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<description>Phuket Features - Phuket's English newspaper, with daily phuket news, phuket events, phuket classifieds, phuket business directory hotels, phuket resorts, phuket restaurants, phuket golf, phuket diving</description> 
<link>http://www.thephuketnews.com</link> 
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	<title><![CDATA[The dark side of Songkran: The danger on Phuket's roads]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[PHUKET: Songkran’s not all fun and games, as Nattha Thepbamrung discovers speaking to the forgotten victims of road crashes during the holidays]]></description> 
	<link>http://www.thephuketnews.com/the-dark-side-of-songkran-the-danger-on-phukets-roads-38607.php</link> 
	<pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 16:03:09 +0700</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[Why Phuket needs the Russians]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[PHUKET: A Russian guest was so happy recently with the service at a swanky restaurant, where he had been dining with his family, that at the end of the meal he threw a wad of baht notes into the air as a tip for the Thai staff.]]></description> 
	<link>http://www.thephuketnews.com/why-phuket-needs-the-russians-38023.php</link> 
	<pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 10:17:00 +0700</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[Phuket: Is working in human resources a dangerous job?]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[PHUKET: Phuket murder illuminates violence done to hotel management staff, reports Tanyaluk Sakoot.]]></description> 
	<link>http://www.thephuketnews.com/phuket-is-working-in-human-resources-a-dangerous-job-37142.php</link> 
	<pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2013 09:01:28 +0700</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[Accident or carelessness?]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[PHUKET: Two Australian sisters recount their horror speedboat trip to Phi Phi to Nattha Thepbamrung.]]></description> 
	<link>http://www.thephuketnews.com/accident-or-carelessness-36934.php</link> 
	<pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2013 14:25:43 +0700</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[Looking after Phuket’s Russians]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[PHUKET: The number of Russian residents in Phuket is now around the 5,000 mark, and the number is climbing every year. In the first half of 2012, meanwhile, Russian tourist numbers were way over 140,000.]]></description> 
	<link>http://www.thephuketnews.com/looking-after-phuket’s-russians-36481.php</link> 
	<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2013 08:57:07 +0700</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[Was the Phuket Sydictive megaparty worth it in the end?]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[PHUKET: The Sydictive New Year’s megaparty finally happened. But was it all worth it? Alasdair Forbes and Nattha Thepbamrung analyse the event in its aftermath.]]></description> 
	<link>http://www.thephuketnews.com/was-the-phuket-sydictive-megaparty-worth-it-in-the-end-36086.php</link> 
	<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2013 17:44:12 +0700</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[Phuket party plans 'a mess' – Surin restaurateur]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[PHUKET: On December 30, Surin Beach will be transformed into a raving party site for up to 50,000 people pumping their fists to the latest techno tunes, all in a safe, happy, clean environment.]]></description> 
	<link>http://www.thephuketnews.com/phuket-party-plans-a-mess-surin-restaurateur-35210.php</link> 
	<pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2012 16:20:55 +0700</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[Will extradition finally resolve Dashawn Longfellow's death?]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[PHUKET: When Dashawn Longfellow was murdered more than two years ago, in the early hours of August 14, 2010, Phuket’s foreign community, and particularly the Thai boxing and MMA community, were horrified.]]></description> 
	<link>http://www.thephuketnews.com/will-extradition-finally-resolve-dashawn-longfellows-death-34945.php</link> 
	<pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2012 18:18:46 +0700</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[The Phuket Badlands files]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[PHUKET: The Government has announced formation of a new Phuket Land Centre. What will this mean? Alasdair Forbes and Nattha Thepbamrung summarise the situation.]]></description> 
	<link>http://www.thephuketnews.com/the-phuket-badlands-files-34655.php</link> 
	<pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2012 17:34:20 +0700</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[‘Mum, I can breathe now’]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[PHUKET: A Singaporean company provides life-changing machine for Petch, reports Nattha Thepbamrung.]]></description> 
