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PHILIPPINES: The United Nations launched a $65 million global aid appeal Monday to help desperate survivors of a typhoon that killed more than 600 people and affected millions in the southern Philippines.

Monday 10 December 2012, 06:25PM

Post-interview ‘hot mic’ embarrasses Russia’s Medvedev

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Monday 10 December 2012, 06:24PM

RUSSIA: Stark divisions within Russia’s elite were exposed Monday when a hot mic mishap showed Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev slamming security forces as “jerks” for launching an early morning raid against a filmmaker.

S.Africa prays for frail Mandela

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Monday 10 December 2012, 06:22PM

SOUTH AFRICA: South Africans united to offer prayers for ailing national icon Nelson Mandela on Monday, who is spending a third day in hospital for undefined tests.

310,000 young Thais are hyperactive

BANGKOK: About 310,000 Thai youngsters have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), many of them, because their mothers had been smoking and drinking while they were pregnant, according to the Ministry of Public Health.

Monday 10 December 2012, 06:20PM

Intruder slept with mentally ill woman

LAMPANG: A man sneaked into a stranger's house and was caught lying on a bed with a mentally disabled woman, police said on Monday.

Monday 10 December 2012, 06:19PM

Thaksin's appearance 'just a coincidence'

BANGKOK: Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra's appearance at a muay Thai event in Macau on Sunday night that was broadcast live on state-run Channel 11 was just a coincidence, Pheu Thai Party spokesman Prompong Nopparit said on Monday.

Monday 10 December 2012, 06:18PM

Surin Beach tourist info centre opens in Phuket

PHUKET: The Tourist Information Center at Surin Beach, aimed at giving information to visitors to the beach and tightening security, was officially opened on Friday (December 7).

Monday 10 December 2012, 04:42PM

Mystery of missing Phuket surfer deepens

PHUKET: The mystery of the disappearance of American surfer Brett Bean has deepened with the news that since emailing his mother, Patricia Lynne Bean, on November 26 – his last contact with her – two withdrawals have been made by ATM from his bank account.

Monday 10 December 2012, 04:01PM

'I didn't kill Peter Reisz' says second Phuket murder suspect

PHUKET: Murder suspect, Hungarian Lajos Gyorgy Kvalka, 48, was brought to Phuket last night (December 8) after he surrendered to police on Koh Samui.

Sunday 9 December 2012, 08:21AM

Second Hungarian arrested in Phuket murder case

PHUKET: Police have announced that murder suspect Moshe David's alleged accomplice, Hungarian Gyorgy Lajos Kvalka, was today (December 8) arrested on Koh Samui in relation to the Peter Reisz murder case.

Saturday 8 December 2012, 03:21PM

Brit, US instructor found dead in Pathum Thani condo

PATHUM THANI: An American and a British language instructors were found dead inside a condo unit in Pathum Thani province on Saturday morning, police said.

Saturday 8 December 2012, 01:08PM

Royal hoax DJs taken off air amid anger over death

AUSTRALIA: Two Australian radio presenters who made a hoax call to the hospital treating Prince William's pregnant wife Catherine have been taken off the air after the nurse who took the call apparently killed herself.

Saturday 8 December 2012, 12:54PM

Eight die in Cambodia night market blaze: police

CAMBODIA: Eight people, including four children, were killed in a fire that tore through a popular night market in the Cambodian tourist town of Siem Reap early Saturday, police said.

Saturday 8 December 2012, 12:53PM

Phuket taxi driver found hanged in storeroom

PHUKET: Police were called to a house near Bangkok Hospital, Phuket Town, this morning after a man was found hanged in the storeroom of his family home.

Saturday 8 December 2012, 11:35AM

Hotels blamed for Racha Yai problems

PHUKET: Racha Yai, an attractive island situated half an hour from Chalong bay today was visited by Somkiat Sangkhaosuttirak, vice governor and his team, who came to investigate villagers’ complaints about many problems mainly stemming from hotels.

Friday 7 December 2012, 06:13PM

Ex-Thai PM slams 'political' protest murder charge

BANGKOK: Former Thai premier Abhisit Vejjajiva Friday said the decision to charge him with murder over 2010 'Red Shirt' rallies was 'political', insisting military action against protestors was to restore order.

Friday 7 December 2012, 05:42PM

Partying monks had drugs, gun, porn

BANGKOK: Two monks were arrested by police on Friday for inappropriate behaviour and possession of methamphetamine pills (yaba), alcoholic beverages, pornographic material and a pistol.

Friday 7 December 2012, 05:10PM

Philippines typhoon toll tops 500

PHILIPPINES: At least 540 people have been confirmed dead in the Philippines following the deadliest typhoon to hit the country this year, rescue officials said Friday.

Friday 7 December 2012, 04:51PM

Tsunami hits Japan after 7.3-magnitude quake

JAPAN: A one metre-high tsunami hit northeast Japan on Friday, after a powerful undersea quake struck off the coast which was devastated in last year's quake-tsunami disaster.

Friday 7 December 2012, 04:50PM

PTT, Bangchak cut pump prices