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SANAA: Gunmen suspected of links to Al-Qaeda kidnapped two Finns and one Austrian in the Yemeni capital Sanaa on Friday, say security officials.

Saturday 22 December 2012, 09:49AM

Berlin bank hostage drama ends peacefully

BERLIN: A hostage drama in a Berlin bank branch ended peacefully early Saturday with the release of an employee and the arrest of his assailant, police said.

Saturday 22 December 2012, 09:45AM

Strong 6.8 earthquake strikes off Vanuatu

Phuket News / Asia

Saturday 22 December 2012, 09:17AM

A strong 6.8-magnitude earthquake hit off the coast of the South Pacific island of Vanuatu on Saturday, the US Geological Survey said, but no immediate tsunami warning was issued.

Air Berlin submits incident report following Phuket plane fire

PHUKET: Air Berlin, the carrier whose plane apparently caught fire midair on Thursday (December 20) shortly after departing Phuket International Airport, has confirmed a report has been submitted to German investigation branch BFU and Thai authorities following the incident.

Friday 21 December 2012, 11:56PM

Phuket megaparty ‘almost confirmed’ for Patong

PHUKET: Sydictive Element organisers say the New Year’s Party now planned for Patong Beach, Phuket, is “almost confirmed” and will likely be officially announced this afternoon.

Friday 21 December 2012, 03:10PM

Confusion follows Phuket aircraft fire

PHUKET: Six flights were unable to land in Phuket and had to return to their point of origin or divert to nearby regional airports, while another five flights due to take off from Phuket were severely delayed.

Friday 21 December 2012, 12:40PM

Flaming Air Berlin plane lands safely at Phuket

PHUKET: Three tyres on an Air Berlin plane with one engine on fire exploded as the pilot made an emergency landing at Phuket International Airport last night, officials say.

Friday 21 December 2012, 09:29AM

Bangkok police rescue abducted woman

BANGKOK: Police on Tuesday (December 18) arrested three youths who allegedly abducted a university student who had refused to talk to them.

Friday 21 December 2012, 09:28AM

Pattaya man commits suicide following domestic abuse arrest

PATTAYA: An air-conditioning technician who was reportedly devastated that his wife reported allegations of domestic abuse against him at Banglamung Police Station appears to have taken his own life at his apartment in South Pattaya on Tuesday afternoon (December 18).

Friday 21 December 2012, 09:19AM

Bite and go: McDonald's sets one hour time limit

THAILAND: McDonald's has imposed a new rule prohibiting customers from loitering in their shops for more than one hour.

Friday 21 December 2012, 09:06AM

Phuket-UAE aircraft catches fire: passengers safe

PHUKET: An Air Berlin flight from Phuket to Abu Dhabi in the UAE caught fire after takeoff around 10 pm tonight (December 20) from Phuket International Airport.

Thursday 20 December 2012, 11:46PM

Artificial reef created off Phuket coast

PHUKET: A total of 1,800 concrete cubes were planted in the sea along the Kata-Karon shore today (December 20) to create a new artificial reef.

Thursday 20 December 2012, 06:54PM

Missing American ‘rented Phuket home for 3 more months’

PHUKET: Police say that missing American surfer Brett Bean paid in advance for another three months rent of his bungalow in Karon, indicating that he did not intend to return to the US from Phuket as his mother thought.

Thursday 20 December 2012, 05:11PM

American dies in Phuket bike smash

PHUKET: An American man and a Thai ladyboy are dead following a motorbike smash on Viset Rd in Rawai just after midnight this morning (December 20).

Thursday 20 December 2012, 05:09PM

Bangkok court orders extradition of Italian mafia boss

BANGKOK: A Thai court on Thursday ordered the extradition of an alleged mafia boss wanted in Italy.

Thursday 20 December 2012, 04:38PM

US senators slam Oscar-tipped Bin Laden movie

US: Three top US senators, including former White House hopeful John McCain, on Wednesday slammed a new Osama bin Laden manhunt movie for suggesting that torture helped find the Al-Qaeda chief.

Thursday 20 December 2012, 02:29PM

China arrests nearly 1,000 doomsday 'cult' members

Phuket News / Asia

Thursday 20 December 2012, 02:29PM

CHINA: China has arrested nearly 1,000 people in a crackdown on a Christian sect that spread doomsday rumours and targeted communist rule, state media said Thursday ahead of the supposedly Mayan-foretold apocalypse.

Phuket worker dies from electric shock, fall

PHUKET: A metal worker died on Tuesday in Vachira Phuket Hospital after he received an electric shock and then fell from the top of a four-metre-high archway where he had been working.

Thursday 20 December 2012, 01:10PM

Kata Rocks in Phuket wins another accolade

Phuket News / Business

Thursday 20 December 2012, 09:17AM

PHUKET: Phuket’s Kata Rocks has picked up another International Property Award at an awards dinner in London.

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