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Israel finds bodies of three missing teenagers in West Bank
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Israel finds bodies of three missing teenagers in West Bank Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: The bodies of three missing Israeli teenagers were found in the occupied West Bank on Monday and Israel vowed to punish Hamas, the Palestinian group it accuses of abducting and killing…
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Man sets himself on fire in Japan in defence protest
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Man sets himself on fire in Japan in defence protest Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: A man in Japan set himself on fire at a busy intersection in Tokyo on Sunday in an apparent protest against Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s plans to ease limits of the…
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North Korea launches two missiles, defies U.N. ban
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community North Korea launches two missiles, defies U.N. ban Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles into seas east off its coast on Sunday, South Korea’s military said, defying a U.N. ban on the isolated country testing such weapons. The launch came…
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Southeast Asia fears militant fallout as Mideast conflict widens
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Southeast Asia fears militant fallout as Mideast conflict widens Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Four gun-wielding rebel fighters sit relaxing on a wall, their faces concealed by scarves and ski masks. All are Indonesians who came to Syria to join the Islamist insurgency, the cameraman says,…
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Nigerian capital shopping district blast leaves 21 dead
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community At least 21 killed in rush-hour blast in Nigerian capital Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: At least 21 people were killed and 17 injured when an explosion tore through a crowded shopping district in the Nigerian capital Abuja during rush hour on Wednesday, a police spokesman…
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Egypt defends itself at U.N. over jailing of journalists
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Egypt defends itself at U.N. amid outcry over jailing of journalists Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Egypt defended its judicial system at the United Nations on Wednesday amid a global outcry over the jailing of Al Jazeera journalists, telling diplomats and reporters that it respects the…
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Russia’s Putin renounces right to send troops to Ukraine
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Russia’s Putin renounces right to send troops to Ukraine Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: President Vladimir Putin asked Russia’s upper house on Tuesday to repeal the right it had granted him to order a military intervention in Ukraine in defence of Russian-speakers there, the Kremlin said…
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Sudan court frees woman sentenced to death for changing faith
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Sudan court frees woman sentenced to death for changing faith Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: A 27-year-old woman who was sentenced to death in Sudan last month for converting to Christianity from Islam was freed on Monday after what the government said was “unprecedented” international pressure.…
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Polish foreign minister: ‘We gave the US a blow job’
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Polish foreign minister called ties to USA ‘worthless’ Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: A Polish news magazine said on Sunday it had obtained a secret recording of Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski, in contention for a senior European Union job, saying that Poland’s relationship with the United…
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South Korea conscript who killed five comrades continues standoff with troops
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community South Korea conscript who killed five comrades continues standoff with troops Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: A South Korean conscript soldier who killed five of his comrades in a grenade and gun attack continued a standoff on Monday with troops trying to capture him in a…
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Fighting strains Ukraine ceasefire, Putin urges dialogue
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Fighting strains Ukraine ceasefire, Putin urges dialogue Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Fighting flared between Ukrainian and pro-Moscow separatist forces, both sides reported on Sunday, further straining a unilateral ceasefire declared by Ukraine as Russian President Vladimir Putin pressed Kiev to talk to the rebels. Putin…
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Obama sends military advisers as Iraq refinery battle rages
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Obama sends U.S. military advisers to Iraq as battle rages over refinery Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: President Barack Obama said on Thursday he was sending up to 300 U.S. military advisers to Iraq but stressed the need for a political solution to the country’s crisis…
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In wake of World Cup viewer bombings, Nigeria says militants plan petrol lorry attacks on capital
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community In wake of World Cup viewer bombings, Nigeria says militants plan petrol lorry attacks on capital Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Islamist militants are planning to attack Nigeria’s capital with bombs loaded on petrol lorries, the Nigerian government said, stoking fears of a sustained push to…
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Would-be bomber causing Stockholm lock-down surrenders to police
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Would-be bomber causing Stockholm lock-down surrenders to police Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: A man who had threatened to set off explosives in the heart of Stockholm on Thursday, prompting an hours-long lockdown in the Swedish capital, finally gave himself up to police, a spokesman said.…
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Heavy rains, floods hit Bulgaria; 10 people killed
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Heavy rains, floods hit Bulgaria; 10 people killed Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Torrential rains and floods hit Bulgaria on Thursday, killing at least 10 people, cutting off electricity, blocking roads and sparking evacuations, officials said. Heavy rainfall in the Black Sea resort city of Varna…
