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NEWS TODAY May 22

Massive power black-out in southern Thailand. Immigration police raid in Kathu Wat. Deal struck for life-gurads in June. Monsoon pushing fish prices up.

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Man dies after second-storey fall in Phuket

PHUKET: A welder from Nan province in northern Thailand died around 11am this morning (May 22) when he fell from the second floor of a building near the Heroines’ Monument.

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.

Storm leaves five dead in Philippines

Phuket News / Asia

Thursday 27 December 2012, 12:06PM

MANILA: Tropical Storm Wukong left five people dead and three missing as it cut through the central Philippines, following devastating Typhoon Bopha that killed hundreds earlier this month, officials said Thursday.

UN, US concern as C. Africa rebels close in on capital

Phuket News / World

Thursday 27 December 2012, 12:03PM

BANGUI: The UN is evacuating staff from the Central African Republic and the US has warned its citizens to leave as rebel fighters close in on the tense capital Bangui.

Yen slides in Asia as new Japan government sworn in

Phuket News / Asia

Thursday 27 December 2012, 12:00PM

TOKYO: The yen's slide continued in Asia Thursday, plunging to a more than two-year low on the dollar after a new Japanese government took power with promises of big spending and central bank easing.

Indian gang-rape victim arrives in Singapore

Phuket News / Asia

Thursday 27 December 2012, 11:57AM

SINGAPORE: An Indian student who was left fighting for her life after being brutally gang raped on a bus in New Delhi arrived Thursday in Singapore for treatment at a leading hospital.

Australian kidnapped in Philippines appears in 'Abu Sayyaf video'

Phuket News / Asia

Thursday 27 December 2012, 09:38AM

HONG KONG: A new video emerged on Wednesday of an Australian man kidnapped by suspected Muslim extremists in the Philippines more than a year ago.

Sydictive gets green light for Phuket megaparty

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 26 December 2012, 07:40PM

PHUKET: The Sydictive Element New Year party was confirmed today after an official meeting in Patong chaired by Phuket Vice-Governor Somkiat Sangkhaosutthirak.

London transport strike fails to deter bargain hunters

Phuket News / World

Wednesday 26 December 2012, 06:40PM

LONDON: Strike action heavily disrupted London’s Underground train network on Wednesday, as hundreds of thousands of bargain hunters headed to the shops for the traditional Boxing Day sales.

30 hurt as fire rips through Nigerian city neighbourhood

Phuket News / World

Wednesday 26 December 2012, 06:39PM

LAGOS: Fire ripped through a crowded neighbourhood in Nigeria’s largest city on Wednesday and wounded at least 30 people after a huge explosion rocked a building believed to be storing fireworks, officials said.

World’s longest bullet train service launched in China

Phuket News / Asia

Wednesday 26 December 2012, 06:35PM

BEIJING: China launched service Wednesday on the world’s longest high-speed rail route, the latest milestone in the country’s rapid and – sometimes troubled – super fast rail network.

Thousands flee Malaysia floods

Phuket News / Asia

Wednesday 26 December 2012, 06:32PM

KUALA LUMPUR: Floods triggered by torrential monsoon rains in Malaysia forced almost 14,000 people to flee their homes and seek shelter at relief centres, the official Bernama news agency said Wednesday.

Bangladesh slaughters 150,000 birds over avian flu

Phuket News / Asia

Wednesday 26 December 2012, 06:30PM

DHAKA: Bangladesh’s livestock authorities are slaughtering around 150,000 chickens at a giant poultry farm near Dhaka after the worst outbreak of avian flu in five years, officials said Wednesday.

Family planning official snared in China trafficking ring

Phuket News / Asia

Wednesday 26 December 2012, 06:29PM

BEIJING: Police have detained two officials including one involved in family planning in China’s latest crackdown on child trafficking that has ensnared 355 suspects, state media said today.

Myanmar probes deadly plane crash-landing

Phuket News / Asia

Wednesday 26 December 2012, 06:27PM

HEHO: Myanmar on Wednesday hunted for clues about the cause of an airplane crash-landing that left two people dead, as foreign tourists told of their miraculous escape from the burning jet.

Abe the hawk lands back in Japan’s premiership

Phuket News / Asia

Wednesday 26 December 2012, 06:25PM

TOKYO: Shinzo Abe, who returned to Japan’s premiership Wednesday, is a rhetorical hawk with strident views about Japan’s place in the world but a likely pragmatist in office – at least for now.

Egypt’s Morsi signs disputed constitution into law

Phuket News / World

Wednesday 26 December 2012, 06:23PM

CAIRO: Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi has signed into law a new constitution voted in despite weeks of opposition protests, but on Wednesday he was left facing an economic crisis and international disquiet over his rule.

China warns of rising financial risks

Phuket News / Asia

Wednesday 26 December 2012, 06:06PM

BEIJING: China’s financial system is facing increasing risks due to soaring bank loans, with lending to the property sector and local governments a particular concern, the finance ministry warned Wednesday.

'More than 45,000 killed' in Syria conflict

Phuket News / World

Wednesday 26 December 2012, 06:04PM

BEIRUT: More than 45,000 people have been killed in Syria since the outbreak in March 2011 of an anti-regime revolt that became a bloody insurgency after a brutal crackdown on dissent, a watchdog agency said Wednesday.

Kazakhstan mourns deaths of elite guards in plane crash

Phuket News / World

Wednesday 26 December 2012, 06:02PM

ASTANA: Kazakhstan on Wednesday mourned the deaths of 27 people in one of its worst ever aviation disasters, a tragedy that wiped out much of the top echelon of the state border service including the acting chief.

Envoys rapped for ‘out of date’ Phuket remarks

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 26 December 2012, 05:48PM

PHUKET: The Chief of the Phuket Marine Department has criticised recent warnings about jet-ski scams by the British and Australian ambassadors to Thailand which, he says, are inaccurate and based on out-of-date information.

Raging fire destroys wing of Patong hotel

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 26 December 2012, 03:55PM

PHUKET: Claude de Crissey, the owner of the Royal Phawadee Village Resort has told The Phuket News that based on initial investigation, this morning’s (December 26) early morning fire at the resort had seemed to start from a faulty electric cable, but that he was waiting on results from an investigation conducted by the Forensic Police.

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