Stevie Rochelle Bamford, the 21-year-old Australian woman who was recently convicted of falsely reporting that she was raped in Phuket, was deported to her native country earlier today, having served a fifteen-day jail sentence. Bamford apparently had an argument with her Australian boyfriend when she came home late one night after a night on the own alone. Subsequently, she told police she had been raped by tuk-tuk drivers, when that was later proved to be a lie.
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Gerard Kutserver, a 79-year-old German tourist, has been arrested by the Accra Regional Domestic Violence and Victim Support Unit (DOVVSU) of the Ghana Police Service for allegedly defiling girls as young as his great-grandchildren. DAILY GUIDE sources close to a hotel at North Kaneshie in Accra, where he lodged about a month ago, disclosed that […]
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The suicide bomber who killed five Israelis in an attack at a Bulgarian airport was captured on CCTV cameras disguised as an American tourist moments before the attack. As Israel blamed the attack on Hizbollah, intelligence agencies were attempting to ascertain the identity of the man on Thursday using his DNA. Read article
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A US filmmaker who was trying to capture footage of the anti-government protests in Bahrain has been deported for immigration fraud. In a statement released on Saturday, Bahrain’s Information Affairs Authority (IAA) said that Seattle-based Jen Marlowe had lied to immigration officials about her reason for visiting. Read article
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Tourist Arrested in Attempted Courthouse Break-In Tourists have been caught once again on the roof of the Bexar County Courthouse. Maverick Perez and Jeffery Segrest were arrested Sunday night. Bexar County sheriff’s deputies say the men were arrested after climbing a fire escape at the courthouse. Read article
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LONDON (AP) — The arrests of 14 people in the last week on suspicion of terrorism in Britain has underscored jitters among police and security officials as the upcoming Olympics fixes the gaze of the world — including potential aggressors — on London. Despite an overall decline in the number of people detained over terrorism […]
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The Ecuadorian authorities yesterday arrested German citizen Dirk Bender, who allegedly tried to smuggle from the Galapagos land iguanas Conoluphus four subcristatus, a species considered “vulnerable”, said today the Galapagos National Park (DNPG). For this reason a criminal judge in the Galapagos ordered the preventive detention of Bender. German tourist’s arrest occurred Sunday at the […]
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Lake Buena Vista, Florida: Italian tourist arrested An Italian tourist was arrested Saturday for allegedly kicking his 3-year-old son in the face during a visit to Walt Disney World on Saturday, according to a broadcast report. Read Article
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LONDON — London police have detained two British Muslim converts on suspicion of terror offenses Thursday, a U.K. security official told The Associated Press. The official, who spoke only on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly, said it wasn’t clear whether the arrests were related to the upcoming Olympic Games. […]
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The number of British visitors arrested in Egypt has doubled in a year, according to Foreign Office (FCO) figures released today. The large increase occurred despite a sharp fall in tourism overall since civil insurrection began there early last year. Read article
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