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PARIS: Millions of people were expected to join a march through Paris today (January 11) in solidarity with the victims of the Islamist attacks, with dozens of world leaders to attend the show of support for France.

PHUKET: A woman was rushed to hospital yesterday (January 10) after a car smashed into her motorbike while she waiting at the traffic lights at Ketho intersection in Kathu.

PHUKET: Two children drowned at a tourist beach off Krabi yesterday (January 10) as thousands of families celebrated the national Childrens Day holiday.

PHUKET: More than B100,000 worth of valuables were stolen from three foreign neighbours houses in Thalang yesterday (January 10).

PHOTO ALBUM Kids will be kids, as Phuketwan photographers discovered yet again in the fun at a Phuket City park for Children’s Day.

Phuket Updating Digest France, Germany fight back in marches; Two men swept out to sea in Brighton; Russian stabbed in Pattaya; Passengers open aircraft exits; Darts challenge chaos.

Around the Region October start for Burma stock exchange; Cambodian medic accused of mass murders; Iphone stun gun came through mail; Indonesia targets tourism.

HAITI: Five years after an earthquake demolished its capital, Haitis efforts to get back on its feet are still hampered by an epidemic blamed on the UN troops there to help.

THAILAND: The Anti-Money Laundering Office (Amlo) has seized assets worth more than B100 million from people allegedly connected with the King Mongkuts Institute of Technology Ladkrabang (KMITL) embezzlement scam.