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Phuket Gazette World News: Pope asks forgiveness for ‘evil’ of child abuse by priests
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Pope asks forgiveness for ‘evil’ of child abuse by priests Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Pope Francis made his first public plea for forgiveness on Friday for the “evil” committed by priests who molested children, using some of his strongest words yet on the Roman Catholic…
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Phuket Gazette World News: New pings stoke optimism for Malaysia plane hunt
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community New pings stoke optimism for Malaysia plane hunt Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: A new acoustic signal was detected in the hunt for Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 on Thursday, further boosting confidence that officials are zeroing in on the missing plane after weeks of searching. The…
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Phuket Gazette World News: Knife-wielding student wounds 22 in Pennsylvania school
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Knife-wielding student wounds 22 in Pennsylvania school Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: A 16-year-old student wielding two knives went on a stabbing rampage in the hallways of a Pittsburgh-area high school on Wednesday, wounding 22 people before he was tackled by an assistant principal, officials said.…
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Phuket Gazette World News: Indonesia election poll shows no easy PDI-P win, rise in Islamic party support
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Indonesia election shows no easy PDI-P win, rise in Islamic party support Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Indonesia’s likely next leader may have a bumpier-than-expected route to the presidential palace after early counting in Wednesday’s parliamentary vote suggested his party will have to cut a deal…
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Phuket Gazette World News: Pro-Moscow protesters declare republic, Kiev fears invasion
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Pro-Moscow protesters declare republic, Kiev fears invasion Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Pro-Moscow protesters in eastern Ukraine seized arms in one city and declared a separatist republic in another, in moves Kiev described on Monday as part of a Russian-orchestrated plan to justify an invasion to…
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Phuket Gazette World News: Search for missing Malaysia jet set to move to sea floor
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Search for missing Malaysia jet set to move to sea floor Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: A robotic search vehicle is likely to be sent deep into the Indian Ocean on Tuesday to look for wreckage of a missing Malaysian jetliner on the sea floor, as…
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Phuket Gazette World News: Pistorius retches during graphic forensic testimony
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Pistorius retches during graphic forensic testimony Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: South African track star Oscar Pistorius wept and retched into a bucket in court on Monday during graphic forensic testimony about the death of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, whom he is accused of murdering on…
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Phuket Gazette World News: Actor Mickey Rooney dies at 93
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Actor Mickey Rooney, brash star of 1930s and ’40s, dies at 93 Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Actor Mickey Rooney, who became the United States’ biggest movie star while still a brash teenager in the 1930s and later a versatile character actor in a career that…
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Phuket Gazette World News: Australia says new ‘pings’ best lead yet in Malaysia jet search
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Australia says new ‘pings’ best lead yet in Malaysia jet search Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: An Australian ship searching for a missing Malaysia Airlines jetliner has picked up signals consistent with the beacons from aircraft black box recorders, in what search officials said on Monday…
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Phuket Gazette World News: Pro-Russia protesters raid Ukraine building, seize weapons
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Pro-Russia protesters raid Ukraine building, seize weapons Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Pro-Russian protesters who broke into state security headquarters in the eastern Ukrainian city of Luhansk have seized weapons, and highway police have closed down entrances into the city, local police said on Monday. Mainly…
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Phuket Gazette World News: Chinese, Australian ships try to verify potential ‘pings’ from Malaysia jet
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Chinese, Australian ships try to verify potential ‘pings’ from Malaysia jet Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Chinese and Australian ships hunting for a missing Malaysia Airlines jetliner have picked up separate acoustic signals in different parts of a vast Indian Ocean search area and are trying…
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Phuket Gazette World News: Ukraine accuses ex-president over sniper deaths
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Ukraine accuses ex-president over sniper deaths Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Ukraine’s prime minister on Thursday blamed ousted President Viktor Yanukovich for the deaths of dozens of anti-government protesters shot by police snipers and urged Russia to hand him over to face charges. Arseny Yatseniuk made…
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Phuket Gazette World News: Suharto family tests Indonesia political comeback on strongman’s legacy
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Suharto family tests Indonesia political comeback on strongman’s legacy Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: It was Indonesia’s most ubiquitous smile. Once dubbed the smiling general despite his iron rule of more than three decades, the image of former President Suharto now waves genially from the election…
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Phuket Gazette World News: U.S. calls for end to humanitarian curbs in Myanmar’s Rakhine
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community U.S. calls for end to humanitarian curbs in Myanmar’s Rakhine Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: The United States called on Myanmar on Wednesday to lift travel restrictions on U.N. and other humanitarian staff to allow them to resume work in the country’s Rakhine State, which has…
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Phuket Gazette World News: Chile assesses damage after massive quake, tsunami
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Chile assesses damage after massive quake, tsunami Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Chilean authorities on Wednesday were assessing the damage from a massive earthquake that struck off the northern coast, causing a small tsunami, but the impact was mostly limited, according to early indications. Thousands of…
