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| Nok Air slashes Bangkok-Krabi route
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Saturday, July 5, 2008
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BANGKOK (The Nation): Nok Air’s daily Bangkok to Krabi flight was one of three routes dropped by the domestic airline on July 1 in an effort to reduce ...
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| HOGs go the extra miles
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Friday, July 4, 2008
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PHUKET: It’s official: the 52 Harley-Davidsons and their 74 riders that collectively notched up 21,000 kilometers by riding from Phuket to Krabi and back on Monday have been added to the global tally ...
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| Health chief warns of dengue
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Friday, July 4, 2008
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PHUKET: Provincial Health Office chief Dr Paisan Worrasathit has issued a warning for people on Phuket to protect against contracting dengue fever, which sees a spike in the number or people contracti...
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| Thai Airways being torn apart from within
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Friday, July 4, 2008
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BANGKOK (The Nation): Although the board of directors at Thai Airways decided to reinstate its president, Apinan Sumanaseni, last week, the national carrier's internal problems are still far from reso...
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| Busted ‘Ice Boy’ spills the beans
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Thursday, July 3, 2008
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PATONG: Kathu Police Superintendent Col Grissak Songmoonnak and four Drug Suppression officers from Kathu police station arrested four ya bah (methamphetamine) and ya ice (crystal metham...
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| Major Chalong blackout tomorrow
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Thursday, July 3, 2008
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CHALONG: The Phuket Provincial Electricity Authority (PPEA) has announced a scheduled blackout for tomorrow (July 4) in order to continue its work on high-voltage power lines.
The blackout, fro...
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| Chalerm retreats from angry mobs in Phuket and Krabi
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Thursday, July 3, 2008
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KRABI (The Nation): Ongoing protests by the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) took Interior Minister Chalerm Yoobamrung by surprise in Phuket and Krabi, forcing him to cancel official duties on Tu...
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| Residents cash in on recycled bottles
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Wednesday, July 2, 2008
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CHERNG TALAY: A joint project by the Cherng Talay Tambon Administration Organization (OrBorTor) and bottle-recycling company Bangkok Glass Co launched in January seems to have hit a snag, a ...
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| Chalerm avoids mob in Phuket
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Wednesday, July 2, 2008
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PHUKET: To avoid a welcoming party of about 1,000 protesters waiting for him at Phuket International Airport last night, controversial Interior Minister Chalerm Yoobamrung diverted his plane to l...
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| Assassination plot dismissed
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Wednesday, July 2, 2008
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BANGKOK (The Nation): Navy Commander-in-Chief Admiral Sathiraphan Keyanon yesterday played down a claim about a possible plot to assassinate ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, saying it should ...
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| Provinces ordered to be on alert for leptospirosis
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Tuesday, July 1, 2008
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BANGKOK (The Nation): The Public Health Ministry has ordered all provinces to be on the alert for the emergence of leptospirosis after it found 587 current victims of the disease. Of those infected, 1...
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| HRH Ubol Ratana to visit Phuket
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Tuesday, July 1, 2008
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PHUKET: HRH Princess Ubol Ratana Rajakanya will be in Phuket July 26 to 29 as part of her 'To Be Number One' project to steer Thai children and youths away from drugs.
Phuket Governor Niran Kal...
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| Striped dolphin dies at Mai Khao
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Tuesday, July 1, 2008
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MAI KHAO: The carcass of a female striped dolphin was discovered washed ashore at Baan Dan on Saturday morning – two days after 11 false killer whales beached at Koh Racha.
Phuket Marine Biolog...
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| 1,000 policemen deployed to protect Government House
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Tuesday, July 1, 2008
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BANGKOK: (The Nation): Some 1,000 policemen have been deployed to protect Government House this morning after the Civil Court ordered protesters yesterday to stop using amplifier systems and blocking ...
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| Evicted Vises Hotel tenants seek top-level redress
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Sunday, June 29, 2008
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PHUKET CITY: After being told by Kathu Police last week that their forced eviction is not a police matter, long-term tenants of the Vises Hotel in Patong on Friday filed a complaint with the Phuk...
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| Korean drowns while trying to save his wife
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Saturday, June 28, 2008
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KATA: A Korean man drowned off Kata Beach about 11 am yesterday after being dragged out to sea while trying to save his wife, who had swum into difficulty.
Hun Sang Suk, 46...
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| Airlines to cut long-haul flights to Thailand
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Tuesday, July 1, 2008
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BANGKOK (Nation): Major airlines including Thai Airways International will cut long-haul flights to Thailand next year in line with a forecast 12% drop in the number of inbound tourists, t...
