A French tourist has been killed in an overnight fire that engulfed an illegally operated budget hotel in one of the Thai capital’s main tourist districts. Police say the fire started at a bar on the ground floor of a three-story building in the city’s Khao San Road neighborhood, an area popular with backpackers and budget travelers. Five tourists escaped but a 27-year-old Frenchman was found burned to death. Read Article
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JERUSALEM (JTA) — The body of an American tourist missing since last week was discovered near Beit Shean. Herman Kuehn, 80, of Platte County, Mo., was separated from his group on May 26 while visiting antiquities sites in Beit Shean, in northern Israel. His body was discovered Tuesday in an industrial zone north of the […]
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The American tourist died yesterday Julia Musailova Mindo in circumstances that remain unclear. Witnesses said the accident occurred while performing an extreme sport tourist. Norberto Strong, in his Twitter account @ quipus1 said that one of the cables ‘canopy’ broke. Read Article
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GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands — Cayman Islands police say a Florida man has died while snorkeling during a vacation in the British Caribbean territory. A police statement says the 56-year-old tourist from Tampa died while snorkeling off Grand Cayman’s east end. Read article
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As a follow-up to my posting of yesterday (May 26), concerning the suspicious death of Irish exchange student, Nicola Furlong, 21, and the alleged rape of her friend, also 21, and an Irish student, local media have now reported that the two Americans, 19 and 23, invited the two women to their Tokyo hotel rooms. […]
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The Chiang Mai hotel at the centre of a scandal after four guests – three of them foreigners – mysteriously died there last year is being demolished. The Downtown Inn, in the Chiang Mai tourist centre near the Night Bazaar, made headlines last year and was dubbed ”the death hotel” as claims emerged chemicals used […]
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You might not believe this but moose are killers. Every year in Finland they cause the death of 10 people and injure another 300 others. Ok, Ok, it’s not quite what you think. These deaths are caused by people hitting moose while driving – not from murderous moose attacking humans. So take extra care when […]
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TUCSON, AZ (AP) – Authorities say a female tourist from Germany is dead after collapsing during a hike in Tucson’s Saguaro National Park West. The Pima County Sheriff’s Department says the 35-year-old woman was hiking with a companion when she collapsed near the Hugh Norris Trail Head just after 2 p.m. Monday. Read article
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A British tourist has died in police custody in Kenya after he was arrested for allegedly smoking cannabis, a spokesman said yesterday. The man, who has been named by police as Alexander Monsow, 24, died at hospital on Saturday following his arrest in the coastal town of Diani. Read article
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A hiker Irish died Sunday after falling yesterday by accident by a Azuaje Ravine hillside in the town of Moya. Chaffy Thomas Willoughby, 74 years old, was hiking with his wife through this narrow channel north of the island when he fell off a cliff. Azuaje Nature Reserve hosts one major relict laurel forest remaining […]
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