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Souped up spirit house
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Friday, March 5, 2010
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RAYONG: A police officer worried about keeping up with today’s criminals gave his guardian spirit a boost by donating a high-powered motorbike to his spirit house....
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Diligent dog keeps cascade clean
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Thursday, March 4, 2010
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NAKHON RATCHASIMA: Rain or shine, Kalong the dog unflaggingly continues her mission to guard the cleanness of Wang Nen Waterfall in Nakhon Ratchasima's Sung Noen district....
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Tiger pelts gone to the dogs
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Tuesday, February 23, 2010
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NAKHON RATCHASIMA: More than 200 tiger skins seized near Khao Yai National Park recently weren’t quite what they first seemed: examination revealed that the majority actually came from dogs and cows a...
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HIgh on human ashes
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Tuesday, February 16, 2010
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NAKHON SRI THAMMARAT: In the latest drug craze to hit the south, youths in Nakhon Sri Thammarat’s Muang District are reportedly drinking a concoction that includes the ashes of recently-cremated corps...
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Cell phone fears grip the North
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Wednesday, February 3, 2010
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CHIANG MAI: People in Northern Thailand have been afraid to answer their cellphones in recent weeks, following claims that calls from certain numbers cause instant brain haemorrhages....
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Pad Thai feast turns fatal
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Monday, January 25, 2010
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PHETCHABURI: A pensioner died on stage after choking on a clump of noodles while participating in a pad thai eating contest....
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Naked intruder gets painful lesson
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Sunday, January 17, 2010
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NAKHON SRI THAMMARAT: A would-be rapist got his comeuppance on January 7, when he climbed naked through the wrong window and met his intended victim’s mother – meat cleaver in hand....
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Friendly frogs draw tourists to temple
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Saturday, January 2, 2010
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AYUDHAYA: Tourists have been flocking to a temple in the old capital district to get close to a group of tame frogs that have taken up residence in a lotus pond....
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Wrong corpse: cremation cut short
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Thursday, December 24, 2009
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ANG THONG: A funeral was called to an abrupt halt on December 12 after mourners opened the coffin just before the cremation was to begin and realized they were about to burn the wrong corpse....
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Domestic dispute turns explosive
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Wednesday, December 9, 2009
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TRAT: A quarry worker and his wife were blown up after the man apparently detonated a quantity of C-4 plastic explosive during a domestic dispute on November 19. The blast, heard for up to 50km away, ...
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Fear of girlfriend leads to death plunge
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Thursday, November 26, 2009
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BANGKOK: A man fell to his death November 15 as he tried to lower himself onto the balcony of his fifth floor flat – rather than go in through the front door and meet his angry girlfriend....
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Canine caper leaves cleric in coma
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Wednesday, November 18, 2009
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PITSANULOKE: An errant monk was caught in a compromising position on November 5 after he suffered a stroke while having sex with a temple dog behind Sam Toei Temple in Wat Thong District....
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Beeswax boost for beef bayonet
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Thursday, November 5, 2009
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LAMPANG: Youths in the North have found a dangerous new way to impress the ladies: a home-made penis enlargement therapy using beeswax....
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Snake bite saves man’s life
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Tuesday, November 3, 2009
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SRISAKET: A one-legged fisherman fought off two ten-foot pythons he caught in his net by biting them in the throat....
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Headless baby draws crowds
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Monday, October 26, 2009
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NAKHON SRI THAMMARAT: A family in Ron Phibun District have set up a shrine to house the body of a stillborn headless baby....
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Loan shark shaken by suicide cell
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Wednesday, September 9, 2009
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BANGKOK: A loan shark found the police were the least of his worries after being detained in a haunted cell....
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Drunk driver chows on cops
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Wednesday, September 9, 2009
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UDON THANI: A drunk driver bit two police officers who asked him to take a breathalyser test....
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Afghan judo coach loses to ladyboy
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Thursday, August 13, 2009
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BANGKOK: The coach of the Afghan judo squad attending the Asian Martial Arts Games in the Thai capital was robbed of hundreds of thousands of baht after falling for a ladyboy he met in the notori...
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Thick thief returns car
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Thursday, August 13, 2009
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BANGKOK: A car thief was arrested last Thursday after phoning the dealer he had stolen the car from to complain when it broke down....
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Lottery players punt on one-eyed pussy
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Monday, August 3, 2009
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AYUDHAYA: Gamblers have been rushing to get lucky omens from the corpse of a one-eyed kitten which refuses to rot....
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Haunted heister makes amends
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Wednesday, July 15, 2009
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CHONBURI: A man claiming to be haunted by a ghost after stealing a 30,000 baht gold bracelet from a shop five years ago turned himself to police today....
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Abbot claims black magic nailed him
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Wednesday, July 15, 2009
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UTTARADIT: A temple abbot was admitted to hospital after doctors found nails in his stomach for the second time in two months....
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Cabbages and condoms, literally
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Wednesday, July 1, 2009
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SONGKHLA: In Bangkok there is a popular restaurant chain known as Cabbages and Condoms, brainchild of well-known activist Mechai Viravaidya (aka “Mr Condom”), who has been internationally lauded for h...
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When relatives stay too long...
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Tuesday, June 23, 2009
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AYUDHAYA: Every family has its own unique customs, but a family in Phak Hai District recently caught national attention when it was discovered keeping the corpse of a long-dead relative in the front r...
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Beggar thinks prison is the breast way out
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Thursday, June 18, 2009
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KHON KAEN: Having failed to get anywhere with begging, an unemployed man was arrested on June 6 after squeezing the breasts of a number of women....
