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World News: Turkey to ask for Patriot missiles; Britian hardens stance on Syria
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Turkey to ask NATO for Patriot missiles – report Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Turkey will imminently lodge an official request with NATO asking the military alliance to deploy Patriot missiles along its border with Syria to guard against violence spilling over, a senior Turkish foreign…
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Breaking News: Myanmar drug smugglers sentenced to death for murder of Chinese on the Mekong
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community China sentences four to death for murders on the MekongPhuket Gazette / ReutersPHUKET: A court in southwestern China today sentenced a Myanmar drug smuggler and three members of his gang to death for murdering 13 Chinese sailors on the Mekong River in a case marking China’s growing…
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World News: All eyes on Ohio in frantic final day of campaigning
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Obama, Romney focus on swing states in late campaigning Phuket Gazette / ReutersPHUKET: President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney engaged in frantic get-out-the-vote efforts and made final pleas to voters in a sprint through battleground states that will determine who wins their agonizingly close White…
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World News: Heartbeat could power pacemakers
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Experimental device lets heartbeat, not battery, power pacemakers Phuket Gazette / News WiresPHUKET: An experimental device that converts energy from a beating heart could provide enough electricity to power a pacemaker, eliminating the need for expensive surgeries to replace pacemakers with depleted batteries, according to results from…
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World News: Housing crisis for victims of Hurricane Sandy
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community US storm victims face housing crisis as cold snap hits Phuket Gazette / Reuters PHUKET: A housing crisis loomed in New York City as victims of superstorm Sandy struggled without heat in near-freezing temperatures yesterday and nearly 1 million people in neighboring New Jersey shivered in…
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World News: Colin Duffy arrested over prison officer’s murder
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Prominent Irish nationalist arrested over Northern Ireland shooting Reuters PHUKET: An Irish nationalist acquitted earlier this year of the murder of two British soldiers in Northern Ireland was arrested yesterday in connection with the fatal shooting of a prison officer, a security source said. The murder…
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World News: Freddie Starr arrested in Savile sex scandal
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community British police arrest second celebrity in Savile sex scandal Phuket Gazette / News Wires PHUKET: British police on Thursday arrested well-known comedian Freddie Starr in connection with an investigation into allegations that the late BBC entertainer Jimmy Savile and others were involved in the sexual abuse of…
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World News: New York marathon canceled
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community New York cancels Sunday marathon in wake of deadly storm Reuters PHUKET: New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg abruptly reversed course and canceled Sunday’s marathon, a beloved annual race that had become a lightning rod for people frustrated by the disastrous aftermath of megastorm Sandy. The…
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US$245mn approved for Myanmar from World Bank
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community World Bank earmarks US$245 million for Myanmar, outlines 18-month work plan ReutersPHUKET: The World Bank yesterday earmarked US$245 million in credit and grant funding for Myanmar under an 18-month work plan, the first lending to the southeast Asian nation in 25 years and another sign the country…
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World News: CIA deny calls for help rejected during Benghazi attacks
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community CIA officials in Libya made key decisions during Benghazi attacks Reuters PHUKET: CIA officials on the ground in Libya dispatched security forces to the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi within 25 minutes and made other key decisions about how to respond to the waves of attacks…
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UN says Myanmar must protect Rohingya minority Muslims
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Myanmar must protect Muslims and halt discrimination, U.N. says ReutersPhuket: U.N. human rights investigators called on Myanmar yesterday to halt deadly sectarian violence and warned it not to use the conflict as a pretext to remove Rohingya minority Muslims. Some 89 people have been killed in…
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World News: Obama edges into the lead in U.S. presidential race
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Race tight in 4 states, Obama holds slight edge Reuters President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney are neck and neck in four of the most hotly contested states in next week’s election, but Obama holds a slight advantage in two of them, according to a…
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World News: Myanmar’s volatile Rakhine region gripped by fear
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Fear, mistrust grip Myanmar’s volatile Rakhine region Reuters / Gazette EditorsPHUKET: As security forces police the edgy aftermath of sectarian bloodshed in western Myanmar, fearful Buddhists and Muslims are arming themselves with homemade weapons, testing the government’s resolve to prevent a new wave of violence.Despite government claims…
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World News: Mother claims child abduction to get faster police response
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Mother falsely claims child abduction to get faster police response Phuket Gazette / News WiresPHUKET: A Maryland mother was arrested and charged after she falsely claimed her three children were abducted, in hopes of obtaining a faster police response to investigate the theft of her car near…
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World News: “Frankenstorm” hits New Jersey; Campaign events cancelled
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Massive storm Sandy crashes ashore in New Jersey PHUKET: Sandy, one of the biggest storms ever to hit the United States, roared ashore with fierce winds and heavy rain earlier this morning (Phuket time) near the gambling resort of Atlantic City, New Jersey, after forcing evacuations, shutting…
