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  • Phuket Media Watch: UN lifts Syria death toll to ‘truly shocking’ 60,000

    Phuket Media Watch: UN lifts Syria death toll to ‘truly shocking’ 60,000

    PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international communityPHUKET (Reuters): More than 60,000 people have died in Syria’s uprising and civil war, the United Nations said on Wednesday, dramatically raising the death toll in a struggle that shows no sign of ending.In the latest violence, dozens were killed in a rebellious Damascus suburb when a government…

  • World News: Americans still want their guns, with some restrictions | Thaiger

    World News: Americans still want their guns, with some restrictions

    PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community After Newtown, Americans want their guns, with some restrictions Reuters / Phuket GazettePHUKET: Nearly seven in 10 Americans support the idea of placing strong or moderate limits gun ownership following the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, a Reuters/Ipsos poll revealed yesterday.But laws that permit citizens…

  • World News: Stormin’ Norman stands down | Thaiger

    World News: Stormin’ Norman stands down

    PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Famed Gulf War US General Schwarzkopf dies Reuters / Phuket GazettePHUKET: Retired US General Norman Schwarzkopf Jr, who headed the coalition forces that drove Iraqi President Saddam Hussein’s army out of Kuwait in Operation Desert Storm, has died, a US official said yesterday. He was 78.The highly…

  • World News: Residents evacuated as Nicaragua volcano spews ash | Thaiger

    World News: Residents evacuated as Nicaragua volcano spews ash

    PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Nicaragua volcano spews ash cloud, residents evacuated Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Nicaragua’s tallest volcano has belched an ash cloud hundreds of meters into the sky in the latest bout of sporadic activity, prompting the evacuation of nearby residents, the government said yesterday. The 5,725-foot (1,745-meter)…

  • World News: Pope’s Christmas message thinly veiled: Italian news agency Ansa

    World News: Pope’s Christmas message thinly veiled: Italian news agency Ansa

    PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Pope gives advice as Italians prepare for bitter campaign Reuters / Phuket GazettePHUKET: Pope Benedict sent a political Christmas greeting to Italians as they head into an election campaign expected to be brutal and bitter: think, cooperate for the common good and don’t discard values when making…

  • World News: Activists say more than 60 killed in Syrian airstrike

    World News: Activists say more than 60 killed in Syrian airstrike

    PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Airstrike on bakery in central Syria kills more than 60, activists say Phuket Gazette PHUKET: More than 60 people are believed to have been killed yesterday when a government airstrike hit a bakery in Syria’s central Hamas province where a crowd was queuing for bread, activists…

  • World News: Somali pirates release hostages after 33 months in captivity

    World News: Somali pirates release hostages after 33 months in captivity

    PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Somali pirates release longest-held hostages after 33 months Reuters / Phuket GazettePHUKET: A ship and its crew of 22 sailors held by Somali pirates for almost three years have been freed by maritime police after a two-week-long siege, the government of the breakaway region of Puntland said…

  • World News: Ethnic Maya say tomorrow will just be another day

    World News: Ethnic Maya say tomorrow will just be another day

    PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Mayan Apocalypse nears, doomsday prophecy may “Not Be Real” Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: The Mayan calendar that ends tomorrow has prompted discussion of a possible Apocalypse but according to Yahoo.com the ancient people’s fabled date may not hold any weight. Yahoo is reporting that the…

  • World News: “Dear Santa” letters answered

    World News: “Dear Santa” letters answered

    PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community “Dear Santa” letters answered by U.S. Post Office program Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: One 13-year-old boy who sent a “Dear Santa” letter to the U.S. Post Office this year asked only for covers for his bed, “so I can stay warm this winter.” Another letter…

  • World News: These tragedies must end: US President Obama

    World News: These tragedies must end: US President Obama

    PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Funerals begin for Newtown victims as schools confront tragedy Reuters / Phuket GazettePHUKET: The small Connecticut town shattered by an act President Barack Obama called “unconscionable evil,” held today the first two of 20 funerals for schoolchildren massacred in their classrooms last week. Meanwhile, schools across…