	<link>http://www.thephuketnews.com/‘mum-i-can-breathe-now’-34247.php</link> 
	<pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2012 11:29:15 +0700</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[Life since Thailand's Got Talent]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[PHUKET: Despite coming fourth in season two of Thailand’s Got Talent, and now being well known not only in Phuket but across Thailand, Rawai rock singer Warunee ‘Gig’ Suwannurak still finds it hard to believe that she’s not living a dream.]]></description> 
	<link>http://www.thephuketnews.com/life-since-thailands-got-talent-34128.php</link> 
	<pubDate>Sat, 27 Oct 2012 14:55:54 +0700</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[TV Talent contestant Romadon brings chaos and colour to Phuket]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[PHUKET: One can never really keep up with Romadon, as he always appears to be at least a few steps slightly ahead. Sometimes though, it’s possible to sit down with him, and attempt to find out how he has been since reaching the grand final of Thailand’s biggest reality TV show.]]></description> 
	<link>http://www.thephuketnews.com/tv-talent-contestant-romadon-brings-chaos-and-colour-to-phuket-34102.php</link> 
	<pubDate>Fri, 26 Oct 2012 11:29:30 +0700</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[Exposing Thailand’s secret shadow trade]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[PHUKET: John Dalley, co-founder of the Phuket-based Soi Dog Foundation, says he doesn’t have time to feel pride – he is always too busy feeling frustrated.]]></description> 
	<link>http://www.thephuketnews.com/exposing-thailand’s-secret-shadow-trade-33968.php</link> 
	<pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2012 16:02:33 +0700</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[Phuket Sea Gypsies under siege from owners]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[PHUKET: The Phuket Provincial Court is facing a long series of lawsuits aimed at getting members of the Rawai Sea Gypsy village – the largest such village in Phuket – evicted from land claimed by a local businessman who bought the land four years ago.]]></description> 
	<link>http://www.thephuketnews.com/phuket-sea-gypsies-under-siege-from-owners-37476.php</link> 
	<pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2012 11:07:00 +0700</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[A private glimpse at the life of a ladyboy dancer]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[PHUKET: It’s 5.30 in the afternoon and heading towards dusk. Spotlights on the roof of the Aphrodite cabaret show on the bypass road are bouncing beams off clouds. Already more than 200 tourists are milling around in the auditorium.]]></description> 
	<link>http://www.thephuketnews.com/a-private-glimpse-at-the-life-of-a-ladyboy-dancer-33843.php</link> 
	<pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2012 12:20:31 +0700</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[Learning Thai language in Phuket]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[PHUKET: Three foreigners speak to Claire Connell about how they successfully became fluent in Thai language.]]></description> 
	<link>http://www.thephuketnews.com/learning-thai-language-in-phuket-33665.php</link> 
	<pubDate>Fri, 05 Oct 2012 10:51:38 +0700</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[A mother's desperate love]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[PHUKET: Single mum Yuparate Kiawwan does not sleep at night. She can’t. If she does her son, Patchara “Petch” Samana, may die.]]></description> 
	<link>http://www.thephuketnews.com/a-mothers-desperate-love-33383.php</link> 
	<pubDate>Sat, 22 Sep 2012 14:30:11 +0700</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[Will the AEC really change anything?]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[PHUKET: In three years the Asean Economic Community will become fully operational, removing impediments to travel and commerce between the 13 member countries.]]></description> 
	<link>http://www.thephuketnews.com/will-the-aec-really-change-anything-33223.php</link> 
	<pubDate>Sat, 15 Sep 2012 14:48:52 +0700</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[Still true to those baby boom values]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[PHUKET: Alasdair Forbes meets Ho Kwon Ping and his wife Claire Chiang of Banyan Tree Holdings, owners of Laguna Phuket, and discovers a deep vein of social conscience.]]></description> 
	<link>http://www.thephuketnews.com/still-true-to-those-baby-boom-values-33054.php</link> 
