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US: President Barack Obama vowed Sunday to use all his power to stop gun massacres like the slaughter of 20 little children at a Connecticut school, saying "these tragedies must end."

Monday 17 December 2012, 01:19PM

Landmine blast kills 10 Afghan girls: officials

AFGHANISTAN: Ten young girls were killed when a landmine exploded Monday while they were collecting firewood in eastern Afghanistan's Nangarhar province, officials said.

Monday 17 December 2012, 01:19PM

Thousands flee as Cyclone Evan batters Fiji

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Monday 17 December 2012, 01:18PM

FIJI: Thousands of people fled to evacuation centres in Fiji on Monday as a powerful cyclone lashed the Pacific nation, causing power outages and flash flooding, officials said.

Phuket barista named champ of southern Thailand

PHUKET: Phuket barista Chakrit Hamphitak was declared the winner of the Indy Barista competition at Jungceylon over the weekend, making him the champion barista of southern Thailand.

Monday 17 December 2012, 01:04PM

Angry mob surround house of expat who stabbed dog to death

PATTAYA: A group of around 50 Facebook followers of a page, which claims to promote animal rights in Thailand, converged on the house of a German resident in Pattaya on Saturday, after the German reportedly stabbed his neighbour’s Labrador dog.

Monday 17 December 2012, 11:34AM

Libya closes borders, declares south military zone

LIBYA: Libya ordered the closure of its borders with four of its neighbours on Sunday, as it declared the desert south of its territory a closed military zone in the face of mounting unrest, state media reported.

Monday 17 December 2012, 08:21AM

Obama meets grief-stricken school shooting families

US: President Barack Obama embraced grief-stricken families of young children massacred in their school during a moving vigil Sunday coinciding with rising demands for action on gun control.

Monday 17 December 2012, 08:20AM

Phuket Sea Gypsies block 'attempt to fence off shrine'

PHUKET: Some 500 inhabitants of the Sea Gypsy village in Rawai today blocked what they said was an attempt by a “land owner” to fence off an area the villagers say they have traditionally used for worship of the spirits of their ancestors.

Saturday 15 December 2012, 05:36PM

Phuket Carnival at Patong starts today

PHUKET: This year’s festival, the 27th, will run from December 15 to 20. A variety of food stalls will open everyday at 10 am, staying open until the end of each day’s entertainment.

Saturday 15 December 2012, 02:19PM

Chinese woman held after major drugs bust near Bangkok

BANGKOK: A Chinese woman and two Thai hill tribesmen were arrested in a raid near Bangkok that netted $800,000-worth of crystal methamphetamine and half a million pills, Thai authorities said Friday.

Friday 14 December 2012, 06:22PM

Newcomer Able Asset launches B1.5m condos in Phuket

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Friday 14 December 2012, 06:26PM

PHUKET: Another Bangkok-based property developer, Able Asset, has arrived in Phuket to plunge into the low-end condominium market.

20 kids, 6 adults massacred in US school

US: A heavily armed young gunman slaughtered 20 small children and six adults at a school in an idyllic Connecticut town on Friday, in one of the worst mass shootings in US history.

Saturday 15 December 2012, 09:26AM

Thailand militants vow more attacks on teachers

BANGKOK: Thailand pledged Friday to tighten security for teachers in its restive south as a leaflet campaign threatened further violence against educators amid widespread school closures over safety fears.

Friday 14 December 2012, 06:23PM

AirAsia orders 100 more aircraft

Phuket News / Business

Friday 14 December 2012, 05:34PM

THAILAND: AirAsia has confirmed an order for 100 more Airbus A320s.

‘Liquor Buster’ close to crimping Phuket partying

PHUKET: Dr Saman Futrakul, the “liquor buster” at the Health Ministry’s Office of the Alcohol Control Committee (OACC), appears close to succeeding in his campaign to get alcohol off the streets of Thailand.

Friday 14 December 2012, 04:47PM

Zumba Phuket spreads Christmas cheer

PHUKET: The first Zumba Charity Christmas Party in Phuket will be held tomorrow (December 15) at the lake in Naiharn.

Friday 14 December 2012, 02:21PM

Illegal garbage dumpers arrested in Phuket

PHUKET: The drivers of illegal garbage trucks are to be fined after being caught dumping garbage – most probably from hotels – in a public lagoon in Chalong.

Friday 14 December 2012, 11:14AM

Ex-Thai PM denies murder charges over protest death

BANGKOK: Former Thai prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva on Thursday denied murder charges over a civilian's death during a crackdown on anti-government rallies in 2010.

Friday 14 December 2012, 09:55AM

Moving ceremony to mark Phuket tsunami anniversary

PHUKET: The annual “Light Up Phuket” ceremony will mark the eighth anniversary of the deadly Asian tsunami that killed quarter of a million people around the Indian Ocean, with 279 known dead in Phuket and another 620 missing, presumed dead.

Friday 14 December 2012, 09:37AM

Meteor shower to fill Phuket night sky tonight