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May 28, 2012
Phuket
The following articles have been tagged with "Phuket":
Swedish tourists weather Thai tsunami scare
National: 11 Apr 12
The tsunami scare that followed an earth quake in the Indian Ocean on Wednesday, measuring 8.7 on the Richter scale, had tourists fleeing the beaches of Thailand and Indonesia for higher grounds.
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Thai van driver held after Swedish death crash
National: 3 Feb 12
The driver of the van that crashed into a minibus, killing four young Swedish holidaymakers on Wednesday, has been arrested in Phuket after being on the run for two days.
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Four young Swedes dead in Thai car crash
National: 2 Feb 12
Four Swedes in their early twenties have died in a traffic accident while holidaying in Thailand after their vehicle collided with a truck early on Wednesday morning.
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Love is in the air at 2011 Stockholm Film Festival
Lifestyle: 7 Nov 11
As the 22nd edition of the Stockholm International Film Festival opens this week, The Local's Peter Vinthagen Simpson delves into the twin themes of love and director Alejandro González Iñárritu.
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This food may not be local, but it sure is good
Lifestyle: 7 Oct 11
Looking to break out of the meat+potato+brown sauce rut of typical Swedish cuisine? Contributor Gwen Ramsey offers some tips on where to authentic ethnic cuisine in the Swedish capital.
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Stockholm air dirtier than Los Angeles: WHO
Science & Technology: 27 Sep 11
The air quality in Stockholm is worse than in Los Angeles, according to a recent study from the World Health Organization (WHO).
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Swedes arrested for fatal stabbing in Thailand
National: 2 Aug 11
A 25-year-old man from the Gothenburg area was stabbed to death in the Thai tourist resort of Phuket on Monday. Two Swedish citizens have been arrested by Thai police in connection with the crime.
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Two Swedes killed in Thailand in past week
Society: 23 Jan 11
A Swedish man in his 30s was killed on Sunday in the resort town of Patong in Thailand, media outlets reported on Sunday.
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Swede dies after Malaysian jellyfish sting
National: 2 Feb 10
A 45-year-old woman from Småland in southern Sweden has been killed by a jellyfish while on holiday in the Malaysian resort of Pantai Cenang, Langkawi.
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'Bullet hole' in SAS plane from Thailand
National: 3 Dec 08
A suspected bullet hole has been discovered in a SAS airplane which recently returned to Sweden from the Thai city of Phuket.
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Swedes caught up in Thai unrest
National: 26 Nov 08
Hundreds of Swedes are among those stranded in Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi airport after violent anti-government protesters stormed the building on Tuesday, forcing authorities to shut down operations.
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Hanna Bäcklund murderer to serve life
National: 25 Aug 08
A 31-year-old Thai man was sentenced on Monday to life imprisonment for the brutal murder of Swedish tourist Hanna Bäcklund on a beach in Phuket, Thailand in March.
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Swedish artist designs Thai village
National: 12 Jul 08
Swedish artist Ernst Billgren has designed a housing project north of the resort island Phuket in Thailand.
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Thai man arrested over killing of Swedish tourist
National: 19 Mar 08
A 31-year-old Thai man has been arrested early over the killing and attempted rape of a Swedish tourist.
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Thai suspect wanted for murder of Swede
National: 17 Mar 08
Thai police are hunting a 31-year-old old man for the murder of a 26-year-old Swedish women stabbed to death on the resort island of Phuket on Saturday.
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Swede stabbed to death in Thailand
National: 16 Mar 08
A 27-year-old Swedish woman has been found stabbed to death on a beach in Thailand.
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Keeping the kids happy in a Nordic winter
Lifestyle: 4 Dec 07
Tipping Point: Struggling to keep the kids entertained and keep yourself from pouring the first gin at 3pm? Kathleen Harman has some top tips.
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Swedish tourist electrocuted in Thailand
National: 27 Nov 07
Police in Thailand are investigating the death in Phuket of a Swedish tourist.
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Sweden to close embassies
National: 1 Oct 07
Budget cuts are forcing the Swedish Foreign Ministry to close seven embassies and consulates across the world, including embassies in African and consulates in Europe.
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One Swede dead, one missing after Thai plane crash
National: 17 Sep 07
One Swede was among the 89 people killed in a Thai plane crash on the southern resort island of Phuket at the weekend, the Swedish foreign ministry said on Monday.
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Tearful Ambassador alerted Sweden to tsunami
National: 15 Jun 07
Sweden's government failed to realize that thousands of Swedes were caught up in the 2004 Asian tsunami until it received a tearful call from its ambassador in Bangkok, more than 24 hours after the event.
