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 A flash flood at a waterfall in Trang Province kills at least 23 people. The tragedy took place at the Sairung waterfall, where revellers were enjoying the Thai New Year holiday. (AFP)- South Thailand insurgency: Three unarmed Muslim boys are fatally shot by government security forces while suspected Islamic rebels killed three other Muslims in separate drive-by shootings. (AFP)
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 A high-speed chase in the waters off Tuas resulted in the deaths of two Police Coast Guard officers, when an Interceptor Craft with four officers on board and a speedboat with six illegal immigrants collided during a high-speed chase and both crafts capsized. The speedboat has earlier intruded into Singapore's territorial waters, and were pursued by two police crafts. Two of the policemen were rescued by the second police craft minutes later, while another two officers were missing and their bodies found about 12 hours later on 14 April 2007 at about 8.15 AM. Three of the illegal immigrants were also rescued, one was found dead, and another two still missing. Both officers were promoted posthumously, and were the first PCG officers to die as a result of a high-speed chase since the unit's formation. (CNA) (SPF)
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- A Swiss man, Oliver Jufer, 57, is deported from Thailand after receiving a pardon from King Bhumibol Adulyadej. Jufer had been sentenced to 10 years in prison on lèse majesté charges after he had vandalized posters of the king. (AFP)
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 A Thai appeals court overturns a decision to extradite Ly Tong and declares the Vietnamese dissident a free man. Tong has been held in Thailand since 2000, when he hijacked a plane in Thailand and flew it over Ho Chi Minh City, dropping anti-communist leaflets. The court overturned a September 2006 decision by a lower court, ruling that Tong's act was a political offense and not a security threat, and that Thailand does not extradite people to face trial on political charges. (AP)
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 Polls close in communal elections in Cambodia. About a dozen parties ran more than 100,000 candidates for around 11,000 seats on commune councils. Observers say the vote is a vital test of the democratic process ahead of the 2008 national election.(AFP) Two more people have died from H5N1, officials confirm, bringing Indonesia's bird-flu death toll to 70. The latest victims are a 22-year-old man and a 28-year-old woman. (AFP)- The pilots of Garuda Indonesia Flight 200 were arguing about the aircraft's speed in the moments before it crashed last month at Yogyakarta airport and burst into flames, a senior investigator says. The co-pilot wanted the Boeing 737-400 to turn around. It was the first time the two pilots had flown together. (BBC)
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