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Phuket Gazette World News: Solomon tsunami kills 5, more deaths likely
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Tsunami kills at least five in Solomons after big Pacific quake Phuket GazettePHUKET: The powerful 8.0 magnitude earthquake that triggered a tsunami today killed at least five people, including a 10-year-old boy, in a remote part of the Solomon Islands.The quake struck 340 km east of Kira…
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Phuket Gazette World News: Pacific tsunami alert lifted
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Tsunami threat lifted after big South Pacific quake Reuters / Phuket GazettePHUKET: A powerful 8.0 magnitude earthquake struck near the Solomon Islands earlier today, triggering a small tsunami that swept into isolated island communities and sparked tsunami alerts across the South Pacific that were later cancelled.Damage reports…
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Phuket Gazette World News: Small Tsunami Hits Solomons After Major Quake
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Small Tsunami Hits Solomons After Major Quake Reuters / Phuket GazettePHUKET: A small tsunami hit the Solomon Islands this morning after a major 8.0 magnitude undersea earthquake sparked a tsunami warning for several South Pacific island nations and placed many more nations including Australia and Indonesia on…
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Phuket Gazette World News: Pacific Islands tsunami alert; Syrian talks, Vatican abuse; Obama in Israel
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Solomon Islands 8.0 quake triggers Pacific tsunami warning Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: An earthquake measuring 8.0 magnitude struck southeast of the Solomon Islands on Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. The shallow quake was only 5.8 km deep and the epicentre was 81 kilometers west…
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Phuket Gazette World News: Syrian peace call; Berlusconi Bunga; Pirates seize tanker; Belgian child killer appeal
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international communitySyrian Opposition chief calls to offer Assad peaceful exitReuters / Phuket GazettePHUKET: Syrian opposition leader Moaz Alkhatib urged Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s government on Monday to start talks for its departure from power and save the country from greater ruin after almost two years of bloodshed.Seeking to step…
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Phuket Gazette World News: Mexico Pemex blast toll reaches 36
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Reuters / Phuket GazettePHUKET: Mexican rescue workers found three more bodies over the weekend amid the rubble of a deadly blast that tore through state oil firm Pemex’s main office complex, the government said, as search efforts appeared to near a close. The death toll from…
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Phuket Gazette World News: NYT targeted; Aussies may face new election; Senator in sex tourism scandal
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community New York Times says targeted by China hackers after Wen report Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: The New York Times said today that Chinese hackers had “persistently” attacked its computers over the past four months since the paper published a story on Premier Wen Jiabao, but…
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Phuket Gazette World News: Israeli warplanes target arms convoy in Syria
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Israel hits Syria arms convoy to Lebanon -sources Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Israeli warplanes bombed a convoy near Syria’s border with Lebanon, sources told Reuters, apparently targeting weapons destined for Hezbollah in what some called a warning to Damascus not to arm Israel’s Lebanese enemy.…
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Phuket Gazette World News: Queen Beatrix to abdicate Dutch throne
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Dutch Queen Beatrix to abdicate throne after 33 years Phuket Gazette / News Wires PHUKET: Dutch Queen Beatrix announced that she will abdicate on Queen’s Day in April after more than three decades as head of state, allowing her eldest son Willem-Alexander to become the kingdom’s…
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World News: Monkey back in space; Arms intercepted; Italian plane probably downed by missile
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Iran launches monkey into space, showing missile progress Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Iran said yesterday it had launched a live monkey into space, seeking to show off missile systems that have alarmed the West because the technology could potentially be used to deliver a nuclear…
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World News: Brazilian nightclub fire kills at least 233
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Nightclub fire kills 233 in Brazil Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: A nightclub fire killed at least 233 people in southern Brazil early yesterday morning when a band’s pyrotechnics show set the building ablaze and fleeing party-goers stampeded toward blocked and overcrowded exits in the ensuing…
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World News: Women in US, France and India make the headlines
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community U.S. to lift ban on women in frontline combat jobs Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: The U.S. military will formally end its ban on women serving in frontline combat roles, officials said yesterday, in a move that could open thousands of fighting jobs to female service…
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World News: I killed Afghan insurgents – Prince Harry
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Britain’s Prince Harry says he killed Afghan insurgents during tour Reuters / Phuket GazettePHUKET: Britain’s Prince Harry says he killed Afghan insurgents during sorties against the Taliban while on his second tour of duty in Afghanistan where he was a gunner in Apache attack helicopters.Queen Elizabeth’s 28-year-old…
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Phuket Gazette World News: Excommunication threat for Irish priest questioning teachings
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Liberal Irish priest says he’s threatened with excommunication Reuters / Phuket GazettePHUKET: An Irish Roman Catholic priest said he is being threatened with excommunication by the Vatican because of his advocacy of liberal views on some of the Church’s teachings.Father Tony Flannery is the third cleric in…
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Phuket Gazette World News: US teenager kills 5 family members; Assault rifle used
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Five shot dead in Albuquerque, teen charged Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: New Mexico police yesterday identified the teenager accused of killing five people in an Albuquerque home as Nehemiah Griego, the son and brother of the victims. Griego, 15, used multiple weapons, including an assault…