	<pubDate>Fri, 07 Sep 2012 17:49:14 +0700</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[Who's your Baba?]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[PHUKET: The word ‘Baba’ refers to people of mixed Thai and Chinese heritage, and although on a superficial level it might seem that the only discernible difference is the multi-coloured garments members of the 10,000 strong Phuket town community wear at traditional events, it runs much deeper.]]></description> 
	<link>http://www.thephuketnews.com/whos-your-baba-33001.php</link> 
	<pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2012 08:52:41 +0700</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[Super Sonic]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[PHUKET: Alasdair Forbes test drives the new Chevrolet Sonic.]]></description> 
	<link>http://www.thephuketnews.com/super-sonic-32658.php</link> 
	<pubDate>Fri, 17 Aug 2012 15:19:46 +0700</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[A pitiful waste: B23m community centre becomes a rotting carcass]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[PHUKET: The disastrous Asian Tsunami of December 26, 2004, that smashed into Phuket, killing at least 800 people and damaging structures all along the west coast of the island, was followed by an outburst of charitable activity from around the world.]]></description> 
	<link>http://www.thephuketnews.com/a-pitiful-waste-b23m-community-centre-becomes-a-rotting-carcass-32657.php</link> 
	<pubDate>Fri, 17 Aug 2012 15:03:32 +0700</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[Tears of a clown]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[PHUKET: Jody Houton meets talented Phuket performance artist and Thailands Got Talent contestant, Romadon.]]></description> 
	<link>http://www.thephuketnews.com/tears-of-a-clown-32500.php</link> 
	<pubDate>Thu, 09 Aug 2012 12:24:11 +0700</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[Phuket lions roar on national stage]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[PHUKET: Arguably the single most successful sporting establishment in Phuket is tucked away behind an innocuous looking metal gate halfway up the Ha Sip Pee Road hill leading out of Patong.]]></description> 
	<link>http://www.thephuketnews.com/phuket-lions-roar-on-national-stage-32395.php</link> 
	<pubDate>Fri, 03 Aug 2012 11:49:55 +0700</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[Blazing Phuket's trails]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[MY WHEELS: According to Kriengsak “Ken” Jarunowiwat, this is the SUV everyone wants right now: the new Chevrolet Trailblazer.]]></description> 
	<link>http://www.thephuketnews.com/blazing-phukets-trails-32367.php</link> 
	<pubDate>Thu, 02 Aug 2012 12:10:37 +0700</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[Defenders of the peace]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[PHUKET: Most people tend to think of the police as the first line of defence against disaster, crime and other threats to their security.]]></description> 
	<link>http://www.thephuketnews.com/defenders-of-the-peace-32276.php</link> 
	<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jul 2012 17:06:27 +0700</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[Doing what Italians do]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[PHUKET: Giuseppe “Pepe” Viva, manager of Bliss Beach Club on Bang Tao Bay, is, by his own admission, nuts about bikes.]]></description> 
	<link>http://www.thephuketnews.com/doing-what-italians-do-32152.php</link> 
	<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jul 2012 15:04:32 +0700</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[Is cancer in Phuket's air?]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[PHUKET: Phuket needs to clamp down on diesel-belching vehicles. Tanyaluk Sakoot investigates.]]></description> 
	<link>http://www.thephuketnews.com/is-cancer-in-phukets-air-32001.php</link> 
	<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jul 2012 11:24:21 +0700</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[Trade of shame]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[PHUKET: Would the trade in dogs be less shameful if it were legalised? Jody Houton investigates.]]></description> 
	<link>http://www.thephuketnews.com/trade-of-shame-31863.php</link> 
	<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jul 2012 09:00:07 +0700</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[Goals and glory]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[PHUKET: For the lucky boys at the Youth Football Home, the world is at their feet, writes Dane Halpin.]]></description> 
	<link>http://www.thephuketnews.com/goals-and-glory-31697.php</link> 
	<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jun 2012 09:00:31 +0700</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[Orange Lightning]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[PHUKET: Adam Tepper says with a straight face, “It’s completely reliable and never overheats, even in traffic.” But you just know there’s no way that’s why he bought it, or why he loves it.]]></description> 
	<link>http://www.thephuketnews.com/orange-lightning-31580.php</link> 
