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Bangkok raises security to high alert after recent blasts
September 03,
2010
BANGKOK : Thailand has put over 460 locations across
Bangkok on high alert on Friday in response to a series of grenade attacks
that have rattled nerves in a city still under emergency rule after deadly
protests. Royal palaces, key government buildings, power plants and public
transport will receive special protection from the Centre for Resolution of
Emergency Situation (CRES), the body set up to monitor security since unrest
in April.
Alleged terrorism plot targeted Canada
August 27, 2010
Americas - Canada Three Ontario men accused of taking part in a
domestic terrorist plot and possessing plans and materials to create
makeshift bombs had allegedly selected specific targets in Canada,
sources told CBC News. more...
Thailand's PM declares emergency
April
7, 2010
Thailand's prime minister declares a state of
emergency in Bangkok amid growing anti-government protests.
In a televised address, Mr Abhisit said the move - which gives
sweeping new powers to the security forces to tackle protesters - would help
restore order. It comes hours after thousands of "red-shirt" protesters
marched on parliament - forcing MPs to flee the building.
1,000 Die Of TB In India Every Day, Says WHO
March 25, 2010
The World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates that 5,000 Indians
develop TB and nearly 1,000 people die from it every day - the equivalent of
two deaths every three minutes. Yesterday was World TB Day, organised by the
Stop TB Partnership, a network of organisations and countries fighting the
disease, which currently infects one-third of the world’s population,
according to the WHO.
Strong aftershock rattles Haiti
January
20, 2010
A strong aftershock rocks Haiti, sending
panicked people into the streets, eight days after another devastating
earthquake.
Terror groups gaining Western recruits
October 19, 2009
German security services have been on high alert
since last month, ... The agents provide guidance,
money, travel routes and even letters of
recommendation ...
Massive flooding leaves 140 dead in Philippines
East Asia / Pacific - Philippines
09/28/2009
The Philippine government has appealed for international help after massive
flooding set off by a tropical storm at the weekend left at least 140 dead.
China Bars Foreigners From Making Visits to Tibet
September 25, 2009
China has stopped issuing travel documents to foreigners
seeking to visit Tibet, according to local tour operators, another
indicator of the government’s skittishness over the coming anniversary
of the Communist victory in 1949.
Citizens seek new Nigeria in the new year
January 03, 2009
The Guardian - Nigeria -
Lagos,Nigeria
THE urgent
imperative of a new and better Nigeria was the fulcrum of New Year
messages across the country yesterday. From
Senate President David Mark came a charge to Nigerians to renew their
faith in Nigeria to facilitate the desired development of the country.
... if we must rescue the country
from the hands of self-serving and bankrupt leaders who have
impoverished the people and held them to ransom. ...
Caracas named 'murder capital of world'
January 02, 2009
Americas - Venezuela
At least 510 people were killed in Caracas,
Venezuela, in December, giving support to a recent report that called the
city the murder capital of the world.
9 Muslim Passengers Removed From Jet
January 02, 2009
Others on Flight Say a Remark Was 'Suspicious'
Officials ordered nine Muslim passengers, including three young children,
off an
AirTran flight headed to Orlando from
Reagan National Airport yesterday afternoon after two other passengers
overheard what they thought was a suspicious remark.
East Asia / Pacific - Thailand
Muslim insurgency stokes fear in southern Thailand
Feb.
26, 2007
PATTANI, Thailand:
Some are already calling it war, a
brutal Muslim separatist insurgency in southern Thailand that has taken as
many as 2,000 lives in three years, with almost- daily bombings, drive-by
shootings, arson and beheadings.
Sub-Saharan
Africa - Nigeria
Lockdown in Nigeria
Feb.
12, 2007
Port Harcourt,
Nigeria -
Oil companies in Port Harcourt, the main city in
Nigeria's oil-producing Niger Delta, have reinforced security for their
staff following a wave of kidnappings and attacks, industry sources said on
Monday.
Americas -
Brazil, Paraguay and Bolivia
Dengue alert issued in S America
Feb. 8, 2007
A
health alert has been declared in Brazil, Paraguay and Bolivia after an
outbreak of dengue fever. The authorities have blamed higher rainfall
this season as a cause of the unusually rapid spread of the disease.
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Europe - Russia
Feb. 5, 2007
Registration Rules Stir Up Confusion
Moscow, Russia: According to a new
law that came into effect Jan. 15, foreigners are now required to hand over
their registration papers to migration officials -- via their employer or
other sponsor -- every time they leave the country and re-register upon
subsequent entry into the country.
Europe - Netherlands
North Sea Airborne
Chemical Danger
1/30/07
U.S.
Consulate General Amsterdam issued this warning to U.S. Citizens traveling
to and residing in the Netherlands that the Consulate has been informed that
a ship fire west of Amsterdam is releasing large amounts of Hydrogen-Cyanide
and Carbon-Monoxide into the air, which is blowing east towards Amsterdam
and north towards Beverwijk and Zaanstad.
Kidnap group leader nabbed
East Asia /
Pacific - Philippines
LINGAYEN -- A leader of the Pepino kidnap-for-ransom group was arrested
Wednesday in Bolinao, Pangasinan Wednesday, police officials said.
Tensions mount in Bolivian region
Americas - Bolivia Bolivia's central
government has said it will not recognise a parallel
administration set up by protesters in the central
state of Cochabamba. The demonstrators, mainly coca
leaf growers who back President Evo Morales, want
the local governor, who is aligned with the
opposition, to resign.
Foreign Workers Freed in Nigeria
Sub-Saharan Africa -
Nigeria Five
Chinese workers kidnapped in Nigeria's
oil-rich Niger Delta region have been freed.
Unidentified gunmen seized the group of
telecommunications engineers near the city
of Port Harcourt on 5 January.
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