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Banos Ecuador Alert: Tungurahua volcano continues activity, ash, gases

Columns of ash and gases up to a mile above the crater continued yesterday emanating Tungurahua volcano. Meanwhile, in the towns and agricultural areas located west of the giant ash fell persistently, that the damages were rising, until last Sunday, leaving 6,200 ha of crops lost and at least 10,000 cattle without food. Read Article

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Beware of scopolamine assaults Ecuador

Eluniverso.com reported that two chemical tests were performed in different nursing homes to determine the chemicals that caused the death of Ronald Veintimilla Alexis Diaz, 29, early Sunday, the day after his friend Rolando socialize with Leonel González Vélez assaulted them. Lorena Vargas Morán González’s wife, says they went to Junior’s nightclub in Alborada, where […]

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Cuba: Dengue outbreak on eastern part of island of concern

A dengue outbreak in eastern Cuba has forced the authorities to make a vocational school in a hospital, according to reports from the area. In turn, a city already suffering from a cholera epidemic now facing an increase in the number of dengue-carrying mosquitoes. Medical staff in the city of Camagüey said the vocational school […]

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Travel Advisory Peru: Caution regarding bus routes southern Pan American Highway

Peru21.pe reported that Canatur is warning about bus travel on the road stretch between km 500 and 600 of the Panamericana Sur has become a danger to tourists going to the city of Arequipa , by the constant assaults on interprovincial buses. The National Chamber of Tourism ( Canatur ) indicated that the most affected […]

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Jharkhand India: Females who wear jeans may be attacked with acid

A young Indian was attacked with acid by two men after they refused to have sex with them in the Indian region of Jharkhand, where a few days ago appeared threats of such attacks against the girls who dress in jeans. The woman, aged 24 and married, suffered burns on face and body as a […]

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4,700 evacuated in Canary Islands due to wave of fires

Hundreds of acres burned Saturday in several regions of central, eastern and western Spain, while in the Canary Islands fires in La Gomera and Tenerife, two of the islands of the archipelago, forced the evacuation of more than 4,700 people. “The fighting equipment are now working both in Tenerife and La Gomera are struggling to […]

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Thailand: drinking and driving, tougher new laws

Occupants of vehicles of any kind who drink alcohol during travel are now subject to six months imprisonment and/or a Bt60,000 fine, the Office of Alcoholic Beverages announced yesterday. The penalties will also be imposed on drinkers in vehicles parked on sidewalks or shoulders of public roads, including sois, regardless of whether the vehicles are […]

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Cliff warnings Burton Bradstock, Dorset UK

THE public are being reminded of the dangers of landslides on a stretch of coastline where a young Derbyshire holidaymaker was killed. Five people escaped unhurt after a major rock fall along the Jurassic Coast near Charmouth, Dorset, on Wednesday, the Coastguard said. The warning comes just two weeks after Charlotte Blackman, 22, from Heanor, […]

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China: tourist killed from jellyfish sting

Ocean swimmers have been urged to avoid jellyfish following the death of a woman who was stung by one last month.On July 26, the 47-year-old woman traveled to Beidaihe resort in North China’s Hebei province to celebrate her daughter’s graduation from a university. The next day, the woman and a friend were stung on the […]

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31 injured in train derailment Buenos Aires Argentina

At least 31 people were injured Monday when a passenger train derailed while entering one of the main stations of Buenos Aires, Argentine authorities have confirmed to ensure that no person has died in this new claim. The accident occurred around 14.00 hours (19.00 hours in mainland Spain) when the last car of a train […]

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