	<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jun 2012 14:36:42 +0700</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[Fighting fat: Phuket scores in battle to slim down schoolchildren]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[PHUKET: Dr Tasanee Aikvanich was shocked by the figures: “In just one year obesity has increased from 7 to 15 per cent,” said Dr Tasanee, director of medical services at the Public Health Office.]]></description> 
	<link>http://www.thephuketnews.com/fighting-fat-phuket-scores-in-battle-to-slim-down-schoolchildren-31577.php</link> 
	<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jun 2012 14:23:19 +0700</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[Time to move On On]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[PHUKET: As Phuket’s oldest hotel prepares to undergo a dramatic renovation to secure its future, Paritta Wangkiat discovers why, at the historic On On, some things will never change.]]></description> 
	<link>http://www.thephuketnews.com/time-to-move-on-on-31364.php</link> 
	<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jun 2012 09:36:15 +0700</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[Celebrating the difference: Phuket's Sikh community]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[PHUKET: Besides the currency in which devotees donate money, pretty much everything else resembles a traditional Indian Sikh service at the Gurdwara Sikh temple in Phuket Town.]]></description> 
	<link>http://www.thephuketnews.com/celebrating-the-difference-phukets-sikh-community-31260.php</link> 
	<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2012 11:08:22 +0700</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[Flying the flag for Thailand]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[PHUKET: Saroj Dulyakon cuts quite an imposing figure: over 185 centimetres tall, he is rarely seen without his bandanna, sunglasses and denim jacket, complete with three flags attached to the back; the flag of the King, the flag of the Queen and the flag of Thailand.]]></description> 
	<link>http://www.thephuketnews.com/flying-the-flag-for-thailand-30881.php</link> 
	<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 10:44:31 +0700</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[Changing times: The secret history of Phuket Town's Clock Tower Circle]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[PHUKET: About 10 years ago, an old man in his late 70s named Kim would appear at the Clock Tower Circle, in the centre of Phuket Town, around 5pm most days.]]></description> 
	<link>http://www.thephuketnews.com/changing-times-the-secret-history-of-phuket-towns-clock-tower-circle-30657.php</link> 
	<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 10:51:45 +0700</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[The B300 wage debate]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[PHUKET: Workers think the new B300 minimum wage per day too little; the Chamber of Commerce thinks the new rate reckless, bordering on madness. Who’s right?]]></description> 
	<link>http://www.thephuketnews.com/the-b300-wage-debate-30544.php</link> 
	<pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 18:38:05 +0700</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[City of dead wood: Once bustling, is Phuket Town now slowly fading away?]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[PHUKET: When tourism superceded tin as Phuket’s principal business in the 1980s, having a shop in the talad – the market – was still a byword for riches among the local population.]]></description> 
	<link>http://www.thephuketnews.com/city-of-dead-wood-once-bustling-is-phuket-town-now-slowly-fading-away-30253.php</link> 
	<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 15:44:31 +0700</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[Ray of sunshine]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[PHUKET: The island of Koh Sirae, in Tambon Rassada east of Phuket Town, was badly hit by the 2004 tsunami.]]></description> 
	<link>http://www.thephuketnews.com/ray-of-sunshine-30048.php</link> 
	<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 14:23:30 +0700</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[The quake files: How the Richter Scale works]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[The Richter Scale – the one most commonly used to measure earthquake strength – was devised in 1935 by Charles Richter and Beno Gutenburg of the California Institute of Technology.]]></description> 
	<link>http://www.thephuketnews.com/the-quake-files-how-the-richter-scale-works-29951.php</link> 
	<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 10:25:28 +0700</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[Myanmar's rust bucket owners finally get hope of new vehicles]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[A recent Phuket News story about two women who rented dozens of cars from Phuket and then sold them, with at least one being stopped on the way into Myanmar  (see update in news pages this week), illustrates how  desperate the people of Myanmar are to get their hands  on a decent set of wheels.]]></description> 