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U.S. Election campaign heats up in eye of the storm
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international communityPHUKET: President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney campaigned feverishly in closely contested battleground states yesterday but changed travel plans to avoid Hurricane Sandy, the massive storm approaching the U.S. East Coast. With just 10 days before Election Day and polls showing the national race a dead…
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World News: Young elephant crushes keeper at Sydney zoo
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Australian zookeeper crushed by young elephant at Sydney zoo Phuket Gazette / News WiresPHUKET: An Australian zookeeper remains in critical, but stable, condition in a Sydney hospital after a young male elephant she had cared for suddenly crushed her during a routine training session. The incident happened…
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World News: Presses to stop at Newsweek as publication goes digital-only
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Newsweek to end print publication after nearly 80 years Phuket Gazette / News WiresPHUKET: Newsweek, one of the largest weekly news magazines in the United States, yesterday announced it plans to end its print publication after nearly 80 years and transition to an all-digital format. The last…
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World News: EU imposes Syrian flight ban, arms embargo and asset freeze
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community European Union bans Syrian flights from its airports Phuket Gazette / News Wires PHUKET: Passenger and cargo flights operated by Syrian airlines will no longer be allowed to land at airports in the European Union (EU) under new sanctions adopted Monday to further increase pressure on…
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World News: Independence referendum for Scots, Obama leads – just; Gunmen murder 24
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Britain, Scotland sign deal for independence referendum Phuket Gazette / News Wires PHUKET: British Prime Minister David Cameron and Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond yesterday signed a historic agreement which will allow the Scottish government to hold a referendum to decide whether Scotland should break away…
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World News: British teacher Jeremy Forrest extradited on child abduction charges
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community British teacher who ran away with student extradited from France Phuket Gazette / News Wires PHUKET: A 30-year-old British teacher who was arrested in southwestern France last month was extradited to the United Kingdom yesterday and charged with child abduction after running away with a 15-year-old…
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World News: NATO pledges ‘solidarity’ for Turkey
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community NATO warns alliance is ready to defend Turkey if necessary Phuket Gazette / News Wires PHUKET: NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen yesterday called on all parties in the region to avoid an escalation of tensions along the Syria-Turkey border, warning that the military alliance is…
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World News: Cameron joins Twitter promising not to tweet too much
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community UK Prime Minister David Cameron joins Twitter Phuket Gazette / News Wires PHUKET: After famously criticizing Twitter during a radio interview three years ago, British Prime Minister David Cameron on Saturday evening joined the social networking website, instantly attracting tens of thousands of followers from around…
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World News: Black hole detected in Milky Way
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community NASA satellite detects previously unknown black hole in Milky Way Phuket Gazette / News Wires PHUKET: NASA on Friday announced that its Swift satellite recently detected the presence of a previously unknown stellar-mass black hole. A rising tide of high-energy X-rays from a source toward the…
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World News: Biplane crash kills 6 in Australia
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community 6 confirmed dead after vintage plane wreck found in Australia Phuket Gazette / News WiresPHUKET: All six people on board a vintage 1930s biplane which went missing over a huge stretch of bushland this week were confirmed dead yesterday after the wreckage was found in a forest…
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World News: WWII plane crash victims finally found
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community U.S. identifies remains of 7 Marines missing from WWII plane crash Phuket Gazette / News WiresPHUKET: The remains of seven U.S. service members who went missing when their military aircraft crashed on an island in Vanuatu during World War II have been identified and returned to their…
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World News: Hong Kong ferry disaster – 38 now confirmed dead
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community 38 dead, 101 injured after boats collide near Hong Kong Phuket Gazette / News WiresPHUKET: A tug boat and a ferry collided off the coast of Lamma Island in Hong Kong on Monday evening, killing 38 people and injuring more than 100 others, local authorities said yesterday.…
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Sacked worker kills self and 5 colleagues in revenge attack
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international communityGunman kills 5 at Minnesota workplace before shooting selfPhuket Gazette / News WiresPHUKET: A gunman opened fire in the state of Minnesota killing four people before fatally shooting himself, local authorities said on Friday.The incident occurred on Thursday afternoon at around 4:30 pm local time at Accent Signage…
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World News: Schoolgirl runaway believed to be in France
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community British girl, 15, thought to have run away to France with teacher Phuket Gazette / News Wires PHUKET: A 15-year-old British girl is believed to have run away to France with her 30-year-old math teacher, police said yesterday as her parents made an emotional appeal. The…
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World News: 11 now confirmed dead in avalanche
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Climbers’ death toll in Nepal avalanche reaches 11 Phuket Gazette / News WiresPHUKET: The death toll has reached eleven while a number of others remain missing after a group of foreign and national climbers were buried under an avalanche in Nepal, local authorities said.The avalanche occurred on…
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