Medical & Security Alerts	Pakistan 8/21/2008 1:38:00 PM Suicide Bombings in Wah Kill 40 • • • • • • Turkey 8/21/2008 12:21:00 PM Explosion Targets Military, Police in Izmir • • • • • • Algeria 8/20/2008 2:50:00 PM Car Bomb Attacks in Bouira Kill 11 • • • • • • China 8/21/2008 7:50:00 AM Typhoon Nuri Approaches Guangdong Province; Hong Kong • • • • • • Morocco 8/21/2008 7:49:00 AM Police Break Up Protest in Port City of Sidi Ifni • • • • • • Philippines 8/21/2008 7:37:00 AM Update: Government to Seek New Deal with Rebels; Fresh Violence Breaks out in North Cotabato Province • • • • • • Peru 8/21/2008 5:39:00 AM Update: Protest at Oil Facilities Called Off • • • • • • Thailand 8/21/2008 5:35:00 AM Update: Authorities Warn of Heavy Rain in Northern, North-Eastern Provinces • • • • • • Mexico 8/21/2008 2:33:00 AM Increased Violence Reported in Chihuahua State • • • • • • Venezuela 8/21/2008 1:03:00 AM Government Proposes Amendments to Telecommunications Act; Anti-Government Rally Planned in Caracas on 30 August • • • • • • North America 8/20/2008 8:00:00 PM Update 7: Tropical Storm Fay Weakens, Moves North from Florida; Heavy Rainfall Expected in East-Central and North-Eastern Regions • • • • • • Philippines 8/20/2008 7:59:00 PM Update 2: Seven Killed in Landslides, Flash Floods in Northern Philippines; Typhoon Nuri Approaches Guangdong Province in China • • • • • • Bolivia 8/20/2008 2:54:00 PM Anti-Government Protests Turn Violent in Santa Cruz Province; General Strike Disrupts Travel, Services • • • • • • Somalia 8/20/2008 12:50:00 PM Pirates Hijack Malaysian Ship in Gulf of Aden • • • • • • China 8/20/2008 9:13:00 AM Earthquake in Yunnan Province Causes Damage; Thousands Evacuated • • • • • • Malaysia 8/20/2008 6:45:00 AM Recent Kidnappings Highlight Security Risks in Kuala Lumpur • • • • • • Malaysia 8/19/2008 10:28:00 PM Security Heightened Ahead of 26 August By-Election in Permatang Pauh • • • • • • Philippines 8/19/2008 10:27:00 PM Police Placed on High Alert in Metro Manila • • • • • • Niger 8/19/2008 8:33:00 PM Update: MNJ Denies Ceasefire Call • • • • • • Turkey 8/19/2008 8:32:00 PM Suspected Suicide Attack Near Mersin Kills One, Injures Nine • • • • • • Honduras 8/19/2008 6:26:00 PM State Health Care Workers Stage Strike, Threaten Indefinite Nationwide Action • • • • • • Yemen 8/19/2008 6:10:00 PM Update: Yemeni Authorities Arrest More Militants • • • • • • Colombia 8/19/2008 6:08:00 PM Military Defuses Truck Bomb • • • • • • Pakistan 8/19/2008 3:23:00 PM PPP, PML (N) Talks on New President Deadlocked; Lawyers Threaten Nationwide Protests • • • • • • Netherlands 8/19/2008 2:27:00 PM Pilots Threaten Strike from 20 August • • • • • • Argentina 8/19/2008 12:53:00 PM Farmers Resume Anti-Government Protests • • • • • • United Kingdom 8/19/2008 7:57:00 AM Flooded Roads Cause Travel Delays; More Rain Forecast in Northern Ireland • • • • • • United States 8/19/2008 5:07:00 AM Evacuations Continue in Grand Canyon Following Dam Breach • • • • • • Venezuela 8/18/2008 8:29:00 PM Authorities Plan to Reinforce Security Measures • • • • • • Mexico 8/18/2008 6:57:00 PM Shooting Spree in Chihuahua State Kills 14 • • • • • • Colombia 8/18/2008 6:08:00 PM French Company Targeted in Two Explosions in Bogota • • • • • • Azerbaijan 8/18/2008 4:11:00 PM Grenade Attack on Mosque Kills Three in Baku • • • • • • Afghanistan 8/18/2008 3:02:00 PM Suicide Bomb Attack outside US Base in Khost Kills Nine; Taleban Threatens Attacks on Canadian Nationals • • • • • • Pakistan 8/18/2008 11:59:00 AM Thousands Participate in Anti-US Rally in Karachi • • • • • • Brazil 8/18/2008 7:59:00 AM Diplomat, Tourists Escape from Kidnappers in Rio de Janeiro • • • • • • Thailand 8/18/2008 7:05:00 AM Opposition to March to British Embassy on 19 August • • • • • • Afghanistan 8/17/2008 9:06:00 PM Security Tightened in Kabul Ahead Of 18 August Independence Day • • • • • • Nepal 8/17/2008 7:58:00 PM Bomb Attack Targets Vice President’s House in Kathmandu • • • • • • Peru 8/17/2008 7:32:00 PM Protesters Block Roads in Yurimaguas, Tarapoto • • • • • • Philippines 8/17/2008 8:18:00 AM NPA Rebels Attack Telecom Tower in Surigao del Norte • • • • • • Afghanistan 8/17/2008 5:42:00 AM Two Iranian Nationals Believed Kidnapped • • • • • • China 8/17/2008 3:30:00 AM Several Hundred Residents Evacuated in Hubei after Levée Breaks • • • • • • Lebanon 8/16/2008 7:36:00 