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South Wales: Search for missing Korean tourist called off

The search for a Korean man missing from a beach on the New South Wales north coast has been called off after almost three days. The 23-year-old man was swimming with a 30-year-old friend at Woolgoolga, north of Coffs harbour, when they were dragged out in a strong rip on Saturday. Read article

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India: Missing Emitati tourist found

Dubai: Emirati teen Khalid Esmail Al Hosani has been found safe and well in India, the family tells Gulf News. The 19 year old is reunited with his father. Read article

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U.S. woman missing from Canadian cruise heading to Charlottetown

An American tourist on a cruise ship bound for P.E.I. went missing some time between Sept. 30 and the next scheduled stop in Charlottetown on Oct 2. Police are concerned for the well-being of Sarah Tessier Powell, 70, because she requires medication. She may become “agitated” without it, police said. Read article

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Chania, Crete: Norwegian tourist disappeared during a day hike

Kathimerini reports of a 62 year-old Norwegian man who disappeared during a day hike on Sunday near Chania, Crete. He set out from Sougia around Noon, heading straight to Palaiochora. Read article

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France: French police lets British expatriate slip through their fingers, after tip-off

Mr Forrest, 30, and Miss Stammers, 15, ran away to France on Sept 20 after boarding a ferry to Calais and taking a train from Paris to Bordeaux. They spent their first night in the Hotel Choiseul, a two-star hotel in the city centre but on Monday it became clear that they spent the next […]

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Fiordland, New Zealand: Two fishermen missing off of Fiordland Coast

A search and rescue operation is continuing after it was confirmed two fishermen are missing off the Fiordland coast. The missing men have been identified as the 60-year-old skipper of the vessel The Governor, and his teenage crewman, both from Greymouth. Read article

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Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt: Missing Swedish tourist lied about holiday ordeal

“I was so stressed and didn’t know what I should say. So I lied,” Gardell told the Aftonbladet newspaper. Gabriella Gardell was reported missing in late August after she failed to return home from a holiday in tourist hotspot Sharm el-Sheikh. An international search warrant was sent out by the National Bureau of Investigation (Rikskriminalpolisen). […]

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Fujian Province, China: Tourists found after being lost a week in mountainous area

Seven people, including three French and one Russian, were found after losing contacts for more than a day at a mountainous tourist site in southeast China’s Fujian Province, local firefighters said Sunday. The seven were in good condition when being found at 7:30 p.m. Sunday at the Shibachongxi mountain valley with dozens of rivers and […]

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60 percent of Cuba suffers blackouts

Europapress.es reported that the Cuban government confirmed Monday that the blackout affecting 60 percent of the country, without clarifying the reasons that caused the power outage in nine provinces, the largest of blackouts give almost a decade. “There was an interruption in a transmission line of 220,000 volts between (provinces) Ciego de Avila and Santa […]

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Tourist from U.S. missing in Peru

U.S. Tourist Missing in Madre de Dios According to Peru21.pe, U.S. citizen Joseph Keith Nolan (sic) Kyle Joseph Nolan, age 18, is reported missing for twelve days in the region of Madre de Dios. His family has arrived in Peru requesting assistance from authorities. The tourist arrived on August 14, 2012, at Puerto Maldonado. He […]

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