MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP)USATODAY.com — A tourist boat carrying more than 30 people capsized in bad weather off the Caribbean coast of Nicaragua on Saturday, killing 13 passengers, authorities said. Mario Berrios, the Nicaraguan navy’s commander for the southern Caribbean region, said the dead were all Costa Rican nationals who were traveling aboard the Reina del […]
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NYTIMES.com reported three Columbia University students on a volunteer medical mission to help the poor and sick in Honduras were killed on Wednesday in a bus crash that also left at least a dozen other students injured. The students were traveling on a road east of the Honduran capital, Tegucigalpa, when their bus veered off […]
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cnn.com reported a French couple who died while hiking in a New Mexico desert on a 100-degree day may have kept their 9-year-old son alive by giving him extra water rations, Otero County Sheriff Benny House said. Ornella Steiner, 51, and David Steiner, 42, of Bourgogne, France, were found dead last week off a hiking […]
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hindustantimes.com reported A British couple was found dead in a linkhttp://transtech.pl/index.php?pcm-pharmacy-pfizer-viagra hotel on Tuesday morning with medicines strewn all over the room, indicating drug overdose as the cause of deaths. The deceased were identified as James Oliver Gaskell, 28, and Alexandra Nicole Louis Gaskell, 24. Authorities at the British Embassy in Delhi were informed about […]
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bbc.com reported the bodies of 31 hikers have been found near the top of Japan’s Mount Ontake a day after a sudden volcanic eruption.The hikers were not breathing and their hearts had stopped. The search for a total of 45 missing climbers has now been called off for the night. The volcano, about 200km (125 […]
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foxnews.com reported a German tourist on a commercial river trip at Grand Canyon National Park died after his kayak flipped over and he was unable to right himself, officials said. He’s the second German tourist to die in the park this week. The group had just started its multi-day trip on the Colorado River on […]
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According to channelnewsasia.com, two Chinese tourists found dead in their hotel room in Nepal last week died of gas poisoning caused by a malfunctioning heater, a forensic expert said on Monday. The men, aged 62 and 55, were found dead on Friday in their hotel room in the popular tourist destination of Nagarkot, 20 kilometres […]
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Central Florida health officials are warning residents about seawater bacteria after a man died from exposure this week. Authorities in Flagler and Volusia counties are advising residents to avoid eating raw shellfish and exposing open wounds in seawater. The Daytona Beach News-Journal (http://bit.ly/19NujM0 ) reports that 59-year-old Henry Konietzky died Monday after he was exposed […]
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According to thestar.com.my, what was supposed to be a holiday outing for a family of six from Dubai in UAE ended in tragedy when a six-month pregnant woman and her daughter were killed in a car crash. Hajar Ahmad Al Tanajy, 34, died at the Tapah Hospital and her 13-year-old daughter Mira Ali died on […]
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