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Phuket teacher runs marathon for cancer-stricken colleague
PHUKET: As HeadStart teacher Richard Allenby lay on his hospital bed before surgery at Bangkok Hospital Phuket, he was convinced he was going to die. He told his adult son to look after his pregnant wife and their unborn child.
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Who's responsible for Phuket's blackout?
BANGKOK: The energy minister has reasons to be upset about the southern power outage, as no one at the electricity supplying agencies made the decision to save the region.
Stockholm 'police brutality' riots go into third day
STOCKHOLM: Riots in a poor, mainly immigrant suburb of Sweden's capital have continued into a third night.
Boundless destruction as US tornado rescue winds down
MOORE: As rescue efforts in Oklahoma wound down Wednesday, residents turned to the daunting task of rebuilding a US heartland community shattered by a vast tornado that killed at least 24 people.
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Phuket vendors protest no-parking zone
PHUKET: Around 30 street vendors attended a meeting at the Phuket City Municipality to discuss a new no-parking zone outside Vachira Hospital, which they say has led to lost revenue for them.
Senators inspect former Phuket VG’s hilltop paradise
Phuket/South blackout will cost industry 'billions'
Yingluck: Find cause of Phuket/South blackout
Man dies after second-storey fall in Phuket
NEWS TODAY May 22
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Condo raid nets capital's 'largest-ever drugs haul'
BANGKOK: A raid yesterday at a condo in Bung Kum district netted Bangkok's largest-ever single seizure of drugs, police say.
Bangkok: Reconciliation bill comes under fire
Government yields to pressure over school closures
DSI arrests B150 million bank robber
Navy needs B13bn for new frigate
Hacker suspect slams police incompetence
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Hong Kong’s struggle to combat its waste crisis
HONG KONG: An army of road sweepers and refuse collectors keep the streets clean in the heart of Hong Kong – but on the outskirts, growing mountains of waste are testament to what campaigners say is an environmental crisis.
Japan parliament approves child abduction treaty
Cyclone triggers mass evacuations in Bangladesh, Myanmar
Okinawa women demand sex remark apology
Dalai Lama warns of power in hands of few
US lawmakers press Bangladesh on factory reform
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World
Orania, South Africa’s whites-only town
Welcome to Orania, South Africa: a whites-only enclave established in 1991 during the dying years of apartheid.
British police charge man over IRA bombing 31 years ago
British PM 'proud' of gay marriage bill but economy now focus
At least 51 dead in deadly Oklahoma tornado
Women hail 'brave' Jolie's mastectomy revelation
Quiet new life for Fritzl victims after incest horrors
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Business
Khao Lak rooms boom slows
The number of hotel units in Khao Lak has soared in the past two years, reports Bill Barnett of consultancy C9 Hotelworks.
TTM aims at niche tourism
Phuket's View selling well
Dusit opens in Abu Dhabi
Thai AirAsia aims for 60-jet fleet by 2017
Thai prawn export prospects look grim
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The dark side of Songkran: The danger on Phuket's roads
PHUKET: Songkran’s not all fun and games, as Nattha Thepbamrung discovers speaking to the forgotten victims of road crashes during the holidays
Why Phuket needs the Russians
Phuket: Is working in human resources a dangerous job?
Accident or carelessness?
Looking after Phuket’s Russians
Was the Phuket Sydictive megaparty worth it in the end?
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Opinion
May greetings from the Phuket Governor
PHUKET: To all residents and visitors to Phuket, I hope you are well and enjoying our wonderful island home. In this month’s Greetings from the Governor column, I wish to address four main points.
Phuket: Of no fixed abode
Phuket Opinion: Straying far from home
Phuket Opinion: Tales of Thalang traffic woe
Phuket foreigners. Who needs them?
Phuket Opinion: Time to take on the tuk-tuks
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Weird World
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
Sno Cone Joe wages street war on Mr Ding-A-Ling
‘Queen’ scolds noisy protest
Six legs good, says monster maker
Big cat takes bathroom break from circus
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Should smoking be completely banned at Phuket Airport?
Yes stub it out, it's a filthy habit.
No, smoking rooms should be provided.
I don't care - just don't blow in my face.
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