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bbc.com A Chinese ship searching for the missing Malaysia Airlines plane has detected a pulse signal for a second time, Australian coordinators say.
smh.com.au Aircraft and ships are being diverted to the southern end of the Indian Ocean search region for missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 in a bid to verify reports of potential black box signals.
nnt Bangkok is the best-value tourism city for the Songkran holidays, according to TripAdvisor. Phuket is the city with the highest spending at 5154 baht a day on average.
bbc.com Afghan and Western leaders have praised the turnout in Afghanistan's presidential election, describing the vote as a success. It is the strife-torn nation's first transfer of power via the ballot box.
PhuketWATCH Daily Media Wrap
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bbc.co.uk Leaders of Thailand's pro-government movement have warned that any attempt to oust Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra could trigger a civil war. They issued the warning at a rally outside Bangkok - the first staged by the ''red shirt'' movement near the capital since since violent clashes broke out in November.
voanews.com Supporters of Thailand's caretaker prime minister have begun a three-day rally on the outskirts of the capital. The turnout will be a key indicator of the level of popular support for the beleaguered government, which has been the target of demonstrations for months.
bangkokpost.com The People's Democratic Reform Council (PDRC) says it will use whichever adverse ruling comes first as its cue to launch a ''final war'' to oust caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. Speaking after a meeting of PDRC representatives from all 77 provinces and residents of seven foreign countries at Lumpini Park, leader Suthep Thaugsuban said the next mass gathering would last at least 15 days.
nationmultimedia.com Thailand's entire legal system should be revamped as its corruption problems have links to international crime networks and the laws limit the ability to eradicate graft, National Anti-Corruption Commission member Vicha Mahakun said. He said the problems are so severe that they could affect the country's survival.
Latest on Lost Flight MH370
bloomberg A Chinese patrol ship detected a pulse signal with a frequency of 37.5 kilohertz while searching in the southern Indian Ocean and hasn't established whether it's from the jet, the official Xinhua News Agency reported. Underwater locator beacons transmit at that frequency.
telegraph.co.uk It was the moment that the crew of the Haixun 01, a 430ft Chinese patrol and survey ship, had long been hoping for.
reuters Dozens of ships and planes from 26 countries are racing to find the black box recorders before their batteries run out. Up to 10 military planes, three civilian jets and 11 ships are scouring a 217,000-sq-km patch of desolate ocean some 1700 kilometres northwest of Perth, Australia, near where investigators believe the Boeing went down.
AP There are many clicks, buzzes and other sounds in the ocean from animals, but the 37.5 kilohertz pulse was selected for underwater locator beacons on black boxes because there is nothing else in the sea that would naturally make that sound, said William Waldock, an expert on search and rescue who teaches accident investigation at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Prescott, Arizona.
heraldsun.com.au There's nothing amusing about the loss of 239 missing souls. But there's black humor in an investigation for which there can never be physical evidence. Food caterers have been interviewed at length, apparently. Stand by for a solemn announcement that salmonella at 37,000 feet cannot be ruled in - or out.
news.malaysia.msn.com Authorities still have no idea how or why the plane vanished, and warn that unless the black box is found, the mystery may never be solved. The search for the Malaysian plane is the longest in modern passenger-airline history.
wsj.com One month after Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappeared on a seemingly routine journey to Beijing, the company's chief executive said the mystery over what happened to the plane has hurt sales.
Phuket World of People
dvb.no More than 100 illegal immigrants and three members of a human trafficking gang have been rounded up by Thailand's Tak immigration police. Each Burmese paid 13,000-15,000 baht to to be smuggled to Thailand to find work.
bangkokpost.com Thailand is facing its worst drought in eight years as the dry spell continues in the country's upper regions, a senior Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives officer has warned.
AP A passenger train hit mounds of mud triggered by a landslide and derailed in central Indonesia, killing at least three people and injuring seven, an official said.
Phuket World Sports Wrap
independent.co.uk A week after Jose Mourinho announced that it was ''impossible'' for Chelsea to win the Premier League title this season, his team returned to the top of the table, albeit only a point ahead of Liverpool. Chelsea 3-0 Stoke City.
afp Gareth Bale deputised ably for the injured Cristiano Ronaldo with a wonder strike from 35 yards as Real Madrid kept up the pressure on Atletico Madrid and Barcelona with a 4-0 win away to Real Sociedad.
afp Runaway Ligue 1 leaders Paris Saint-Germain tuned up for their Champions League quarter-final second leg against Chelsea on Tuesday with a morale-boosting 3-0 home win over Reims.
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 11-19 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