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| Cherng Talay OrBorTor rallies against illegal billboards
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Tuesday, July 1, 2008
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CHERNG TALAY: Ma-an Sumraan, Vice-President of the Cherng Talay Tambon Administration (OrBorTor), has launched a campaign to rid his neighborhood of all illegal billboards....
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| Police on lookout for ‘mock monk’ thief
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Wednesday, June 25, 2008
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RASSADA: Phuket City Police are on the lookout for a man who wears a monk’s robe but is wanted for the theft of about 100 amulets with a total claimed value of more than 100,000 baht.
Phuket Ci...
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| European tourists seized from yacht off Somalia
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Wednesday, June 25, 2008
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MOGADISHU (The Nation/DPA): Four European citizens have been seized from a yacht off Somalia's pirate-infested coast, Somali officials said yesterday.
The district commissioner of the Las Korey...
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| Chalerm to inspect Phuket land
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Monday, June 30, 2008
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PHUKET: Interior Minister Chalerm Yoobamrung is expected to arrive in Phuket tomorrow ahead of an inspection tour on Wednesday of land plots that he stands accused of helping his friends to acquire, P...
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| Storm-stricken ‘Moonstar’ found
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Monday, June 30, 2008
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AUSTRALIA (ABC, Perth Now): A search plane this morning found the missing 13.5-meter sailing yacht Moonstar, which was badly damaged in a storm on Friday night and began taking on...
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| Phuket land sparks fury in parliament
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Saturday, June 28, 2008
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BANGKOK (The Nation): The duel between Interior Minister Chalerm Yoobamrung and Democrat Party secretary-general Suthep Thaungsuban on Thursday night was the heavyweight main event concluding the cens...
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| Disoriented false killer whales beach on Koh Racha
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Saturday, June 28, 2008
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KOH RACHA YAI: Researchers at the Phuket Marine Biological Center (PMBC) are today examining the remains of a False Killer Whale that was one of some 20 that beached on Koh Racha Yai, some 25 kilomete...
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| Phuket prepares for tsunami drill
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Friday, June 27, 2008
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PHUKET: At 9:45 am on July 7, all 79 tsunami warning towers operated by the National Disaster Warning Center (NDWC) will sound their alarms as part of a comprehensive tsunami warning test for the six ...
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| THAI Airways demotes its president
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Thursday, June 26, 2008
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BANGKOK (The Nation): Thai Airways International's board of directors has abruptly demoted president Apinan Sumanaseni today, citing his poor performance which has led to huge losses for the national ...
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| Phuket rakes in B94bn in 2007
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Wednesday, June 25, 2008
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PHUKET: Suwalai Pinpradap, director of the Southern Region 4 office of the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT), has announced that more than 5 million tourists visited Phuket in 2007, spending a total...
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| Doctor arrested at Bang Tao clinic
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Friday, June 27, 2008
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CHERNG TALAY: A doctor at a clinic in Bang Tao has been charged with practicing medicine without a license after allegedly administering an injection that resulted in a local boy nearly losing the use...
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| Labor Office mulls 2-year work permits
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Friday, June 27, 2008
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PHUKET: The Ministry of Labor is considering issuing work permits valid for two years, Janya Yingyong, chief of the Work Permit Section at the Phuket Provincial Labor Office (PPLO), has confirmed. |
| Cops collar robed robber
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Friday, June 27, 2008
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PHUKET CITY: A man wanted for the theft of Buddha images and amulets valued at about 100,000 baht was arrested on Tuesday night after Phuket City residents helped police set up a sting operation. |
| Rawai to move ahead with ‘Sea Natural History Museum’
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Friday, June 27, 2008
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RAWAI: In a bid to simultaneously preserve local flora and boost tourism, Rawai Municipality is renewing efforts to build a “Thai Island and Sea Natural History Museum” on 271 rai of government land n...
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| Gazette Mobile launches ‘Smart News’
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Thursday, June 26, 2008
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PHUKET: After seven months under construction, Gazette Mobile has today launched ‘Smart News’, a mobile information service focused on Phuket. The product is substantially different from any other mob...
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| 577 pills, 5 guns seized in ya bah bust
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Thursday, June 26, 2008
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PHUKET CITY: Police yesterday afternoon announced the arrest of a six-person ya bah (methamphetamine) gang who allegedly sold the drug to youths at Saphan Hin.
In an attempt to avoid cap...