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Phuket Gazette World News: Search for missing Malaysian jet drags on, as probe narrows to crew
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Search for missing Malaysian jet drags on, as probe narrows to crew Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Malaysian police have ruled out involvement of any passengers in the disappearance of a missing jetliner, while Australian officials warned bad weather and a lack of reliable information were…
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Phuket Gazette World News: NATO suspends cooperation with Russia over Ukraine crisis
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community NATO suspends cooperation with Russia over Ukraine crisis Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: NATO suspended all practical cooperation with Russia on Tuesday in protest at its annexation of Crimea and ordered military planners to draft measures to strengthen its defences and reassure nervous eastern European countries.…
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Phuket Gazette World News: Massive 8.0 quake off Chile, tsunami alert for South, Central America
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Massive 8.0 quake off Chile sparks tsunami alert for Pacific coast of South, Central America Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: A major earthquake of magnitude 8.0 struck off the coast of Chile on Tuesday, triggering a tsunami that hit the northern part of the country and…
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Phuket Gazette World News: France’s Hollande names new PM, pledges tax cuts after poll rout
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community France’s Hollande names new PM, pledges tax cuts after poll rout Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: President Francois Hollande named centrist Interior Minister Manuel Valls as his new prime minister on Monday, replacing Jean-Marc Ayrault who quit after ruling Socialists were trounced in local French elections.…
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Phuket Gazette World News: Malaysia changes last words from missing plane, hunt goes on
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Malaysia changes last words from missing plane, hunt goes on Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: The last words from the cockpit of the missing Malaysian airliner were a standard “Good night Malaysian three seven zero”, Malaysian authorities said, changing their account of the critical last communication…
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Phuket Gazette World News: Turkish PM Erdogan wins polls, warns enemies they will pay a price
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Turkish PM Erdogan wins polls, warns enemies they will pay a price Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan declared victory in local polls that had become a referendum on his rule and said he would “enter the lair” of enemies who have…
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Phuket Gazette World News: Fresh objects seen in new Malaysia jet search area
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Fresh objects seen in new Malaysia jet search area Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Fresh objects spotted by planes searching for a missing Malaysian passenger jet in a new area of the southern Indian Ocean have again raised hopes of unravelling the three-week old mystery. Australian…
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Phuket Gazette World News: Brazilian airliner lands with no front wheels
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Brazilian plane makes emergency landing with no front wheels Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: An Avianca Airlines passenger jet safely made an emergency landing in Brasilia on Friday after its front landing gear failed to deploy, authorities said. None of the 49 passengers and crew of…
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Phuket Gazette World News: White House unveils plan to end NSA’s bulk collection of phone data
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community White House unveils plan to end NSA’s bulk collection of phone data Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: The Obama administration on Thursday announced details of its plan to end the government’s vast bulk collection of data about phone calls made in the United States, including new…
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Phuket Gazette World News: Vatican deposes German ‘bishop of bling’
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Vatican deposes German ‘bishop of bling’ Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: The Vatican removed a German bishop on Wednesday because he spent 31 million euros ($43 million) of Church funds on an extravagant residence when Pope Francis was preaching austerity. It said the atmosphere in the…
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Phuket Gazette World News: Officials say 90 people still missing in Washington mudslide
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Officials say 90 people still missing in Washington mudslide Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: The number of people missing after a landslide sent a wall of mud crashing into dozens of rural Washington state homes dropped to 90 on Wednesday, as officials reported finding more bodies…
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Phuket Gazette World News: Planes, ships race against bad weather in search for Malaysian jet debris field
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Planes, ships race to beat bad weather in search for Malaysian jet debris field Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Aircraft and ships scouring the southern Indian Ocean for wreckage of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 were racing to beat bad weather on Thursday and reach an area…
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Phuket Gazette World News: Sweden demands EU shares out asylum seekers burden
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Sweden demands EU shares out asylum seekers burden Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: With numbers of asylum seekers in Europe reaching a two-decade high, Sweden’s immigration minister said many member states were sitting on the sidelines and warned the EU needed to share out the burden…
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Phuket Gazette World News: Obama seeks allied, China support as Ukraine exits Crimea
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Obama seeks allied, China support as Ukraine exits Crimea Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: U.S. President Barack Obama sought support from European allies and China on Monday to isolate Russia over its seizure of Crimea, and Ukraine told its remaining troops to leave the region after…
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Phuket Gazette World News: Death toll from Washington state mudslide climbs to 14, scores missing
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Death toll from Washington state mudslide climbs to 14, scores missing Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: The confirmed death toll from a devastating weekend mudslide in Washington state climbed to 14 people on Monday as six more bodies were found, while scores of others remained listed…
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