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independent.co.uk The search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 will go underwateras authorities investigate the few remaining clues they have to locate the plane using an unmanned submersible vehicle.
watoday.com.au Police have converged on the Perth office of Australia's Foreign Minister Julie Bishop, where a group of Christian leaders are staging a sit-in. The group of about 12 people, most of them Christians from local churches, are protesting what they call ''cruel'' treatment of children in immigration detention centres.
Phuket Update Just one death, a woman aged 18 who was not wearing a helmet and who died in a motorcycle crash near Siam Niramit, has been recorded in the first three days of the 'Seven Days of Danger' Songkran safety campaign on Phuket. The national tally is 161 deaths, 1,640 injured.
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Today's Top News Items
Thailand Update A Thai Airways flight was forced to make an emergency landing at an airport in the capital after it encountered problems with its landing gear. Flight TG 281, heading to Samui, had to return to Suvarnabhumi International Airport and made an emergency landing, airport director Raweewan Netarakavesana said.
centreforaviation.com Thai AirAsia is planning more rapid expansion in 2014 despite the challenging market conditions in Thailand. The carrier aims to grow passenger traffic by 27pc in 2014 to 13.3 million as eight A320s are added to its fleet for a total of 43 aircraft.
cnn.com As pro-Russia protesters occupy buildings in eastern Ukraine, Kiev says it is launching a ''full scale anti-terrorist operation.''
nationmultimedia.com Deputy Prime Minister Yukhon Limlamthong has ordered the Tourism Ministry to help visitors who get cheated by travel agencies by lodging legal complaints on their behalf. About 200 domestic tourists lost money recently when they bought allegedly bogus tour packages for the Phupranang Resort and Spa in Krabi from the Phupranang Travel Agency at travel fairs.
Latest on Lost Flight MH370
news.com.au Missing Malaysia Airlines jet MH370 was ''thrown around like a fighter jet'' in the moments after it lost contact with authorities in a bid to avoid radar, an investigator has said.
cbc.ca Following four strong underwater signals in the past week, all has gone quiet in the hunt for the missing Malaysia Airlines jet, meaning the batteries in the plane's all-important black boxes may finally have died.
ANI The Royal Navy's HMS Echo, which carries sophisticated equipment for detecting underwater signals, has joined the hunt for flight recorders and black boxes from the missing Malaysian plane.
Phuket World of People
bangkokpost.com Yingluck Shinawatra sits in a similar chair as Abhisit Vejjajiva. By accident and by design, through others' manipulation and through their own follies, both have become too divisive. Neither can be prime minister without political and social upheaval.
bangkokpost.com Foreign consuls have been known to panic at times with over-the-top travel warnings. Still, if the pro-separatist gangs actually mark and then attempt to hunt down foreigners in the deep South, it will be a major turn in a struggle that has progressively become more and more a terrorist conflict.
bangkokpost.com Discount airline Thai Lion Air (TLA) has added Indonesian city Medan and Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur to its growing network from its second hub of Hat Yai.
More News from the Region and the World
telegraph.co.uk British Parliament's expenses watchdog announced it was to investigate claims that taxpayers indirectly funded a hotel suite used for a gay sex party during a Conservative Party conference. There is growing concern that sleaze is engulfing the Palace of Westminster, dubbed the ''Palace of Sexminster.''
reuters At least 16 people were killed and 500 houses destroyed over the weekend by a fire that devastated parts of the Chilean port city of Valparaiso, as authorities evacuated 10,000 people and sent in aircraft to battle the blaze.
thejakartaglobe.com Mounds of trash now stretch the entire length of the Bali's busiest tourist strip, from Uluwatu in the south through Kuta and Seminyak, all the way to Canggu to the north. Middle-school students have initiated an environmental campaign called ''Bye Bye Plastic Bag,'' or BBPB.
bbc.co.uk Female humpback whales with calves head for the shallows to avoid sexual harassment, according to a new study.
Phuket World Sports Wrap
news.com.au Bubba Watson is Masters champion for the second time. The American played some extraordinary shots - and rode a hot putter - to post a world-class three-under-par 69 to win by three shots as his rivals came and went around him.
skysports.com Liverpool took a giant stride towards the Premier League title with a thrilling 3-2 victory over Manchester City on an emotionally-charged afternoon at Anfield. Philippe Coutinho scored the winning goal after City had fought back from 2-0 down.
dailymail.co.uk Chelsea captain John Terry believes the Blues have managed to keep the pressure on their title rivals with a 1-0 victory over Swansea at the Liberty Stadium.
bbc.co.uk Atletico Madrid's charge towards a first Spanish title since 1996 shows no sign of faltering after Diego Simeone's men earned a vital 2-0 win at Getafe.
Phuket Coming Events 2014
Krabi Update The sixth Krabi Rock and Fire International Contest will be held at Railay Beach and Tonsai Bay from 21 to 23 April 2014. More than 30 teams of adventurous tourists from the world over will join the climbing. Krabi has more than 18,000 hotel rooms.
Until April 20 Phuket International Cricket, Republic Ground, Chalong
Until April 19 Phuket Bike Week
April 20-27 Phuket Pride Week
April 26 Vote for mayor in Patong, alcohol sales banned in election area from 6pm April 25 to midnight April 26
April 30 US Embassy Outreach, Le Meridien Phuket Beach Resort, 8am-noon.
May 24 Visakha Bucha Day
July 11 Arsanha Bucha Day
August 12 Queen's Birthday
September 24-October 2 Vegetarian Festival, Phuket
October 23 Chulalongkorn Memorial Day
November 6 Loy Kratong
November 14-21 Fourth Asia Beach Games, Phuket
December 5 King's Birthday
December 10 Constitution Day
December 25 Christmas Day
December 26 10th Anniversary, 2004 Tsunami
December 31 New Year's Eve
