As covered by dailynewsegypt.com, “Kidnappers in the Sinai Peninsula confirmed that officials from the Norwegian embassy offered them a large sum of money in exchange for the release of a Norwegian Tourist captured with an Israeli companion on Friday. The kidnappers stated that they did not capture the tourists to claim a ransom, but to pressure Egypt’s security forces to release one of their relatives being held on what they referred to as “false and fabricated” charges.” Read Article
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As covered by dailymail.co.uk, “Giraffe attacks are rare and this male is thought to be suffering from an ‘hormonal imbalance’. The two-and-a-half tonne giraffe is well-known in the park for its odd behavior but had never attacked humans before. The relieved passengers – which included German tourist Silke Ptaszynski, South Africans Sarene Carter and Mavis […]
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According to scmp.com, “A tourist from South Africa was arrested after he dragged a taxi driver from his vehicle and went for a 45-minute joyride from Central to Hung Hom before dawn on Friday. A breathalyser test showed his breath-alcohol level was three times the legal limit, according to police. The 49-year-old man, only identified […]
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As reported by chron.com, “Myanmar’s parliament has endorsed a presidential decision to abandon the use of so-called Foreign Exchange Certificates, a special currency primarily used by tourists. The director of President Thein Sein’s office, Zaw Htay, says parliament unanimously agreed Wednesday with a presidential letter announcing the plan.” Read article
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As covered by phuketgazette.net, “A Russian couple were arrested at a tourist sightseeing island off Phuket yesterday afternoon after they were caught charging tourists to have their photos taken with pig-tailed macaques, a protected species in Thailand. Andrey Belov, 31, and Ekaterina Denisovich, 22 were arrested by Natural Resources and Environmental Crime Suppression Division (NED) […]
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As covered by thephuketnews.com, “The driver of a tour bus died this morning (March 18) when he was caught in the vehicle’s automatic door.Aekarat Sarapon, 29, was driving one of three buses scheduled to pick up Chinese tourists from the Boat Lagoon Resort to take them to Phang Nga.” Read Article
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As covered by pattayadailynews.com, “The unsolved death of a 40-year-old Russian in his Soi Buakhao hotel room has prompted the Deputy Commisioner to investigate the case…The victim was identified as Mr. Andrei Komapob, age 40, engineer and executive of an architecture company in Saint Petersburg…So far the police investigation has not revealed conclusively whether the […]
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As reported by bangkokpost.com, “Two Liberian men were arrested in Bangkok for allegedly deceiving an Australian man into purchasing chemicals which they falsely claimed could turn special paper into banknotes, police said on Thursday. Michael Merlyn Sebastian, 36, and Jesse Edward Fahnbulleh, 32, were apprehended at the Holiday Inn Bangkok Silom Hotel in Bang Rak […]
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According to stuff.co.nz, “Rescuers of a badly injured German climber who survived an 18 hour-ordeal in a huge crevasse high in the Southern Alps believe a small ledge saved her life. Experienced mountain climber Sabine Hellenbrandt, 34 slid an unknown distance down the west face of Glacier Peak early yesterday afternoon and smashed into the […]
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As reported by phuketgazette.net, “A Dutch woman who reported to police that she was raped on Monday while on holiday on Phi Phi Island, near Phuket, recanted her story yesterday. The 25-year-old woman told police that she and a friend arrived on Phi Phi on Monday and checked into a hotel…The woman’s inability to remember […]
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