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Danielsson tsunami story contradicted by tapes
National: 9 Jun 07
Back-up tapes investigated by a Commission into the Swedish government's handling of the tsunami crisis once again call into question the story given by the most senior aide to the then Prime Minister Göran Persson.
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Swedish tourist dies after emergency landing
National: 9 Mar 07
A Swedish woman has died after becoming seriously ill on a charter flight from Phuket to Gothenburg. The plane made an emergency landing in Moscow in a bid to save her life.
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Swede risks five years for Thai condom theft
National: 15 Jan 07
A 20-year-old Swede was in such a hurry to get back to his new female acquaintance that he forgot to pay for a pack of condoms. Five years in a Thai prison is the high price he could now pay.
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Unidentified tsunami victims remembered
National: 26 Dec 06
Sweden was represented by the consul general in Phuket at the opening of a memorial garden to the unidentified victims of the tsunami.
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Tsunami child handed to wrong family
Society: 16 May 06
The body of a Swedish child who died in the South Asian tsunami was handed to a British woman, who believed it was her child. The ashes have now been returned to Sweden.
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Tsunami committee slams ministers
Politics: 30 Mar 06
ANALYSIS: WHO DIDN'T DO WHAT
The inquiry by the parliamentary constitution committee into the Swedish government's response to the tsunami disaster closed on Thursday with damning criticism of six ministers, including prime minister Göran Persson.
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Government had early tsunami warning
Politics: 21 Mar 06
More government officials - including ministers Bosse Ringholm and Ulrica Messing - were alerted to the Thailand tsunami early on the morning of the disaster than was previously known.
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Persson: "I don't have any real answers"
Politics: 16 Feb 06
A contrite Göran Persson has appeared before the parliamentary inquiry into the Swedish government's response to the tsunami disaster. But while the prime minister admits that there were "many human failings" he refuses to point the finger.
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Persson aide grilled on tsunami
Politics: 9 Feb 06
Prime Minister Göran Persson was told by his most senior official on the day of the tsunami catastrophe that the situation was 'under control', a parliamentary inquiry hears. Lars Danielsson says nobody else realised how serious the disaster was either.
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Ambassador: I kept Stockholm informed on tsunami
Politics: 7 Feb 06
Sweden's ambassador to Thailand says he spoke to the Foreign Ministry in Stockholm up to 30 times on the day of the South Asian tsunami, which killed 543 Swedes. They seemed to understand what had happened, says Jonas Hafström.
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Tsunami Swedes reflect one year on
Society: 22 Dec 05
Swedish survivors of the Asian tsunami are still trying to come to terms with the events that left 543 holidaying Swedes dead last year. Now, hundreds of survivors are returning to Thailand to mark the first anniversary of the disaster.
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Confidence has been swept away
Analysis & Opinion: 2 Dec 05
What Sweden needed after the tsunami was leaders who would bang heads together and deliver a wake-up call. But they were caught sleeping, and should pay the price.
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Hospital ? soon just a 10 hour flight away
Science & Technology: 22 Nov 05
Swedish patients will soon be able to bypass queues for treatment by checking in to hospitals in Thailand. A new company says it can offer care in Southeast Asia at rock-bottom prices.
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Government to stay away from tsunami memorials
National: 27 Sep 05
The Swedish government says it will respect the wishes of the tsunami victims' relatives and will not send representatives to the three memorial ceremonies to be held in Thailand in November and December.
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Thailand to pay for tsunami memorial trips
National: 6 Sep 05
Thailand has offered to pay for relatives' return trips to memorial ceremonies on the anniversary of the Boxing Day tsunami. The decision is said to have come as a complete surprise to Swedish authorities.
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Fraudsters target Swedish tsunami relatives
National: 17 Aug 05
A number of people in Sweden who lost relatives in the tsunami catastrophe in Thailand last December have been sent an email saying that they are in hospital in Phuket. Many have already been confirmed dead.
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Sweden's tsunami death toll reaches 428
Smörgåsbord: 19 May 05
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Swedish tsunami children ?may never be identified?
National: 1 Apr 05
Problems with DNA analysis mean that the bodies 197 Swedes presumed dead in Thailand -many of them children - might not be returned to Sweden. Meanwhile, the official Swedish death toll rises to 347.
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Royal couple thank Thailand
National: 18 Feb 05
The Royal Family: the definitive guide
Sweden's king and queen visit Thailand to thank Thais and Swedes for their help to Swedish holidaymakers affected by the tsunami. “You’ve done a great job”, the king told embassy staff.
