Israel Doubles Gaza Fishing Zone
Source: Israel National News
Gaza :: Palestine | updated 2013-05-21 12:33:02 -0700 | travel-news
General Eitan Dangot, the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories, updated Palestinian Authority authorities personally. The zone was reduced to three miles/4.83 kilometers on March 21st as a response to rocket fire from the Hamas-ruled area.
'Only Congress genuinely interested in Tamils' welfare'
Source: The Economic Times
Colombo :: Sri Lanka | updated 2013-05-21 01:17:11 -0700 | travel-news
Union Minister V Narayanasamy today said that only the Congress party is "genuinely" interested in ensuring welfare of the Tamils in Sri Lanka while other political parties in Tamil Nadu were shedding "crocodile tears" on the issue. "It is indeed...
Army announces 2nd fatality from Tripoli violence
Source: The Daily Star
Beirut :: Lebanon | updated 2013-05-21 10:52:42 -0700 | travel-news
The Lebanese Army officially declared that two of its soldiers were killed in violent clashes between supporters and opponents of Syrian President Bashar Assad in Tripoli, north Lebanon. The military initially said one soldier was killed and that six had...
Thousands of military sex victims treated
Source: The Journal Gazette
Damascus :: Syria | updated 2013-05-21 00:43:47 -0700 | travel-news
New government figures underscore the staggering long-term consequences of military sexual assaults: More than 85,000 veterans were treated last year for injuries or illness linked to the abuse, and 4,000 sought disability benefits. The Department of Veterans Affairs' accounting, released...
EUREKA TRANSIENT CAMPFIRE BURNS OUT OF CONTROL
Source: KIEM
Eureka :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-21 00:39:29 -0700 | travel-news
A transient camp fire in Eureka burns out of control, as those responsible abandoned the blaze. Humboldt Bay Fire crews responded to the site in the Palco Marsh area behind Les Schwab Tires around 8:45 Monday evening. Fire...
Roadside bomb kills 6 policemen in Afghanistan
Source: Fox News
Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated 2013-05-21 08:33:37 -0700 | travel-news
Afghanistan An Afghan official says a powerful roadside bomb has killed six policemen in the country's west. The officers' vehicle hit the explosives planted in the road they were driving on Tuesday morning in Herat province. District Police Chief...
Emergency! Door falls off aircraft
Source: The Jakarta Post
Jakarta :: Indonesia | updated 2013-05-21 00:28:52 -0700 | travel-news
Door falls off aircraft The Jakarta Post, Tanjungpinang Archipelago Tue, May 21 2013, 2:08 PM An emergency door of Sriwijaya Air flight number SJ 039 broke off as passengers were boarding at Raja Haji Fisabilillah airport in Tanjungpinang, Riau Islands,...
Aquino assures PH can defend itself against external threats
Source: Inquirer.net
Manila :: Philippines | updated 2013-05-21 00:28:20 -0700 | travel-news
PhilippinesFaced with territorial disputes and worries of external and internal threats, President Benigno Aquino III on Tuesday assured that the Philippines can defend itself within its bounds. Sa ating agenda ng mabuting pamamahala, malinaw ang pahiwatig natin ngayon sa buong...
Militants gun down 5 labourers in Meghalaya
Source: The Hindu
Mumbai :: India | updated 2013-05-21 00:12:08 -0700 | travel-news
Five migrant labourers were shot dead and few others were injured when suspected tribal militants indiscriminately fired upon them in a remote mining village in Meghalaya's South Garo Hills district, police said on Tuesday. Achik National Volunteer Council-B faction, led...
Pentagon to take over some CIA drone operations: sources
Source: DAWN
Karāchi :: Pakistan | updated 2013-05-21 00:08:50 -0700 | travel-news
President Barack Obama's administration has decided to give the Pentagon control of some drone operations against terrorism suspects overseas that are currently run by the CIA, several US government sources said on Monday. Obama has pledged more transparency on controversial...
Indictment: Driver who hit, killed elderly man negligent
Source: Yedioth Ahronoth
Bat Yam :: Israel | updated 2013-05-21 11:14:54 -0700 | travel-news
There he fatally hit Fritz'kov, who was crossing a crosswalk on his scooter. (Raanan Ben-Zur)
Jaya renews demand for retrieval of Kachatheevu
Source: The Economic Times
Chennai :: India | updated 2013-05-21 03:28:54 -0700 | travel-news
Voicing concern over attacks on Indian fishermen, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa today asked the Centre to take urgent steps for retrieval of Katchatheevu islet, ceded to Sri Lanka in 1974, besides redrawing the International Maritime Boundary Line. The 1974 Agreement signed...
Commercial prawn-fleet accidents prompt new best-practices recommendations
Source: Vancouver Sun
Tōkyō :: Japan | updated 2013-05-20 23:50:38 -0700 | travel-news
The dramatic loss of two commercial prawn vessels last season has prompted the fishery now in full swing on the B.C. coast to adopt a set of best practices aimed at ensuring hundreds of traps per vessel are transported safely....
Sudan?s council of states suspends sessions to push for military mobilisation
Source: Sudan Tribune
Umm Durmān :: Sudan | updated 2013-05-20 23:41:54 -0700 | travel-news
Sudan's Council of States has decided to suspend its sessions in order to enable its members to head to their constituencies and lead a mobilisation campaign in support of the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) in its ongoing battle with rebel...
Car Hits Home, One Confirmed Dead in Aromas
Source: KION
Aromas :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-21 01:27:28 -0700 | travel-news
Overnight, search and rescue crews go through the piles of debris in Moore, Oklahoma, looking for anyone hurt or trapped after a tornado swept through Central Oklahoma. There are 51 reported
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