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Britain’s Fraud Office launches probe into Tesco accounting scandal
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Britain’s Fraud Office launches probe into Tesco accounting scandal Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Britain’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has opened a formal criminal investigation into accounting errors at Tesco, raising the stakes in a scandal that has hammered the reputation of the country’s biggest grocer.…
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Myanmar journalist killed by army was former bodyguard of Suu Kyi
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Myanmar journalist killed by army was former bodyguard of Suu Kyi Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: A Myanmar journalist who was killed in army custody this month was once a democracy activistand a bodyguard for opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, his wife said on Tuesday,…
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Supply rocket for space station explodes on liftoff
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Supply rocket for space station explodes on liftoff Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: An unmanned Antares rocket exploded seconds after liftoff from a commercial launch pad in Virginia on Tuesday, marking the first accident since NASA turned to private operators to deliver cargo to the International…
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Last international forces airlifted from key base in Afghan south
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Last international forces airlifted from key base in Afghan south Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: A fleet of planes and helicopters airlifted the last U.S. and British forces from a key base in southern Afghanistan on Monday, a day after the international coalition closed the massive…
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Nobel Prize for medicine goes to discoverers of brain’s internal GPS
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Nobel Prize for medicine goes to discoverers of brain’s internal GPS Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Anglo-American John O’Keefe and Norwegian couple May-Britt and Edvard Moser won the 2014 Nobel Prize for medicine on Monday for discovering the brain’s internal positioning system, helping humans find their…
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At least one dead as typhoon lashes Japan, heading for Tokyo
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community At least one dead as typhoon lashes Japan, heading for Tokyo Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Hundreds of flights were cancelled and thousands of people advised to evacuate as a powerful typhoon lashed Japan on Monday with heavy rains and high winds, leaving at least one…
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