Friday 31st August 2012 members of the Indonesian police anti-terror squad, Densus 88, arrested 3 people after a shootout with suspected terrorists. Police officials say the men were part of a group which wants to establish Shariah law in Indonesia, but had no obvious connection to Jemmah Islamiah or the cleric Abu Bakir Bashir, who is connected to the Bali bombings. Read article
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A confirmed patient of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) expired here at the Holy Family Hospital on August 29 however, he was confirmed positive for the infection by the National Institute of Health, Islamabad in the afternoon on August 30, on Thursday. The 65-year old male patient, Abdur Razzaq son of Hashim Ali was brought to […]
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Following the death of a six-year-old boy after being administered an anti-rabies vaccine (ARV) here on Wednesday, the Haryana health department has alerted all civil hospitals to temporarily discontinue using the vaccine. The incident took place at Karnal Civil Hospital and doctors termed it a case of vaccine reaction Karnal civil surgeon Dr Shiv Kumar […]
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Kathmandu, August 28 – A pressure group demanding construction of regional international airport in Pokhara, has announced shutdown strike including halt of flights to and from Pokhara for August 31 and September 1 on Tuesday. Read article
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Unidentified kidnappers on Sunday (August 26) released one of the two Chinese merchants kidnapped in Zamboanga Sibugay province last June 4, after the alleged payment of a five million peso ransom (US$118,000). The released victim was identified as Jian Luo AKA James Luo, 43, of Guandong, China. The other victim, who has yet to be […]
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BANGKOK (AP) – A speed boat carrying dozens of foreign tourists near Thailand’s popular resort island of Koh Phi Phi sank Monday in abnormally rough seas, police and witnesses said. All 41 people aboard survived. The boat was carrying 37 Asian and European tourists and four Thai crew members when it sank in the Andaman […]
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The Denpasar Search and Rescue (SAR) team reported on Monday that a Japanese tourist is missing in the waters off Nusa Penida in Klungkung regency, Bali, since Sunday. Ai Tanaka, 34, was reportedly diving with 13 other tourists in Crystal Bay, a diving spot near Nusa Penida island, when she disappeared at approximately 1 p.m. […]
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Beijing: Six tourists were killed and more than 30 others evacuated after a flash flood inundated a mountain ravine in northwest China. The flash flood, triggered by torrential rains in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, hit the Leek Ravine in the Helan Mountain which borders Inner Mongolia’s Alxa League yesterday, state-run Xinhua news agency said. Read […]
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KALIKOT: An unknown disease in Kalikot has claimed the lives of four girl students of Kalikot’s chhalaha-based Kalika Lower Secondary School and as many as 90 students have been taken ill. According to head teacher Man Bahadur Budha, the students had been complaining of fever, common cold, headache and swelling on the body for the […]
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A FIRE fire ripped through a nightclub popular with foreign tourists in Thailand early today, leaving at least four people dead and more than 20 others injured, officials said. Hospital workers said foreigners were among the casualties in the blaze at the Tiger disco on the island of Phuket, where rescue workers pulled the charred […]
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