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Freivalds: I had no idea what Phuket was
Politics: 13 Feb 05
Sweden’s foreign minister reopens the debate into her handling of the South Asian tsunami disaster. She says that she reacted slowly to events in Thailand because she did not realise that Phuket was a popular destination for Swedes.
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Swedish tourists return to Thailand
Business & Money: 6 Feb 05
As Thailand starts to rebuild after the tsunami, Swedish tourists return to Phuket. And though the air is tinged with sadness, the travel industry predicts that 2005 will be a bumper year.
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Carl Gustaf: "The debate is unnecessary"
National: 20 Jan 05
The king calls a press conference for the first time in 20 years to express his irritation at the storm around his comments following the tsunami catastrophe - and to reveal that he and the prime minister share a passion for farming.
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Persson and Nordic Ministers promised help
Politics: 18 Jan 05
Sweden’s Prime Minister and his Nordic colleagues extract a promise from Thai authorities to help find their countrymen in the wake of the tsunami disaster, while Swedish lawmakers move to speed up the process of death declarations.
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PM to be investigated by Constitution Committee
Politics: 11 Jan 05
Göran Persson may have broken Sweden's constitutional law by not keeping the king abreast of developments in Asia. And it turns out that foreign minister Laila Freivalds' infamous theatre trip came after two faxes warning of Swedish deaths in Thailand.
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Swedish 12 year old "was not kidnapped"
National: 6 Jan 05
In another cruel example of the chaos in Phuket, Thai police say Kristian Walker was not kidnapped from a hospital in the devastated Thai resort of Khao Lak after all. Now he is one of the missing.
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Swedish psychologist warns of amateur crisis groups
Science & Technology: 5 Jan 05
With four out of ten Swedes apparently knowing someone who was affected by the tsunami in Asia, a leading psychologist warns that support groups run by well-meaning but untrained volunteers are "a dangerous route".
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827 confirmed missing as the first bodies come home
National: 4 Jan 05
The bodies of six Swedes who died in Thailand begin their long journey home as the government confirms that 827 Swedes are missing. The fate of 1,495 others is still unclear. "We have just seen the beginning of a road of pain and sorrow," said Göran Persson.
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1,554 Swedes taken off missing list
National: 3 Jan 05
As the total death toll from last week's devastating tsunami accelerates towards 140,000, the number of Swedes missing appears to fall. But the foreign office warns that new names are still being added to the list.
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Swedish 12 year old ?kidnapped? in Thailand
National: 3 Jan 05
Concern grows for a Swedish boy who has gone missing in Thailand, despite appearing to have survived the Asian tsunami.
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Foreign office: "We are fighting against time"
National: 31 Dec 04
As injured Swedes begin to leave the hospitals in Phuket and head for home, the Swedish government urges the Thai authorities not to cremate the bodies of Swedes who perished in the disaster.
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Public fury over government reaction
Politics: 30 Dec 04
Sweden's shock and sorrow is turning to anger as newspapers reveal the government's lack of disaster preparation, failure to grasp the scale of the crisis and incompetence in organising relief to stranded Swedes as the effects of Sunday's tsunami became clearer.
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Swedish ambulance planes head for Thailand
National: 29 Dec 04
Two ambulance planes are on their way to Phuket airport in Thailand where thousands of injured people are waiting to be brought home. Too little, too late, say travel companies.
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Freivalds: "Many will not be found"
National: 28 Dec 04
Sweden's foreign minister begins preparing the country for the worst as she sets off for the disaster zone and Göran Persson expresses his "deep sympathy for those who are still living with the anxiety" of uncertainty about loved ones.
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Swedish tourists arrive home from earthquake horror
National: 28 Dec 04
"Evacuation planes" have begun bringing Swedes home from the disaster-struck region of Phuket in Thailand. Crisis teams are in place at airports across the country.
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"200 Swedes could be dead" after Asian earthquake
National: 28 Dec 04
As the overall death toll from Sunday's earthquake spirals above 50,000, Swedish government officials say that any speculation about the numbers of Swedish tourists who have died in Thai resorts is meaningless. But Tuesday's Expressen reports that "several hundred Swedes" are among the dead.
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Asian earthquake: "2,000 Swedes missing"
National: 27 Dec 04
At least ten Swedes are confirmed dead, 80 are injured and many more are still missing after tsunami triggered by a massive earthquake rip through tourist resorts popular among Scandinavians.
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