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Expat/Tourist Gunned Down in Mexico

An American shot dead in a Mexican beach resort has been identified as an official from a Southern California city.

The city of Imperial Beach says in a statement that its Administrative Services Director Doug Bradley was killed Thursday while vacationing in Zihuatanejo, Mexico. The township includes the neighboring resort of Ixtapa. The death came the day before Bradley’s 50th birthday. Read Article

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Expat dies after hit on his motorcycle in Manta Ecuador

eldiario.ec / A man of German nationality lost his life in Manta in a traffic accident registered in the round of “El Paraíso”. The event occurred on Saturday at 10:30 p.m. when Wolfgang Klapperich was to be digested at the El Palmar citadel on a motorcycle. The victim died after agonizing 10 hours in the […]

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Elderly Expat Couple from Canada found Murdered in Mexico

humbernews.ca reported reaction continued Thursday to news that Mexican authorities have arrested a man in connection to the recent murder of a Canadian couple. The arrest was made Wednesday. The bodies of Edward Kular, 84 and Nina Discombe, 72, were discovered on Sunday by their gardener in their lakeside home in the town of Ajijic […]

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U.S. Contract Worker Killed, one injured at gas station shooting

cnn.com reported one American defense contract worker was killed and another was lightly injured in a shooting at a gas station in Saudi Arabia’s capital on Tuesday, a U.S. State Department official said. The two were at a gas station in Riyadh when a gunman opened fire on their car, the country’s official news agency […]

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Qatar: More than 400 expats from Nepal died at building sites for World Cup 2022

theguardian.com reported that more than 400 Nepalese migrant workers have died on Qatar’s building sites as the Gulf state prepares to host the World Cup in 2022, a report will reveal this week. The grim statistic comes from the Pravasi Nepali Co-ordination Committee, a respected human rights organisation which compiles lists of the dead using […]

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Six foreigners die in fiery car crash in Malaysia

New Straits Times reports that the driver of the Nissan Skyline that exploded after crashing yesterday into a pillar near the Kampung Pandan roundabout here, killing its six occupants, was a British expatriate. He was identified as 40-year-old Simon John Hall, based on the identification card found in his wallet. It was learnt that Hall, […]

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Bombing at Iranian Embassy in Beirut kills at least 23

NBC News reports that an Iranian diplomat was among at least 23 people killed in a suspected twin suicide bomb attack at the Iranian Embassy in Beirut Tuesday, officials said. An al Qaeda-linked terror group claimed responsibility – the latest sign that Syria’s civil war is spilling over the border into Lebanon. Burning cars, bodies […]

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Syrian worker killed after ceiling collapses in Lebanon construction site

As reported by Dailystar.com.lb, a Syrian worker was killed and five others injured when the ceiling of a building under construction collapsed overnight in Beirut, security sources said Wednesday.The sources added that the Syrian worker was killed after the third floor roof of the building under construction in Roueisat Jdeideh collapsed late Tuesday. Read Article

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New York: Two members of Iranian rock band murdered by former band member

The New York Times reports that the Yellow Dogs, as the four Iranian musicians were known, played in the shadows until 2009, when they appeared in a film about Iran’s underground music scene that garnered international attention. The next year, they left for America, finding their way to East Williamsburg, Brooklyn, where their tidy house […]

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Russia: Two migrants from former Soviet republics stabbed by mob in St. Petersburg

According to adnkronos.com, two migrants were stabbed to death in St. Petersburg by a group of young people. One of the two victims and ‘Uzbek been identified as a 51 year old, the other as a Kyrgyz as was announced by the Russian police. Yesterday in various cities’ Russian ultra-nationalist demonstrations were held. Read article

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