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Iraq asks US for air support to counter rebels
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Iraq asks US for air support to counter rebels Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Iraq has asked the United States for air support in countering Sunni rebels, the top U.S. general said on Wednesday, after the militants seized major cities in a lightning advance that has…
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Rohingya camp conditions in Myanmar ‘appalling’ – U.N. official
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Rohingya camp conditions in Myanmar ‘appalling’ – U.N. official Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: A senior U.N. aid official said on Tuesday she had witnessed a level of human suffering never seen before in camps for some 140,000 stateless Muslim Rohingya in Myanmar’s Rakhine state, displaced…
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After years of pressure, Japan bans possession of child porn
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community After years of pressure, Japan bans possession of child porn Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Japan’s parliament voted on Wednesday to outlaw possession of child pornography after years of international calls for a crackdown, but avoided a clampdown on sexually explicit manga comics and animation depicting…
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Syria air strike kills 20 in refugee camp
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Syria bombing kills 20 in refugee camp near Jordan border -activists Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Syrian army helicopters bombed a refugee camp along the Jordanian border on Wednesday, killing at least 20 people, mostly children and women, residents and opposition activists said. They said the…
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Former Turkish president Evren sentenced to life for staging 1980 coup
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Former Turkish president Evren sentenced to life for staging 1980 coup Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: General Kenan Evren, 96, who came to symbolise the “Pasha” officer class that dominated Turkish politics over decades, was sentenced to life in jail on Wednesday for leading a 1980…
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China scolds Vietnam for ‘hyping up’ South China Sea oil rig row
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community China scolds Vietnam for ‘hyping up’ South China Sea oil rig row Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: China’s top diplomat scolded Vietnamese officials during talks in Hanoi on Wednesday for “hyping up” a row over a Chinese oil rig drilling in disputed waters in the South…
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Putin, Poroshenko discuss possible ceasefire in east Ukraine
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Putin, Poroshenko discuss possible ceasefire in east Ukraine Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart, Petro Poroshenko, discussed a possible ceasefire in eastern Ukraine and the deaths of two Russian journalists there in a late night telephone conversation, the Kremlin…
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Migrant boat sinks off Malaysia, 42 missing
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Overloaded boat sinks off Malaysia, 42 Indonesians missing Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: An overloaded wooden boat carrying 97 suspected illegal Indonesian immigrants sank off Malaysia’s western coast early today, with rescuers searching for at least 42 missing people, Malaysian officials said. The passengers included women…
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U.S. captures suspected leader of 2012 Benghazi attack
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community U.S. captures suspected ringleader of 2012 attack in Benghazi Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: The United States said on Tuesday it had captured a suspected ringleader of the 2012 attack on the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, a raid that killed four Americans including the…
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Pakistan resumes air strikes on volatile border region
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Pakistan resumes air strikes to flush insurgents from volatile border Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Pakistani fighter jets resumed air strikes in North Waziristan on Monday, a day after the army announced the start of a major military operation to flush insurgents out of the volatile…
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Iraq rebels seize Northwest town in heavy battle
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Iraq rebels seize Northwest town in heavy battle Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Sunni insurgents seized a mainly ethnic Turkmen city in northwestern Iraq on Sunday after heavy fighting, solidifying their grip on the north after a lightning offensive that threatens to dismember Iraq. Residents reached…
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Colombia’s Santos wins re-election, to push on with peace talks
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Colombia’s Santos wins re-election, to push on with peace talks Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos won a second term on Sunday with an election victory that allows him to continue peace talks with Marxist guerrillas to end a half-century war. Santos…
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South African union holds mass meeting in deadlocked platinum strike
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community South African union holds mass meeting in deadlocked platinum strike Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: The leader of South Africa’s AMCU mining union is due to meet with its members this week to update them on the progress of wage talks with platinum producers after negotiations…
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Russia to submit draft UN resolution on Ukraine
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Russia to submit draft UN resolution on Ukraine Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Russia plans to submit a draft resolution to the U.N. Security Council to put pressure on Ukraine to implement a “road map” to peace, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov was quoted as saying on…
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Iraq Kurds seize Kirkuk; Sunni militants surge toward Baghdad
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Iraq Kurds seize Kirkuk; Sunni militants surge toward Baghdad Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Iraqi Kurds seized control of the northern oil city of Kirkuk on Thursday, while surging Sunni Islamist rebels advanced towards Baghdad, as the central government’s army abandoned its posts in a rapid…
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