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themalaymail.com Aviation experts believe that Australian officials are certain they have located the lost Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, missing for 33 days now, after picking up more signals in the Indian Ocean from what is believed to be the aircraft's flight data recorder.
cnn.com ''I believe we are searching in the right area but we need to visually identify aircraft wreckages before we can confirm with certainty that this is the final resting place of MH370,'' search coordinator Angus Houston said.
forbes ''I'm now optimistic that we will find the aircraft; what's left of the aircraft,'' Retired RAAF Air Marshal Angus Houston told reporters.
seashipnews.com An oil tanker carrying 30,000-60,000 litres of oil sludge sank near the Maha Chai Gulf in Bangkok's adjacent Samut Sakhon Province when heading to dock at the coast, causing an oil spill in the area.
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Today's Top News Items
bangkokpost.com The number of international tourist arrivals in March fell by 9.39 percent year-on-year to 2.1 million due mainly to the political unrest, says the Tourism Department. Two growth drivers were the Russian market, which rose by 9.86pc to 211,677 visitors, and Finland, which grew by 48.3pc to 25,897. Fifty countries still maintain travel advisories.
nationmultimedia.com A total of 38 people have fallen victim to a hacker who stole their ATM information and withdrew 500,000 baht cash from their accounts. Most victims' money was withdrawn via an ATM at Songkhla's Had Yai district. SCB has frozen the ATM cards of the victims and will be responsible for the stolen money.
bangkokpost.com The Election Commission (EC) has endorsed winning candidates in the March 30 Senate election in 58 provinces, while 19 others remain under investigation for alleged violations of the election law.
nationmultimedia.com Authorities have declared an area around a dog seller's house in tambon Huai Kwang of Maha Sarakham's Kosum Phisai district as a temporary rabies-control zone until April 29. Puppies sold there are now known to have had rabies.
bangkokpost.com Caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and government supporters have called on the army to respond to plans by anti-government protesters to "reclaim sovereign power". Pheu Thai Party spokesman Prompong Nopparit said he planned to lodge a complaint with the DSI.
Latest on Lost Flight MH370
bloomberg Ships combing the Indian Ocean for a missing Malaysian Air jet failed to detect new pings that might point the way to the aircraft's flight recorders as investigators reduced the search area by almost two-thirds.
scmp.com An unmanned submarine that the Australian government said would be launched today to help search for missing flight MH370 will not be deployed until the search area has been further narrowed down.
xinhua Angus Houston, who heads the Joint Agency Coordination Center (JACC), said there would be no deployment of the submersible unless the search vessel Ocean Shield gets another transmission which ''we would have a better idea what's down there and we will go down there to have a look.''
ksdk.com Frustrations mounted as the mystery of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 stretched into a second month with no recovery of debris or the black boxes authorities hope will explain the jet's stunning disappearance.
nytimes.com Britain has said that it has dispatched a nuclear submarine to help in the search. The United States has a policy of not disclosing the locations of its submarines. The US Navy does not disclose the maximum operating depth for its attack submarines and ballistic missile submarines, as opposed to deep-sea research submarines, but says on its website that they can dive to at least 800 feet.
Phuket World of People
theindependent.co.uk A tearful Oscar Pistorius removed his prosthetic legs and stood in front of the door where he shot girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in the most dramatic scene at his murder trial yet.
abcnews.go.com Court was adjourned as Pistorius broke down on the witness stand describing the events of that night.
nnt The Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department (DDPM) has reported that 38 provinces nationwide have been declared drought disaster zones. The DDPM said provinces hit by severe drought included Tak, Chiang Mai, Surin and Krabi.
bbc.com Indonesians head to the polls on Wednesday to elect representatives in national and local parliaments. Some 19,000 seats are being contested across the nation, including the 560 seats in the national parliament.
Phuket World Sports Wrap
afp Chelsea reached the Champions League semi-finals with a thrilling 2-0 win over Paris Saint Germain in their quarter-final second leg match on Tuesday to go through on the away goal rule after the tie ended 3-3 on aggregate.
afp Real Madrid survived a second-leg siege to beat Borussia Dortmund and qualify for the Champions League semi-finals on Tuesday, losing 2-0 on the night but advancing 3-2 on aggregate.
aap Swimming great Ian Thorpe is reportedly in intensive care in a Sydney hospital with a serious infection that may cause him to lose the use of his left arm.
bangkokpost.com Thailand's garment industry has received orders to produce around three million World Cup shirts for FIFA World Cup 2014 to be held in Brazil in June.
Phuket Coming Events 2014
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
