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Malaysia releases missing plane report, reveals confusion
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Malaysia releases missing plane report, reveals confusion Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Malaysia on Thursday released its most comprehensive account yet of what happened to missing Flight MH370, in a preliminary report that detailed the route the plane probably took as it veered off course and…
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Pro-Russians storm prosecutor’s office in Ukraine’s Donetsk
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Pro-Russians storm prosecutor’s office in Ukraine’s Donetsk Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Pro-Russian protesters stormed the prosecutor’s office in the separatist-held city of Donetsk on Thursday, hurling rocks, firecrackers and teargas at riot police defending officials the rebels accused of working for Kiev’s Western-backed leaders. To…
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Nigerian suspected car bomb blast kills at least 15
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Suspected car bomb on edge of Nigerian capital kills at least 15 Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: A suspected car bomb exploded on the outskirts of Nigeria’s capital Abuja on Thursday, killing at least 15 people a week before the city was to host a conference…
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Cambodian police find body believed to be missing Canadian journalist
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Cambodian police find body believed to be missing Canadian journalist Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Cambodian police discovered a body on Thursday thought to be that of being missing Canadian journalist and author Dave Walker who disappeared in February, police and friend of Walker’s said. Veteran…
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Air strike on Aleppo school kills 18
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Air strike on Aleppo school kills 18 Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: An air strike on a school in Syria’s northern city of Aleppo by President Bashar al-Assad’s forces killed at least 18 people on Wednesday, mainly children, a day after attacks on government-controlled cities killed…
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Brunei adopts sharia law, others in region consider it
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Brunei adopts sharia law, others in region consider it Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: The sultanate of Brunei this week becomes the first East Asian country to introduce Islamic criminal law, the latest example of a deepening religious conservatism that has also taken root in parts…
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Air France pilots plan daily strikes in May
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Air France pilots plan daily strikes in May Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Pilots of Franco-Dutch airline Air France-KLM plan to strike for several hours per day in May to protest against what they say are limits on their right to strike. Air France said the…
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Egypt mass death sentences will bring down government, warns Brotherhood
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Egypt’s Brotherhood says mass death sentences will bring down government Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: The senior leader of Egypt’s outlawed Muslim Brotherhood said on Tuesday that the mass death sentences against him and other members will cause the government’s downfall. “This ruling is the last…
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Rohingya health crisis in Myanmar after aid groups forced out
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Rohingya health crisis in west Myanmar after aid groups forced out Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: As three-month-old Asoma Khatu approached her final, laboured breaths, her neighbour Elia, a 50-year-old former farmer, dug through the strongbox holding some of the last medicines in this camp for…
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Deaths on EU roads halve in a decade
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Deaths on EU roads halve in a decade – report Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Car deaths on Europe’s roads have halved over the last decade, but campaigners say tougher EU laws could prevent many more people from dying needlessly. Figures from the European Transport Safety…
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Russia says Marshall Islands’ nuclear lawsuits ‘baseless’
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Russia says Marshall Islands’ nuclear lawsuits ‘baseless’ Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Russia said on Monday that lawsuits in which the Marshall Islands accused nine nations with nuclear weapons capability of failing in their obligation to negotiate disarmament are “baseless” and would not help rid the…
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At least 16 killed by tornadoes in American Midwest
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community At least 16 killed by tornadoes in Arkansas, Oklahoma and Iowa Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Rescue workers searched for survivors on Monday in the rubble left by a wave of tornadoes that ripped through the south-central United States a day earlier, killing at least 16…
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Saudi Arabia MERS cases spiral to 339 infected, 10 dead; Egypt marks first
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Saudi Arabia MERS cases spiral to 339 infected, 10 dead; Egypt marks first Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Saudi Arabia confirmed 26 more cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), which has killed nearly a third of sufferers, and said 10 more people have died from…
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South Korean PM resigns over government response to ferry disaster
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community South Korean PM resigns over government response to ferry disaster Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: South Korean Prime Minister Chung Hong-won resigned on Sunday over the government’s response to the April 16 ferry disaster. The Sewol ferry sank on a routine trip south from the port…
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Ukraine rebels free Swedish hostage; Obama seeks unity against Russia
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Ukraine rebels free Swedish hostage; Obama seeks unity against Russia Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Pro-Russian rebels in Ukraine freed a Swedish observer on Sunday, but said they had no plans to release seven other European monitors they have been holding for three days. On the…
