Fox News reports that a Massachusetts woman and her six-year-old daughter have been stuck in Brazil for more than a month after police seized their passports as part of an international custody dispute with the child’s father. Shauna Hadden, 33, and her daughter, Ava Machado, have been in Brazil since late May, when they began a trip Hadden said was intended to connect the girl with the father she hadn’t seen in more than three years. Read article
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Geo.tv reports that Australian police said Friday they had restrained a man as he tried to break into the cockpit of a commercial Qantas flight en route to the Philippines. The 33-year-old was detained by Australian Federal Police (AFP) air security officers on the Sydney to Manila journey Thursday after he allegedly attempted to access […]
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The USA Today reports that the Federal Aviation Administration said Monday it is investigating a close call between a Texas-bound Spirit Airlines flight and a skydiving plane that forced the jetliner to dive sharply over Michigan, as screaming passengers feared the plane was going to crash. Flight attendants bumped their heads and luggage spilled out […]
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According to laht.com, residents of several communities in a coastal area in the southern Mexican state of Guerrero blocked a highway to demand the release of a peasant who was arrested by marines. The protest started Wednesday on the highway that links the Pacific resort city of Acapulco to the tourist town of Zihuatanejo. Read […]
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Thelocal.es reports that Spanish passengers on board the stricken cruise ship Zenith have spoken of their overnight ordeal “in pyjamas” while waiting to be towed ashore following a fire in the ship’s engine room. Some 1,672 passengers and 600 crew members were left adrift in the Adriatic Sea when a fire immobilized the 21-year-old Pullmantour […]
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According to independent.ie, investigations are underway after a roller coaster broke down at China’s World Joyland Theme Park, trapping 11 tourists high above the ground for two hours, China’s state broadcaster CCTV reported. The incident occurred at noon on Friday at the World Joyland Theme Park in east China’s Changzhou City in Jiangsu Province. The […]
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Independent.co.uk reports that more than 10,000 pilgrims stranded along a mountain pass in northern India were being evacuated by helicopter after roads leading to the Hindu pilgrimage site were swept away by landslides caused by powerful monsoon rains. At least 23 people were killed and many more remain missing after torrential downpours in the northern […]
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Mountain rescue attempt in Neuquen, Argentina. Link to page
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According to straitstimes.com, “The final day of a China’s golden week holiday marked terror for more than 20 people who fell into a river when a suspension bridge tilted in a tourist town. All of them survived. About 40 tourists were returning from a bonfire party in Fenghuang in central Hunan province on Wednesday evening […]
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As covered by stuff.co.nz, “An American detained for nearly six months in North Korea has been sentenced to 15 years of ‘‘compulsory labour’’ for unspecified crimes against the state, Pyongyang announced today. The sentencing of Kenneth Bae, described by friends as a devout Christian and a tour operator, will further complicate already strained relations between […]
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