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Drugs Scammers May Have Tricked Mule Maid Who Faces Firing Squad
Latest Death by firing squad awaits a Filipino maid who may have been fooled into carrying drugs without properly checking on the contents of a suitcase.
Pattaya Pole Poleaxed: Sky Falls on Skyfall A-Go-Go in Police Raid
Latest The nightspot where a Polish tourist was hit over the head with an iron bar has been shut by police in Pattaya in a raid that also tested staff and patrons for drugs.
British Man Found Dead in Bath at Boutique Resort on Phuket
Latest A British man aged just 33 was found dead in a bath at a boutique resort south of Patong on the holiday island of Phuket. Medicos thin he probably had a heart attack then drowned.
Phuket Pollution? (Yawn) Nobody on the Holiday Island Has the Power to Act
News Analysis Black water is running through Phuket’s Bang Tao canal again as it did last year but the local authorities say they don’t have the power to stop it happening.
PhuketWATCH Thunder Down Under as Poacher Sinks; Mirror Kills Brit; Phuket Traffic's Future; ...
Phuket Updating Digest Captain sinks poacher ‘Thunder’: crew rescued; Hotels turn to inns in Phuket switch; Four underpasses for Phuket inside two years.
Asean Today: Slaves Rescued on Thai Fishing Boats; Terror Attacks Planned; Aussies Lost Firing ...
Around the Region Burma booms without political settlement; Russian PM visits Vietnam; Lee a best-seller; Dolphin found dead; Slaves rescued; Malaysia arrests 17 over terror plots.
Livestock officers check reports of elephant abuse on Phuket
PHUKET: Phuket has the highest number of working elephants of all the provinces in Thailand, a meeting of the Elephant Committee, chaired by Vice-Governor Panlop Singhasanee, was told on Friday (April 3).
Former Miss Universe partners with Soi Dog Phuket
PHUKET: Miss Universe 2005, Natalie Glebova, paid a visit to Phuket Soi Dog foundation in Mai Khao today (April 6) for a film shoot for her new website which aims to help promote a variety of charitable foundations.
Indonesia rejects Aussie drug convicts final appeals
An Indonesian court today (April 6) dismissed the latest appeal by two Australian drug smugglers facing imminent execution, taking them a step closer to the firing squad.