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Elite guard in alleged sodomy of senior, 71
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Tuesday, June 16, 2009
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TRANG: Police have arrested a People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD) guard for the alleged rape of a 71-year-old man....
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Local youngster goes for granny
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Friday, June 5, 2009
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NAKHON PHANOM: While the sight of an old man marrying a young woman is not too unusual in Isarn, when it’s the other way round, it manages to raise eyebrows....
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Eggciting find for Phang Nga villagers
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Friday, June 5, 2009
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PHANG NGA: A wave of excitement has swept through a village in Phang Nga province over the discovery there of a giant egg of unknown origin....
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30-baht pay-out for stabbing victim
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Tuesday, June 2, 2009
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BANGKOK: Stabbing victim Pairat Juntub knew he was entitled to compensation, but he was staggered yesterday at the sum he got from the government....
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Tragic trajectory: man’s head blown off by festival rocket
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Monday, May 18, 2009
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SAKON NAKHON: A man had his head blown off while watching an annual homemade rocket festival in this northeastern town on May 11. ...
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Thief lifts trousers
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Thursday, May 14, 2009
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BANGKOK: A shopper at Carrefour supermarket had an embarrassing journey home after a thief stole his trousers while he was on the toilet on May 8....
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One night, two missing members
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Thursday, May 14, 2009
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RAYONG: Staff at Rayong Hospital had a busy night on April 27, when two men with severed penises were brought in for emergency treatment....
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Belgian member survives toothy attack
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Thursday, May 14, 2009
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CHONBURI: A Belgian man in Pattaya early this morning suffered what might be every man's greatest secret fear, when his Thai girlfriend bit his penis and almost severed it, police said....
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Naked Norwegians stun Phuket
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Wednesday, May 13, 2009
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PATONG, PHUKET: Kathu Police arrested two young Norwegian men last Tuesday night for running naked up Soi Bangla, the center of Phuket’s adult nightlife enterta...
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Charity box bandit nabbed by The Magnet
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Tuesday, April 28, 2009
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PHUKET CITY: For a combination of stupidity and lack of ethics, few crimes in Phuket in recent years match that of a man who tried to steal a charity donation box placed on the main counter of the Phu...
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Holy hole
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Monday, April 20, 2009
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NONG KHAI: Villagers in Phon Phisai and neighbouring districts have been flocking to Tambon Soem to pay respect to a mysterious hole that appeared in a rice field shortly before Songkran....
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Feisty fish, painful problem
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Friday, April 10, 2009
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PHUKET: Doctors in Pichit Hospital were presented with a medical conundrum on March 25, when an eight-year-old boy was brought in with a climbing perch stuck up his bottom....
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Penis prank provokes revenge rape
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Monday, March 30, 2009
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UDON THANI: A man arrested on March 21 confessed that he raped his friend’s wife in revenge for falling victim to a prank while drunk last year....
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It's a snap! Busted boner puts owner in sick bay
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Saturday, March 21, 2009
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PHUKET CITY: Vachira Phuket Hospital on Wednesday morning received a transfer patient in a lot of pain from a somewhat embarrassing illness – a broken penis....
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Monkey kills owner with coconut
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Friday, March 20, 2009
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NAKHON SRI THAMMARAT: A coconut collector in Nop Phitam District was killed after his favorite monkey dropped a coconut onto his head on February 25....
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Thai Obama sings to a different tune
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Friday, March 13, 2009
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SARABURI: While your average Southeast Asian would struggle to make his way in the world as a Gerorge W Bush lookalike, America’s dashing new president is providing some exciting new career prospects ...
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Abbot on the run
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Thursday, February 19, 2009
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NAKHON SRI THAMMARAT: Police are hunting for the abbot of a temple after he allegedly beat up his male lover in the early hours of January 23....
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Enraged Aussie pounds Bangkok police
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Thursday, February 19, 2009
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BANGKOK: Life in Thailand can sometimes get a bit frustrating for expats when things don't quite work out as they would in their home countries. This, coupled with the booze-heavy lif...
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Bat-tling the cold, Isarn style
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Thursday, January 15, 2009
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KALASIN: While temperatures of 10 degrees Celsius may not seem so cold to expats from more northerly climes, for poor Thais living in unheated shacks without warm bedding the cold season is still a re...
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Drug disco monk defrocked
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Thursday, January 15, 2009
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NAKHON SRI THAMMARAT: In an interesting story that until now has not been reported in the English language press, a monk was arrested on November 17 after police discovered he had converted his cell a...
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Full body massage by a real Babe
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Tuesday, December 30, 2008
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CHIANG MAI: Villagers in Sansai District’s Tambon Nong Jom have been rushing to try the services of the village’s newest masseuse – a wild boar piglet named Phalo....
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Youth loses face in explosive sex act
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Thursday, December 18, 2008
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ANG THONG: Following on from last week’s report about the unfortunate Army private with the fish caught in his throat comes yet another sorry tale from a Thai youth about the perils of putti...
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A fish in the hand is better than two in the pond
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Wednesday, December 10, 2008
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ROI-ET: As the old proverb goes, “a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush”. As a young soldier in Isarn recently found out, the same holds true for fish in ponds....
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A Krathong for your bong
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Thursday, November 27, 2008
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BANGKOK: In the run up to Loy Krathong festival every year, there are a host of predictable stories in the Thai press about teens who choose to lose their virginity during the romanti...
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Aussie stabbing: no worries, mate
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Thursday, November 20, 2008
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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 fo...
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