Las Vegas police are looking for two suspects accused of robbing a man who later died from his injuries.
Police say on the night of October 19, 2011, 83-year-old George Moreland was found lying in a parking lot at 3262 Las Vegas Boulevard North, near Pecos Road. Moreland had just withdrawn money from an ATM machine.
Moreland was transported to the hospital and died from his injuries on February 11, 2012. “>Read Article
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An official report into a plane crash at Fox Glacier that killed nine people says there was a low level of supervision of the adventure tourism industry which had outstripped the ability of regulators to control it. Eight parachutists and the pilot died when the Walter Fletcher plane plunged to the ground on 4 September […]
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Canadian travelers advised to exercise high degree of caution in Ecuador due to high levels of crime and public demonstrations OFFICIAL WARNING: Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada advises against all travel to the areas immediately bordering Colombia (namely both provinces of Carchi and Sucumbíos, with the exception of the city of Tulcán), and the […]
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Former Head of Transportation Security Administration says that TSA needs to focus on high-risk threats Kip Hawley, the former head of the Transportation Security Administration, says airport security is broken and should be fixed. Hawley, who headed the agency from 2005 to 2009, contends that TSA became too rigid after its creation a decade ago […]
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WebMD reported that there about 40,000 cases of salmonella each year in the United States The sushi-salmonella outbreak just keeps getting worse. MSNBC reported that now, at least 200 people have become sick from eating salmonella-tainted “tuna-scrape,” packaged as “Nakaochi Scrape AA.” Read Article
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Canada warns travellers against visiting Congo due to demonstrations OFFICIAL WARNING: Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada advises against non-essential travel to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Canadians in the DRC should regularly review their personal circumstances to determine if their continued presence is warranted. The general security situation in the country is stable […]
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A British tourist has died after reportedly falling from a hotel balcony in Majorca – the third Briton to die on the Spanish island in less than a month. Charlotte Faris, 23, is said to have plunged to her death during the early hours of Saturday morning in the popular party resort of Magaluf. The […]
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Counterterroism bureau warns against travel to North African nation ahead of Lag B’Omer pilgrimage. Counterterroism bureau warns against travel to North African nation ahead of Lag B’Omer pilgrimage. Israel on Thursday reiterated its advisory not to travel to Tunisia for the famed Lag Ba’omer celebrations set to take place there next week, saying it had […]
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Al Ain/Abu Dhabi The UAE Foreign Ministry has urged Emirati citizens not to travel to Southeast Asian countries which issued a tsunami warning after a strong earthquake struck off the coast of the Indonesian Island of Sumatra Wednesday. Juma Mubarak Al Junaibi, Under-secretary at the Foreign Ministry, said the ministry is following up through its […]
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VICTORIANS are being warned not to pick wild mushrooms as potentially fatal varieties thrive in warm autumn conditions.Three months after two people died from mushroom poisoning after a dinner party in Canberra, Victoria’s acting chief health officer Dr Michael Ackland warned people to avoid the mushrooms proliferating in gardens across the state. Read article
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