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Phuket Gazette World News: Dozens dead in new migrant boat sinking off Sicily; US inches toward debt deal; Kenya mall attack suspect charged
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Dozens killed in new migrant shipwreck south of Sicily Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Dozens of people died on Friday when a boat carrying around 250 migrants capsized between Sicily and Tunisia, in the second such shipwreck this month, the Italian coastguard said. The Italian news…
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Phuket Gazette World News: US credit default talks begin; West eyes modernizing nukes; German bishop scandal goes to Pope
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Western powers talk nuclear disarmament, upgrade what’s left Reuters / Phuket GazettePHUKET: The world’s stockpile of nuclear weapons is a quarter of the size it was at its Cold War peak in the 1980s – but the United States, Russia, China, France and Britain are all considering…
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Phuket Gazette World News: Caribbean Cocaine Cowboys on the rise; US slashes Egypt aid; Nigeria raids suicide vest factory; Landslide win in Azerbaijan election
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Caribbean drug trade rises under new generation of ‘Cocaine Cowboys’ Reuters / Phuket GazettePHUKET: The Caribbean is becoming a hot spot again for drug smuggling into the United States as a new generation of “Cocaine Cowboys” plows the seas in fast boats in search of easy entry…
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Phuket Gazette World News: Higgs boson, key to the universe, wins Nobel physics prize
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Higgs boson, key to the universe, wins Nobel physics prize Reuters / Phuket GazettePHUKET: Britain’s Peter Higgs and Francois Englert of Belgium won the Nobel Prize for physics on Tuesday for predicting the existence of the Higgs boson particle that explains how elementary matter attained the mass…
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Phuket Gazette World News: Cell traffic and disease research wins Nobel Prize; World Bank to slash budget; Argentina’s Fernandez to undergo brain surgery
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Work on ‘cell traffic’ and disease wins Nobel prize Reuters / Phuket GazettePHUKET: Three U.S.-based scientists won the Nobel medicine prize on Monday for plotting how vital materials such as hormones and brain chemicals are transported within cells and secreted to act on the body, giving insight…
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Phuket Gazette World News: Cameron in battle over EU referendum
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international communityPHUKET: British Prime Minister David Cameron’s control over his own party looks set to be challenged after a rebel lawmaker on Sunday launched a campaign to bring forward a planned referendum on European Union membership to next year.The move sets up a parliamentary showdown between rival factions of…
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Phuket Gazette World News: 51 dead in clashes across Egypt, more protests called
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international communityPHUKET: At least 51 people were killed in clashes in Egyptian cities on Sunday, security sources said, after opponents and supporters of deposed president Mohamad Mursi took to the streets in one of the bloodiest days since the army seized power.In a sign of more possible violence to…
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Phuket Gazette World News: Destruction of Syrian chemical weapons begins
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international communityPHUKET: International experts began overseeing the destruction of Syria’s chemical weapons arsenal on Sunday, said an official from the mission that has averted a U.S. strike but could rob President Bashar al-Assad of his most feared weapon.The process is being conducted amid a civil war in which 120,000…
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Phuket Gazette World News: Obama’s no-show raises questions in Asia; Assad to pay price; Red Napoleon dies at 102; Search postponed for survivors in Sicilian wreck
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Obama cancels Asia tour over shutdown; raises questions on U.S. pivot Reuters / Phuket GazettePHUKET: President Barack Obama called off plans to visit Asia and attend two summits because of the U.S. government shutdown, raising questions about the strategic “pivot” to the region that he announced just…
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Phuket Gazette World News: Woman shot dead in White House death drive; Italy migrant boat disaster beyond 300; Europeans burned alive for organ trafficking
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Driver shot dead in car chase near U.S. Capitol Reuters / Phuket GazettePHUKET: A dramatic car chase through the streets of Washington from near the White House to the U.S. Capitol ended in gunfire on Thursday when law enforcement officers shot and killed the driver as lawmakers…
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Phuket Gazette World News: US shutdown with no end in sight
