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World News: Israeli-Hamas conflict risks spiralling into all-out war
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Egypt PM to visit Gaza in support of Hamas against Israel Reuters / Phuket GazettePHUKET: Egypt’s prime minister prepared to visit the Gaza Strip today in an unprecedented display of solidarity with Hamas militants embroiled in a new escalation of conflict with Israel that risks spiraling into…
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World News: Strong mandate given to China’s new leader
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community China’s new party chief Xi gets strong mandate for action Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: China’s president-in-waiting Xi Jinping won a strong mandate today to lead the world’s second-biggest economy and deal with problems ranging from corruption to economic uncertainty. Xi was appointed head of both…
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World News: 452 prisoners to be freed by Myanmar
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Myanmar says to free 452 prisoners ahead Obama visit Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Myanmar plans to free 452 prisoners including an unidentified number of political prisoners, government officials said this morning, just days before a visit by US President Barack Obama to the former military…
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World News: EU suspends enforcement of carbon tax on air travel
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community European Union suspends enforcement of carbon tax on air travel Phuket Gazette / News WiresPHUKET: The European Commission of the European Union on Monday announced it will suspend enforcing its controversial carbon tax on air travel until at least autumn 2013, creating space for political negotiations to…
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World Sports: South Africa scrap draw in first test
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World sports news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community South Africa forces draw in first test with Australia Reuters / Phuket GazettePHUKET: South Africa were forced to scrap their way through an uncomfortable final day of the first test against a Michael Clarke-inspired Australia today to save a match they had once looked like winning.Australia…
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World News: Israel hits Syrian artillery; Deep concerns voiced by UN
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Israel hits Syrian artillery that fired on Golan Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Israel’s army fired tank shells into Syria yesterday and scored “direct hits” in response to a Syrian mortar shell that struck the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, the Israeli military said in a statement. It…
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International Sports: Summary of the latest news and action
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World sporting news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Tennis – Novak Djokovic The world’s top three players all scaled dizzy heights in 2012 but Novak Djokovic ended the year staring down at his rivals after grinding down Roger Federer to win the ATP World Tour Finals title in brutal fashion at London’s O2…
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Petraeus-Broadwell Affair: Irony and tragedy before and after the revelation
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international communityPHUKET / CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (Reuters): When Paula Broadwell first met David Petraeus in 2006, she was a soldier-turned-graduate student at Harvard University. The acclaimed U.S. Army general gave her his card and offered to help her with her studies.Broadwell soon began trading emails with the general, and…
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World News: Syria – Millions in need of aid as winter sets in
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Thousands flee Syria in exodus, millions more in need of aid Reuters / Phuket GazettePHUKET: Thousands of Syrians fled their country yesterday in one of the biggest refugee exoduses of the 20-month civil war after rebels seized a border town, and the United Nations warned that…
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World News: Formal warning to Tehran for attack on drone
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Iranian warplanes fired on U.S. drone over Gulf – Pentagon Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Iranian warplanes fired at an unarmed U.S. drone in international airspace last week but did not hit the aircraft, the Pentagon said yesterday, disclosing details of an unprecedented incident that triggered…
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World News: Turkey to ask for Patriot missiles; Britian hardens stance on Syria
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Turkey to ask NATO for Patriot missiles – report Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Turkey will imminently lodge an official request with NATO asking the military alliance to deploy Patriot missiles along its border with Syria to guard against violence spilling over, a senior Turkish foreign…
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Breaking News: Myanmar drug smugglers sentenced to death for murder of Chinese on the Mekong
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community China sentences four to death for murders on the MekongPhuket Gazette / ReutersPHUKET: A court in southwestern China today sentenced a Myanmar drug smuggler and three members of his gang to death for murdering 13 Chinese sailors on the Mekong River in a case marking China’s growing…
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World News: Heartbeat could power pacemakers
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Experimental device lets heartbeat, not battery, power pacemakers Phuket Gazette / News WiresPHUKET: An experimental device that converts energy from a beating heart could provide enough electricity to power a pacemaker, eliminating the need for expensive surgeries to replace pacemakers with depleted batteries, according to results from…
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International Sports: Liverpool draw; Lotus wins; Ferrer’s first
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World sporting news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Suarez goal gives Liverpool draw with Newcastle Phuket Gazette / ReutersPHUKET: Liverpool failed to mark captain Steven Gerrard’s 600th appearance for the club with a win when they were held to a 1-1 draw by Newcastle United in the Premier League at Anfield which leaves them…
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World News: Housing crisis for victims of Hurricane Sandy
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community US storm victims face housing crisis as cold snap hits Phuket Gazette / Reuters PHUKET: A housing crisis loomed in New York City as victims of superstorm Sandy struggled without heat in near-freezing temperatures yesterday and nearly 1 million people in neighboring New Jersey shivered in…
