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The Big List: Ghost Towns

THE BIG LIST: “Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair.” Shelley’s poem Ozymandias, a vision of lost ruins in the desert, mocks the ultimate fate of even greatest human cities, and the greatest vanities. Here are a few of the more unusual ghost towns you’ll find dotted around the world.

‘Ugly’ fish face up to extinction

WEIRD WORLD: They may be last of their species – and scientists joke they may be too ugly to breed. London Zoo has appealed to fish keepers to find a mate for their two tropical Mangarahara cichlids, which come originally from Madagascar.

Stray dogs sniff out human remains

WEIRD WORLD: A Polish businessman who stashed human body parts in a city warehouse instead of incinerating them was exposed by local stray dogs, who started gathering hungrily outside.

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.

WikiLeaks suspect tells court of his despair in 'cage'

Phuket News / World

Friday 30 November 2012, 02:27PM

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.

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

Phuket News / World

Friday 30 November 2012, 02:26PM

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.

Australia beaches reopen after red algal bloom

Phuket News / World

Friday 30 November 2012, 02:25PM

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.

Power pole truck set for takeoff in Phuket

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 30 November 2012, 01:32PM

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.

Six Phuket heroin dealers arrested in 48 hours

Phuket News / Phuket

Thursday 29 November 2012, 07:15PM

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.

Two baby Phuket elephants free to go back to work

Phuket News / Phuket

Thursday 29 November 2012, 06:15PM

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).

Palestinians seek historic state backing at UN

Phuket News / World

Thursday 29 November 2012, 04:08PM

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.

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

Phuket News / Phuket

Thursday 29 November 2012, 03:20PM

PHUKET: The former crown prince of Nepal, arrested in October in Phuket on a charge of possession of marijuana, this morning appeared in court again to renew his bail.

Trial of Thai 'Red Shirt' leaders postponed

Phuket News / Thailand

Thursday 29 November 2012, 02:17PM

THAILAND: A Thai court on Thursday postponed till next month the start of the terrorism trial of 24 leaders of the "Red Shirt" protests that rocked Bangkok in 2010, because one of the defendants was ill.

BIS student killed in Phuket smash, six hurt

Phuket News / Phuket

Thursday 29 November 2012, 10:12AM

PHUKET: A nine-year child died and four others were hurt in a crash this morning close to Wat Chalong.

Tiger lawyer in plea for fairness in Phuket court case

Phuket News / Phuket

Thursday 29 November 2012, 09:16AM

PHUKET: With police and the public prosecutor getting close to starting the court case against the owners of the Tiger Discotheque, which burned down on August 17, the company's Legal Counsel, Thamrongsak Boonrak, has pleaded for “fairness” in the handling of the case.

Rule of law report pinpoints room for progress in Asia

Phuket News / Asia

Wednesday 28 November 2012, 05:18PM

ASIA: East Asia scores well when it comes to keeping a lid on crime, but it still has work to do on other key factors that constitute the rule of law, a study published Wednesday suggests.

Phuket teen gang rob Russian, 7 caught

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 28 November 2012, 03:29PM

PHUKET: A gang of around 10 teenagers surrounded and robbed a Russian tourist, Andrey Zhdanov, 32, in Kamala yesterday (November 27). Threatening him with a knife, they stole his camera and B2,000 in cash.

Tsunami movie to screen Thursday in Phuket

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 28 November 2012, 02:27PM

PHUKET: The Spanish-financed movie The Impossible, based on the true story of a Spanish family during the 2004 Asian tsunami, is expected to screen in Phuket cinemas from tomorrow (November 29).

China paper backpedals after falling for Kim spoof

Phuket News / Asia

Wednesday 28 November 2012, 01:43PM

ASIA: The Chinese Communist Party's official mouthpiece on Wednesday deleted a story that North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un had been named 2012's "Sexiest Man Alive", after it fell for a spoof by US website The Onion.

Thai PM survives no-confidence vote

Phuket News / Thailand

Wednesday 28 November 2012, 01:42PM

THAILAND: Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra Wednesday easily survived a no-confidence vote orchestrated by her opponents in parliament who accused her of failing to crack down on graft.

Phuket rain to ease on Saturday

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 28 November 2012, 01:33PM

PHUKET: The current heavy rain and storms will begin to ease on Saturday (December 1), the Meteorological Centre at Mai Khao has predicted.

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