The Derry Journal reports that one of the key speakers scheduled to address a major conference in Derry today has been deported before she even reached the city, prompting organisers to ask whether her deportation is connected to the forthcoming G8 visit of Russian President, Vladimir Putin. Russian journalist Oksana Chelysheva – an outspoken critic of President Putin’s record in Chechnya – was scheduled to address the Poisonous Legacies conference in the Guildhall this afternoon. Read article
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According to a inform.kz report, “Holy Trinity” temple in Zhelezinka area (Pavlodar region) has been robbed by a 22-year-old Russian citizen, the press service of the Department of Internal Affairs informs. By breaking the glass window of the church, the young man stole a small cross, myrrh-bearing women with a handbag and a monstrance. The […]
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According to enca.com, a Japanese tourist who was arrested for allegedly threatening Malaysian police with a knife, has been found dead in a police cell. A senior police official said the 33-year-old man was believed to have hung himself. According to district police chief Yahaya Ramli, Nobuhiro Matsushita was found dead yesterday and was believed […]
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According to maannews.com, Egyptian security services on Wednesday questioned an Israeli tourist suspected of possessing suspicious materials. Intelligence officials told Ma’an that an Israeli was stopped while crossing from Egypt to Israel via Taba and taken to the district attorney’s office for interrogation. Read article
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Thelocal.es reports that a British tourist in the Canary Islands went on a 10-day rampage which ended up with him pouring boiling water onto passersby from the balcony of his holiday unit. The tourist had been tipping the scalding liquid from the balcony of his 12th story apartment at the Playa del Inglés resort on […]
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Nydailynews.com reports that a “hissing” Alaska Airlines passenger who tried to open an aircraft door mid-flight was restrained after being tied up with shoelaces. Alexander Michael Herrera, 23, freaked out fellow flyers just 10 minutes before Flight 132 from Anchorage to Portland, Ore., was due to land Monday. Read article
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Thehindu.com reports that a team of officials from the Department of Ports intercepted six tourist boats operating in the backwaters off Marine Drive on Saturday and detained them for violating safety norms. The boats were carrying passengers on the upper deck without the mandatory stability certificate and the license, said port officials. “Almost all the […]
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KPHO.com reported a A Goodyear, Arizona couple traveled to Mexico last week to attend a family funeral. The trip back to Arizona has turned into a nightmare – and it’s not over yet. The wife is in a Mexican jail right now accused of smuggling marijuana. CBS5 News spoke with the husband’s brother-in-law Saturday. Brandon […]
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According to a ynetnews.com report, a 47-year-old Palestinian with an Israeli citizenship was arrested in his home-town in the Palestinian Authority territory for allegedly assaulting his spouse, a Ukrainian tourist whom he met in Israel, and imprisoning her in his home. The suspect was arrested following the tourist’s complaint which related that after one of […]
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According to thelocal.ch, the sailboat of Swiss explorer and adventurer Mike Horn was ordered seized by a Marseille court in a southern French port over a dispute involving a naval architect, according to a media report. Pangaea, a 33-metre-long aluminum ketch, was immobilized in La Ciotat, east of Marseille, after boat designer Olivier Petit launched […]
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