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Siege in Sydney ends with gunman found dead

SYDNEY: A gunman who killed one person and injured two others was found dead after a lengthy police siege of an industrial estate in the Australian city of Sydney earlier today (Mar 7).

Phuket officials give all clear after sea slug beach scare

PHUKET: Local marine life experts have confirmed that the slew of odd-looking tentacled creatures that washed ashore at Kamala Beach this morning (Mar 7) are nothing more than harmless sea slugs.

Miss Hooters Swimsuit Pageant - 2016

Hooters Asia invites all to this FREE ENTRY event, to discover which one of the beautiful Hooters girls will win the opportunity to represent Thailand at the Miss Hooters International Pageant. For more information please call Hooters on 076 349 850.

PHUKET XTRA: VIDEO - Airport Underpass, Sumatra Earthquake, Phuket beach, Thai constitution

PHUKET XTRA - MARCH 7 A new Airport underpass? Earthquake gives Phuket safety heads up, unelected senate in Thailand, local officials in charge of Phuket beaches, and off-roading in Phuket

Phuket Chinese tour bus rammed by ‘unstoppable’ 10-wheeler

PHUKET: Chinese tourists who had only just landed on the island were welcomed to Phuket early this morning (Mar 7) by a 10-wheeled truck slamming into the back of their bus while they were heading from Phuket International Airport to their hotel in Patong.

Laguna Phuket Marathon 2016 set for entries sell-out

PHUKET: If you haven’t already signed-up for this year’s Laguna Phuket Marathon, you might want to sooner rather than later as the entries are filling-up, and filling-up fast!

Young BISP teams show promise at Singapore basketball champs

BASKETBALL: Two junior basketball teams from British International School, Phuket (BISP) travelled to Singapore on February 26 to take part in the inaugural Under 14 Peninsula Sports Federation (PSF) basketball tournament.

Banyan Tree Phuket welcomes two new Executive Sous Chefs

Banyan Tree Phuket (BTP) is pleased to announce the appointment of Pittaya Suppanarm and Kreaton Cutajar as the property’s new Thai and Western Executive Sous Chefs, respectively

Second MH370 plane part found in Reunion

SAINT-DENIS DE LA REUNION: A resident on the French Indian Ocean island of Reunion who last year found a wing fragment from Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 said yesterday (Mar 6) he had come across a second possible piece from the missing plane.

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