Archive for December, 2001

Hungary

Date: December 19th, 2001 |

Serious flooding caused by torrential rains occurred in several areas of Hungary June 23, causing the evacuation of thousands and shutting down roads and railway lines throughout the country. Confirm that conditions have returned to normal before traveling outside maj [read more]

Turkey

Date: December 19th, 2001 |

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The death sentence imposed on Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan has spurred, as threatened, a wave of bombings in Turkey. Three major attacks have occurred since the sentence was handed down June 29. A suicide bomber killed herself and injured 17 outside a police station in the southern city of Adana July 5; a bomb [read more]

Philippines

Date: December 19th, 2001 |

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Mayon volcano on the island of Luzon is threatening to erupt, having spewed gas and steam for more than two weeks and shaking with tremors July 4. Villagers have been ordered to evacuate the area within a three-and-a-half mile radius of the summit, and travelers should stay out of [read more]

Africa

Date: December 19th, 2001 |

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The American embassies in Gambia, Liberia, Madagascar, Namibia, Senegal and Togo were temporarily closed June 24 because of reports that they had been under surveillance by “suspicious individuals.” All but the Madagascar Embassy were reopened June 28. State Department officials further reported that Osama bin Laden’s network was in the final stages of planning terrorist [read more]

Ecuador

Date: December 19th, 2001 |

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Taxi drivers out on strike for the second time in four months have shut down urban transportation and effectively paralyzed transport throughout the country. The capital city of Quito and the Andean cities of Ambato, Rio Bamba and Cuenca have been especially affected. The government has declared a state of emergency, and students clashed with [read more]

Honduras

Date: December 19th, 2001 |

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Several crimes against U.S. travelers have occurred since the beginning of the year. In April a missionary driving from Texas to Honduras’s northern coast was carjacked and robbed at gunpoint. Also in April, a bar and bookstore in Tegucigalpa owned by an American and patronized by diplomats and foreign travelers was held up. All the [read more]

Romania

Date: December 19th, 2001 |

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A strike by bus and streetcar drivers brought Bucharest to a standstill July 6, with more than a million people affected by the walkout. Drivers are demanding their salaries be doubled and vowed to stay away from work until their demand [read more]

Alaska/Yukon Territory

Date: December 19th, 2001 |

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Travelers over the age of 65 should consult physicians before embarking on cruises to Alaska that involve inland tours to or near Canada’s Yukon Territory. A flu epidemic there has affected some 1600 people and one elderly woman has died from flu complications. The disease has spread through large tour groups that have gone inland [read more]

Iran

Date: December 19th, 2001 |

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Student protests that followed a surprise police raid on a Tehran University dormitory have rattled hard-line leaders and may represent a groundswell of support for a more democratic society. Some 10,000 students gathered over the weekend of July 9-11 to protest the police action and to support moderate President Mohammad Khatami. Travel to Iran has [read more]

Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire)

Date: December 19th, 2001 |

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A cease-fire agreement to end the long civil war here was signed July 10 by all of the principal players in the conflict except the rebels trying to overthrow Laurent Kabila’s government. Until the rebels are on board there’s little hope that the cease-fire [read more]

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