On February 7, 2013, A Notícia reported that in the southern state of Santa Catarina, violence is on the rise. Police have counted 74 incidents in the past eight days, including eight attacks through the night. The most recent, an attack on a band bus in São João Batista (75 kilometers northwest of Florianópolis), left no one injured, but no one was arrested as of today, either. Many of the attacks are either assaults of attempts to set automobiles on fire. Fifteen of the 74 attacks have occurred in Joinville, the largest city, while eleven happened in Florianópolis, the capital. Read Article
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According to globaltimes.cn, “Two people in the city died of rabies in January this year, announced the Beijing Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention, the Beijing Youth Daily reported Tuesday. One of them was bitten by a stray dog on the finger; the other was bitten on the finger by a pet dog. Neither was […]
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Allafrica.com reported One more person was shot dead yesterday as bandits raided Kiserian area in Baringo. This came just a day after bandits killed three police officers and a villager in Pokot East. Speaking to the press, Baringo County Commissioner Benard Leparamarai said GSU personnel were deployed in the area. He however noted that the […]
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According to allafrica.com, “An outbreak of measles has been reported in five communities of Kaduna-South Local Government Area of Kaduna State. It was gathered that several persons in Barnawa, Kakuri, Tudun Wada, Kinkinau and some few areas within Kaduna metropolis have been affected by the disease.” Read Article
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Thestar.com.my reported…..HONIARA: Disaster relief agencies were scrambling Thursday to reach tsunami-hit villages in the Solomon Islands, warning the death toll following a powerful 8.0-magnitude quake is likely to rise. Officials said six people were confirmed dead after Wednesday’s quake generated a wave that swamped coastal communities on the island of Ndende in the eastern Solomons, […]
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saudigazette.com reported….the Iranian people are ready to march on Israel to “wipe it out” if the Jewish state attacks the Islamic republic, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said in statements published Wednesday by Egypt’s state news agency. “The people of Iran are ready to march on Israel to wipe it out if it launches into an adventure […]
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They are called “homegrown terrorists,” Western citizens highly prized by militant groups because they can move across borders and carry out attacks easier than people from Middle East or South Asian nations. Two such people — one Canadian and one Australian — are believed to have been involved in the July 18 bus bombing in […]
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Nigeria reports new outbreak of Lassa fever The Permanent Secretary in the state ministry of health, Hyacinth Oteh announced Monday that a new outbreak of the deadly Lassa fever has been confirmed eastern Nigeria’s Ebonyi State, according to a Global Times report Tuesday. Sec. Oteh says that two victims have died and at least four […]
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According to newsweekpakistan.com, At least 34 dead and dozens injured after days of torrential rain in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab. Days of torrential rain have killed 34 people in Pakistan, mostly on the northwestern border with Afghanistan, officials said Wednesday. The worst hit region was Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province in the country’s northwest where 25 people were killed […]
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eir.com reported that more than 5,000 people have been killed in Thailand’s southernmost provinces since Islamist insurgency erupted in 2004. Militants have robbed and shot dead four fruit traders in Thailand’s insurgency-plagued south, police say. Read Report
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