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Greek leftist leader Tsipras claims victory over austerity
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Greek leftist leader Tsipras claims victory over austerity Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Greek leftist leader Alexis Tsipras promised on Sunday that five years of austerity, “humiliation and suffering” imposed by international creditors were over after his Syriza party swept to victory in a snap election…
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New York braces for ‘biggest blizzard in its history’
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community New York braces for ‘biggest blizzard in its history’ Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: A swath of the US east coast from Philadelphia to New York City to Maine was bracing for a potentially historic blizzard on Monday expected to dump as much as 3 feet…
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ISIS deadline on Japanese captives passes with no word on fate
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community ISIS deadline on Japanese captives passes with no word on fate Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Japan said on Friday it was still trying to secure the release of two Japanese hostages held by Islamic State militants after a deadline to pay ransom for their release…
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Oil prices jump after Saudi king’s death
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Oil prices jump after Saudi king’s death Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Oil prices jumped in early Asian trading on Friday as news of the death of Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah added to uncertainty in energy markets already facing some of the biggest shifts in decades.…
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No evidence so far of terrorism in AirAsia crash
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community No evidence so far of terrorism in AirAsia crash Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Indonesian investigators said on Monday they had not found any evidence so far that terrorism was involved in the crash of an AirAsia passenger jet last month that killed all 162 people…
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Argentine prosecutor who accused Fernandez of Iran plot found dead
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Argentine prosecutor who accused Fernandez of Iran plot found dead Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: An Argentine prosecutor whoaccused President Cristina Fernandez of orchestrating a cover-upin the investigation of Iran over the 1994 bombing of a Jewishcommunity center was found dead in his apartment, authoritiessaid on…
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Australia foreshadows diplomatic action if Indonesia executes ‘Bali 9’ pair
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Australia foreshadows diplomatic action if Indonesia executes ‘Bali 9’ pair Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Australia could recall its ambassador to Indonesia if Jakarta executes two Australian citizens convicted of drug trafficking, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said on Monday, further straining fragile relations between the two…
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Belgian police kill two in raid, foil imminent Islamist attacks
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Belgian police kill two in raid, foil imminent Islamist attacks Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Belgian police killed two men who opened fire on them during one of about a dozen raids on Thursday against an Islamist group that federal prosecutors said was about to launch…
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Divers retrieve AirAsia ‘black box’, explosion theory questioned
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Divers retrieve AirAsia ‘black box’, explosion theory questioned Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Indonesian navy divers retrieved the black box flight data recorder from the wreck of an AirAsia passenger jet on Monday, a major step towards unravelling the cause of the crash that killed all…
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Millions, world leaders, join Paris protest against attacks
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Millions, world leaders, march in Paris to protest attacks Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: World leaders including Muslim and Jewish statesmen linked arms to lead more than a million French citizens through Paris in an unprecedented march to pay tribute to victims of Islamist militant attacks.…
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Armed French gendarmes swoop on villages in manhunt for newspaper attackers
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Armed French gendarmes swoop on villages in manhunt for newspaper attackers Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Armed and masked anti-terrorism police swooped on woodland villages northeast of Paris on Thursday in a manhunt for two brothers suspected of being the Islamist gunmen who killed 12 people…
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Police hunt three Frenchmen after 12 killed in Paris attack
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Police hunt three Frenchmen after 12 killed in Paris attack Reuters / Phuket Gazette PARIS: Police are hunting three French nationals, including two brothers from the Paris region, after suspected Islamist gunmen killed 12 people at a satirical magazine on Wednesday, a police official and government…
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AirAsia crash: Search teams may have found black boxes
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community AirAsia crash: Search teams may have found black boxes Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET:An Indonesian naval patrol vessel has found what could be the tail of a crashed AirAsia passenger jet, the section where the crucial black box voice and flight data recorders are located, officials…
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Weather frustrates divers as more AirAsia wreckage found
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Weather frustrates divers as more AirAsia wreckage found Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Bad weather forced divers trying to identify sunken wreckage from a crashed AirAsia passenger jet to abort their mission on Sunday and Indonesian officials said they had not yet picked up any signals…
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UK’s Prince Andrew steps up denial of underage sex
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community UK’s Prince Andrew steps up denial of underage sex Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Buckingham Palace stepped up its denial that Prince Andrew had sex with an underage girl introduced to him by a disgraced U.S. financier, and named the alleged victim whose anonymity was preserved…
