As reported by Canada.com, a video of two Czech tourists who were abducted by gunmen as they were travelling on a bus through southwest Pakistan shows them both speaking and alive. The two women were on the road from Iran to Quetta, the capital of Pakistan’s southwest Baluchistan province, when they were seized in March. The Foreign Ministry said Wednesday the video was delivered to the Czech embassy in Islamabad and was released to the media at the request of the women’s families. The hostages spoke separately and one said the video was taken Aug. 23. Read Article
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Wesh.com reports that a blind South Korean tourist who speaks no English went missing after touring New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art — prompting a search that ended happily, with him being found safe and sound, police said. Taeheung Kim, 41, became separated from his tour late Thursday afternoon and was last seen by a […]
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According to Bbc.co.uk, a small plane carrying at least 14 people has gone missing in north-western Mexico, according to officials. The plane disappeared after it took off from Loreto in Baja California Sur state. Bad weather caused by Tropical Storm Octave, which was approaching the Mexican coast, has reportedly hampered search efforts. Seven states, including […]
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According to dailystar.com.lb, authorities are searching for a Czech tourist who went missing last week while on a trip to a valley in north Lebanon, a security source told The Daily Star Monday. Security forces have been searching since Thursday for Thomas Rezika, 46, who went missing Wednesday evening after sending text messages for help […]
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As reported by Mauinews.com, the search for Richard Scheidman, 67, of Lahaina, who had gone hiking in Haleakala Crater on Wednesday afternoon, was suspended Thursday afternoon with the search to pick up this morning, Haleakala National Park, officials said. Read article
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According to thedenverchannel.com, specially-trained dogs, horseback teams, helicopters and searchers from seven counties or areas have joined the search for a man from Ohio who is likely missing on a 14er. Gene George, 64, called a friend from his motel in Buena Vista on September 18 and said he planned to hike Mount Harvard on […]
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Stuff.co.nz reports that police have found a Chinese backpacker missing since Sunday in National Park, in the central North Island. A search team found the man alive just after 1pm today on the outskirts of the area, police said. Police earlier boosted their search teams to look for the backpacker. One team searched throughout the […]
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Yahoo News New Zealand reports that it is feared two Canadian tourists have been swept off State Highway Six on the West Coast of the South Island by a massive slip. 16 police and volunteers are scouring the Haast River, with the help of a helicopter, two jet boats and ground teams. Connor Hayes and […]
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According to ynetnews.com, a 23-year-old Israeli woman from central Israel has been missing in Germany for more than five days. Yam Levy, from the Modiin area, embarked on a trip to southern Germany in early September. After a week in Munich she headed to Immenstadt, a Bavarian town near the German Alps and Swiss border, […]
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Two missing tourists were found by a Skymed rescue helicopter at 8.10 this morning about 1.5 miles in the Salt Rock part of the Nature’s Valley trail, off course of their intended route. Yolann de Boeve’, 24, from Belgium, and Kwangnam Kim, 33, from South Korea, on holiday on South Africa were airlifted to safety. […]
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