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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.

Dead Russian found floating in Phuket waters

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 19 November 2012, 03:02PM

PHUKET: A 70-year-old Russian tourist, Mikhail Bogdanov, was found dead this morning, floating in the sea off Patong Beach, in front of the Phuket Graceland Resort & Spa.

Phuket Gov meets poor communities

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 19 November 2012, 02:03PM

PHUKET: Phuket Governor Maitree Intusut met with local poor people – many of them Sea Gypsies – on Thursday (November 15) to discuss the government’s new land management plan and to hear their requirements.

Barack Obama visits Bangkok

Phuket News / Thailand

Monday 19 November 2012, 11:07AM

THAILAND: US President Barack Obama arrived in Bangkok yesterday (Sunday 18) for bilateral meetings with the Thai government and Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra.

AEC launch postponed by 12 months

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 19 November 2012, 09:02AM

PHUKET: Asean leaders have decided to delay the launch of the Asean Economic Community (AEC) for 12 months from January 1 to December 31, 2015, to prepare the necessary regulations.

‘No blow-back seen’ from ‘Evil Man’ vid

Phuket News / Phuket

Saturday 17 November 2012, 08:11PM

KRABI: Phi Phi Islands Tourism Business Association chairman Wirapas Jantaro says that he has seen no fallout from the Evil Man In Krabi YouTube vid, and has urged authorities and tourism organisations to ignore it.

Early morning fire rips through house in Phuket

Phuket News / Phuket

Saturday 17 November 2012, 04:40PM

A house off of Soi Loarong 1, alley Talat Nuea, was burnt down at 4:15 am this morning (November 17) with no injuries reported.

Baby dolphin washes up on Karon beach

Phuket News / Phuket

Saturday 17 November 2012, 04:05PM

A two-year-old baby dolphin washed up on the shores of Karon beach this morning as Karon Municipality Tourism Security Center team tried to help push the 15 kg animal back into the ocean.

2,000 butterflies released in Phuket park

Phuket News / Phuket

Saturday 17 November 2012, 11:32AM

PHUKET: Some 2,000 butterflies were released into the wild this morning at the entrance to Bang Pae waterfall, in the Khao Phra Taew No-Hunting Area.

Angry fishermen blockade Navy base

Phuket News / Thailand

Friday 16 November 2012, 07:06PM

PHANG NGA: Fishermen angry at what they describe as harrassment and “selective enforcement” by the Royal Thai Navy (RTN) blocked off the main north-south highway in Phang Nga, outside the Tap Lamu Navy Base for two hours on Wednesday (November 14).

Thai police hold serial panty thief after jewel heist

Phuket News / Thailand

Friday 16 November 2012, 05:53PM

THAILAND: Thai police said Friday they had discovered thousands of items of stolen women's underwear at the home of a robbery suspect, the second time the man has been found hoarding undergarments this year.

Thai man's penis removed after botched enlargement

Phuket News / Thailand

Friday 16 November 2012, 05:52PM

THAILAND: Health officials on Friday told Thai men size does not matter after a patient had to have his genitals removed following a botched attempt to enlarge his penis by injecting olive oil into the organ.

The Phuket Badlands files

Phuket News / Features

Friday 16 November 2012, 05:34PM

PHUKET: The Government has announced formation of a new Phuket Land Centre. What will this mean? Alasdair Forbes and Nattha Thepbamrung summarise the situation.

V/Gov investigates ‘illegal’ Phuket pier

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 16 November 2012, 05:01PM

PHUKET: Phuket Vice Governor, Somkiat Sangkawsuthirak inspected a large partly-completed concrete-and-wood pier in Baan Ko Ane, close to the the Yacht Haven marina, after receiving a complaint via the Damrongtham Centre that the pier is illegal.

Landowners target second Phuket Sea Gypsy village

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 16 November 2012, 03:29PM

PHUKET: A second Sea Gypsy village, at Laem Tukkae on the southeast end of Koh Sireh, is facing the same fate as the village in Rawai: private individuals claiming they own the land the village sits on, with villagers arguing that they have lived there for generations.

Phuket Bike Week ‘will bring in B800m’

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 16 November 2012, 10:52AM

PHUKET: Organisers of the 19th Phuket Bike Week, which will take place in April next year, at the same time as the Songkran Thai New Year celebrations, will attract 30,000 big bike enthusiasts and bring in tourism revenue of “not less than B800 million”.

Meeting tackles Phuket flood solutions

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 16 November 2012, 10:21AM

PHUKET: A meeting on Tuesday (November 13) at the Merlin Hotel in Phuket Town discussed “Strategies for Preventing and Solving Flooding in Phuket”.

Phuket crackdown on loris touts, beggars

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 16 November 2012, 09:01AM

PHUKET: Patong Municipality is cracking down on “slow loris gangs” after receiving numerous and continuing complaints from tourists, according to Patong Deputy Mayor Chairat Sukbal.

Nightlife operators slam corrupt Phuket officials

Phuket News / Phuket

Thursday 15 November 2012, 06:32PM

PHUKET: Nightlife business operators in Patong are fed up government officials demanding more and bigger bribes from them, the town’s Deputy Mayor, Chairat Sukbal, told Governor Maitri Intusut yesterday morning (November 14) in a closed meeting.

US, Thailand boost military ties to counter China

Phuket News / Thailand

Thursday 15 November 2012, 05:53PM

THAILAND: The United States and Thailand pledged Thursday to renew their military alliance for a new security era, during a regional tour by Washington's defence chief designed to counter China's rise.

US defence chief in Thailand to boost military ties

Phuket News / Thailand

Thursday 15 November 2012, 05:52PM

THAILAND: US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta arrived in Thailand on Thursday as part of an Asian tour designed to beef up security ties across the region as a counterweight to China's rise.

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