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World News: Colin Duffy arrested over prison officer’s murder
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Prominent Irish nationalist arrested over Northern Ireland shooting Reuters PHUKET: An Irish nationalist acquitted earlier this year of the murder of two British soldiers in Northern Ireland was arrested yesterday in connection with the fatal shooting of a prison officer, a security source said. The murder…
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World News: New York marathon canceled
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community New York cancels Sunday marathon in wake of deadly storm Reuters PHUKET: New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg abruptly reversed course and canceled Sunday’s marathon, a beloved annual race that had become a lightning rod for people frustrated by the disastrous aftermath of megastorm Sandy. The…
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World News: Two toddlers among the dead as toll spirals from Sandy; Fury race to go ahead
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Scope of Sandy’s destruction widens; Death toll spirals Reuters PHUKET: From New York City’s Staten Island to the popular beach towns of the Jersey Shore, rescuers and officials today faced growing evidence of widespread destruction wrought by super-storm Sandy, mounting anger over delayed relief and a…
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US$245mn approved for Myanmar from World Bank
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community World Bank earmarks US$245 million for Myanmar, outlines 18-month work plan ReutersPHUKET: The World Bank yesterday earmarked US$245 million in credit and grant funding for Myanmar under an 18-month work plan, the first lending to the southeast Asian nation in 25 years and another sign the country…
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World News: CIA deny calls for help rejected during Benghazi attacks
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community CIA officials in Libya made key decisions during Benghazi attacks Reuters PHUKET: CIA officials on the ground in Libya dispatched security forces to the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi within 25 minutes and made other key decisions about how to respond to the waves of attacks…
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World News: Obama edges into the lead in U.S. presidential race
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Race tight in 4 states, Obama holds slight edge Reuters President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney are neck and neck in four of the most hotly contested states in next week’s election, but Obama holds a slight advantage in two of them, according to a…
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World News: WWII bomb closes airport; Storm update; Syrian airforce attacks
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Discovery of WWII bomb forces closure of Japanese airport Phuket Gazette / News WiresPHUKET: Nearly 100 flights were canceled yesterday after an unexploded bomb believed to be from World War II was found near the runway of a major airport in northeastern Japan, local authorities said. Flights…
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World News: Myanmar’s volatile Rakhine region gripped by fear
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Fear, mistrust grip Myanmar’s volatile Rakhine region Reuters / Gazette EditorsPHUKET: As security forces police the edgy aftermath of sectarian bloodshed in western Myanmar, fearful Buddhists and Muslims are arming themselves with homemade weapons, testing the government’s resolve to prevent a new wave of violence.Despite government claims…
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World News: Mother claims child abduction to get faster police response
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Mother falsely claims child abduction to get faster police response Phuket Gazette / News WiresPHUKET: A Maryland mother was arrested and charged after she falsely claimed her three children were abducted, in hopes of obtaining a faster police response to investigate the theft of her car near…
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U.S. Election campaign heats up in eye of the storm
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international communityPHUKET: President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney campaigned feverishly in closely contested battleground states yesterday but changed travel plans to avoid Hurricane Sandy, the massive storm approaching the U.S. East Coast. With just 10 days before Election Day and polls showing the national race a dead…
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World News: Ivory siezure; Poison fumes hit pax at airport; Hit-and-runs kill 1, injures 13 in Wales
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Hong Kong confiscates 1,200 pieces of ivory tusks in record haul Phuket Gazette / News WiresPHUKET: More than 1,200 pieces of ivory tusks which were being smuggled in containers shipped from Africa were confiscated in Hong Kong last week, making it the region’s largest ever seizure of…
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World News: Young elephant crushes keeper at Sydney zoo
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Australian zookeeper crushed by young elephant at Sydney zoo Phuket Gazette / News WiresPHUKET: An Australian zookeeper remains in critical, but stable, condition in a Sydney hospital after a young male elephant she had cared for suddenly crushed her during a routine training session. The incident happened…
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World News: Presses to stop at Newsweek as publication goes digital-only
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Newsweek to end print publication after nearly 80 years Phuket Gazette / News WiresPHUKET: Newsweek, one of the largest weekly news magazines in the United States, yesterday announced it plans to end its print publication after nearly 80 years and transition to an all-digital format. The last…
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World News: Independence referendum for Scots, Obama leads – just; Gunmen murder 24
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Britain, Scotland sign deal for independence referendum Phuket Gazette / News Wires PHUKET: British Prime Minister David Cameron and Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond yesterday signed a historic agreement which will allow the Scottish government to hold a referendum to decide whether Scotland should break away…
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World News: Jurassic park will never be – cloning dinosaurs ruled out
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Australian scientists rule out cloning dinosaurs one day Phuket Gazette / News Wires PHUKET: Australian scientists have found that bonds in a DNA strand could survive up to 6.8 million years under ideal conditions, longer than previously thought but ruling out the possibility of one day…
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