: Phuket Town locals got a shock last night when they spotted Aerosmith's lead singer Steven Tyler partying at Timber Hut bar in Phuket Town.

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.

Four Thais jailed over 54 Myanmar migrant deaths

Phuket News / Thailand

Friday 28 December 2012, 02:25PM

BANGKOK: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 Friday.

Jailed Vietnam bloggers to hear appeal verdict

Phuket News / Asia

Friday 28 December 2012, 02:24PM

HANOI: Three prominent Vietnamese bloggers appeared in court Friday to appeal against their prison sentences for “anti-state propaganda”, a lawyer said, following international calls for their release.

India gang-rape victim battles against the odds

Phuket News / Asia

Friday 28 December 2012, 02:22PM

SINGAPORE: An Indian gang-rape victim was “struggling against the odds” to survive on Friday after suffering a heart attack and brain injuries, as medics criticised a decision to fly her to Singapore.

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.

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