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Army moves into key Bangkok area April 20, 2010
The Thai army moves into the business district of Bangkok to prevent anti-government protesters entering the area. The protests by the "red-shirts", now in their fifth week, are currently focused in the city's shopping hub. The red-shirts are trying to force Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva to step down and call an election.

Thailand's PM declares emergency April 7, 2010
Thailand's prime minister declares a state of emergency in Bangkok amid growing anti-government protests. In a televised address, Mr Abhisit said the move - which gives sweeping new powers to the security forces to tackle protesters - would help restore order. It comes hours after thousands of "red-shirt" protesters marched on parliament - forcing MPs to flee the building.

Massive earthquake strikes Chile February 27, 2010
A massive earthquake has hit central Chile and killed at least 122 people, though the toll is expected to rise. The 8.8 quake caused widespread damage, destroying buildings, bridges and roads in many areas, including the capital where a chemical plant caught fire. President Michelle Bachelet declared a "state of catastrophe" in affected areas and appealed for calm.

Chile earthquake: Pacific nations brace for tsunami Feb. 27, 2010
Santiago's international airport was forced to close, a highway bridge ..."Tsunami waves in the deep ocean travel about the same speed as a jet plane and ...

Group targets spiked drinks during Games February 10, 2010
Vancouver is fast becoming a party town as the Olympic Games near. But organizers of the SafeVibe campaign hope residents and visitors hitting bars and lounges don't fall victim to spiked drinks. . .

U.S. starts aid airdrops into Haiti January 19, 2010
The US military begins airdrops of food and water into Haiti, as aid efforts gather pace a week after the devastating earthquake. Some 14,000 ready-to-eat meals and 15,000 litres of water were dropped north-east of the capital, Port-au-Prince, the US said.

US lifts HIV/Aids immigration ban  January 4, 2010
The US lifts a 22-year immigration ban that stopped anyone with HIV/Aids from entering the country. . .It put the US in a group of just 12 countries, also including Libya and Saudi Arabia, that excluded anyone suffering from HIV/Aids.

Volcanic ash disrupts Puerto Rican flights  December 30, 2009
Caribbean air traffic is being snarled by a cloud of volcanic ash floating 10,000 feet above the island of Montserrat, forcing the cancellation of more than 60 flights in Puerto Rico. At least eight U.S. carriers have had their operations affected by the Soufriere volcano, which has been spewing ash for several weeks.

China H1N1 flu death toll triples in two weeks  December 2, 2009
BEIJING: China's official H1N1 flu death toll has tripled in the past two weeks after the government ordered more accurate reporting of fatalities amid suspicions of a cover-up. A statement posted on the health ministry's website late Tuesday said the number of people reported killed by the influenza A(H1N1) virus had jumped to 178 at the weekend, up from a previously reported nationwide tally of 53.  

Flights cancelled as Beijing blanketed in snow November 10, 2009
BEIJING - Nearly 70 flights were cancelled and more than 30 delayed at Beijing's airport Tuesday after the second major snow storm of the season blanketed the Chinese capital, airport officials said.

Massive security at Asian summit in Thailand October 22, 2009
Thailand has mounted one of its biggest security operations in recent history with more than 36,000 military and police to prevent anti-government demonstrators from overrunning a summit of Asian leaders, an official spokesman said Thursday.

PHILIPPINES: October 19, 2009
The Philippines orderes imports of 250,000 tonnes of rice and lawmakers rushed to approve funding for immediate rebuilding of farms and roads badly damaged by two typhoons that killed over 650 people. The Philippines, the world's biggest rice buyer, would hold a tender two months earlier than normal on Oct. 30 for the shipment of the grain, which it wants delivered between January and April, the National Food Authority said.

The Philippines turned its focus on Sunday from rescue operations to sending relief to northern provinces devastated by floods and cut off by landslides as the death toll from two typhoons in 14 days rose to more than 600. Using shovels and their bare hands to avoid triggering more landslides, rescue teams kept up a search for bodies in the areas of northern Luzon island that remained isolated. In this statement, the Geneva-based Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre reminds us that up to 400,000 people fled their homes in the south of the Philippines last year to espace from fighting.