  • World News: Connecticut in mourning; Gunman kills 28

    World News: Connecticut in mourning; Gunman kills 28

    PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Quiet Connecticut town rocked by mass school shooting Reuters / Phuket GazettePHUKET: The peace and security of the suburban Connecticut community of Newtown lay shattered yesterday after a gunman attacked a primary school in one of the worst mass shootings in U.S. history.Tearful parents and children gathered…

  • World News: Egypt to hold referendum; Bloodshed likely: Ahmed Said

    World News: Egypt to hold referendum; Bloodshed likely: Ahmed Said

    PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Egyptian factions stage final rallies before referendum Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Supporters and opponents of Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi staged final rallies today before a divisive referendum on a new constitution championed by the Islamist leader as a way out of the worst crisis since…

  • World News: Death toll from Hurricane Bopha reaches 900; Many still missing

    World News: Death toll from Hurricane Bopha reaches 900; Many still missing

    PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Philippines typhoon toll tops 900, hundreds still missing Phuket Gazette / News Wires PHUKET: The death toll from the strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines this year has climbed above 900 while hundreds more, many of them tuna fishermen, remain missing and are feared dead, emergency…

  • World News: Doctor rescued by Navy Seals in Afghanistan

    World News: Doctor rescued by Navy Seals in Afghanistan

    PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community U.S. forces rescue kidnapped American doctor in Afghanistan Phuket Gazette / News Wires PHUKET: Seven Taliban insurgents were killed yesterday in a successful operation by US special forces to rescue an American doctor who had been abducted in eastern Afghanistan, officials said. A US service member…

  • World News: Duke and Duchess deeply saddened by death of “duped” nurse

    World News: Duke and Duchess deeply saddened by death of “duped” nurse

    PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Nurse who took prank call about royal Kate found dead Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: A nurse who answered a prank call at the London hospital that was treating Prince William’s pregnant wife Kate for morning sickness has been found dead, the hospital said yesterday, in…

  • World News: Talks to break US “fiscal cliff” resumed

    World News: Talks to break US “fiscal cliff” resumed

    PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Both sides hint at renewed talks on U.S. “fiscal cliff” Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: With little to show after a month of posturing, the White House and Republicans in Congress dropped hints yesterday that they had resumed low-level private talks on breaking the stalemate over…

  • World News: 77-year-old rescued in aftermath of Typhoon Bopha; 332 dead

    World News: 77-year-old rescued in aftermath of Typhoon Bopha; 332 dead

    PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Philippines finds elderly survivor after typhoon kills 332 Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Rescue workers found a 77-year-old man alive today who had survived on coconuts for two days after a powerful typhoon ravaged the south of the Philippines killing 332 people, with hundreds missing. A…

  • World News: Children killed by Vietnam war-era shell

    World News: Children killed by Vietnam war-era shell

    PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Old U.S. mortar shell kills 4 kids in southern Vietnam Phuket Gazette / News Wires PHUKET: An old mortar shell, which was dropped by the United States Air Force on a village in southern Vietnam during the Vietnam War, exploded on Sunday afternoon, killing four young…

  • World News: Syrian jets bomb opposition forces near Damascus | Thaiger

    World News: Syrian jets bomb opposition forces near Damascus

    PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Syrian forces pound Damascus suburbs Reuters / Phuket GazettePHUKET: Syrian forces pounded rebel-held suburbs around Damascus with fighter jets and rockets yesterday, opposition activists said, killing and wounding dozens in an offensive to push rebels away from the airport and stop them closing in on the capital.The…

  • World News: Death sentence for man who held slaves; Strange twist | Thaiger

    World News: Death sentence for man who held slaves; Strange twist

    PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Death sentence for Chinese man who held slaves in underground Phuket Gazette / News Wires PHUKET: A Chinese man was sentenced to death yesterday for abducting six young women and holding them as sex slaves in a secret underground dungeon for up to two years. Three…

