Travel

09/30/2014, 10:14 Time
Ilse M. Gibson

Phuket´s Vegetarian Festival - not for the faint hearted

Vegetarian Festival Thailand

USPA NEWS - Like every year the Vegetarian Festival takes place in the 9th month of the Chinese lunar calendar. For the fir...

09/24/2014, 15:57 Time
USPA News

Death toll from China fireworks factory blast hits 13

USPA News - The death toll from a large explosion at a fireworks factory in central China has risen to at least 13, local a...

09/17/2014, 02:15 Time
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Zuma: 67 South Africans dead in Nigerian church collapse

USPA News - Sixty-seven South Africans died and scores were injured when a church building collapsed in the Nigerian city o...

09/13/2014, 19:10 Time
USPA News

Uganda says it disrupted al-Shabaab terrorist cell in capital

USPA News - Several people were arrested in the Ugandan capital of Kampala on Saturday during an operation to stop an "immi...

09/11/2014, 16:36 Time
Ilse M. Gibson

Mid-Autumn Festival in Asia

Moon Festival Phuket, Thailand

USPA NEWS - This festival is a family reunion celebration comparable with Thanks Giving in the US. On the evening of the fe...

09/06/2014, 23:43 Time
USPA News

Bus collision in northern Tanzania kills 37, injures 79

USPA News - At least 37 people were killed Friday and nearly 80 others were injured when two passenger buses collided head-...

09/03/2014, 01:16 Time
USPA News

Roadside bomb kills 4 UN peacekeepers in northern Mali

USPA News - A United Nations (UN) vehicle struck a roadside bomb in northern Mali on Tuesday, killing four peacekeepers fro...

08/31/2014, 01:35 Time
USPA News

Cargo plane crashes in southern Algeria, killing 7

USPA News - A Ukrainian cargo plane flying from Scotland to Equatorial Guinea crashed Saturday in a mountainous area of sou...

08/23/2014, 22:34 Time
Daren Alexander-Frankish

Annual Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo

2014 Finale

USPA NEWS - The Tattoo takes place annually throughout August, as part of the Edinburgh Festival. The Royal Edinburgh Mili...

08/19/2014, 03:00 Time
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Saudi Arabia executes 6 convicted men by beheading

USPA News - Four men previously convicted of drug trafficking were decapitated by sword in southwestern Saudi Arabia on Mon...

08/18/2014, 22:03 Time
USPA News

Quakes cause widespread damage, injure 260 in western Iran

USPA News - A strong earthquake struck near the city of Abdanan in western Iran on early Monday morning, injuring at least ...

08/07/2014, 23:00 Time
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UK bomb hoax suspect detained for mental assessment

USPA News - A man who allegedly made a false bomb threat on board a Qatar Airways flight to England on Tuesday, triggering ...

07/31/2014, 22:36 Time
Daren Alexander-Frankish

Proposed Forth Rail Bridge visitor experiences

Network Rail

USPA NEWS - FORTH BRIDGE EXPERIENCE? - Network Rail believes that there is substantial interest in visiting the Forth Bridg...

07/25/2014, 18:24 Time
USPA News

No survivors found after Algerian airliner with 118 on board crashes in Mali

USPA News - Rescue workers have found no survivors after reaching the crash site of an Air Algerie passenger plane that cra...

07/16/2014, 01:08 Time
USPA News

Moscow metro derailment kills 21, injures 129

USPA News - A packed commuter train derailed in the Moscow subway on Tuesday after it abruptly braked between stations, kil...

07/13/2014, 15:04 Time
USPA News

Gunmen kill 29 prostitutes at Baghdad brothels

USPA News - Gunmen stormed two brothels in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad on Saturday evening, killing at least 31 people, mo...

07/07/2014, 13:54 Time
USPA News

Gas explosion kills 17 miners in northwest China

USPA News - Rescue workers have recovered the bodies of seventeen people who were trapped over the weekend after a gas expl...

07/03/2014, 20:59 Time
USPA News

Terror threat puts Ugandan capital on high alert

USPA News - Security forces were deployed across the Ugandan capital of Kampala on Thursday after intelligence agencies rec...

06/29/2014, 22:06 Time
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Brewing storm off Florida expected to become season;s first

USPA News - A weather system located off the coast of northeastern Florida continued to become better organized on Sunday, ...

06/26/2014, 03:34 Time
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Bomb threat causes evacuations in Amsterdam

USPA News - The main Dam Square in the Dutch capital of Amsterdam was evacuated and cordoned off for hours on Wednesday aft...

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