China number two in world for rabies deaths East Asia / Pacific - China  September 28, 2009
BEIJING: China is second only to India worldwide in the number of people killed by rabies every year, the government reported, making the disease one of the nation's biggest public health threats.
"China is one of the countries most severely affected by rabies, and in recent years the number of annual reported deaths from rabies has averaged around 2,400," the health ministry said in a statement on its website. "It is only inferior in number to India, and gives us the world's second-place ranking." The statement, issued to coincide with World Rabies Day on Monday, said rabies was among the top three infectious diseases in China.

Vast, red dust storms choke Australia  September 23, 2009
East Asia / Pacific - Australia SYDNEY - Red Outback grit shrouded Australia's largest city Wednesday, blotting out such landmarks as the Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge and even reaching underground to coat subway stations. The country's worst dust storm in 70 years diverted planes and produced an eerie orange sky.

Strong quakes hit Japan and India  Aug. 11, 2009 East Asia / Pacific, South / Central Asia - India, Japan
A strong earthquake has struck Tokyo and central Japan, halting train services, closing motorways and causing a nuclear power station to shut down.

Taiwan braces for Typhoon Morakot Aug. 7, 2009
Schools and offices shut and transport is disrupted as Typhoon Morakot nears Taiwan, bringing high winds and heavy rain.

Flu infects 100,000 in past week July 23, 2009
The number of new cases of swine flu in the past week has reached an estimated 100,000 in England, the BBC has learnt.

Mexico fights resurgent dengue fever June 25, 2009
Americas - Mexico Dengue fever is on the rise in Mexico and elsewhere in the Americas.

Acapulco, Long Dotted With Tourists, Is Now Home to Drug War June 9, 2009
Americas - Mexico  MEXICO CITY — Cliff divers, all-night discos, towering hotels on the sand — that is one side of Acapulco. But a four-hour gun battle over the weekend between soldiers and suspected drug traffickers made clear that the popular beach resort has a dark side and that no part of Mexico may be completely immune from the continuing drug war.

H1N1 flu cases pass 500 in Australia, state's alert level raised June 3, 2009
East Asia / Pacific - Australia  Australia raised the H1N1 flu alert level in the worst hit state of Victoria on Wednesday and warned more areas would follow as the national total topped 500.

Worried About Flu, China Confines U.S. Students May 29, 2009
When 21 students from a private school in Silver Spring, Md., arrived in the Chinese city of Kaili last Friday, they enjoyed a weekend of exploring the regional province of Guizhou. . . At lunch on Monday, Chinese officials quarantined the group to their rooms in the Heaven Sent Dragon hotel, Mike Kennedy, interim head of the school, the Barrie School, said Thursday.

Japan reports 135 swine flu cases, closes schools May 19, 2009
Japan on Monday reported 135 swine flu cases and shuttered more than 2,000 schools and kindergartens in a bid to slow the spread of the virus that may already have infected hundreds.

Swine flu: No cause for alarm, not considered a pandemic so far ... April 28, 2009
Among such organizations taking actions, the United Nations health agency on Monday elevated the international pandemic alert to phase 4, on a six-point scale, for the first time since the current warning system was introduced in 2005 in ... WHO would not recommend the closing of borders or the restriction of travel, which would have little to no effect in stopping
the movement of the virus, Mr. Fukuda said. Phase 5 of the WHO pandemic alert levels is characterized by ...

Avian Flu Cases in Egypt Raise Alarms April 21, 2009
Middle East / N. Africa - Egypt An unusual pattern of avian flu cases in Egypt — almost all are in toddlers, all of whom have survived — has led some flu-tracking Web sites to speculate that dozens of silent cases are circulating there.

Thai troops crack down on protesters April 13, 2009
East Asia / Pacific - Thailand  Thai soldiers fired volleys of shots in the air to disperse protesters blocking key roads in Bangkok Monday, as the first show of force by the government since declaring emergency rule left 74 wounded.

UK issues Thailand travel warning April 12, 2009
BANGKOK, Thailand (12 Apr 2009) â?� The Foreign Office has warned Britons against travelling to Bangkok after violence and rioting erupted in the Thai capital.

NZ tourists in Thailand told to keep away from Bangkok protests April 12, 2009
A tourist poses atop an armoured personnel carrier temporarily seized by supporters of ousted Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra in Bangkok Foreign Affairs officials in New Zealand latest advice...

