As reported by Naharnet.com a bomb was found overnight in Hay AL-Sellom area in Beirut’s southern suburbs allegedly signed by Syria’s AL-Nusra Front rebel group and directed against Hezbollah, media reports said on Wednesday. Hezbollah members cordoned off the area and prevented security forces and a military expert from reaching the scene. Voice of Lebanon radio (100.5) said that Hezbollah’s military expert defused the bomb and moved it to an unknown place. Read Article
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According to Israelandstuff.com a leading Balkan-based website covering the region’s politics published in late March a comprehensive study on Israeli-Balkan relations and the threat of Hezbollah, along with its chief sponsor Iran. Read Article
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Nacion.com repoerted that Dengue virus attacked with more force than usual this summer, preying especially those living in the provinces of Puntarenas and Guanacaste. These coastal areas account for 52% of all patients this year: 1,394 affected in the Central Pacific Region and the Region Chorotega 1097, according to the latest data from the Social […]
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As reported by Reuters.com a 6.3 magnitude earthquake hit western Japan early on Saturday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) reported. Read Article
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According to www.gov.uk, “The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) advise against all travel to Somalia, including Somaliland. Any British nationals in Somalia should leave. There is a high threat from terrorism, including kidnapping, throughout Somalia. Terrorist groups have made threats against Westerners and those working for Western organisations. The FCO believes that terrorists are in […]
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As reported by newstalkzb.co.nz, “The death toll from China’s bird flu outbreak has reached 10, after another person died in Shanghai. Cities are banning people from raising chickens at home to try contain the outbreak. China has confirmed 38 human cases of H7N9 avian influenza after announcing at the end of March it had found […]
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As covered by www.gov.uk, “The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) advise against all travel to south-west Mindanao and the Sulu archipelago because of on-going terrorist activity and clashes between the military and insurgent groups. The FCO advise against all but essential travel to the remainder of Mindanao for the same reasons…There is a high threat […]
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According to toronto.ctvnews.ca, “After a day that saw ice pellets, freezing rain and snow in some regions, GTA residents should expect more winter-like weather over night, Environment Canada says. The national weather agency is warning drivers that the night commute may be worse as another band of freezing rain and ice pellets moves across the […]
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As covered by independent.co.uk, “A big increase in measles cases has prompted health bosses to renew a plea for unvaccinated people to get their MMR jabs immediately. Another 73 cases have now been reported – bringing the total number of those infected in the Swansea area to 693. Public Health Wales is continuing to urge […]
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As reported by cnn.com, “Police in Brazil have arrested a third person in connection with the rape of an American woman on a minibus in Rio de Janeiro. Carlos Armando Costa dos Santos was arrested Monday night, police said. The woman boarded the minibus with another tourist in the Copacabana beach district in Rio de […]
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