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Phuket Gazette: Singer Whitney Houston dead
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Singer Whitney Houston dies at Beverly Hills hotel PHUKET (News Wires): Grammy Award-winning singer and actress Whitney Houston, one of the world’s best-selling music artists, was found dead in her Beverly Hills hotel room on late Saturday afternoon, police said. She was 48. Beverly Hills Police…
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Phuket Gazette: India – Leopard kills girl; Student stabs teacher; Bus crash kills 26
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Leopard kills fifth girl in western Nepal PHUKET (News Wires): A teenage girl was killed by a leopard in the district of Baitadi in western Nepal on Wednesday, the fifth such incident in two months, local media reported yesterday. The 14-year-old girl was mauled to death…
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Phuket Gazette: Oracle buys Taleo; PepsiCo cuts 8,700 jobs; Air traffic double; Dreamliner fuels Thai growth
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Oracle to buy Taleo for US$2.9 billion PHUKET (news Wires): Multinational tech company Oracle yesterday announced that it has agreed to acquire Taleo Corporation for approximately US$2.9bn. The Board of Directors of Taleo, a leading provider of cloud-based talent management, unanimously approved the transaction which is…
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Phuket Gazette: Ministers without porno?; Toxic bootleg liquor; Fighter jet crashes
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Three Indian ministers resign after porno scandal PHUKET (News Wires): Three ministers in southwestern India resigned yesterday after being accused of watching pornography during a debate in the state’s assembly, local media reported today. Women and child development minister CC Patil and cooperation minister Laxman Savadi,…
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Phuket Gazette: Mississippi executes man; Last World War I vet dies; Teenage suicide in Moscow
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Mississippi executes man for convenience store killingsPHUKET (News Wires): A Mississippi man convicted of killing two men during a robbery spree in December 1995 was executed this morning, officials said. A U.S. Court of Appeals declined to halt the execution based on claims he was mentally ill.Edwin…
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Phuket Gazette: EU’s aviation agency orders Airbus A380 wing inspection
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community EU’s aviation agency orders Airbus A380 wing inspection PHUKET (News Wires): The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) yesterday issued a mandate to further inspect the wings of all Airbus A380 aircraft currently in service. The published Airworthiness Directive to mandate a so-called High Frequency Eddy Current…
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Phuket Gazette: Shark attacks surge; Iran grabs ‘BBC journalists’; Teacher facing death for drugs; Five missing in Japan tunnel collapse
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Study: Shark attack deaths worldwide highest since 1993 PHUKET (News Wires): Sharks killed at least a dozen people worldwide last year, the highest number in nearly two decades, according to statistics released by the International Shark Attack File (ISAF) at the University of Florida on Tuesday.…
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Phuket Gazette: 12,000 tweets per second; Victory for Giants & Madonna; Whales sue SeaWorld
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Twitter users post more than 12,000 tweets per second during Super Bowl PHUKET (News Wires): Twitter users posted more than 12,000 tweets per second during the last moments of the Super Bowl XLVI on Sunday, the company said yesterday. It is one of the highest ever…
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Phuket Gazette: Court sentences killers of lesbian; 74 dead in riot
– World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community South African court sentences killers of lesbian to 18 years PHUKET (News Wires): Four South African men were sentenced to 18 years in prison on Wednesday for stabbing and stoning 19-year-old lesbian Zoliswa Nkonyana to death in 2006, local media reported yesterday. The men were found to have brutally…
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Phuket Gazette: Canadian authorities arrest 60 in child porn bust
– World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Canadian authorities arrest 60 in child porn bust PHUKET (News Wires): Canadian authorities have arrested and charged 60 men this week in connection with a major, ongoing investigation into child pornography offenses in Ontario, police announced yesterday. A total of 76 search warrants have been executed so far, resulting…
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Phuket News Wires: Soul Train’s Don Cornelius dead in apparent suicide
– World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Soul Train’s Don Cornelius dead in apparent suicide World News: Television host and producer Don Cornelius was found dead at his California home on Wednesday from a gunshot wound to the head in an apparent suicide. He was 75. Cornelius, born Donald Cortez Cornelius in Chicago, Illinois, is famously…
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American news round-up
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Former LA teacher charged with molesting 23 children Phuket Gazette / News WiresPHUKET: U.S. prosecutors have arrested and charged a former Los Angeles teacher with allegedly molesting at least 23 young children over a two-year period, officials said on Tuesday. The allegations have shocked the local…
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Phuket Media Watch: Chinese New Year fuels flight record at Hong Kong Airport
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Hong Kong airport sees single-day record of 1,057 flights Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Hong Kong International Airport, one of the world’s busiest airports, handled a single-day record of 1,057 incoming and outbound flights late last week, aviation authorities announced on yesterday. A spokesman for the Civil Aviation…
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Phuket Media Watch: 7 adrift in wooden boat rescued after 7 days; fire claims 29 homes in Reno
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Seven Chinese rescued after a week adrift in wooden boat Phuket Gazette / News Wires PHUKET: Seven Chinese fishermen who went missing in the South China Sea last week have been rescued alive, state-run media reported on yesterday. They were said to be in good condition.…
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Tropical Phuket likely to be caught in center of next El Nino heat wave
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community 2011 ninth warmest year in recorded history, NASA says Phuket Gazette / News Wires PHUKET: The global average surface temperature in 2011 was the ninth warmest since at least 1880 [maybe earlier], according to NASA scientists on Thursday. Nine of the ten warmest years have occurred…
