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Phuket mansion grounds to become public park

PHUKET: The grounds around a classic but decaying Sino-colonial mansion on Wichit Songkram Rd near Kathu are to be turned into a new exercise park run by the Phuket Provincial Administration Organisation, but the well-known mansion will remain.

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The Big List: Lost and Found

THE BIG LIST: Stories of missing soldiers and standed sailors are as old as literature itself – Homer’s hero Odysseus was cursed to wander for 10 years after the battle of Troy before returning home. Here are some strange but true tales of men who were lost and then found a long time later.

‘MIA Vietnam vet’ exposed as hoax

WEIRD WORLD: A man claiming to be an American soldier missing since his helicopter was shot down during the Vietnam War has been exposed as a hoaxer.

Sno Cone Joe wages street war on Mr Ding-A-Ling

WEIRD WORLD: There ain’t enough ice-cream eaters in this town for the both of us – that was the message Joshua Malatino had for his rival ice-cream van drivers in Gloversville, New York.

Mutilated body may be that of missing Hungarian

Phuket News / Phuket

Saturday 1 December 2012, 06:16PM

PHUKET: Police believe the body found mutilated inside a plastic bag in Patong could be that of missing Hungarian man Peter Reisz, aged 47.

Korkaew in jail as court revokes bail

Phuket News / Thailand

Saturday 1 December 2012, 12:36PM

BANGKOK: The Criminal Court yesterday revoked bail for Pheu Thai list-MP and red-shirt co-leader Korkaew Pikulthong for violating his bail conditions.

Dead foreign male found stuffed in black plastic bag

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 30 November 2012, 10:01PM

PHUKET: The body of a foreign male estimated to be approximately 30 years old has been found stuffed in a black plastic bag in Soi Bang Tong, Kathu.

Damrong to go at it alone

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 30 November 2012, 05:58PM

PHUKET: Former Department of National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP) director Damrong “The Demolisher” Pidech will launch his own political party to continue on his legacy after the Government dropped his encroachment probe.

Feast of entertainment for Phuket Festival

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 30 November 2012, 05:39PM

PHUKET: Patong Municipality has announced the programme for the annual Phuket Carnival, staged to mark the official opening of the tourist high season.

Man flies balloon house

Phuket News / Weird World

Friday 30 November 2012, 05:34PM

PHUKET: A 38-year-old American cluster balloonist strapped 365 helium balloons onto a house, and floated the structure into the sky last week.

Big List: Sports collectibles

Phuket News / Weird World

Friday 30 November 2012, 05:33PM

PHUKET: False teeth and jock straps. And did anybody order some chewed gum? Let’s face it, sports makes people just a little nuts. Let’s celebrate the nuttiest of them all.

Grandfather models women’s clothes, photos go viral

Phuket News / Weird World

Friday 30 November 2012, 05:31PM

PHUKET: Modelling can be for anyone, age and gender be damned.

Joke pregnancy test leads to cancer discovery

Phuket News / Weird World

Friday 30 November 2012, 05:27PM

PHUKET: Users of the popular social news website Reddit helped a young man diagnose his testicular cancer after he posted a humorous comic poking fun at his positive pregnancy test.

Big List: Fearless protesters

Phuket News / Weird World

Friday 30 November 2012, 05:25PM

PHUKET: A protester’s life is not easy, especially when the government says you cannot play with feces around royalty. There is still hope though, if you take your cue from some of the most fearless protesters ever.

Big List: End of the world predictions

Phuket News / Weird World

Friday 30 November 2012, 05:20PM

The Mayan calendar ends on December 21, 2012, prompting many to call it the end of the world. We thought it best to look back on how wrong we’ve been in the past – many, many times before.

Big List: Full Stomachs

Phuket News / Weird World

Friday 30 November 2012, 05:15PM

PHUKET: We can supply produce for a whole restaurant with what can be found inside stomachs around the world, even the chef! The X-rays of the following people are talked about constantly at hospital Christmas parties. To the doctors playing stomach detectives: we salute you.

Police yet to charge Phuket driver

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 30 November 2012, 05:15PM

PHUKET: Chalong Police confirmed today they have yet to charge the driver of the Pegas Tours Toyota Commuter minibus, which was involved in the crash yesterday (November 29) that killed nine-year-old British International School student Kurrannee “Wan” Lattuada-Lancini.

Thai hotel brews up elephant dung coffee

Phuket News / Weird World

Friday 30 November 2012, 05:12PM

PHUKET: Thailand could be the new “it” destination for coffee lovers after a blend made from elephant dung was put on sale by an upmarket hotel chain.

Big List Nobel: Prize Facts

Phuket News / Weird World

Friday 30 November 2012, 05:10PM

PHUKET: Since the first Nobel Prizes were awarded in 1901, dozens of exceptional discoveries and people have been commended. Still, in about 111 years the honour has seen their fair share of crazies and controversy.

Big List: Weird records

Phuket News / Weird World

Friday 30 November 2012, 05:04PM

PHUKET: Record books are littered with grand achievements that sometimes touch on the bizarre. Let’s pry that weird book open.

Big List: Odd fests

Phuket News / Weird World

Friday 30 November 2012, 05:02PM

PHUKET: With Loy Krathong winding down,we’re still in a celebrating kind of mood. Let’s take a look at some other festivals around the world that catch our eye. No body piercing required.

Mayor’s birthday treat for elderly Phuket woman

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 30 November 2012, 04:53PM

PHUKET: Lienhong Ratthanadilok, 85, received a surprise birthday visit yesterday (November 29) from the Mayor of Chalong, accompanied by members of his Chalong Care Project.

'Time running out' for Kiribati as seas rise: president

Phuket News / Asia

Friday 30 November 2012, 02:30PM

NEW ZEALAND: The low-lying Pacific nation of Kiribati is running out of time on climate change as seas rise, and is drafting plans including mass relocation of its people while the world procrastinates on the issue, the country's leader says.

A month after superstorm Sandy, suffering lingers

Phuket News / World

Friday 30 November 2012, 02:27PM

US: A month after historic megastorm Sandy tore through his beachside neighborhood in New York's Rockaways, Gary Hamilton still has no electricity, heating or hot water.

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