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PHUKET, Thailand -- From the chaos of the tsunami will come more order than has ever been known on Phukets Patong Beach, according to a senior Thai official. Sakthip Krairiksh, permanent secretary of ...

The island of Phuket on the Indian Ocean coast of Thailand is a major tourist destination, with inviting white sand beaches and warm sunny skies. Unfortunately for those living and visiting there to ...

More than three years on, the resort island of Phuket, on the west coast of Thailand, is nearly fully recovered from the devastating 2004 tsunami. In the beach areas of Patong, Karon and Kata, the ...

On Dec. 26, 2003, an earthquake in Bam, Iran, killed nearly 30,000 people. A year later to the day, history made a terrifying encore with an earthquake that shook the planet from its axis. The quake ...

PATONG BEACH, Thailand — Greg Ferrando glistened with sweat and sea water as he went for a barefoot jog up the immaculate white sand beach, where the tsunami has wiped away almost all signs of ...

As the work to find bodies continues on the beaches and beneath the wreckage along Thailand's picturesque Andaman Sea coast, a different type of work has begun. Shops are being swept, signs repainted, ...