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East Asia / Pacific -
Japan
Japan rocked by major earthquake
July 16, 2007
An earthquake has struck central Japan, killing at least seven
people, flattening buildings and triggering a fire at a nuclear power plant.
Hundreds of people were injured when the 6.8-magnitude tremor struck the
Niigata area.
Europe - Russia
Lockdown for foreigners at Moscow school
April 19, 2007
A leading Moscow university ordered its foreign students on Thursday
to remain in their dormitories for the next three days because of fears of
ethnic violence before Adolf Hitler's birthday this weekend, students said.
Americas, East
Asia / Pacific, Middle East / N. Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa - Canada, China,
Egypt, Kenya, Somalia
Canadian Passport Has No Shield
Mar.
2, 2007
The lure of "home'' is powerful. But a Canadian passport is no guarantee
that citizens won't come to grief when they venture into perilous realms.
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.
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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.
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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