According to BBC.co.uk, reports say Sri Lanka’s main airport officials rejected a entry to a British tourist to have a Buddha tattoo on his arm. A Sinhalese immigration officer told a local newspaper that the man had expressed views that would disrespectful endangered his own safety, had entered the country, according to agencies. Sri Lankan authorities are severe with potential perceived insults to Buddhism, which is the religion of the majority ethnic Sinhalese on the island. Read Article
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The government of Belize today implements road safety project aimed at reducing the high death rate from traffic accidents recorded here, the minister of state, Santino Castillo . The authorities are alarmed because the country has the highest rate of road deaths in Latin America in recent years, which amounts to 21.6 per 100 000 […]
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telegraph.co.uk reported……Seven people have been killed following a shooting in the popular Mexican seaside resort of Cancun. A further four were wounded in the incident, which took place at The Mermaid, a bar on the outskirts of the city centre. Cancun is currently filled with thousands of young American students enjoying “Spring Break”, but the […]
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The National Police Agency said Thursday that 19,920 stalking cases were reported nationwide in 2012. The NPA said on its website that the figure was 36.3% up over 2011 and the highest number since the NPA started keeping records on stalking cases in 2000. Read Article
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thelocal.fr reported………Concern over rampant gang violence in Marseille resurfaced on Wednesday after a daytime shooting witnessed by children left two 21-year-olds dead and another fighting for his life. Numerous shots were fired in an alley next to a supermarket and close to the entrance of a residential tower block in the rundown Bleuets estate at […]
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Corsica may be known as the ‘island of beauty’ but its violent crime wave reared its ugly head again on Sunday when a man was gunned down in a bar. It was the fifth deadly shooting on the island since the start of the year. The murder comes amid high tensions on the Mediterranean island […]
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Plane Services return to normal A total of 19 departments remained on orange alert for snow and ice on Wednesday morning, with temperatures falling to as low as -13°C in the north. Cross-Channel Eurostar services have resumed however. We will provide regular updates throughout the day. Read Article
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France24.com reported that unseasonably severe weather struck much of France on Tuesday, leaving tens of thousands of homes temporarily without electricity and paralysing travel across Europe. Just when many in France allowed themselves hope that spring may be around the corner, a fresh flurry of heavy snowfall struck much of the country, leaving tens of […]
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costaricantimes.com reported that for all those people that have noticed a few more mosquitoes than normal during dry season, they are not a figment of the imagination. No rains have come, however there is talk of an epidemic of dengue in Puntarenas and even a recent death of a woman infected with the virus. dengue-costa_rica […]
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Among the “special danger zones” in northern Mexico Spain’s government asks its citizens to avoid include Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, border and mountain areas of that entity, Durango, Sinaloa and Sonora populations area lower Rio Grande Valley, the Texas border, Ciudad Victoria, rural and urban Tampico, Tamaulipas. Spain’s government advised its citizens traveling or living in […]
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