Northern India tourist area hit by quake April 9, 2009
NEW DELHI, April 9 (UPI) -- A tourist district in northern India was hit by a 5.3-magnitude earthquake Thursday, injuring three people and damaging a number of buildings, officials said.

China facing HIV 'plague' as new cases leap 45 per cent March 30, 2009
China is facing an epidemic of HIV infection, particularly among its gay population, as the government admitted that new cases had risen by 45 per cent in two years. Aids is now the leading cause of death among infectious diseases on the mainland, as official figures showed that 7,000 people had died in the first nine months of 2008 and 45,000 were infected with HIV.

Spanish airport workers to strike on Wednesday March 25, 2009

Europe - Spain  The one-hour strike at all 47 airports is a protest against the government's plans to partially privatise airport operator AENA, says Spain’s largest trade union. 
 

Thousands in Argentina protest crime March 19, 2009

Americas - Argentina  An estimated 10,000 Argentines marched on the historic Plaza de Mayo in the capital, Buenos Aires, on Wednesday to demand more anti-crime measures, reflecting a top priority among Argentines, according to recent polls.

Campus says no to Mexico travel - News  March 19, 2009
Godwin said the U.S. State Department's current status of "travel alert" is one step below a "travel warning," which would mean that all study programs in Mexico would be shut down. The Office of Global Education currently offers three study abroad opportunities in Mexico in the cities of Guadalajara, Monterrey and Mexico City. The recent drug violence has been
concentrated in the border town of Juarez, which is located across the border from El Paso, Texas. ...

Bill would end cross-border trucking program March 12, 2009
Wide access to U.S. roads granted to Mexican trucks in NAFTA would be terminated. Critics cite safety concerns, but a spokesman for the Mexican Embassy calls it 'protectionism, plain and simple.

Texas makes emergency plans in case violence spills over from Mexico March 8, 2009
Fort Worth Star Telegram - Fort Worth,TX,USA
The US Joint Forces Command, in a speculative assessment of global security threats, said Mexico and Pakistan "bear consideration for a rapid and sudden ...

Asia capital losses at 9.6 trillion dollars in 2008 March 8, 2009
MANILA (AFP) -- Financial assets in Asia lost 9.6 trillion dollars in value in 2008, slightly more than a year's worth of GDP, the Asian Development Bank said on Monday. It said Asia was hit especially hard as the global
downturn led .

Mexico increases airport security after robberies March 3, 2009

Americas - Mexico  More than 800 federal and local police have been assigned to improve security in and around Mexico City's international airport after a series of armed robberies against travelers who exchanged money there, authorities announced Monday.

4 Indonesians die of bird flu; toll climbs to 119 March 3, 2009
East Asia / Pacific - Indonesia  Four Indonesians have died of bird flu, bringing the death toll in the country hardest hit by the disease over the past several years to 119, an official said Tuesday.
 

American in Egypt attacked near bomb site February 28, 2009

Middle East / N. Africa - Egypt  Egyptian media report that police have arrested an Egyptian who attacked an American teacher in the same Cairo tourist site where a bomb killed a French teenager a week earlier. 

Vietnam bird flu outbreak widens: reports February 6, 2009
The H5N1 strain of bird flu has been reported in more localities across Vietnam, raising fears of a possible epidemic, official and media reports said Friday.

Is China Covering up a New Bird Flu Epidemic? February 3, 2009
Certainly there seems to be very strong evidence it is. There have already been eight reported cases of humans contracting the potential deadly H5N1 virus, from which five people have died this year. And despite the fact that Hong Kong officials have been finding dead birds infected with the virus washing up onto its shores in recent days from the mainland, China has not made any official statement concerning an outbreak among birds.
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Thailand To Send 190 Hmong Refugees Back To Laos February 2, 2009
Thailandnews.net -- seeking political asylum claiming they face persecution at home, because they fought alongside U.S. forces during the Vietnam War. "Today we will send 190 Hmong back to. . .

7 killed, 100 hurt in Thailand blast February 1, 2009
BANGKOK -- At least seven people were killed and about 100 others injured when a man lobbed a hand grenade into a busy Buddhist temple compound in north eastern Thailand during a celebration, police s...

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