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| PM and Foreign Minister seen as 'Dead and Buried'
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Thursday, June 26, 2008
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BANGKOK (Opinion from The Nation): As far as the media were concerned yesterday, Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej and Foreign Minister Noppadon Pattama were "defeated" in the first day of the censure d...
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| Grissak vows to clean up Bangla
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Wednesday, June 25, 2008
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PATONG: In a bid to clean up the trash dumped on Soi Bangla every day, Kathu Police Superintendent Col Grissak Songmoonnak has launched a garbage-disposal campaign to ease some of Patong’s waste woes....
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| Legal wrangle may leave Vises tenants homeless
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Tuesday, June 24, 2008
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PATONG: Tenants staying at the Vises Hotel on Sainamyen Rd in Patong have filed a complaint at Kathu Police Station over an eviction order requiring them to leave the hotel by July 15.
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| Appeal for infant in need of heart operation
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Tuesday, June 24, 2008
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PHUKET: The British International School (BIS) Phuket is calling for donations to help pay for specialized medical treatment for three-month-old Ruby, daughter of the school’s art co-ordinator, C...
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| Rain forces landslide warning
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Tuesday, June 24, 2008
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PHUKET: Following heavy rainfall over the past 24 hours, the Meteorological Department of Thailand has warned of flooding and possible landslides in Phuket.
Flood-risk areas incl...
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| Brit wins TriBallistic in rough conditions
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Monday, June 23, 2008
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NAI YANG: After the weather closed in on the Indigo Pearl resort yesterday, it was thought the swim leg of the third TriBallistic race in the current series would be canceled, but the seas calmed suff...
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| Body found off Koh Bon
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Monday, June 23, 2008
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RAWAI: The unidentified body of a “white” man was found floating near Koh Bon about 11 am yesterday. The body was discovered by hotel staff working in the area.
Lt Ratthakhet Manmuang, d...
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| Thai guides angered by Russian substitutes
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Saturday, June 21, 2008
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PHUKET: A group of about 10 Phuket tour guides on June 17 filed a complaint with Phuket Senator Thanyarat Atchariyachai, claiming that Russians were stealing their jobs by working as guides for Russia...
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| Investors start eyeing Ao Phuket project
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Friday, June 20, 2008
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PHUKET: Two men representing a Norwegian marine engineering firm yesterday met Governor Niran Kalayanamit to show their interest in the Ao Phuket development project.
The Norwegians were just t...
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| PM in urgent meeting with Army and Police chiefs
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Thursday, June 19, 2008
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BANGKOK (The Nation): Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej on Wednesday summoned Army chief General Anupong Paochinda and national police chief General Patcharawat Wongsuwant for an urgent meeting at his o...
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| Russian found dead in Phuket City apartment
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Friday, June 20, 2008
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PHUKET CITY: Mystery surrounds the death of a Russian man who missed his flight out of Thailand on Wednesday and was found dead in his apartment yesterday afternoon.
Lt Col Wijak Tarom, Phuket ...
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| Press freedom vanishing from Thailand
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Friday, June 20, 2008
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BANGKOK (The Nation): In his speech before the Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand on Wednesday, Asean Secretary-General Dr Surin Pitsuwan delivered what might best be described as a severe realit...
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| Oleydong retains WBC title
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Thursday, June 19, 2008
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PHUKET CITY: WBC strawweight champion Oleydong Sithsamerchai (27-0, 10 KOs) used sharp, combination punching and a masterful defense to batter outclassed Japanese challenger Junichi Ebisuoka (17-11-3,...
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| Restaurant owner killed in Patong Hill shooting
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Wednesday, June 18, 2008
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TUNG TONG: Police are investigating the shooting murder of a seafood restaurant owner early yesterday evening that caused a multiple-car accident at the bottom of Patong Hill.
Thung Thon...
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| Bankers call for vigilance against fraud
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Wednesday, June 18, 2008
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PHUKET: Poonsin Sinthanapat, president of the Phuket Bankers’ Club, yesterday called for people in Phuket to be especially prudent in their financial affairs following a spate of fraud on the island.<...
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| Landowner lays claim to Laem Hin access road
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Wednesday, June 18, 2008
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KOH KAEW: Irate residents in Koh Kaew on Monday filed a petition to Phuket Governor Niran Kalayanamit calling for aid in their ongoing dispute with a landlord over ownership |
| AirAsia flight forced to land in Phuket – twice
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Tuesday, June 17, 2008
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MAI KHAO: AirAsia flight FD3024 from Phuket to Bangkok was forced to land twice shortly after takeoff at Phuket International Airport (PIA) yesterday evening.
A passenger on the flight t...
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