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Distressing Cries Greet Reporters Who Intercept Stranded Boatpeople

Latest ‘‘Please give me water,’’ asked boatpeople on a stranded vessel off the coast amid an international wrangle that has left Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia denying sanctuary to hundreds.

EXCLUSIVE Boy, 10, Says He was Kidnapped by Thai Trafficker: Group of 96 First to Find Safety ...

EXCLUSIVE Boy, 10, Says He was Kidnapped by Thai Trafficker: Group of 96 First to Find Safety ...

PHOTO ALBUM A boy of 10 has told Phuketwan how he was kidnapped onto a boat in Burma and a mother of five children is also among the first stranded boatpeople to find safety in Thailand.

Alleged Aussie Predator Exploited Girls Aged 14 to 18, Say Cebu Police

Latest ‘I did not do nothing,’ says an Australian accused of having illicit sex with 14 school-age girls in the Philippines city of Cebu. He says a former girlfriend set him up.

Thai Navy Repairs Motor, Boatpeople Standoff at Sea Set to Continue

Thai Navy Repairs Motor, Boatpeople Standoff at Sea Set to Continue

PHOTO ALBUM With its motor repaired, a boat laden with 450 men, women and children sailed for the horizon off Thailand today as the regional standoff for hundreds of stranded boatpeople continued.

UN Calls for Rights Based Response to Region's Boatpeople

Latest The UN is calling for a ‘‘timely, comprehensive and effective response’’ to the regional crisis triggered by the lack of help for boatpeople from Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia.

Bollywood Phukets Summer Fest

Bollywood Phukets Summer Fest

Bollywood Phuket Restaurant and Bar would like to invite you to our end of season Summer Fest event on Sunday 31st May starting at 5:30pm - 11pm. Enjoy an evening full of Indian charm and entertainment with delicious food and drinks, our buffet @ o…

Worldwide Air Ticket Service

Worldwide Air Ticket Service

Smile Ticket and Travel offers domestic and worldwide airline ticketing services, hotel and resort accommodation booking services, package tours and advice on visa and travel insurance. The knowledgeable reservations and ticketing staff of Smile Ticket…

PhuketWATCH PM Plans to Put Rohingya on Island; Yingluck in Strife; Free Phuket Airport Bus  ...

PhuketWATCH PM Plans to Put Rohingya on Island; Yingluck in Strife; Free Phuket Airport Bus ...

Phuket Updating Digest Thailand PM proposes an island stranding for Rohingya; Free Phuket airport shuttle unlikely; Simpson voice is sacked; US plans to put bombers in Australia.

Asean Today: Boatpeople Deserted at Sea; Fire Toll Hits 72; Aussies Flying Unwanted to Cambodia

Around the Region Malaysia and Thailand show no sign of taking in hundreds of desperate men, women and children stranded at sea; A factory fire toll rises to 72 in the Philippines.

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