PM Update 1: Grenade Attacks Strike Tripoli • • • • • • Korea, South 8/16/2008 7:21:00 PM Update: More Than 150 Arrested During Anti-US Beef Rally in Seoul • • • • • • Bangladesh 8/16/2008 7:10:00 PM Police Warn of Rising Crime in Dhaka • • • • • • Brazil 8/16/2008 6:38:00 PM Police Kill Three Drug Traffickers in Rio de Janeiro • • • • • • Solomon Islands 8/16/2008 9:34:00 AM Police to Intensify Night Patrols in Honiara • • • • • • Nigeria 8/16/2008 8:08:00 AM Thirteen Killed in Clashes near Port Harcourt • • • • • • Malaysia 8/16/2008 7:47:00 AM Immigration Cards Reintroduced at All Points of Entry • • • • • • Dominican Republic 8/16/2008 7:31:00 AM Tropical Storm Fay Causes Power Outage, Flight Diversions • • • • • • Somalia 8/16/2008 6:50:00 AM Several Killed in Indiscriminate Shootings following Bomb Attacks • • • • • • United Kingdom 8/21/2008 11:35:00 AM Update: Airport Workers Call off Strikes; Ryanair, easyJet Baggage Screeners Plan Industrial Action at Stansted on 25 August • • • • • • Bulgaria 8/20/2008 5:14:00 PM Farmers Threaten to Stage Protest on 21 August • • • • • • Czech Republic 8/18/2008 4:04:00 PM Rally Planned Outside Russian Embassy in Prague on 21 August • • • • • • Tanzania 8/17/2008 8:12:00 AM Public Sector Employees to Strike from 25 August • • • • • • Bangladesh 8/17/2008 5:07:00 AM BNP to Hold March on 21 August in Capital; Nationwide Protests Scheduled for 27 August • • • • • • Taiwan 8/17/2008 1:46:00 AM Anti-Government Protest to be Held on 30 August • • • • • • Angola 8/16/2008 3:33:00 AM Parliamentary Elections to be Held on 5 September • • • • • • United Kingdom 8/15/2008 11:05:00 PM Airport Staff at Gatwick, Stansted to Hold 24-Hour Strikes on 25 August, 29 August • • • • • • Korea, South 8/15/2008 3:50:00 PM Buddhist Groups Plan Anti-Discrimination Protest in Seoul on 27 August • • • • • • Tajikistan 8/15/2008 2:03:00 PM Road Closures Anticipated in Dushanbe on 26-28 August • • • • • • Denmark 8/13/2008 5:12:00 AM Anti-Islam Group to Protest in Arhus on 23 August • • • • • • Guyana 8/8/2008 6:59:00 PM Heightened Security Measures Planned for CARIFESTA on 22-31 August • • • • • • Turkey 8/20/2008 7:08:00 PM Increased Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) cases • • • • • • Guinea-Bissau 8/19/2008 11:50:00 PM Cholera outbreak reaches capital, lower-risk areas • • • • • • Cote dIvoire 8/15/2008 6:10:00 PM Yellow fever in Abidjan • • • • • • Uganda 8/14/2008 9:00:00 PM Hepatitis E in northern Uganda • • • • • • Singapore 8/14/2008 4:38:00 AM Chikungunya outbreak in Kranji Way • • • • • • India 8/11/2008 3:30:00 PM Cases of chikungunya near Mulky • • • • • • Brazil 8/11/2008 4:10:00 AM Yellow fever • • • • • • Singapore 8/11/2008 3:29:00 AM Hand, foot and mouth disease outbreak • • • • • • Kenya 8/7/2008 8:21:00 PM Leishmaniasis (kala-azar) outbreak in northeastern areas • • • • • • Philippines 8/7/2008 2:15:00 AM Suspected cholera outbreak in southern Philippines • • • • • • Netherlands 8/4/2008 5:24:00 PM Q fever outbreak in North Brabant province • • • • • • Taiwan 8/2/2008 3:37:00 AM Hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) outbreak • • • • • • Congo 8/2/2008 3:33:00 AM Cholera outbreak in Bouenza region • • • • • • United States 7/30/2008 4:58:00 PM Multi-state outbreak of Salmonella linked to peppers • • • • • • Indonesia 7/30/2008 11:45:00 AM Cholera outbreak in Papua • • • • • • China 7/27/2008 2:08:00 AM Outbreak of Enterovirus 71 (HFMD) in Fuyang city spreads • • • • • • Macao, SAR 7/26/2008 3:40:00 AM Hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) outbreak • • • • • • Kenya 7/25/2008 10:02:00 PM Cholera in Nyanza and other provinces • • • • • • Yemen 7/22/2008 7:28:00 PM Dengue outbreak in Shabwa • • • • • • Russia 7/19/2008 10:56:00 AM Crimean-Congo hemmorrhagic fever in Southern Federal District • • • • • • Hong Kong (SAR) 7/19/2008 10:31:00 AM Hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) on the rise • • • • • • Paraguay 7/19/2008 10:17:00 AM Yellow fever alert; first cases in decades • • • • • • Nigeria 7/18/2008 2:43:00 PM Polio in northern Nigeria • • • • • • Vietnam 7/18/2008 2:38:00 PM Anthrax outbreak in Ha Giang • • • • • • Mongolia 7/15/2008 7:57:00 PM Hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) outbreak • • • • • • Brazil 7/15/2008 3:36:00 PM Dengue fever outbreak in Rio de Janeiro • • • • • •