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Search teams battle rough weather in hunt for AirAsia wreck
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Search teams battle rough weather in hunt for AirAsia wreck Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Ships and aircraft criss-crossed the seas off Borneo on Friday hunting for the wreck of an Indonesia AirAsia passenger jet, but bad weather again hindered the search for the plane and…
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New Year’s Eve stampede kills 35 on Shanghai’s Bund tourist strip
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community New Year’s Eve stampede kills 35 on Shanghai’s Bund tourist strip Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: A stampede killed at least 35 people during New Year’s Eve celebrations in Shanghai, authorities said, possibly caused by people rushing to pick up fake money thrown from a building…
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Divers set to search for AirAsia wreckage after debris, bodies found
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Divers set to search for AirAsia wreckage after debris, bodies found Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Divers and ships will search for the wreckage and the all important black boxes of a doomed AirAsia plane on Wednesday after Indonesian rescuers found several bodies and debris floating…
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Bodies, debris from missing AirAsia plane pulled from sea off Indonesia
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Bodies, debris from missing AirAsia plane pulled from sea off Indonesia Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Indonesian rescuers searching for a missing AirAsia plane carrying 162 people pulled bodies and wreckage from the sea off the coast of Borneo on Tuesday as relatives of those on…
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Indonesia expands search for missing AirAsia jet, US sends warship
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Indonesia expands search for missing AirAsia jet, US sends warship Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Countries around Asia on Tuesday stepped up the search for an AirAsia plane carrying 162 people that is presumed to have crashed in shallow waters off the Indonesian coast, with Washington…
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Search for AirAsia plane turns to Java Sea, relatives wait
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Search for AirAsia plane turns to Java Sea, relatives wait Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Indonesia searched the Java Sea on Monday for an AirAsia plane carrying 162 people that went missing after its pilot failed to gain permission to alter course to avoid a storm…
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Singapore scrambles air force in search for missing AirAsia plane
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Singapore scrambles air force in search for missing AirAsia plane Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Singapore said on Sunday it has activated its air force and navy to help in the search and rescue operation for the AirAsia jet that went missing on a flight from…
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AirAsia flight to Singapore ‘disappears’
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community AirAsia flight to Singapore ‘disappears’ Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: An AirAsia flight from the Indonesian city of Surabaya to Singapore lost contact with air traffic control on Sunday, Indonesian media said, citing a Transport Ministry official. Transport Ministry official Hadi Mustofa said the aircraft, flight…
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In plot reversal, Sony releases ‘The Interview’
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community In plot reversal, Sony sends ‘The Interview’ to 200 theaters Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Sony Pictures will allow “The Interview” to play in more than 200 U.S. theaters as of Christmas Day, reversing its decision to pull the film, after coming under criticism from President…
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China arrests 30,000 in porn, gambling crackdown
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community China arrests 30,000 in porn, gambling crackdown Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: China has detained over 30,000 people during a two-month clamp down on pornography andgambling, state news agency Xinhua reported on Sunday. In the latest arrests, police in the southern province of Guangdong arrested 3,014…
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Cuba’s Castro hails new era of ‘living together’ with U.S.
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Cuba’s Castro hails new era of ‘living together’ with U.S. Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Cuban President Raul Castro hailed a landmark exchange of prisoners with the United States on Wednesday and praised U.S. President Barack Obama as the two countries agreed to normalize relations after…
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Taliban slay 132 students in Pakistan school massacre
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Taliban slay 132 students in Pakistan school massacre Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: At least 132 students and nine staff members were killed on Tuesday when Taliban gunmen broke into a school in the Pakistani city of Peshawar and opened fire, witnesses said, in the bloodiest…
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Police storm Sydney cafe to end hostage siege, three dead
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Police storm Sydney cafe to end hostage siege, three dead Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Heavily armed Australian police stormed a Sydney cafe early on Tuesday morning and freed terrified hostages being held there at gunpoint, in a dramatic end to a 16-hour siege in which…
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Sydney siege man says bombs planted in the cafe and city
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Sydney siege man says bombs planted in the cafe and city The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: A man holding hostages in a Sydney cafe Monday has demanded that a flag of the Islamic State group be delivered to him and warned that four bombs have…
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Hostages held in Sydney cafe, Islamic flag seen in window – local TV
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Hostages held in Sydney cafe, Islamic flag seen in window – local TV Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Hostages were being held inside a central Sydney cafe where a black flag with white Arabic writing could be seen in the window, local television showed on Monday,…
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