span lang=”en-US”>PHUKET CITY: Phuket City Police have arrested three youths for motorcycle theft. /span>br>br>span lang=”en-US”>span>Phuket Provincial Police Commander Apirak Hongtong presented the three 16-year-old suspects, a wide variety of motorcycle specialty parts and three stolen motorcycles to the /span>/span>span lang=”en-US”>i

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PHUKET will join the rest of the nation in mourning on November 15 when Her Royal Highness, Princess Galyani Vadhana Krom Luang Naradhiwas Rajanagarindra is cremated in Bangkok. HRH Princess Galyani Vadhana is the elder sister of His Royal Majesty, King Bhumibol Adulyadej. …

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span lang=”en-US”>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 afternoon, deputy national police chief Priewphan Damapong announced at a press conference in Bangkok yesterday. /span>br>br>span lang=”en-US”>Speaking at

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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 outside England, were notified to airlines yesterday.br>br>div style=”text-align: left;”>br>br>The decision was made by the United Kingdom Border Agen

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span lang=”en-US”>PATONG: A young English tourist mysteriously fell from a building in Patong early Monday evening and died en route to hospital. /span>br>br>span lang=”en-US”>Kathu Police Superintendent Col Grissak Songmoonnark identified the deceased from his passport as UK national Joseph John Nason, age 22./span>br>br>span lang=”en-US

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span lang=”en-US”>PATONG: Officers at Patong Hospital have denied reports in a local Thai-language newspaper that an Australian serviceman on shore leave was in a coma after being stabbed repeatedly following an altercation /span>span lang=”en-US”>span style=”text-decoration: none;”>in Patong last night./span>/span>br>br>span lang=”en-US

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MAI KHAO& span style=”font-style: normal;”>(/span>i>NBT)/i>: A fully-loaded bus headed for Satun overturned and crashed at about 9 pm Sunday night, killing two people and injuring at least 30 more.br>br>The state-run Andaman News service reported that the accident occurred on the outbound lane of Thepkasattri Rd, in the Ban Maak Prok are

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PHUKET: Laguna Phuket, the giant five-star resort complex on Bangtao Beach, Phuket, says it plans to look more and more towards China and the Middle East next year to compensate for a continuing plunge in bookings from European tourists.br>br>The operators expect the global financial crisis and domestic political unrest to continue affecting int

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BANGKOK (The Nation): Heads of families or breadwinners in urban areas in Bangkok and 18 other provinces are suffering from stress due to political turmoil and economic woes, an Abac poll revealed yesterday.br>br>The poll was conducted from October 10 to November 1. Of 3,293 respondents surveyed, 59 per cent said they were ’stressed out’ by the c

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WICHIT: Students and teachers of the Kajonkietsuksa School’s bilingual program today dressed up for a range of special Halloween activities being held at the school. These fun events are taking place before an abundance of parties all over the island this evening, including a ‘Sexy’, black-and-gold dress-up a href=”http://www.phuketgazette.net/ca

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