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Bosnia buries 284 war victims unearthed from gruesome death pit
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Bosnia buries 284 war victims unearthed from gruesome death pit Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: The remains of 284 victims of the Bosnian war were laid to rest on Sunday having been unearthed from what is believed to be the largest mass grave of Europe’s worst…
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Costa Concordia almost ready for final voyage
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Costa Concordia almost ready for final voyage Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: The massive hulk of the Costa Concordia is nearly ready to be towed away from the Italian island where it struck a rock and capsized two-and-a-half years ago, killing 32 people, officials said on…
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Israel shells Gaza militants as death toll climbs
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Israel shells Gaza militants as death toll climbs Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Israeli tanks shelled militant targets in the Gaza Strip on Monday and a woman died in an air strike after the bloodiest day for both sides of a nearly two-week military offensive that…
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U.S. presses case against Russia on downed jet as horror deepens
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community U.S. presses case against Russia on downed jet as horror deepens Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry laid out what he called overwhelming evidence of Russian complicity in the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 as international horror deepened over…
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Ukraine says Malaysian airliner shot down, 295 dead: agency
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Ukraine says Malaysian airliner shot down, 295 dead: agency Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: A Malaysian airliner was shot down over eastern Ukraine by militants on Thursday, killing all 295 people aboard, a Ukrainian interior ministry official was quoted as saying by Interfax-Ukraine news agency. The…
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Libyan air controllers strike to protest airport shelling
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Libyan air controllers strike to protest airport shelling Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Air controllers in western Libya have gone on strike to protest the shelling of Tripoli’s main airport, halting flights in much of the oil-producing country, a government official said on Thursday. The strike puts pressure…
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Shelling kills four boys on Gaza beach; Israel, Hamas set five-hour truce
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Shelling kills four boys on Gaza beach; Israel, Hamas set five-hour truce Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Israeli shelling killed four Palestinian boys on a Gaza beach on Wednesday, an incident the military called tragic, and Israel and Hamas said they would cease attacks for five…
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Thousands flee as typhoon batters east Philippines, heads to Manila
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Thousands flee as typhoon batters east Philippines, heads to Manila Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Thousands of people in the Philippines fled from their homes on Tuesday as the strongest typhoon to hit the country this year made landfall, toppling trees and cutting power as it…
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Israel targets top Hamas leader as cease-fire collapses
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Israel targets top Hamas leader as cease-fire collapses Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Israel resumed its air strikes in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday a day after holding its fire in deference to an Egyptian-proposed cease-fire deal that failed to get Hamas militants to halt rocket…
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Tripoli airport becomes Libya’s new frontline between rival militias
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Tripoli airport becomes Libya’s new frontline between rival militias Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: First, there is a single shot. Then Libyan fighters empty their anti-aircraft guns as others crouch for cover at Tripoli International Airport. Until Saturday night, the airport was a hub for Libyans…
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Twelve killed, 120 hurt in Moscow subway accident
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Twelve killed, 120 hurt in Moscow subway accident Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Twelve people were killed on Tuesday and up to 120 injured when a Moscow underground train derailed between two stations during the morning rush hour, the Emergencies Ministry said. Russia’s investigative committee said…
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Egypt launches initiative to halt Israel-Palestinian conflict
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Egypt launches initiative to halt Israel-Palestinian conflict Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Egypt launched an initiative on Monday to halt fighting between Israel and Palestinian militants, proposing a ceasefire to be followed by talks in Cairo on settling the conflict in which Gaza authorities say more…
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Gaza toll passes 100; Israel to counter rockets ‘with all power’
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Gaza toll passes 100; Israel to counter rockets ‘with all power’ Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Ori Lewis PHUKET: An airstrike outside a family home early Saturday pushed the Palestinian death toll past 100 in four days of cross-border fighting as Israel…
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Gaza dead reach 78 as Israelis hint at invasion
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Gaza dead reach 78 as Israelis hint at invasion Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: At least 78 Palestinians, most of them civilians, have been killed in Israel’s Gaza offensive, Palestinian officials said on Thursday as militants in the enclave kept up rocket attacks on Tel Aviv,…
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Both candidates in Indonesia election claim victory
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Both candidates in Indonesia election claim victory Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Both candidates claimed victory in Indonesia’s presidential election on Wednesday, suggesting there could be a drawn out constitutional battle to decide who will next lead the world’s third-largest democracy. Just a few hours after…
