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Phuket Media Watch: Iran sentences U.S. citizen to death
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Iran sentences alleged U.S. spy to death Phuket Gazette / News Wires PHUKET: An Iranian court yesterday sentenced a U.S. citizen to death on charges that he worked as a spy for the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), state-run media reported. 28-year-old Amir Mirzai Hekmati, who…
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Phuket Media Watch: Body found on British Queen’s estate; Missing journalist believed dead
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Body at Queen’s estate identified as missing teenager Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Human remains which were found on the Queen’s Sandringham estate in eastern England on New Year’s Day have been identified as a missing 17-year-old girl, police said yesterday. The remains were found by a member…
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Phuket Media Watch: Balloon crash kills 11; New planes for HK Airlines; Saudi executions soar; US unemployment falls
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Hot air balloon crashes in New Zealand, killing 11 Phuket Gazette / News WiresPHUKET: Eleven people were killed yesterday morning when a hot air balloon crashed near a town on New Zealand’s north island, police said. There were no survivors.The accident happened at 7:25am local time (1:25am…
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Phuket Media Watch: Chinese news round-up
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Collapse at coal mine in southwestern China kills 9 Phuket Gazette / News Wires Nine workers have been killed and two others are injured after a collapse at a coal mine in southwestern China, local authorities said on yesterday. The accident happened at around 5:20 p.m.…
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Phuket Media Watch: Sword master behind Darth Vader dies
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Sword master behind Darth Vader, Bob Anderson, dies at 89 Phuket Gazette / News Wires PHUKET: English actor and fencer Bob Anderson, who portrayed Darth Vader in the original Star Wars saga, died on Sunday, the British Academy of Fencing announced yesterday. He was 89. Anderson,…
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