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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.

Friday 30 November 2012, 05:20PM

Big List: Full Stomachs

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.

Friday 30 November 2012, 05:15PM

Police yet to charge Phuket driver

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.

Friday 30 November 2012, 05:15PM

Thai hotel brews up elephant dung coffee

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.

Friday 30 November 2012, 05:12PM

Big List Nobel: Prize Facts

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.

Friday 30 November 2012, 05:10PM

Big List: Weird records

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

Friday 30 November 2012, 05:04PM

Big List: Odd fests

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.

Friday 30 November 2012, 05:02PM

Mayor’s birthday treat for elderly Phuket woman

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.

Friday 30 November 2012, 04:53PM

'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

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.

Friday 30 November 2012, 02:27PM

WikiLeaks suspect tells court of his despair in 'cage'

US: WikiLeaks suspect Bradley Manning admitted to falling apart during his detention and contemplating suicide, as he took the stand for the first time at a pre-trial hearing on Thursday.

Friday 30 November 2012, 02:27PM

Strauss-Kahn may settle with sex 'assault' maid: reports

US: Disgraced former IMF chief and would-be French president Dominique Strauss-Kahn will settle out of court with a Manhattan maid who accused him of sexual assault, ending a sordid 18-month legal saga, reports say.

Friday 30 November 2012, 02:26PM

Australia beaches reopen after red algal bloom

AUSTRALIA: Beaches around southeastern Australia's coastline reopened Friday after a red algal bloom that glowed a phosphorescent blue at night forced them to close to the public.

Friday 30 November 2012, 02:25PM

Power pole truck set for takeoff in Phuket

PHUKET: A 10-wheel truck carrying some 50 concrete power poles ended up with its front wheels in the air when the load shifted on Patong Hill this morning at about 10 am.

Friday 30 November 2012, 01:32PM

Six Phuket heroin dealers arrested in 48 hours

PHUKET: Four men at a Phuket Town residence on ‘Sao Kem soi’ were arrested by officers from the Office of the Narcotics Control Board Phuket for being in possession of 819 grams of heroin on November 27.

Thursday 29 November 2012, 07:15PM

Two baby Phuket elephants free to go back to work

PHUKET: While baby elephants ‘Joey’ and ‘Popeye’ are now back living with their mother in the government-owned Thai Elephant Conservation Centre (TECC) in Lampang, Somchok from Phu Thai Review Souvenir Market in Chalong and Nampetch from Laguna Excursions in Cherng Talay - who were subjected to similar DNA tests - have been found to have been acquired legally and have returned to their respective places of work today (November 29).

Thursday 29 November 2012, 06:15PM

Palestinians seek historic state backing at UN

WORLD: Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas will head to the UN General Assembly on Thursday with huge backing for his bid for upgraded diplomatic status despite strong US and Israeli opposition.

Thursday 29 November 2012, 04:08PM

Xi Jinping: China's 'princeling' new leader

Phuket News / Asia

Thursday 29 November 2012, 04:01PM

ASIA: With a revolutionary hero for a father and a pop star for a wife, China's new leader Xi Jinping has impeccable political pedigree but has given few clues about how he will govern the country.

Protest mayhem in Bangkok

Phuket News / Thailand

Thursday 29 November 2012, 03:57PM

THAILAND: A Thai Buddhist monk sits in front of riot policemen as he takes part in an anti-government protest in Bangkok on November 24, 2012.

Nepalese prince appears in Phuket court