Stuff.co.nz reports that a British journalist working for Bloomberg News in Sudan says security agents detained and beat him for covering the country’s biggest anti-government protest in years. Sudan’s information ministry could not be reached for comment, but a senior official in the ruling party condemned the security action as ”unacceptable”. Read article
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The Guardian reports that four people have drowned after another asylum seeker boat sank in rough seas off Christmas Island on Tuesday. Navy search and rescue services pulled 144 people from the water and recovered the bodies of four others. The vessel was being escorted to Christmas Island by Navy boats HMAS Albany and HMAS […]
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On July 16 2013 Jafranews.com reported that, an increasing number of people diagnosed with leishmaniasis or popularly known as “Aleppo pill” between the Syrian refugees from the age of 3 years till seventy. More than 350 Syrian infected. Syrian families unable to secure the cost of treatment for this disease. Read Article
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CNN reports that Panamanian authorities on Tuesday were examining mysterious military equipment found aboard a ship headed from Cuba to North Korea, officials said. Few details of the confrontation were available, but the ship’s North Korean crew of 35 resisted arrest, said Panama’s security minister, Jose Raul Mulino. He described it as “violent,” saying that […]
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Ceylontoday.lk reports that three workers were killed and 16 injured after the bus they were travelling in crashed in Fujairah, UAE. The incident occurred at around 8am on Saturday on Al Qariyah Road 10km from Fujairah City. Fujairah Police identified the dead as two Bangladeshi men and a Sri Lankan man. Read article
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Autosport.com reports that the Formula 1 cameraman injured when he was struck by a wheel from Mark Webber’s Red Bull will remain in hospital having suffered broken bones and bruises. Paul Allen was hit on his left hand side by the right rear wheel of Webber’s car, which flew off after it was not attached […]
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According to telegraph.co.uk, Jeremy Bowen, the BBC’s Middle East editor, has been wounded while covering the uprisings in Cairo. The veteran reporter was photographed by his colleagues having a bandage tied around his head, with blood on his face. He tweeted after the attack: “Thanks for the messages. I’ve been hit by a couple of […]
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As posted on cpj.org, the Committee to Protect Journalists is gravely concerned about the security of journalists covering ongoing mass protests in Egypt. One journalist was killed and seven others were injured, including one raped, while covering demonstrations against President Mohamed Morsi over the weekend, according to news reports. Millions of Egyptians took to the […]
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Armradio.am reports that French actor and Russian citizen Gerard Depardieu has been slightly injured in a car crash in central Moscow, according to an unidentified law-enforcement official, RIA Novosti reports. Depardieu, 64, was returning from a filming session for his latest movie, “Turquoise,” when a taxi ploughed into the side of the mini-van in which […]
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According to bernama.com, a Malaysian student was killed and four others were injured when a four-wheel-drive (4WD) vehicle they were travelling in skidded and plunged into a ravine along the road between Petra and Aqabah, about 320 kilometers from Amman, Jordan, Friday. The accident which occurred between 5pm and 6pm (Jordan time) claimed the live […]
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