A German couple and their child died in the accident off the resort town of Hurghada. Thirteen other tourists of different nationalities were rescued. Egyptian state television said a preliminary tourism police investigation found that the submarine had collided with a coral reef, shattering a glass partition and filling the vessel with water. Read Article
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“I could hear her make prisoners laugh. Sometimes, she even made the guards laugh.” This is what a former prisoner remembers of Zahra Bahrami, who, she says, was lively, kind to her fellow prisoners, and defiant towards the guards. (Boroumand Foundation interview with a former political prisoner, January 2012). One year ago in one of […]
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A French tourist was killed and a German and two Egyptians were wounded on Saturday during a hold-up at a money exchange bureau in the Red Sea resort of Sharm El-Sheikh, Egyptian officials said. Two police officials said the 42-year-old man died immediately from gunshot wounds to the stomach and thigh. Read Article
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25 Russian Tourists Killed and scores Injured in Ovda Road North of Road Eilat Twenty five Russian tourists were killed and scores injured after a tourist bus travelling on Road 12, the Ovda road north of Eilat crashed, plunging 70 meters from the road into a ravine. Read Article
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Bedouin tribesmen have stormed a tourist resort in the Sinai peninsula in an effort to reclaim land – the latest in a string of conflicts between the Egyptian state and local communities emboldened by the revolution. Egyptian media reports said dozens of gunmen took control of Aqua-Sun, a Red Sea hotel complex boasting 2km of […]
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Jeff François, 23, a teacher who lived in Cairo and was an employee of the Institute of Canada, died on Friday, two days after being accidently shot in the chest by members of Al-Arab tribe in the governorate of Qena Wednesday. He was on his way to visit an ancient Egyptian temple in Sohag in […]
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Almost 100 Russian tourists received medical assistance after suspected food poisoning in the Turkish resort city of Alanya, officials said on Wednesday.According to RIA Novosti, Russia’s tourist watchdog said 98 tourists had been poisoned and that eight remained in the hospital. Turkish health officials have taken samples of the Club Gunes Garden hotel’s food and […]
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Unknown gunmen killed a German tourist and his Afghan companion in central Afghanistan on Saturday. Two other Afghans were wounded when the gunmen opened fire on the van the tourist was travelling in, a senior police officer said.Read Article
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A Ukrainian tourist was killed and at least 17 people were injured Tuesday when a minibus carrying tourists overturned in southern Turkey, a report said. Read Article
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The Tel Aviv District Attorney’s Office filed on Tuesday an indictment against John Paul Sebastian, an Australian tourist suspected of stabbing his wife to death in a Tel Aviv hotel last month. Read Article
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