Marseille, France: Fire fighters launch strike
The forest fire season season has got off to a somewhat shaky start. On the morning of 1st July, around 60 employees out of 88 from the fire fighting base in Marignane near Marseille airport launched an unlimited strike – a first since 1998. Protesters sported banners emblazoned with “Airfighters on strike” and “less planes, less protection” and have denounced the “lack of” allocated resources. The protest has come as no surprise after associations SNPNAC (Syndicat National du Personnel Navigant de l’Aeronautique Civile) and SPAC (Syndicat des Pilotes de l’Aviation Civile) issued a series of warnings last month, threatening to go on strike if new enforced spending cuts were not renegotiated. A reduction in the number of fire fighting planes for the summer season sparked major concern amongst pilots as they were not sure if they could operate effectively if an emergency arose. Read Article
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St. Joseph, Indiana: Norovirus outbreak confirmed St. Joseph County Health Officer Dr. Thomas A. Felger has announced that laboratory tests have confirmed Norovirus as the cause of the gastrointestinal outbreak that affected 106 students attending sport camp at the University of Notre Dame earlier this week. 29 of those students were treated and released from […]
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A lady boy was robbed and raped in Pattaya. After the rape the suspect followed the victim in order to threaten him but the victim shouted for help from the local people who chased the suspect until they collided with his bike which over turned. The suspect abandoned his motorbike and slippers and ran away […]
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You buy travel insurance thinking that you will be covered for any mishaps, but does it really protect you in the time of need? The details are in the fine print as discovered by Cox and Kings Europe tourists even as C&K is giving its “customers” a rude brush-off. Cox and Kings’ (C&K) European Whirl […]
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At least 2 000 people were evacuated from the popular tourist region of Valencia in Spain, while the worst fires seen in over a decade out of control, creating a huge ash cloud reached until the third largest city in the country. The work focused on fighting to protect populations and sources close to Valencia, […]
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In less than a month, four drunken foreign tourists have fallen from their hotel rooms in Bulgaria’s Black Sea resort of Sunny Beach – one to his death. Police say that such falls from balconies are hardly unique to this summer of 2012. But what is alarming is that the number of cases are on […]
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One man was severely injured in a bomb blast that rocked the town of Sandanski in southwestern Bulgaria on June 29. The man was taken to hospital and was in intensive care, having suffered extensive damage to one arm and his stomach, news agency Focus reported, citing doctors at the Sandanski hospital. The bomb blast […]
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According to larepublica.pe, tourist police are trying to locate two suspects that are scamming tourists with counterfeit entrance tickets for various attractions in the Cusco region. 1. At least six cases have been formally filed regarding two individuals selling the counterfeit tickets. Most of the victims have been tourists from Argentina. 2. The scam artists […]
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Police are advising the public to be cautious as armed robberies in the Greater Jakarta area could increase ahead of the start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in mid-July. Jakarta Police spokesman Sr. Comr. Rikwanto said on Friday that there were seven reported robberies in the past week alone, with the targets ranging […]
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Maybe you saw it coming and hoped for the best—or maybe you totally missed the warning signs. Either way, it’s too late now. The travel honeymoon has ended jarringly, leaving you with an empty feeling in the pit of your stomach: You’ve just been scammed. When traveling, you (and your money) can be easy targets […]
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