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    Getting sick or injured during Songkran? Here’s what to do (and how to avoid paying out of pocket)

    Songkran, Thailand’s New Year festival from April 13 to 15, is full of fun, water fights, and cultural events. But it’s also a time when accidents and health problems increase, especially on the roads during Songkran. For travellers in Thailand,...

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    World News: Face of Bashar al-Assad’s government flees – diplomat

    PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Syrian spokesman flees country: diplomat Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: A Syrian foreign ministry spokesman, who was the most public face of Bashar al-Assad’s government as it battled a 20-month-old uprising, has fled the country, a diplomat in the region said yesterday. Jihad al-Makdissi, who is in…

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