	<link>http://www.thephuketnews.com/myanmars-rust-bucket-owners-finally-get-hope-of-new-vehicles-29605.php</link> 
	<pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2012 15:29:30 +0700</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[Tattoos for the soul]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[Joe Cummings speaks about his latest book,  Sacred Tattoos of Thailand, a 200 page hardback featuring stunning photography by Dan White.]]></description> 
	<link>http://www.thephuketnews.com/tattoos-for-the-soul-29503.php</link> 
	<pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 12:19:03 +0700</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[Hanging up the future]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[PHUKET: For a small group of senior art students at the British  International School Phuket (BIS), Monday (March 19) was a nail-biting day.]]></description> 
	<link>http://www.thephuketnews.com/hanging-up-the-future-29370.php</link> 
	<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 09:45:39 +0700</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[Little lords of the ring: Is child boxing a form of abuse? Or is it a perfectly acceptable sport?]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[PHUKET: The pungent smell of liniment fills the changing rooms behind the ring at Patong Boxing Stadium.]]></description> 
	<link>http://www.thephuketnews.com/little-lords-of-the-ring-is-child-boxing-a-form-of-abuse-or-is-it-a-perfectly-acceptable-sport-29362.php</link> 
	<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 09:16:37 +0700</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[Transsexual Thai air hostesses: gimmick or equality?]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[With her crisp uniform, immaculate makeup and hair swept up, Mew looks like any other air hostess, but she’s one of four transsexuals blazing a trail in the skies.]]></description> 
	<link>http://www.thephuketnews.com/transsexual-thai-air-hostesses-gimmick-or-equality-29244.php</link> 
	<pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2012 15:43:26 +0700</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[Treading the thin blue line]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[PHUKET: A small group of hard-working Phuket Provincial Police Volunteers are making a positive contribution to life in the small beach town of Kamala.]]></description> 
	<link>http://www.thephuketnews.com/treading-the-thin-blue-line-29224.php</link> 
	<pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2012 14:17:13 +0700</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[From Russia, with love]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[PHUKET: While tour companies and hotels – and the Tourism Authority of Thailand in particular – drool over the huge numbers of Russian tourists pouring into Phuket, a less remarked-on but nevertheless significant change has been taking place on the island: the growth of the Russian expat community.]]></description> 
	<link>http://www.thephuketnews.com/from-russia-with-love-29214.php</link> 
	<pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2012 12:06:56 +0700</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[Another dog day afternoon]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[PHUKET: In our new Family section, we welcome columnist Elizabeth Bradley, a British-American mum who spent a large portion of her childhood in Antibes, France (which  she considers home).]]></description> 
	<link>http://www.thephuketnews.com/another-dog-day-afternoon-29045.php</link> 
	<pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2012 16:19:54 +0700</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[Be my guest: How Phuket's tourist demographics are changing]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[PHUKET: The faces of visitors arriving to our tropical island have changed dramatically  over the last year or so.]]></description> 
	<link>http://www.thephuketnews.com/be-my-guest-how-phukets-tourist-demographics-are-changing-29019.php</link> 
	<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 17:24:01 +0700</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[Why Phuket needs Burmese workers]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[PHUKET: Talk about Thailand’s history with any Thai and almost inevitably images of Thai and Burmese soldiers on the battlefield spring to mind. Thai historical dramas in the cinema – Bang Rajan, Suriyothai, Naresuan are good examples – are almost exclusively about wars between Burma and Siam.]]></description> 
	<link>http://www.thephuketnews.com/why-phuket-needs-burmese-workers-28901.php</link> 
	<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 09:56:27 +0700</pubDate> 
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