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| Phuket Airport director issues warning to PAD
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Monday, December 1, 2008
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MAI KHAO: Phuket International Airport Director Wicha Nernlop is begging the anti-government People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD) to end its siege of Bangkok’s two commercial airports, saying the re...
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| Phuket PAD: ‘No plans’ to close airport
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Monday, December 1, 2008
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THALANG: The Phuket branch of the People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD) has “no plans” to close down Phuket International Airport again, according to a spokesman.
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| 800 Phuket PAD members to join protest in Bangkok
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Saturday, November 22, 2008
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PHUKET CITY: At least eight buses will leave from Phuket late this afternoon to transport Peoples’ Alliance for Democracy (PAD) members and supporters to join a huge anti-government protest in ...
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| Nuvo to play benefit concert for Coral Reef Squadron project
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Wednesday, November 19, 2008
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PATONG: Veteran pop band Nuvo will play a benefit concert at Jungceylon on Friday, November 28 to raise funds for the Coral Reef Squadron artificial reef project, which will have its grand opening ce...
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| Phuket to host Suzuki Cup
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Monday, December 1, 2008
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PHUKET CITY: Phuket has been designated as the new Thai venue for Group B play in the AFF Suzuki Cup. Formerly known as the Tiger Cup, the tournament is the biggest in Southeast As...
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| Car scam gang arrested
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Monday, December 1, 2008
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THALANG: Tah Chat Chai Police on November 25 arrested a six-member gang on charges including vehicle theft, receiving stolen goods and passport fraud.
The men, three Thai national...
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| The next Miss France is on Phuket
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Tuesday, November 18, 2008
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NAI YANG: Phuket’s natural beauty got even more attractive this week with the arrival of 36 Miss France contestants who are here to film a segment of the pageant to be broadcast in...
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| Mysterious documentary filmed today in Phuket City
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Saturday, November 15, 2008
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PHUKET: At least four pairs of contestants taking part in a travel documentary are racing around Phuket using various forms of transport today.
One of the challenges that faced the contestants...
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| Double homicide claims 20-year-old girls
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Sunday, November 30, 2008
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KOH KAEW: Phuket City Police are searching for a man who shot and killed two young women on a motorbike early on Friday.
At about 2 am on November 28, Phuket City Police were notified that two...
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| Governor urges police to quash trade in sex, pirate goods
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Sunday, November 30, 2008
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PHUKET CITY: Fearful that foreigners will view Phuket as a “sex tour” destination and center for trade in counterfeit goods, Phuket Governor Preecha Ruangjan has urged police to take a more serious a...
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| 100,000 passengers miss flights in 3 days
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Saturday, November 29, 2008
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BANGKOK: Nearly 100,000 passengers have missed flights since protesters shut down Bangkok's two main airports on Tuesday and the total could hit 300,000 as the shutdown continues, Tourism and Sports M...
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| Advice for British citizens
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Saturday, November 29, 2008
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PHUKET: Amid increased tensions this morning at Bangkok's two airports, both under seige and rendered inoperable by PAD protesters since Tuesday, the British Embassy has called for publication of the ...
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| Stranded tourists to receive hotel bill aid
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Friday, November 28, 2008
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PHUKET CITY: Tourists who have been unable to fly to Bangkok due to the closure of Suvarnabhumi Airport are to receive discounted hotel bills, Tourism Authority of Thailand (...
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| Coral Reef Squadron: 9 down, 1 to go
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Friday, November 28, 2008
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BANG TAO: Phuket Governor Preecha Ruangjan yesterday went to personally inspect progress on the sinking of the “Coral Reef Squadron”, an artificial reef project being sunk a...
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| King's Cup racing delayed
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Friday, November 28, 2008
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PHUKET: The King's Cup Organizing Committee has this afternoon announced a change in the racing schedule for this year's regatta. Racing will commence Tuesday, December 2 and will continue through to ...
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| Travelers stranded by Bangkok airport closures exempted from overstay fines
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Friday, November 28, 2008
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PHUKET CITY: Phuket Immigration Police Superintendent Chanatpol Yongbunjerd has confirmed that any travelers stranded in Thailand by the closure of Bangkok’s two airports will be exempted from payi...
