Officials in Bangkok said 117 people are reported dead on the resort island of Phuket, and another 60 people on the island of Phi Phi.

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Thai police said the injured man, Mr. Moradi, entered Thailand through the southern resort island of Phuket and arrived at Bangkok International Airport.

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The journalist was shot by a gunman on a motor bicycle while driving with his wife, Jiraporn Hosakul, on a major street in the resort island of Phuket during rush hour.

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Some 10 million visitors fly in and out of the country every year from all over the world (though one popular destination, the vacation island of Phuket, is about an hour's flight from either Singapore or Bangkok).

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Tourist Ernst Mollemans, on the last day of his vacation and taking a boat trip from one island to another south of Phuket, narrowly escaped death or serious injury when he heard the driver scream and abruptly turn the boat toward a small beach to their left.

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East of Phuket, 86 people were killed in Phangnga, and north of the resort island, in Ranong, 23 people were killed.

CNN: Hundreds missing at sea?in Thailand