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AirAsia: Indonesia vows 'all-out effort'
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 31/12/2014
» Indonesian rescuers promised an "all-out effort" to search for bodies from AirAsia Flight QZ8501 as the weather cleared Thursday and international investigators joined attempts to locate the fuselage of the ill-fated plane.
Violent end to Sydney hostage drama (updated)
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 16/12/2014
» Two hostages and an extremist Iranian-born gunman were killed in a siege that ended when armed police stormed a central Sydney cafe Tuesday after hearing gunshots.
Koh Tao suspects plead not guilty
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 08/12/2014
» Two Myanmar workers have pleaded not guilty to charges including murder over the killing of two British tourists in Thailand, their lawyer said Monday. He indicated a guilty plea is still possible, however.
Koh Tao murders: DNA matches, confessions obtained, crime re-enacted
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 03/10/2014
» Thai police have confirmed that DNA samples obtained from two Myanmar workers match that of DNA found on the body of the female tourist. The two have both allegedly confessed to carrying out the crime and this afternoon, the re-enacted it before a large group of police and onlookers.
Koh Tao murders: Still no arrests, no DNA matches (updated Thursday)
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 18/09/2014
» DNA tests have failed to provide a match and police are still working to identify the brutal beach killer of two British tourists on Koh Tao early Monday. The two British men questioned by police have been allowed to return home and the parents of the victims have arrived to take their bodies home.
Grieving father hopes his two children will be last victims
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 25/02/2014
» Tanakorn Yos-ubol, the father who lost two children in Sunday’s grenade attack, only hopes his family’s loss will be the last tragedy of the political violence.
Manny wins for the Philippines
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 24/11/2013
» Filipinos in the storm-ravaged city of Tacloban joined the nation in celebration on Sunday after watching boxing hero Manny Pacquiao defeat American Brandon Rios in a comeback fight he dedicated to victims of Super Typhoon Haiyan.
Typhoon aftermath: "Like a tsunami"
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 08/11/2013
» (Latest: Haiyan downgraded to a tropical storm, dumping rain on northern Vietnam and southern China.) The international media reports the Tacloban City area looks like a tsunami hit the area. Estimates of the dead now exceed 10,000.
Families mourn crash victims
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 18/10/2013
» The human side of the Lao Airlines tragedy: a Sydney family of four and an Australian aid worker and his father were among the victims of a plane crash in Laos believed to have killed all 49 people on board.
(Updated) Lao Airlines crash: Hunt for bodies continues
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 18/10/2013
» Rescuers battled hazardous conditions yesterday in the search for bodies from a Lao Airlines plane which plunged into the Mekong River with 49 people on board, more than half of them foreigners.