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| Tomorrow's Gazette on time despite airport closure
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Friday, November 28, 2008
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PHUKET: At a time when few major newspapers are available on the newsstands of Phuket, the Gazette will be out on schedule tomorrow morning, November 29, wit...
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| Travellers stranded in transit
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Friday, November 28, 2008
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BANGKOK (The Nation): Many travelers who were only in transit when their trips were disrupted are mired in uncertainty and hoping that Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport will reopen soon.
Sixty-yea...
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| Capital increasingly tense as coup rumours spread
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Friday, November 28, 2008
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BANGKOK (The Nation): The situation in the capital was extremely tense yesterday as coup rumours prompted reaction from anti-government protesters and their rivals. Both camps mobilised their supporte...
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| Rage on the road turns fatal
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Saturday, November 15, 2008
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PATONG: A hot-headed youth has been arrested after he shot and killed another man during an argument at a stoplight in Patong on Thursday morning.
The victim was 32-year-old Kamjon “Neng” Pung...
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| Battle brewing over U-turn closure
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Friday, November 28, 2008
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RASSADA: Residents of Village 2 are threatening to protest if Rassada Municipality moves ahead with a plan to permanently close down the U-turn on Thepkrasattri Rd, just north of Supercheap.
A...
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| No end in sight for Patong Hospital staffing crisis
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Thursday, November 27, 2008
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PATONG: Service at Patong Hospital continues to suffer, with no doctors on its permanent staff and no reinforcements expected until the middle of next year.
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| Thailand hammered by world travel warnings
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Thursday, November 27, 2008
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PHUKET: Countries around the globe yesterday issued warnings to their citizens about traveling to Thailand – a country the Philippines said was lacking in "political maturity".
The comment from...
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| Bangkok Airways announces flight cancellations
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Thursday, November 27, 2008
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PHUKET: Bangkok Airways announced this morning that following a series of flight cancellations yesterday due to disruption of services at Suvarnabhumi Airport, a further 76 domestic and international...
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| 4,500 travelers hit by Suvarnabhumi Airport closure
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Wednesday, November 26, 2008
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MAI KHAO: Almost 4,500 travelers have had flights canceled from Phuket International Airport (PIA) today following the closure of Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok.
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| B39.7m approved for ‘Patong Tunnel’ study
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Wednesday, November 26, 2008
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PATONG: Patong Municipality's recently approved 271-million-baht budget for fiscal year 2009 includes 40 million baht to conduct a detailed study into the possible construction of ...
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| Kathu man confesses to grisly murder of neighbor while drunk
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Thursday, November 27, 2008
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KATHU: A Kathu man confessed to the shooting and stabbing to death of a neighbor on the morning of November 23.
Under questioning at Tung Tong po...
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| Toilet paper warehouse goes up in flames
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Wednesday, November 26, 2008
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CHALONG: It took firefighters about an hour-and-a-half to extinguish a blaze that broke out in a warehouse on Soi Sanjaotaead in Chalong at about 11:30 am today. |
| Bangkok Airport Closed – Thousands Stranded
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Wednesday, November 26, 2008
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BANGKOK (The Nation): Up to 10,000 passengers are being stranded after the Suvarnabhumi Airport has been ordered closed as a result of a blockade by the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD).
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| Baan Rim Pa founder Tom McNamara passes away
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Monday, November 24, 2008
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PHUKET: Prominent local foreign resident Tom McNamara passed away last night at the age of 62. The Gazette this morning received from the Baan Rim Pa restaurant group confirmation reading as ...
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| Baan Rim Pa founder Tom McNamara passes away
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Monday, November 24, 2008
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PHUKET: Prominent local foreign resident Tom McNamara passed away last night. The Gazette has this morning received from the Baan Rim Pa restaurant group conf...
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| 192 kilos of illicit drug ingredients seized
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Saturday, November 22, 2008
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PHUKET: Thai and Australian law enforcement officials yesterday afternoon joined Phuket Governor Preecha Ruangjan at Phuket City Police Station to announce the arrest of a drug suspect and the seizure...
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| Police nab bike thieving teens
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Saturday, November 22, 2008
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PHUKET CITY: Phuket City Police have arrested three youths for motorcycle theft.
Phuket Provincial Police Commander Apirak Hongtong present...
