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Eighteen tourists on board a hot air balloon were wounded in Turkey's Cappadocia region, after the balloon crashed into an electricity wire and its engine burst into flames. 

With its underground cities where early Christians sought shelter, churches with breathtaking icons and fairy chimneys, Cappadocia, one of the earth?s most invaluable touristic destinations, is in search of novelties.

Cappadocia used to be a place which harbored small bed and breakfasts, as well as big hotels targeting mass tourism.

A South Korean activist said Wednesday he had launched thousands of copies of Hollywood film "The Interview" into North Korea by balloon, ignoring dire threats of reprisals from Pyongyang.
      
The capital has labelled the Seth Rogen comedy about a fictional CIA plot to assassinate North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un, a "wanton act of terror".
      

Shumen has become Bulgaria's first municipality to own a hot air balloon certified by the country's Civil Aviation Administration, BGNES news outlet reported on Friday

The municipality in northeastern Bulgaria is now looking for a licensed pilot to be able to use the balloon as a tourist attraction, according to the the head of Shumen Municipal Tourism Company Dobromir Zhekov.

Two balloonists crossing over the Pacific Ocean from Japan surpassed a distance record on Jan. 29 for gas-filled balloon travel and are heading toward a landing in Mexico's Baja California in two days, officials said.
   

A Chinese tourist was killed and eleven others were injured after two hot-air balloons crashed in Turkey's touristic region of Cappadocia in Central Anatolia on Dec. 17.

A hot-air balloon crashed in Turkey's touristic region of Cappadocia in Central Anatolia on Dec. 17, leaving one dead and several others wounded.

The accident occurred at around 8.15 a.m. as the balloon crashed for unknown reasons while flying over Güvercinlik Valley.