  • World News: People’s Daily makes readers cry with Onion story

    World News: People’s Daily makes readers cry with Onion story

    PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community China’s Communist Party newspaper falls for spoof news story Phuket Gazette / News Wires PHUKET: The newspaper of China’s Communist Party yesterday reported on a spoof news article from The Onion which named North Korean leader Kim Jong Un as the sexiest man alive. It comes…

  • World News: Tests to check if Yasser Arafat was murdered using Polonium

    World News: Tests to check if Yasser Arafat was murdered using Polonium

    PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Arafat’s grave opened for poison tests Reuters / Phuket GazettePHUKET: Forensic experts took samples from Yasser Arafat’s buried corpse in the West Bank today, trying to determine if he was murdered by Israeli agents using the hard-to-trace radioactive poison, Polonium.Palestinians witnessed the funeral of their hero and…

  • World News: Fragile truce takes hold; Bus bombing in Tel Aviv

    World News: Fragile truce takes hold; Bus bombing in Tel Aviv

    PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Hamas-Israel ceasefire takes hold but mistrust runs deep Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: A ceasefire between Israel and Gaza’s Hamas rulers finally took hold today after eight days of conflict, although deep mistrust on both sides cast doubt on how long the Egyptian-sponsored deal can last.…

  • World News: Fallen Gurkhas honoured

    World News: Fallen Gurkhas honoured

    PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Nepal rites to banish ghosts of fallen Gurkha soldiers Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Wrapped in white and with their heads shaven, retired Gurkha soldiers sat cross-legged on the stems of dried rice plants for three days of symbolic and traditional mourning, laying to rest the…

  • World News: India hangs last Mumbai militant in first capital sentence since 2004

    World News: India hangs last Mumbai militant in first capital sentence since 2004

    PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community In great secrecy, India executes last surviving Mumbai attacker Reuters / Phuket GazettePHUKET: India executed Mohammad Ajmal Kasab, the lone survivor of a militant squad that killed 166 people in a rampage through the financial capital Mumbai in 2008, hanging him today just days before the fourth…

  • World News: Extramarital sex not unusual says wife of U.S. General on trial for adultery

    World News: Extramarital sex not unusual says wife of U.S. General on trial for adultery

    PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international communityPHUKET (Reuters): The wife of a U.S. Army general facing adultery and sex charges said on Monday that military marriages have suffered from the extended U.S. involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan, and described infidelity as an emotional war wound that gets overlooked.In an interview with Reuters, Rebecca Sinclair…

  • World News: NATO allies may send missiles to Turkey

    World News: NATO allies may send missiles to Turkey

    PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Netherlands, Germany may send missiles to Turkey – report Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Turkey has said it has intensified talks with NATO allies on how to shore up security on its 900-km (560-mile) frontier with Syria after mortar rounds fired from Syria landed inside its…

  • World News: Obama begins historic Myanmar visit

    World News: Obama begins historic Myanmar visit

    PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Praise and pressure as Obama begins historic Myanmar visit Reuters / Phuket GazetteYANGON: Barack Obama became the first serving U.S. president to visit Myanmar today, trying during a whirlwind six-hour trip to strike a balance between praising the government’s progress in shaking off military rule and pressing…

  • World News: Israel, Gaza intensify bombings this morning

    World News: Israel, Gaza intensify bombings this morning

    PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Israel, Gaza fighting rages on as Egypt seeks peace Phuket Gazette / ReutersPHUKET: Israel bombed militant targets in Gaza for a fifth straight day this morning (Phuket time), launching aerial and naval attacks as its military prepared for a possible ground invasion, though Egypt saw “some indications”…

  • World News: Iranian officials denied entry to United States for U.N. meeting | Thaiger

    World News: Iranian officials denied entry to United States for U.N. meeting

    PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community U.S. denies visas for Iranian officials to attend U.N. meeting Phuket Gazette / News WiresPHUKET: The United States has denied visas to Iranian officials hoping to attend a U.N. meeting in New York, Iran’s state news agency [INRA] reported last night. The Iranian judiciary’s Human Rights Headquarters…

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