According to bocanewsnow.com, “…The victims, a male and his fiancé, told officers they had attended a function nearby and had just arrived in the hotel parking lot. They parked their car and were walking to the hotel when a male approached them, pointed a black semi-automatic handgun at them and demanded their money. The male victim punched the gun the suspect was holding and it flew out of his hand. As the suspect went to recover the gun, the victims ran inside the hotel. The suspect followed them to the hotel entrance, but did not enter. The suspect ran east through the parking lot. The victims were not injured.” Read Article
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As reported by news-journalonline.com, “A 21-year-old surfer from DeBary suffered the first shark bite of the season, Volusia County Beach Patrol Capt. Tammy Marris said Sunday. The surfer, whose name was not available, was bitten about 1:30 p.m. Saturday as he caught waves off New Smyrna Beach near the south jetty, Marris said.” Read Article
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DEVELOPING: Foxnews.com reported that at least two people are dead and dozens injured — including up to 10 with amputated limbs — after two explosions rocked the area near the finish line of the Boston Marathon, according to the Boston Police Department. The simultaneous explosions, and reports of at least one other unexploded device found […]
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As covered by globalnewsdesk.co.uk, “The Caribbean cruise of 10 British tourists in a bus in St. Lucia turned out to be rather horrific as the British holidaymakers were robbed by three hooded gunmen. The British tourists in St. Lucia were robbed in their tour bus after the veiled gunmen stopped the vehicle at the Botanical […]
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As covered by reuters.com, “Six people were found strangled to death and one decapitated in the southern Mexican tourist resort of Cancun on Sunday, the state’s deputy attorney general said, in the latest mass killing to strike the city in the last few weeks…Last month six people died and five were injured after two men […]
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As reported by Nytimes.com Turkish police said Thursday that they had found evidence of a plot linked to Al Qaeda to bomb the United States Embassy in Ankara, a synagogue in Istanbul and other targets, from a raid on two houses in February, according to news reports. Read Article
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As reported by timesofisrael.com police in the southern resort town of Eilat on Saturday arrested a 15-year-old youth on suspicion that had raped an American tourist on Thursday night. A second suspect, 25, was arrested as an accessory to the rape. Read Article
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As reported by Skegnessstandard.co.uk Coastal bargain hunters have been warned to beware of criminal gangs selling counterfeit goods at Eastgate Market in Ingoldmells. Lincolnshire Trading Standards says dodgy smelling perfumes, unwatchable DVDs and lead poisoning, are just some of the things shoppers can expect if they buy fake goods at a market. Read Article
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On April 11 2013, as reported by Almogas.com a 26-year-old Austrian tourists Steven Vagen was found dead at his hotel room at a small villages south of Hurghada in Egypt. According to Hurghada police Steven’s girlfriend said that they got some types of traditional sex-stimulant pills known as the “stone of hell” from a stranger […]
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Forbes.com reported that as new death reports come in, a team of experts from China published a scary report yesterday in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) suggesting that the new H7N9 avian flu virus is even more deadly than previously believed. Read Article
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