As covered by travelmole.com, “The Foreign Office is advising tourists to stay away from a large area of Sabah on the island of Borneo following an outbreak of violence. The FCO said those currently staying along parts of the east coast should consider leaving as soon as possible and to follow the advice of the local police.” Read Article
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As recorded by radioaustralia.net, “The Solomon Islands Government and the World Health Organisation are working on plans to try to curb an outbreak of dengue fever. The number of dengue cases has recently risen in the capital, Honiara, with 233 people dying from the mosquito-borne disease.Health authorities are calling on members of the public to […]
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As recorded by gantdaily.com, “Cambodian authorities on Tuesday expressed concern over a possible bird flu outbreak after the disease claimed its eighth fatality, taking the life of a 35-year-old man from the northeastern province of Kampong Cham. Deputy Head of the Health Ministry’s Disease Surveillance Bureau, Ly Sovann, confirmed that the man died from H5N1 […]
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AS AMPHIBIOUS assaults go, the invasion of the Malaysian state of Sabah by the self-styled Royal Army of the Sultanate of Sulu on February 11th is admittedly tame. Scores of men, many heavily armed, came ashore from motorboats that had brought them from the Philippines, an hour away, where they and the sultan of Sulu […]
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As reported by wral.com, “A park official says a Komodo dragon has attacked a tour guide on a remote island in eastern Indonesia. Komodo National Park official Heru Rudiharto said Wednesday a 2.5-meter-long (8.2-foot-long) lizard suddenly appeared and attacked Abdul Rachman who was guiding four Indonesian tourists near its nest.” Read Article
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According to guampdn.com, “A crew from the U.S. Coast Guard Monday found the body of a Russian tourist four hours after he went missing in Saipan. According to a news release from the Coast Guard, rescue teams were searching for the man after they received a 6 p.m. report that he had not returned from […]
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thejakartaglobe.com reported….Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara. The beverage that killed an Australian teenager in the popular holiday island of Gili Trawangan contained methanol, food and drug regulators in West Nusa Tenggara have confirmed. Sri Utami Ekaningtiyas, the head of the provincial office of the Food and Drug Monitoring Agency (BPOM), said Tuesday that tests on the […]
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As covered by elevenmyanmar.com, “The move follows two incidents last week in which foreign tourists were robbed while cycling through the town. The first victim was a Chinese female who was robbed by a man on a motorbike while she was returning to her hotel after sunset, police said.” Read Article
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As reported in thejakartaglobe.com, “A South Korean tourist was hospitalized on Monday after he was attacked by a sword-wielding assailant in a botched carjacking attempt. Kim Seong-cheol, 42, was returning to his car parked on Jalan Darmawangsa in South Kuta when a man riding a motorcycle brandished a sword and attacked him. The victim fought […]
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As reported by themalaysianinsider.com, “The red sea phenomenon that is happening in Sabah, claimed another life yesterday, believed from consuming cockles bought at the Inanam night market, near here. This brings the number of fatalities in such cases to three so far.” Read Article
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