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Abbas calls Holocaust ‘most heinous crime’ against humanity
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Abbas calls Holocaust ‘most heinous crime’ against humanity Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called the Nazi Holocaust “the most heinous crime” against humanity in modern times in a statement released on Sunday, an apparent bid to build bridges with Israel days after…
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Drunk passenger triggers hijack alert on Australian flight to Bali
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Drunk passenger triggers hijack alert on Australian flight to Bali Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: The pilot of a Virgin Australia plane flying from Brisbane to the Indonesian holiday island of Bali on Friday reported a hijacking attempt after a passenger tried to enter the cockpit,…
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Ukraine forces kill up to five rebels; Russia starts drill near border
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Ukraine forces kill up to five rebels; Russia starts drill near border Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Ukrainian forces killed up to five pro-Moscow rebels on Thursday as they closed in on the separatists’ military stronghold in the east, and Russia launched army drills near the…
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Australia rules out link between debris and Malaysian plane
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Australia rules out link between debris and Malaysian plane Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Authorities ruled out any link between debris picked up on an Australian beach and a missing Malaysian jetliner on Thursday as a tropical cyclone again threatened to hamper a 26-nation air, surface…
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Body of Korean boy who raised alarm on sinking ferry believed found
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Body of Korean boy who raised alarm on sinking ferry believed found Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: The body of a South Korean boy whose shaking voice first raised the alarm that a passenger ferry with hundreds on board was in trouble has been found, his…
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First sign of South Korea ferry disaster was call from a frightened boy
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community First sign of South Korea ferry disaster was call from a frightened boy Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: The first distress call from a sinking South Korean ferry was made by a boy with a shaking voice to a fire station, three minutes after the vessel…
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Search for MH370: Seabed scans draw blanks, cyclone nears
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Cyclone threatens to disrupt search for missing Malaysian plane Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: A tropical cyclone was threatening to hamper the search for a missing Malaysian jetliner in a remote stretch of the Indian Ocean on Monday, as a submarine drone neared the end of…
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Saudi Arabia sentences eight to death for 2003 attacks
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Saudi Arabia sentences eight to death for 2003 attacks Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: A Saudi Arabian court on Monday sentenced three more men to death, raising the number of people condemned for their involvement in a suicide attack on expatriate residential compounds in Riyadh in…
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U.S. force in Afghanistan may be cut to less than 10,000 troops
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community U.S. force in Afghanistan may be cut to less than 10,000 troops Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: The number of U.S. troops in Afghanistan may drop well below 10,000 – the minimum demanded by the U.S. military to train Afghan forces – as the longest war…
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Parents search for abducted Nigeria girls, say 234 missing
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Parents search for abducted Nigeria girls, say 234 missing Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Parents of girls abducted by Islamist militants were searching for their daughters in a remote forest, they told the state governor on Monday, adding that 234 were still missing, a much higher…
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Ukraine peace deal falters as rebels show no sign of surrender
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Ukraine peace deal falters as rebels show no sign of surrender Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: An international agreement to avert wider conflict in Ukraine was faltering on Monday, with pro-Moscow separatist gunmen showing no sign of surrendering government buildings they have seized. U.S. and European…
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Phuket Gazette World News: Prosecutors extend Korea ferry captain’s detention as death toll mounts
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Prosecutors extend Korea ferry captain’s detention as death toll mounts Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: South Korean prosecutors investigating a ferry disaster said on Sunday they would seek to extend the detention of the ship’s captain and two other crew by 10 days as they tried…
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Phuket Gazette World News: Malaysian plane lands safely after landing gear scare
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Malaysian plane lands safely after landing gear scare Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: A Malaysia Airlines passenger plane with 166 people on board landed safely at Kuala Lumpur airport early this morning after being forced to abandon a flight to Bangalore because of problems with its…
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Phuket Gazette World News: At least nine Nepali guides killed in Everest avalanche
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community At least nine Nepali guides killed in Everest avalanche Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: An avalanche swept down a slope of Mount Everest on Friday, killing nine Nepali mountaineering guides at the beginning of the main climbing season, a Tourism Ministry official said. The avalanche hit…
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Phuket Gazette World News: Captain not at the helm when South Korean ferry capsized
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Captain not at the helm when South Korean ferry capsized Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: A junior officer was at the helm of a South Korean ferry when it capsized and the captain may have been away from the bridge, investigators said on Friday as the…
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