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voanews.com Australian minister of defense David Johnston said MH370 search crews would deploy a submersible vessel when they get another ping transmission.
nationmultimedia.com Twelve workers were killed and 19 others injured when a 10-wheel truck carrying them to work in Nakhon Phanom lost control at what is considered ''a dangerous curve'' in the road in Loei province early Monday.
PhuketWATCH Daily Media Wrap
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Today's Top News Items
independent.co.uk Ukraine's President accused Moscow of trying to tear his country apart after separatist protesters stormed buildings and declared an independent republic in an eastern city not far from the border where tens of thousands of Russian troops are massing.
afp Pro-Russian activists who seized the main administration building in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk proclaimed the creation of a sovereign ''people's republic'' independent of Kiev rule.
bbc.com TV presenter Peaches Geldof, second daughter of musician Bob Geldof and the late Paula Yates, has died aged 25. Police said they were treating the death as ''unexplained''.
news.com.au A heartbroken Bob Geldof said: ''We are beyond pain. She was the wildest, funniest, cleverest, wittiest and the most bonkers of all of us.''
bernama Thailand's ruling party Pheu Thai threatened to file a lawsuit against Suthep Thaugsuban, leader of the anti-government movement, over his remarks on a plan to establish sovereignty and appoint a new Cabinet, Thai News Agency (TNA) reported.
nnt Security will be tightened all around Bangkok during the Songkran Festival, as a large number of tourists and out-of-town visitors will be arriving in the capital to partake in the festivities.
bangkokpost.com PDRC co-leader Thaworn Senneam played down chances of confrontations as a result of future red-shirt rallies, saying that it is the duty of police and soldiers to prevent any clashes.
Latest on Lost Flight MH370
bbc.com Navy divers have been searching for parts of the missing Malaysia Airlines plane in the area where a signal was picked up. The Ocean Shield ship picked up the signal twice, once for more than two hours, said Angus Houston, the retired air chief marshal leading the search.
washingtonpost.com At first glance, the news out of Australia appears to back up reports from China, where state media reported over the weekend that a Chinese vessel had also found audio pulses. But there's a problem. The two sets of signals are 300 nautical miles apart. Experts say it is unlikely they could be coming from the same origin.
ft.com Malaysians resent the way their country has been depicted as a politically corrupt backwater, technically inept and lacking in business and crisis management skills. The question for Malaysians is why, and what now?
Phuket World of People
bangkokpost.com A Thai woman has been arrested at Phuket International Airport for allegedly trying to smuggle crystal methamphetamine, or ''ice.'' worth seven million baht into Thailand from Hong Kong.
andrew-drummond.com '' Foreign criminals are not so dumb as to cheat Thais.''
bangkokpost.com The Had Yai plane sneaker told an airport official at the first checkpoint that he was a friend of the plane???s pilot and would like to see him. Nok Air employees also were lax in security. They did not inspect the passenger's ticket and ID card.
dpa A 46-year-old Italian diplomat was arrested in the Philippines on suspicion of child trafficking. Authorities detained Daniele Bosio after being tipped off by a child welfare group that he was seen alone at a popular resort in Laguna, just south of Manila, with three young boys.
straitstimes.com Acute shortages of water and medical treatment in western Burma (Myanmar) following attacks on humanitarian groups are the latest hardships imposed on Rohingya Muslims that ''could amount to crimes against humanity.'' a United Nations expert said.
reuters Tomas Ojea Quintana, the UN's Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation, urged Burma to allow the return of aid groups forced to flee attacks in Rakhine state, warning their departure threatened ''severe consequences'' for Muslims sheltering in camps from violence by majority Buddhists.
scmp.com Voters in India's remote northeast cast ballots on the first day of the world's biggest election, with the Hindu nationalist opposition heading into the polls with strong momentum on the promises of a surge in economic growth.
watoday.com.au William Shakespeare is almost without debate the greatest playwright in the English language. He was born in April, 1564, which makes April 2014 the 450th anniversary of his birth.
Phuket World Sports Wrap
Abject defending sunk Sunderland deeper into the relegation mire, accelerating their seemingly inexorable slide towards the Championship. Tottenham Hotspur 5-1 Sunderland.
goal.com Jay Rodriguez will miss this summer's World Cup as he will be out of action for six months after rupturing his anterior cruciate ligament playing for Southampton against Manchester City.
Phuket Coming Events 2014
April 6 Chakri Memorial Day
April 7 Substitute holiday for Chakri day
April 10-20 Phuket International Cricket, Republic Ground, Chalong
April 11 Phuketwan journalists Alan Morison and Chutima Sidasathian speak at IBAP, UrbanFood @Central Festival.
April 11-19 Phuket Bike Week
April 13-16 Songkran New Year Water Festival
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
