The Local Switzerland reports that two men aged 24 and 25 were arrested following the killing of a Swiss woman in the Dominican Republic, local media reported on Monday. The body of the 49-year-old woman from the canton of Jura was found on Saturday tied up with a bullet in her head in her home in San Marcos, a neighbourhood in the city of of Puerto Plata. Her death occurred following a break-in at her home, the Quotidien Jurassien newspaper reported on Monday. The newspaper reported that the victim had lived in the Dominican Republic since 2005. Read article
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NBC News reports that a beloved American teacher was shot dead in the Libyan city of Benghazi on Thursday, just days before he was supposed to return to the U.S. for the holidays, the school’s principal said. Ronnie Smith, 33, had been teaching chemistry at the International School Benghazi for about 18 months and was […]
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Dailystar.com.lb reports that Syrian opposition fighters killed an Iraqi freelance journalist in the rebel-held north of the country, the latest of dozens of reporters who have died in the country over the past three years, an activist group and an international media watchdog said Thursday. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Yasser Faisal […]
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As reported by Uk.news.yahoo.com, renewed clashes on Wednesday between Saudis and illegal migrants, targeted in a nationwide campaign, killed one person and wounded 17, police said. A Sudanese died as Saudis clashed with illegal migrants in the southern Riyadh neighborhood of Manfuhah, scene of riots over recent days, police said in a statement carried by […]
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Al Jazeera reports that an Ethiopian migrant has been killed by Saudi police after he tried to flee arrest during a round-up of thousands of foreigners suspected of working illegally in the kingdom. A statement on Wednesday by Riyadh police chief Nasser el-Qahtani said security forces killed the African migrant worker in el-Manhoufa a day […]
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A foreigner was killed this morning when his scooter was hit by a taxi on downtown Wulumuqi Road, according to xinmin.cn (further reported by shanghaidaily.com). The accident happened around 7:30am near intersection of Wulumuqi Road and Hengshan Road in Xuhui District. The victim was a man and his identity has not been disclosed. Witnesses said […]
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A British teacher is believed to have been murdered in Qatar hours after flying back to the Middle East from her grandmother’s funeral. Friends of primary school teacher Lauren Patterson, 24, said she was last seen at a nightclub in the capital, Doha, with two Qatari men, one of whom was an ex-boyfriend. Read Article
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Joele Leotta had only ten days in the south of England and his dream seemed well on track. He was happy because he had already found a job and a place to live. This lad of 19 he left his village, Nibionno, near Milan, hoping to improve his English and-perhaps-future open away from Italy. The […]
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Thepeninsulaqatar.com reports that gunmen shot dead the German ambassador’s bodyguard in Sana’a yesterday as others kidnapped a Sierra Leonean working for the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef), sources said. Gunmen in a vehicle opened fire at the bodyguard as he was leaving a store in the southern Hada district, where foreign embassies are located, a […]
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Euronews.com reports that tourists sunbathing on Sicily’s southern beaches got a nasty reminder on Monday that their suntrap is a deathtrap for many migrants seeking a better life in Europe. The bodies of 13 migrants were washed ashore after the crew of their overloaded boat forced some of its 200 passengers to disembark in the […]
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