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community In first day of U.S. shutdown, no end in sight Reuters / Phuket GazettePHUKET: President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans came no closer to ending a standoff yesterday that has forced the first government shutdown in 17 years and thrown hundreds of thousands of federal employees out…
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Phuket Gazette World News: Berlusconi plunges Italy into chaos; Air strike on Syrian school; US faces Fed Govt shutdown; Nigerian massacre; Space FalconX launches
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Italian politics in crisis after Berlusconi pulls support Reuters / Phuket GazettePHUKET: Silvio Berlusconi’s bid to push Italy into new elections faces a test on Monday when he meets lawmakers from his centre-right party who have shown growing unease over his shock decision to pull support from…
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Phuket Gazette World News: UN makes Syria deal; Kenya says White Widow not wanted for mall seige; Pakistan gets new island; Human remains found on salvaged cruise liner
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community U.N. council agrees on Syria chemical arms measure Reuters / Phuket GazettePHUKET: Ending weeks of diplomatic deadlock, the United States and Russia reached an agreement on Thursday on a draft U.N. Security Council resolution aimed at ridding Syria of its chemical weapons arsenal.Samantha Power, the U.S. ambassador…
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Phuket Gazette World News: No more Greece bailouts; 7.0 quake strikes Peru; Allies probe Kenya mall attack; Hacker mercenaries in Asia
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Peru to rescue copper miners after 7.0 quake Reuters / Phuket GazettePHUKET: Authorities in Peru rushed to rescue miners reportedly trapped in copper pits on Wednesday after an earthquake shook the coast – causing landslides, injuries and possibly deaths in rural provinces, local officials said.Officials in the…
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Phuket Gazette World News: Shopping mall siege leaves at least 67 dead; American jailed for 10 years in Bahrain; Mexican storm death toll 130
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Kenyan mall siege over but death toll unclear Reuters / Phuket GazettePHUKET: As Kenya began three days of mourning on Wednesday for at least 67 people killed in the siege of a Nairobi mall, it was unclear how many more hostages may have died with the Somali…
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Phuket Gazette World News: Hostages freed in Kenyan mall seige; Merkel looks to rivals; Greek rapper killing puts heat on police
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Kenya says all hostages freed in al Shabaab mall siege Reuters / Phuket GazettePHUKET: Kenya said its security forces had taken control of the Nairobi shopping mall where Islamist fighters killed at least 62 people, and that police were doing a final sweep of shops early Tuesday…
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Phuket Gazette World News: Merkel wins German election; 1.3 tonnes of cocaine on Air France flight in Paris; Bo Xilai found guilty
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Venezuela arrests three soldiers over 1.3-tonne Air France cocaine haul Reuters / Phuket GazettePHUKET: Venezuela has arrested three National Guard officials for alleged involvement in smuggling 1.3 tonnes of cocaine on an Air France flight from Caracas to Paris, the South American nation’s public prosecutor’s office said…
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Phuket Gazette World News: Deputy bishop deposed over sex abuse claims; 3yo hit in Chicago shootout; German election race tightens; Syria reveals chemical arsenal
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Vatican removes deputy bishop in Peru after sex abuse allegations Reuters / Phuket GazettePHUKET: The Vatican, under Pope Francis’ “zero-tolerance” policy for paedophile priests, removed an auxiliary bishop from his post in a Peruvian province because of allegations he sexually abused children, a bishop said on Friday.Luis…
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Phuket Gazette World News: Putin warns Ukraine over Euro ideals; Germany polls draw near; Grand Theft Auto sales US$800mn in a day; iPhone 5 hack attack; Saudi ponders women drivers
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Putin warns Ukraine over Europe ambitions Reuters / Phuket GazettePHUKET: Russian President Vladimir Putin warned Ukraine on Thursday he would retaliate with protectionist measures if it signed a landmark trade deal with the European Union and suggested Kiev enter instead into a Russian-led customs union.A day after…
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Phuket Gazette World News: Iran to swear off nuclear; Mexico storm looting spree; Heartbroken mom of DC shooter apologizes
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Rouhani says Iran willing to forswear nuclear arms Reuters / Phuket GazettePHUKET: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani vowed on Wednesday that his government would never develop nuclear weapons, his strongest signal yet that he may be seeking a diplomatic thaw with the West after decades of acrimony.In an…