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Anger mounts as Germany unearths second U.S. spy suspect
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Anger mounts as Germany unearths second U.S. spy suspect Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: German politicians reacted angrily on Wednesday to news of a suspected U.S. spy in the defence ministry, which came days after the arrest of a German foreign intelligence agency worker as a…
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Typhoon churns towards Japan, prompting calls to evacuate
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Typhoon churns towards Japan, prompting calls to evacuate Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Hundreds of flights were cancelled in Japan and more than 500,000 people urged to evacuate as a powerful typhoon brought torrential rain and high winds to southwestern islands and was forecast to reach…
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Nicaragua approves route for $40bn canal linking oceans
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Nicaragua approves route for $40bn canal linking oceans Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: A Nicaraguan committee approved a proposed route on Monday for a $40 billion (129.6bn baht) shipping channel across the Central American country that would compete with the Panama Canal. The committee of government…
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Israel launches military offensive against Gaza
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Israel launches military offensive against Gaza Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Israel launched an aerial offensive in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, bombing more than 30 targets including homes and calling it part of a campaign named “Operation Protective Edge” targeting Hamas Islamist militants firing rockets…
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Six Jewish suspects arrested over death of Palestinian teenager
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Six Jewish suspects arrested over death of Palestinian teenager Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Israel has arrested six Jewish suspects in the abduction and killing of a Palestinian teenager whose death sparked violent protests in Jerusalem and Israeli Arab towns, a security source said on Sunday.…
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Weaker Hurricane Arthur takes aim at Nantucket, Cape Cod
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Weaker Hurricane Arthur takes aim at Nantucket, Cape Cod Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: A weakened but fast-moving Hurricane Arthur swept into southern New England on Friday night, wielding tropical storm-force winds, after an earlier landfall in North Carolina that caused only slight damage. The Massachusetts…
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Overpass collapses in World Cup city, crushes vehicles
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Overpass collapses in World Cup city, crushes vehicles Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: An unfinished overpass collapsed in the Brazilian World Cup host city of Belo Horizonte on Thursday, leaving at least one person dead and casting a shadow over a tournament that has suffered repeated…
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German parliament approves dual citizenship
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community German parliament approves dual citizenship Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Germany’s lower house of parliament passed new citizenship laws on Thursday, relaxing some of the strictest rules in Europe to allow young Germans of foreign origin to hold two passports – a move that benefits the…
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Malaysia to send diplomat to New Zealand to face sex charges
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Malaysia to send diplomat to New Zealand to face sex charges Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Malaysia will send a diplomat facing sexual assault charges back to New Zealand, where the alleged incident occurred in May, the foreign ministry said on Wednesday, a day after it…
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Around 30 migrants found dead on boat near Sicily
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Around 30 migrants found dead on boat near Sicily Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Around 30 migrants were found dead on a boat packed with people off the coast of Sicily, said Italy’s navy which rescued thousands more trying to leave North Africa over the weekend.…
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Israel finds bodies of three missing teenagers in West Bank
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Israel finds bodies of three missing teenagers in West Bank Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: The bodies of three missing Israeli teenagers were found in the occupied West Bank on Monday and Israel vowed to punish Hamas, the Palestinian group it accuses of abducting and killing…
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Man sets himself on fire in Japan in defence protest
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Man sets himself on fire in Japan in defence protest Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: A man in Japan set himself on fire at a busy intersection in Tokyo on Sunday in an apparent protest against Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s plans to ease limits of the…
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North Korea launches two missiles, defies U.N. ban
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community North Korea launches two missiles, defies U.N. ban Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles into seas east off its coast on Sunday, South Korea’s military said, defying a U.N. ban on the isolated country testing such weapons. The launch came…
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Malaysia MH370 passengers likely suffocated, Australia says
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Malaysia MH370 passengers likely suffocated, Australia says Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: The passengers and crew of the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 most likely died from suffocation and coasted lifelessly into the ocean on autopilot, a new report released by Australian officials on Thursday said.…
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Nigerian capital shopping district blast leaves 21 dead
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community At least 21 killed in rush-hour blast in Nigerian capital Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: At least 21 people were killed and 17 injured when an explosion tore through a crowded shopping district in the Nigerian capital Abuja during rush hour on Wednesday, a police spokesman…
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