Day: 29 March 2017

DRC: Bodies of American and Swedish UN investigators and their interpreter found in shallow grave

News TeamMarch 29, 2017

On March 12th, American Michael Sharp, Swede Zaida Catalan, interpreter Betu Tshintela, driver Isaac Kabuayi and two motorcycle drivers were abducted in Kasai-C...

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India: Missing Canadian tourist released by Maoists days after police claimed he wasn’t abducted

News TeamMarch 29, 2017

Earlier today a Canadian social worker was released by Naxalites who had reportedly detained him on Monday as he cycled through the insurgency-hit Chhattisgarh ...

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Chad: French national abducted in eastern Chad, believed to have been taken to Sudan

News TeamMarch 29, 2017

On Thursday of last week, a French national was abducted from a town south of Abeche, in eastern Chad. He reportedly works for a French mining company, though neither the victim nor the company have been identified. No one has claimed responsibility ...

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Quick Read: Tourist dies in Bali following ‘vodka binge’

News TeamMarch 29, 2017

An Australian tourist holidaying in a luxury Bali resort has died after drinking large amounts of vodka. Police report she may have consumed up to 27 glasses of...

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Quick Read: Victim in Las Vegas Strip shooting was tourist from Montana

News TeamMarch 29, 2017

Authorities in Nevada said a 57-year-old Montana man was the lone fatality in a Saturday shooting on a Las Vegas Strip tour bus. The Clark County coroner’s off...

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Quick Read: Terrorism fears hit visitor numbers at London tourist attractions

News TeamMarch 29, 2017

Visitor numbers at some of London’s most popular tourist attractions plummeted last year over fears the city "might be next" for a terror attack. Tourists were held inside carriages on the London Eye for three hours amid the attack as swathes of the...

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Quick Read: Cyclone Debbie: Queensland police fear fatalities with extent of damage unclear

News TeamMarch 29, 2017

Slow-moving category-four storm hits Australia’s north-east but it will be at least a day before destruction can be assessed • Worst storm in Australia in years...

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Quick Read: Zika threat to the US blood supply: Screening tests

News TeamMarch 29, 2017

Investigators have shown that certain screening methods that detect the genetic material of Zika virus can be used to ensure that donated blood supplies remain ...

Quick Read: Many Israelis plan to visit Sinai during Passover despite travel warning

News TeamMarch 29, 2017

Many Israelis are still planning to travel to the Sinai Peninsula over the Passover holiday despite the warning that was issued by the Israeli Counter-Terrorism Bureau earlier today.... Read full article at the publisher's site: http://ift.tt/2niBwCy...

Quick Read: Tanzania rapper Nay wa Mitego freed after Magufuli criticism

News TeamMarch 29, 2017

Tanzanian rapper Emmanuel Elibariki, known as Nay wa Mitego, has been released just a day after he was arrested for releasing a song deemed insulting to the gov...

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Quick Read: UK Ministry of Defence selects Smiths Detection for airport security contract

News TeamMarch 29, 2017

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Smiths Detection has been awarded a new, multi-million pound contract with the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) to provide a wide range of ...

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Quick Read: How Airlines Are Handling U.S. & U.K. Electronics Bans

News TeamMarch 29, 2017

The U.S. and U.K. bans on laptops and other large electronic devices onboard flights from certain Middle East and North Africa destinations likely will last months, not days or weeks, according to International SOS.... Read full article at the pub...

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Quick Read: Travel: how to lose thousands by trying to save tens

News TeamMarch 29, 2017

Nobody cares about your smooth, glitch-and-accident-free holiday stories. They're boring. Bring on the disasters and schadenfreude kicks to produce a fascinated...

Quick Read: Mali: Six killed in multiple attacks

News TeamMarch 29, 2017

At least six people were killed last weekend in attacks in northern and southern Mali. According to military and security sources, three soldiers, two customs o...

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Quick Read: The Most Hated Man in Russia

News TeamMarch 29, 2017

MOSCOW — The scale of Russia’s nationwide protests this weekend took even their organizers by surprise. On Sunday, tens of thousands of Russians took part in anti-corruption demonstrations across 82 cities — from Vladivostok on the Pacific to Kalini...

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Quick Read: Uganda: Three Uganda Varsity Students Drown During Beach Party

News TeamMarch 29, 2017

A handover party for Uganda's Busitema University students Saturday evening ended in tears after three students drowned in Lake Victoria at Majanji in Busia Dis...

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Quick Read: Phuket airport to change departing luggage checks

News TeamMarch 29, 2017

Phuket airport will alter the checking process of hold baggage next month to ease passenger congestion outside the terminals.... Read full article at the publis...

Quick Read: Plane crashes in eastern Zimbabwe, 6 people killed

News TeamMarch 29, 2017

Zimbabwe's state-controlled newspaper says a plane crashed in the country's east, killing six people. The Herald newspaper reported that an eight-seater plane crashed in the mountainous Vumba area, a picturesque tourist area in eastern Zimbabwe, nea...

Quick Read: 9 killed as bus falls into gorge in Manipur’s Senapati district

News TeamMarch 29, 2017

At least 9 people, including a woman, were killed and some others seriously injured when the bus in which they were travelling plunged into a deep gorge in Mani...

Quick Read: Philippines Rescues 3 More Malaysian Sailors Kidnapped by Abu Sayyaf

News TeamMarch 29, 2017

KUALA LUMPUR Philippine security forces have rescued three Malaysian sailors kidnapped by the terrorist group Abu Sayyaf, while two others were released last ...

Quick Read: Foreign journalists given 4-day pass to investigate Rakhine violence – Burmese media

News TeamMarch 29, 2017

BURMESE (Myanmar) state media has announced a trip for local and foreign journalists to visit Rakhine State, where the country’s military has been accused of human rights abuses against the Rohingya.... Read full article at the publisher's site: http...

Quick Read: Two arrests after escalator suddenly went into reverse at mall in Hong Kong leaving 18 injured

News TeamMarch 29, 2017

Two men have been arrested after a packed escalator suddenly jolted into reverse, leaving at least 18 people injured. The horrifying moment was captured on fil...