The inundation in the Far North Region has affected more than 26, 000, officials said Thursday, and in neighboring Nigeria at least 15 deaths are blamed on waters rushing into the country from Cameroon's compromised Lagdo Dam on the Benoue River.

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The family was on tour at the Waza National Park in Cameroon's Far-North Region before they were abducted at gunpoint by five gunmen aboard motorbikes, according to paramilitary sources in the area.

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Being so far north, much of region - some 146, 000 square km - is covered by glaciers and ice caps (a type of ice field where glaciers flow off in many directions).

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He is adored in the Chukotka region that occupies the barren far north-east of Russia where he has been governor since 2000.

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Colombia is home to 83 indigenous tribes that survived the Spanish conquest, and one of the most powerful and cohesive is the Arhuac culture of the Tayrona region, located in the far north of the country.

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The region extends from Egypt to Pakistan and covers countries as far north as Kazakhstan and as far south as Yemen.

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The north west of England has been the worst hit region so far, with the Stanlow Shell Oil Refinery at Ellesmere Port in Cheshire blockaded since Thursday night.

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