Barbara Campbell/npr.org / One person has been killed and another injured by a rockfall from El Capitan, according to authorities at Yosemite National Park in California. A statement says rangers are assessing the situation but the park remains open. “The release point appears to be near the “Waterfall Route”, a popular climbing route on the […]
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telegraph.co.uk / Nicola Harley reported British teacher murdered by Amazon pirates refused offer of help from locals to accompany her as she canoed dangerous stretch of river – British canoeist Emma Kelty rejected an offer of safe passage through dangerous pirate infested waters prior to her murder over fears she was losing too much time […]
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aol.com / The parents of a young tourist beaten to death in Greece said their son was more comfortable overseas because of the racial tensions in America. “He just felt it was safer over in Europe and overseas in general. He said with the climate for African-America males in the U.S. that he just felt […]
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Euronews/Reuters NORTHWESTERN JUNGLES, Colombia By Helen Murphy and Luis Jaime Acosta – Colombia’s ELN guerrilla group said a Russian-Armenian citizen it held hostage for six months was killed in April while trying to escape, a startling admission that risks throwing current peace talks with the government into jeopardy. In a rare interview, a commander of […]
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islandconnections.eu reported…..The tourist, whose details have not been released by either the Irish or Spanish authorities, is believed to have been returning to his hotel around 5.30 a.m. after a night out in the resort when he and two friends, also Irish, became involved in a row with a group of men. During the argument, […]
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A 59-year-old Romanian-born Australian citizen died on August 30 in a paragliding accident in the area of the Borsa ski slope, in Northern Romania Maramures county, Mediafax reported. The Police is looking into the causes of the accident. The paramedics from the Maramures Ambulance Service (SAJ) performed CPR maneuvers for 40 minutes, after which they […]
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.mirror.co.uk / Five climbers have been killed in a horror accident in the Austrian Alps, it is reported. The victims are believed to have plunged to their deaths while roped together. A sixth person was seriously injured in the tragedy, which occurred in the so-called Mannlkarscharte, a gap in the mountains, southwest of Salzburg, today. […]
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TOURIST FROM IRELAND SHOT TO DEATH AFTER STOPPING AT GAS STATION TO ASK FOR DIRECTIONS. GILFRIENDfROM TUCSON ARIZONA ALSO INJURED, HOSPITALIZED irishexaminer.com 08-18-2017 The man, originally from Louth, was murdered in the Lazaro Cardenas region in the State of Michoacán on Tuesday. According to local media reports, the man was travelling with his American partner […]
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Theguardian.com has reported that an Italian man was holding the hand of his five-year-old son moments before he was killed in the terror attack in Las Ramblas, it has emerged. Bruno Gulotta, 35, was named on Friday as one of 13 people who died when a van ploughed into crowds on the boulevard in Barcelona. […]
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