51 - 60 of 86 results for "Phangan Island"

  1. 51. news | 04 Apr 2013

    US missile shield sent to Guam after N. Korea threat

    By AFP

    » The United States is to deploy a THAAD missile defense battery to defend its bases on the Pacific island of Guam, the Pentagon said Wednesday following threats from North Korea.

  2. 52. news | 07 May 2013

    Guilty plea in Jesse Ryder assault case

    By AFP

    » A New Zealand man has pleaded guilty to assaulting cricketer Jesse Ryder during an altercation outside a bar in the South Island city of Christchurch last month, reports said Tuesday.

  3. 53. news | 30 Mar 2013

    Human casualty in NZ Bunny Hunt

    » WELLINGTON - New Zealand's Great Easter Bunny Hunt, an annual cull of rabbits on the South Island, nearly claimed a human life on Saturday when a hunter accidentally shot himself.

  4. 54. news | 09 Apr 2013

    Even BMW drivers seeking aid in crisis-hit Cyprus

    By AFP

    » The Cyprus Red Cross has long cared for the needy, but the island's financial woes run so deep that people unaccustomed to hardship are turning up for food aid -- including some who still drive BMWs.

  5. 55. news | 29 Mar 2013

    Tourists fight the flab at Thai boxing camps

    By AFP

    » In a sweltering training camp on a tropical Thai island, sweaty tourists wearing oversized gloves and baggy shorts slam their fists, knees, elbows and feet into a row of heavy bags.

  6. 56. news | 13 May 2013

    Indonesia intercepts asylum-seeker boat in Bali

    By AFP

    » Indonesian police on Sunday said they had intercepted a wooden boat carrying around 80 asylum-seekers from the Middle East, believed to be heading to Australia from the resort island of Bali.

  7. 57. news | 07 Apr 2013

    Man uses balloons to fly from Mandela jail to Cape Town

    By AFP

    » A South African man on Saturday successfully flew across the sea from Nelson Mandela's apartheid island prison using helium-filled giant party balloons.

  8. 58. news | 30 Apr 2013

    Cyprus MPs approve tough EU bailout deal

    By AFP

    » The Cypriot parliament narrowly approved on Tuesday a controversial EU-IMF bailout deal after the government warned a rejection would be "catastrophic" for the eastern Mediterranean island's teetering economy.

  9. 59. news | 22 Apr 2013

    Endangered orangutan born in Indonesian zoo

    By AFP

    » A Borneo orangutan has been born at a zoo on Indonesia's main island of Java, providing a glimmer of hope for the endangered primates, a zookeeper said Monday.

  10. 60. news | 10 Apr 2013

    Trafficked Cambodian fishermen rescued near Mauritius

    By AFP

    » Twenty-two Cambodians trafficked onto Thai fishing boats have been rescued near the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius, a Cambodian official said Wednesday.

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