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| Phuket second highest HIV infection rate in Thailand
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Thursday, November 20, 2008
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PHUKET CITY: Phuket now ranks second among Thailand’s 76 provinces in terms of HIV infection, with the large number of nightlife entertainment venues and the sex industry seen as the cause.
Dr...
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| Emergency medical training course for scuba staff
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Thursday, November 20, 2008
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PHUKET CITY: The Badalveda Diving Medicine Network, on behalf of the TDA Diving Association (Thailand) and Bangkok Phuket Hospital, has announced the presentation of an Emergency ...
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| Nai Yang Beach restaurant operators fight eviction
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Thursday, November 20, 2008
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NAI YANG BEACH: The owners of 13 beach-side restaurants located inside Sirinath Marine National Park are refusing to relocate to new premises that were built for them at the park’s visitors center, s...
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| All systems go for Coral Reef Squadron
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Wednesday, November 19, 2008
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PHUKET DEEP SEA PORT: Muslim clerics and Buddhist monks held religious services on the morning of November 15 to bless 10 aircraft that will be be sunk off Bang Tao Bay to create t...
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| Over 30 guns seized at Tah Chat Chai checkpoint
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Tuesday, November 18, 2008
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TAH CHAT CHAI: Beefed up security at the Tah Chat Chai road checkpoint in Mai Khao has resulted in the seizure of more than 30 firearms in under two months...
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| High-season tourism outlook bleak: PTA
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Friday, November 14, 2008
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PHUKET CITY: Despite a large drop in fuel prices internationally, the outlook for this year’s high season for tourism remains bleak, a top tourism industry leader says.
Phu...
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| Two arrested in Phuket heroin mega-bust
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Tuesday, November 11, 2008
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RASSADA (Kom Chad Luek): Police arrested a Thai man and a Taiwanese national along with 104 kilos of heroin at a house in the Phuket City Home residential estate yesterday afternoo...
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| Americans dominate beach volleyball final
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Monday, November 10, 2008
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KARON: In the final playoff of the Swatch FIVB Beach Volleyball 2008 tournament, Jennifer Boss and April Ross overcame fellow Americans Nicole Branagh and Tyra Turner to win at Karon Beach on Sunday...
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| Israir announces direct flights from mid-December
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Friday, November 7, 2008
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PHUKET: Israeli airline Israir announced Wednesday that as of December it will begin operating two flights to Thailand, including direct flights between Israel and Phuket.
Israel-based news se...
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| Brit arrested on drug charges
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Tuesday, November 11, 2008
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KATHU: The government’s 90-day “war on drugs” that started last week has claimed its first foreign casualty in Phuket: a middle-aged British man was caught in possession of ...
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| Local Muslims begin sacred journey
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Tuesday, November 11, 2008
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MAI KHAO: Phuket Governor Preecha Ruangjan and other top officials attended a ceremony, on Sunday, at Phuket International Airport to send off some 250 local Muslims leaving to att...
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| Urgent need for B Rh Negative blood
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Friday, November 7, 2008
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BANGKOK: Foreign Correspondents Club Thailand (FCCT) member and well-known local restaurateur Thomas McNamara is in critical condition and in need of blood type B Rh NEGATIVE. If ...
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| War on drugs underway
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Monday, November 10, 2008
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BANGKOK (TNA): The government has launched a new round of drug suppression in a ceremony presided over by Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat last Thursday.
The 90-day “war on drugs”, w...
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| Phuket Carnival dates announced
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Monday, November 10, 2008
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PATONG: This year’s Phuket Carnival will take place from December 15 to 20 at Patong Beach, some six weeks after the traditional starting date of November 1.
Phuket Deputy Mayor Chairat Sukb...
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| Deadline for local 'yellow pages' listings
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Sunday, November 9, 2008
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PHUKET: Businesses wishing to appear in the 2009 Gazette Guide, Phuket’s ‘yellow pages’, have until 6pm on Wednesday, November 12, to enter (or update) their ...
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| UK cancels visas of Thaksin, wife
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Saturday, November 8, 2008
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BANGKOK (The Nation): The British Embassy has revoked entry visas of ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his wife Pojaman. The cancellations, which were decided while the couple were outs...
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| Young Brit dies in mystery fall
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Thursday, November 6, 2008
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PATONG: A young English tourist mysteriously fell from a building in Patong early Monday evening and died en route to hospital.
Kathu Police Super...
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