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BOXING: For all that Floyd Mayweather says its not in his make-up to lose, theres one fight he just cant seem to win.

Latest Four men have been arrested and more are being sought as the investigation into human trafficking in Thailand grows, with the hunt for bodies spreading to the Andaman holiday coast.

CHIANG MAI:A female university student who rammed her car into a group of cyclists, killing three of them and injuring six others, in Chiang Mais Doi Saket district yesterday (May 3) tested positive for driving under the influence of alcohol, police said. 

PATTAYA: A 24-year-old ladyboy was yesterday (May 3) arrested and charged with physical assault after hitting a foreign tourist with a high-heeled shoe for rejecting his offer of sex in Pattaya, police said.

PATTAYA: A 24-year-old ladyboy was yesterday (May 3) arrested and charged with physical assault after hitting a foreign tourist with a high-heeled shoe for rejecting his offer of sex in Pattaya, police said.

This week we take you outside the classroom to address five pervading myths about what it’s like to live on a teacher’s budget, mingle with locals and live within Phuket’s teaching community.

Phuket Updating Digest Thailand shamed by scale of trafficking; Online commenters’ hate explained; Three cyclists killed by drunk; Media crunched in Thailand; 101-year-old beats quake.

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KRABI: Ten tourists – six Bangkokian Thais and four Koreans – who found themselves stranded on an island this evening after the long-tail boat they were touring on broke down, have been returned to shore safely.