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Phuket Media Watch: European round-up
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community UN: Global economy to stumble in 2012 as unemployment and EU’s economic crisis continues Phuket Gazette / News WiresPHUKET: With Europe’s sovereign debt crisis continuing to unfold, countries around the world are expected to experience an economic slowdown during the year ahead, according to a United…
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Phuket Media Watch: Balls up at Indonesian Railways
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Indonesia cracks down on ‘train surfing’ with concrete balls Phuket Gazette / News WIresPHUKET: Railway staff in Indonesia have begun hanging concrete balls above railway lines in an effort to stop commuters from riding the roofs of trains, the Jakarta Globe reported today. The grapefruit-sized concrete…
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Phuket Media Watch: Monk on fire sparks clashes in Tibet; suspected serial killer arrested; suicide bomber kills 53
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Another self-immolation in Tibet, said to be the 16th Phuket Gazette / News Wires PHUKET: A Tibetan Buddhist monk set himself on fire in southwestern China on Saturday, a rights group reported yesterday, triggering clashes between security forces and locals. Free Tibet, a group campaigning for…
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Phuket Media Watch: India asks BBC to apologize
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community India asks BBC to apologize for ‘offensive’ comments on Top Gear Phuket Gazette PHUKET: The Indian government has demanded an apology from the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) over a TV program’s episode last month which mocked Indian culture. A Christmas special of the ‘Top Gear’ program…
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Phuket Media Watch: Marines urinate on corpses; Myanmar signs ceasefire
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community U.S. launches probe into video of U.S. Marines urinating on Afghan corpses Phuket Gazette / News Wires PHUKET: The United States government yesterday announced it has launched an investigation into a YouTube video (WARNING: Graphic content – Phuket Gazette Editors) which shows U.S. soldiers urinating on…
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Phuket Media Watch: Brief tsunami alert; stampede at university
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Powerful earthquake off Indonesia triggers brief tsunami alert Phuket Gazette / News Wires PHUKET: A powerful earthquake struck off the Indonesian island of Sumatra early this morning, seismologists said, prompting a brief tsunami alert but causing no damage. The 7.1-magnitude earthquake at 12.37am Phuket time today,…
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Phuket Media Watch: Nepali child beaten to death for stealing 10 rupees
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Nepali child beaten to death for stealing 10 rupees Phuket Gazette / News Wires PHUKET: An 11-year-old boy was beaten to death in western Nepal after he and his friend were caught stealing 10 rupees ($0.18) from a butcher, a local newspaper reported on yesterday. Jeevan…
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Phuket Media Watch: Iran sentences U.S. citizen to death
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Iran sentences alleged U.S. spy to death Phuket Gazette / News Wires PHUKET: An Iranian court yesterday sentenced a U.S. citizen to death on charges that he worked as a spy for the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), state-run media reported. 28-year-old Amir Mirzai Hekmati, who…
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Phuket Media Watch: Body found on British Queen’s estate; Missing journalist believed dead
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Body at Queen’s estate identified as missing teenager Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Human remains which were found on the Queen’s Sandringham estate in eastern England on New Year’s Day have been identified as a missing 17-year-old girl, police said yesterday. The remains were found by a member…
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Phuket Media Watch: Chinese news round-up
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Collapse at coal mine in southwestern China kills 9 Phuket Gazette / News Wires Nine workers have been killed and two others are injured after a collapse at a coal mine in southwestern China, local authorities said on yesterday. The accident happened at around 5:20 p.m.…
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Phuket Media Watch: Bishop quits; Hybrid sharks; Volcano activity; Face failures
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Catholic bishop in California quits after admitting he fathered two kids Phuket Gazette / News Wires The Archdiocese of Los Angeles on Wednesday announced that one of its Catholic bishops has resigned after acknowledging he fathered two children in the past. Gabino Zavala, 60, resigned under…
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Phuket Media Watch: Sword master behind Darth Vader dies
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Sword master behind Darth Vader, Bob Anderson, dies at 89 Phuket Gazette / News Wires PHUKET: English actor and fencer Bob Anderson, who portrayed Darth Vader in the original Star Wars saga, died on Sunday, the British Academy of Fencing announced yesterday. He was 89. Anderson,…
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Phuket Media Watch: North Korea defiant; Fires rage in Los Angeles; Sailor rescued 5 days after ship sinks off Vietnam
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community North Korea warns South Korea on ‘hideous crimes’ Phuket Gazette / News Wires PHUKET: The North Korean military on yesterday said the South “will pay for its hideous crimes” during the mourning period for Supreme Leader Kim Jong-il, and warned it may launch a retaliatory strike…
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Phuket Media Watch: Russian round-up
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Russia’s first hybrid vehicle to go on sale next year Phuket Gazette / News Wires Russian automobile manufacturer Yo-Auto on Tuesday announced that it will be offering the country’s first hybrid vehicle late next year. The company’s billionaire co-owner Mikhail Prokhorov spoke on national television on…
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Phuket Media Watch: Hope for Kashmir; Girl Rescue; Virginity tests
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community India, Pakistan consider demilitarizing Kashmir border Phuket Gazette / News Wires The governments of Pakistan and India are considering a proposal to demilitarize the border of the disputed region of Kashmir, according to media reports yesterday. A senior Pakistani foreign ministry official told The Express Tribune…
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