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Phuket’s dog problem could be worse
LONDON: A drunk who claimed he had been raped by a dog was yesterday [4 Sept 01] jailed for 12 months. Martin Hoyle, 45, was arrested by police after a passing motorist and his girlfriend found a Staffordshire bull terrier, called Badger, shagging him at the side of a road in Highgate, North London. Prosecutor Ben Crosland said the couple…
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Gov’t may try to steer Thais away from bargains
BANGKOK (AFP): Thailand may introduce zoning laws to rein in foreign-owned supermarkets that are edging out their local Thai competitors, officials said Tuesday. Government spokesman Kuthep Saikrajang said the cabinet was considering taking action after reports that competition from international hypermarkets such as Tesco Lotus and Carrefour is choking old-fashioned (high-priced) local Thai shops. Kuthep said the flashy chain stores…
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Naughty cameras target women in Bangkok
BANGKOK (AFP): Police said today that they are investigating reports that hidden cameras have been placed in department store changing rooms to spy on women as they try on clothing and underwear. The Metropolitan Police have sent undercover women officers into the city’s stores to check for any suspicious equipment in the fitting rooms, said Pol Lt Gen Pongsapat Pongcharoen.…
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Man with world’s longest hair dies
CHIANG MAI: A Thai hilltribesman who held the record for having the world’s longest hair has died of a stroke, leaving his elder brother to claim the title, police and local reports said Wednesday. Hmong tribesman Hoo Sateow, 77, whose lengthy locks were measured by Guinness World Records in 1997 at 5.15 meters, died in his village outside Chiang Mai…
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Teamwork key when they took the bus
NAKHON NAYOK: On the evening of July 15, a local florist called the police to report that her bus had been stolen. She told them that she was just about to get into bed when she heard the engine start up. By the time she got outside, the bus was already moving away. She ran after it for some time,…
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Governor threatens to curse rubbish bin thieves
BANGKOK: Bangkok’s no-nonsense Governor Samak Sundaravej has threatened to put a curse on the city’s rubbish bins to halt a rash of thefts. Samak said yesterday that he was forced to resort to black magic to protect the roadside bins after ordinary measures, such as warnings of legal action, failed to make any impact. “A curse, saying that if a…
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