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independent.co.uk David Moyes is facing the sack by Manchester United, who have finally run out of patience with him and do not believe he can be trusted with the 150m pound overhaul the club intends to carry out.
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Today's Top News Items
Phuket Update Reversing a winning streak, Phuket FC dropped a game 2-1 to Chiang Mai FC away from home last night.
bangkokpost.com A new red shirt group claims 15,000 people are at its camp for self-defence and hand-to-hand combat to prepare for adverse rulings against the government.
afp A Malaysia Airlines plane with 166 people aboard landed safely early on Monday after turning back to Kuala Lumpur due to a landing gear problem. ''The aircraft's right-hand landing gear malfunctioned upon take-off and was forced to turn back to Kuala Lumpur,'' said the airline about the flight to Bangalore.
bangkokpost.com The Pheu Thai Party wants the election be held on June 15, not July as suggested by the EC, as the Democrats say they'll join it if it's acceptable to all sides.
Latest on Lost Flight MH370
chicagotribune.com Australia will decide in a few days whether to alter or scale back the search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, but will consult all countries involved on any changes, Australia's ambassador to the US said.
Phuket World of People
centreforaviation.com Thai AirAsia is now looking at several potential new routes from Chiang Mai to mainland China and is exploring launching flights to China from Krabi.
scmp.com Four days after South Korea's shattering ferry disaster, grieving relatives were split yesterday over whether to approve an end to the search for survivors and let cranes raise the sunken vessel to the surface.
cnn.com Passengers on the doomed South Korean ferry could not board lifeboats because the vessel had listed too much, a crew member reports.
voanews.com South Korean divers have entered the sunken ferry Sewol to recover more bodies, as the death toll reached 58 Sunday with 246 still unaccounted for. Most of the victims are high school students.
straitstimes.com A Singapore-bound tour bus with 38 passengers on board plunged into a ravine off Jalan Kuantan-Segamat, killing one British tourist. it plunged into a 15m deep ravine near the Sungai Jernih plantation in Pekan, Malaysia, killing Harry Christopher Woolhouse, 32.
nwemail.co.uk Details of how a British man died in a Thai prison should finally be revealed when an inquest into his death is held next month. Sean Patrick Flanagan, 46, who died in 2012, had been arrested after he allegedly went into a pawn shop and took a moped in Pattaya.
More News from the Region and the World
themoscowtimes.com The killing of at least one man at a checkpoint manned by pro-Russian separatists outside the eastern Ukrainian city of Slovyansk has exacerbated doubts over the implementation of the recently reached Geneva agreement, with Moscow condemning Kiev for failing to restrain armed militants.
voanews.com A famous Pakistani television talk show host has been shot in the latest wave of attacks on journalists in the country. Authorities say Hamid Mir, a host for the private television channel Geo, was hit three times in the attack in Karachi but is expected to survive.
smh.com.au China is building large covert informant networks inside Australia's leading universities, prompting Australia to strengthen its counter-intelligence capabilities.
timesofindia.com Jay Patel, a businessman from Vastrapur, holidays every year with three generations of family. ''Every year after my children's exams end, my family goes for a holiday. Last year we went to Hong Kong and this year we are going to Phuket,'' said Patel.
mirror.co.uk Iconic boxer Rubin ''Hurricane'' Carter - who was immortalised in film and song after wrongly serving 19 years in jail - died today. The US sportsman was played by Denzel Washington in the 1999 film ''Hurricane'' and was the subject of the famous Bob Dylan song of the same name.
Phuket World of Sport
independent.co.uk Raheem Sterling scored twice and Luis Suarez broke the 30-goal barrier as Barclays Premier League leaders Liverpool beat Norwich 3-2 to move five points clear at the top of the table.
goal.com Roberto Martinez hailed the contribution of his Everton squad in recent weeks as they aim to secure a top-four finish in the Premier League. The Spaniard watched on as his charges brushed aside Manchester United 2-0 at Goodison Park to leave themselves a point behind Arsenal in the race for a spot in next season's Champions League.
Phuket Coming Events 2014
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