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Phuket Gazette World News: Cambodia police unleash teargas on protesters; Assad Victory; Colorado death toll climbs; Sudan sinks in fear
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Cambodian police unleash teargas, water cannons on poll protesters Reuters / Phuket GazettePHUKET: Police fired teargas and water cannons to disperse hundreds of demonstrators who had rallied in Cambodia’s capital on Sunday to push for an independent investigation into a July election they say was fixed to…
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Breaking World News: Death sentences for Indian gang rapists
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Four guilty of Delhi gang rape sentenced to death Reuters / Phuket GazettePHUKET: All four men convicted of raping and murdering a 23-year-old woman in Delhi were sentenced to death today, nine months after a crime whose savagery triggered furious protests across India and rare national debate…
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Phuket Gazette World News: Syria now chemical free; India rape trial; Philippine seige spreads; Ex-CIA seeks pardon in Italy
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Syria says now full member of chemical arms pact, doubts persist Reuters / Phuket GazettePHUKET: Syria became a full member of the global anti-chemical weapons treaty on Thursday, the country’s U.N. envoy said, a move that the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad had promised as part…
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Phuket Gazette World News: Syria war crimes toll mounts; Myanmar bans anti-Muslim sect; N Korea restarts reactor; Obama observes 9/11
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community UN tallies Syrian war crimes massacres Reuters / Phuket GazettePHUKET: U.N. rights investigators have established that Syrian government forces were almost certainly responsible for two massacres last May in which up to 450 civilians were killed, a report published on Wednesday said.The report documented eight mass killings…
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Phuket Gazette World News: Aussies go to the polls; Obama rallies G20 support for Syria strikes; Iran wishes Israel Happy New Year
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Obama says most G20 leaders agree Assad behind chemical attack Reuters / Phuket GazettePHUKET: Eleven nations condemned the August 21 chemical weapons attack in Syria on Friday and called for a strong international response, according to a statement issued by the White House.“The evidence clearly points to…
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Phuket Gazette World News: Putin, Obama at odds over Syria; Rwanda drawn into Congo crossfire; Merkel app gives face time
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community World leaders pressure Obama over Syria at G20 summit Reuters / Phuket GazettePHUKET: U.S. President Barack Obama faced growing pressure from Russia’s Vladimir Putin and other world leaders on Thursday to decide against launching military strikes in Syria, which many of them fear would hurt the global…
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Phuket Gazette World News: US strike on Syria passes Senate; Aus election looms; Castro is dead
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community U.S. resolution on Syria strike passes first hurdle in Senate Reuters / Phuket GazettePHUKET: U.S. President Barack Obama’s effort to win legislative backing for military strikes against Syria passed its first hurdle on Wednesday when a Senate committee voted in favour, but the narrow margin of victory…
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Phuket Gazette World News: Fukushima radiation spikes; Nazi trial; Rodman returns to N Korea; Suez ship attacks; 64yo makes Cuba-Florida swim
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community High radiation spreads at ruined Fukushima plant, Japan vows aid Reuters / Phuket GazettePHUKET: High radiation levels are spreading at the ruined Fukushima nuclear plant, its operator said on Monday, and the Japanese government prepared to offer more funding and oversight to try to contain the crisis.Japanese…
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Phuket Gazette World News: West preps for Syria strike; Mexico’s drug war scaled down; US seeks release of missionary jailed in N Korea; Bishop of Hong Kong warns of violence
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community U.S., allies prepare for probable strike on Syria Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: The United States and its allies geared up for a probable military strike against Syria yesterday that could come within days and would be the most aggressive action by Western powers in the…
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Phuket Gazette World News: Kerry – Syrian chemical weapon use undeniable; Indian Govt criticised over rape cases; Homeless man crushed in Ireland
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Kerry: Use of chemical weapon in Syria ‘undeniable’ Reuters / Phuket GazettePHUKET: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said yesterday that the evidence of a massive deadly chemical attack last week was “undeniable” and accused the Syrian government of trying to cover it up, signalling the United…
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