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Israel, Australian tourist killed as result of stabbing

An Australian tourist was found stabbed to death in the Dan Panorama hotel in Tel Aviv. The 54-year-old was found on the 15th floor of the hotel, located near the southern part of the Tel Aviv boardwalk, with severe stab wounds to her upper body and neck. Read Article

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Eygpt, Russian tourist attacked, sexually assaulted in upscale resort

An Egyptian hotel employee was detained after he admitted to attacking a female Russian tourist who was seriously injured as a result, the director of the tour operator has said. Read Article

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Eygpt Travel Advisory – Tourist warning

There could be more trouble for Egypt tourism as Muslim Brotherhood demands strict regulations for tourists. The demands could further hurt Egypt tourism industry.Egypt Beach The demands include ban on bikini and the consumption of alcohol on the streets of Egypt. These demands are made by the Freedom and Justice Party, the political wing of […]

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United Arab Emirates, top three countries where U.K. citizens to land in trouble with the law

The UAE is in the top three countries where Brits are most likely to find themselves in trouble with the law. Recently released UK Foreign Office (FCO) figures show drugs and booze most commonly land residents and tourists in hot water with 24 people banged up for narcotics offences between April 2009 and March 2010, […]

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Dubai, tourists warned to respect laws during Ramadan

The Foreign Office has warned Britons holidaying in Dubai this summer that eating, drinking or smoking in public during Ramadan could land them in prison. In new guidance, published to coincide with the Islamic month of fasting that starts today, it says “failure to comply” with local laws “could result in arrest” and that “discretion […]

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Egypt, French tourist killed in bomb blast Cairo

A historic mosque, a quaint Egyptian hotel and a thriving market, all the ingredients needed to get casualties for a terrorist attack. Here is where the blast happened, a bomb was placed under a bench in a crowded square near the hotel in the Khan al-Khalili bazaar. It killed one French teenager and wounded at […]

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Turkey, 4 killed, 20 injured in tourist bus

Four people were killed and 20 others injured in a traffic accident in eastern Turkey on Tuesday, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported. An Iranian tourist bus, in route from Iranian capital Tehran to Turkey’s Istanbul, turned over on the Erzurum-Erzican highway, leaving four people including an Iranian national, a Turkish policeman and a woman […]

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Cyprus, two young Irish women share their story of gang rape

Tanya, 26, was gang raped last month after being dragged off the street by six men while holidaying in Ayia Napa, Cyprus.Her best friend Amanda was drugged and raped a few days before by what cops believe was the same gang. Read Story

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Bahrain, Canadian Citizen Detained, Tortured

A young Canadian man suffering from a serious heart condition has been abducted and tortured by the Bahraini regime ¬– yet the government of Prime Minister Stephen Harper has maintained a steadfast silence over his plight. This lack of action by the Harper government is in spite of the fact that the Canadian Consuls in […]

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Saudi Arabia, Camels cause deadly accidents on Al-Janoub road

Drivers along Al-Janoub road on their way to the tourist resorts in Taif, Al-Baha and Abha face the danger of stray camels crossing the unlit road at night and causing accidents. Many lives have been lost and people left permanently injured because camel owners fail to keep a close eye on their animals which wander […]

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