Dubai tower blaze shows risks in common building material
By ADAM SCHRECK and JON GAMBRELL

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Within minutes, the revelry of New Year's Eve in Dubai turned to horror as those gathered for fireworks downtown watched flames race up the side of one of the glistening city's most prominent luxury hotels.

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Phuket Marine Police train speedboat crews in safety, rescue
Kongleaphy Keam



PHUKET: -- Marine Police launched safety and rescue education courses in Phuket following the death of a French snorkeller, who was killed by a speedboat earlier this month.

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Koh Yao Noi locals return missing smartphones
Kongleaphy Keam

PHUKET: -- Honest Koh Yao locals were prompt in returning two smartphones lost by tourists on Koh Yao Noi last week.

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Phuket to host ‘Lantern Festival’ in February
Sukawin Tanthavanich

PHUKET: -- Phuket will hold a Lantern Festival next month as officials snowball a number of celebrations together: Valentine’s Day, the ChineseNew Year and the induction of Phuket as a UNESCO City of Gastronomy.

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Quadrilingual website to guide Phuket investors
Chutharat Plerin

PHUKET: -- A quadrilingual website to guide foreign investors will be launched through the Phuket Provincial website next month, Phuket Governor Chamroen Tipayapongtada told the Phuket Gazette in an exclusive interview this week.

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Official scolds former park chief for latest encroachment claims
Phuket Gazette

PHUKET: -- Paiboon Koomchaya, chair of the national state land boundary enhancement committee, has called for evidence of ongoing boundary adjustment at Sirinath National Park from former national parks chief Damrong Phidet, who claimed that changes are being made for the benefit ofrich land encroachers.

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Go vocational: Research shows Phuket university students jobless
Sukawin Tanthavanich

PHUKET: -- The Phuket City Mayor called on Mathayom students to embrace vocational education in preparation for life after graduation following the release of research indicating a surplus of university graduates and a shortage of vocational workers.

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Phuket victim of early-morning gang attack reports bike stolen
The Phuket News



PHUKET: -- A Phuket man who was attacked by a gang of at least three other men early on January 16 is looking for his motorbike, which wastaken from the scene of the attack by an unidentified man, CCTV footage shows.

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Election violence in blighted Haiti as opposition cries fraud
Euronews

HAITI -- Electoral violence has erupted in Haiti as opposition supporters demand the suspension of the January 24 presidential election.

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Renault recalls thousands of vehicles for emissions modifications
Euronews

FRANCE -- French carmaker Renault is to recall more than 15,000 vehicles to undergo engine modifications to comply with emission standards.

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Putting out the Ritz blaze brakes out glitzy hotel in Paris
Euronews

PARIS, FRANCE -- A major fire has broken out at the prestigious Ritz hotel in Paris.

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Geagea strikes deal backing Aoun presidency in Lebanon
By Robert Hackwill



LEBANON -- A possible end to the political deadlock at the summit of Lebanese politics may be in sight. Christian Michel Aoun’s presidential candidacy has been backed by longtime sworn enemy Samir Geagea.

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Photographer Leila Alaoui latest victim of Hotel Splendid attack
Robert Hackwill

OUAGADOUGOU, BURKINA FASO -- The death has been announced of Franco-Moroccan photographer Leila Alaoui, who succumbed to the wounds she received in the Hotel Splendid attack in Ouagadougou.

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