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World News: Man runs 7km to catch train and not a cold
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Russian man falls off train, chases it for 7 km in extreme cold Phuket Gazette / News WiresPHUKET: Wearing only sweat pants and a t-shirt, a Russian man was forced to run approximately seven kilometers (4.3 miles) at minus 40 degrees Celsius (-40 degrees Fahrenheit) after he…
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World News: Mali war spills into Algeria; Many hostages taken
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Sahara hostage siege turns Mali war global Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Islamist fighters have opened an international front in Mali’s civil war by taking dozens of Western hostages at a gas plant in the Algerian desert just as French troops launched an offensive against rebels…
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Phuket Media Watch: Paper defies party; Indian troops shoot Pakistani soldier; Cuban can leave
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community How a feisty Chinese newspaper stood up for press freedom Reuters / Phuket GazettePHUKET: Journalists at the Beijing News were at home late one night last week when their mobile phones started ringing. Colleagues in the newsroom were telling them of a showdown between the newspaper’s management…
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Phuket Media Watch: Hindu pilgrims stream to mythical river in their millions for Maha Kumbh Mela
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Millions take to the Ganges at largest Hindu festival Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Upwards of a million elated Hindu holy men and pilgrims took a bracing plunge in India’s sacred Ganges river to wash away lifetimes of sins today, in a raucous start to an…
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Obama, Karzai accelerate end of U.S. combat role in Afghanistan
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international communityPHUKET: (Reuters): President Barack Obama and Afghan President Hamid Karzai agreed yesterday (January 11) to speed up the handover of combat operations in Afghanistan to Afghan forces, raising the prospect of an accelerated U.S. withdrawal from the country and underscoring Obama’s determination to wind down a long, unpopular…
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Snake hitches ride on Qantas flight to Papua New Guinea
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international communityPHUKET: (News Wires): Qantas had its very own dramatic ‘snakes on a plane’ episode yesterday (January 10) when a three metre python joined passengers onboard an early morning flight from Australia to Papua New Guinea.But unlike Samuel L. Jackson’s 2006 fictional Hollywood blockbuster in which a nest of…
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101 dead and 200 injured in Pakistan bombings
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international communityPHUKET: (Reuters): At least 101 people were killed in bombings in two Pakistani cities yesterday (January 10) in one of the country’s bloodiest days in recent years, officials said, with most casualties caused by sectarian attacks in Quetta.The bombings underscored the myriad threats Pakistani security forces face from…
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One student injured in California school shooting
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international communityPHUKET: (Reuters) – A student armed with a 12-gauge shotgun opened fire in a California high school yesterday (January 10), critically wounding a fellow student before two staff members talked the boy into putting down his weapon, authorities said.The suspected sole gunman, a 16-year-old boy, was arrested by…
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Queen changes rule; royal baby will be a princess
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community PHUKET: (News wires): Queen Elizabeth has decided if the baby Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge are expecting is a girl, she will be a princess. Under the current rules, the first born son of the couple would become a prince, but a daughter would not…
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World News: US doesn’t rule out removing troops from Afghanistan
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community US does not rule out removing all troops from Afghanistan Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: The Obama administration does not rule out a complete withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan after 2014, the White House said yesterday (January 8), just days before President Barack Obama is…
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Phuket Gazette World News – Rioting in Belfast for fifth night
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Northern Irish police clash with rioters for fifth night Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Police in Northern Ireland came under attack for a fifth straight night yesterday as the province’s police chief urged politicians and parents to act to halt the riots on Belfast streets. The…
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World News: New wildfires flare-up as temperatures soar
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Fresh fires rage, PM urges Australians to be safe Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: New wildfires flared across Australia today as temperatures soared to near record levels, fanned by hot outback winds, and as Prime Minister Julia Gillard warned the nation to prepare for possibly its…
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World News: Australia braces for wildfire day
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Australia braces for “catastrophic” wildfire day Reuters / Phuket GazettePHUKET: Australia was bracing today for days of “catastrophic” fire and heat wave conditions, with fires already burning in five states and as a search continued for people missing after devastating wildfires in the island state of Tasmania.Prime…
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World News: Clinton resumes duties today after treatment for clot
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international communityPHUKET: (Reuters): U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will resume her official duties today (January 7), five days after being released from a hospital for treatment of a blood clot.Clinton, 65, was released from New York Presbyterian Hospital last Wednesday, after a stay of several days during which…
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World News: Assad to speak as Syrian rebels threaten Damascus this morning
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international communityBEIRUT (Reuters): Syrian President Bashar al-Assad will deliver a rare speech today about the uprising against his rule, which has killed 60,000 people and brought civil war to the edge of his capital.With insurgents fighting their way closer to the seat of his power, state media said in…
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