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Israel: The body of a missing American tourist was discovered near Beit Shean

JERUSALEM (JTA) — The body of an American tourist missing since last week was discovered near Beit Shean.
Herman Kuehn, 80, of Platte County, Mo., was separated from his group on May 26 while visiting antiquities sites in Beit Shean, in northern Israel. His body was discovered Tuesday in an industrial zone north of the city. Read article

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Wales: English tourist killed in an accident on the Ramsey Coast Road

A man from the North East of England has been killed in an accident on the Ramsey coast road. It happened at around 11.30am this morning at Bulgham. Read article

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New Zealand: The body of a Czech tourist has been found near the South Island of Waimate

THE bodies of a Czech tourist and a man believed to be a sexual predator have been found in a New Zealand forest. The body of 31-year-old Dagmar Pytlickova, also known as Dasha, was found on Sunday in woodland near the South Island town of Waimate, close to an area where she had been hitchhiking, […]

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Thailand: Italian photojournalist died in Political Violence in 2010

BANGKOK, 25 May 2012 (NNT) – A sister of late Italian photojournalist Fabio Polenghi, who died in political violence in 2010 in Thailand, has said she was pleased with the government’s assistance for her family. Ms. Elisabetta Polenghi said she wanted her brother’s death to remind people of how important the press freedom is in […]

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Thailand: Parents of London tourists killed during crash want Foreign Office to warn about danger of bus travel

BANGKOK, 25 May 2012: The parents of three London students killed in a coach crash in Thailand last year have called on the Foreign Office to issue more warnings on the danger of bus travel in Thailand. BBC reported, 23 May, that the parents of Conrad Quashie, Bruno Melling-Firth and Maximilian Boomgaarden-Cook, all 19, were […]

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India: Two women died and 11 others injured when their SUV plunged into a gorge at Ooty-Kalhatty

UDHAGAMANDALAM: Two women died and 11 others were injured when their SUV plunged into a gorge at the 31st hairpin-bend on Ooty-Kalhatty Ghat Road section near here on Sunday. Ooty special branch police inspector H Manoharan said all the 13 were members of a family and were on their home to Kerala after visiting Ooty. […]

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Australia: Solider, a young women and International tourist killed in a motorbike crash at Douglas

The 24-year-old Digger, from Townsville’s 3rd Brigade, and his female friend, 20, were killed in a motorbike crash at Douglas about 11.15am, just hours after a foreign visitor, 27, died when he was thrown from his van after it collided with a truck north of Cardwell. Police said the motorcycle’s female passenger died at the […]

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Japanese tourist killed after he was stabbed 30 times in Siberia

An investigation was opened into a criminal case of the murder of 31-year-old Japanese tourist Ohnita Kaiti, whose body was found with 30 stab wounds on Tuesday morning in the west Trans-Baikal region, the local investigation department said on Wednesday. “According to the initial version of the investigation, a resident of Japan traveling through Russia […]

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Malaysia: Trial in progress for suspect in French tourist murder

The Stephanie Foray murder trial opened with the prosecution telling the High Court here that the French tourist had died from a probable blunt force trauma to the head. Deputy public prosecutor Salim Soib said in his opening statement that the prosecution would prove that the accused Asni Omar had done it with intention to […]

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Tourist killed in paragliding accident over nude beach California

A North Carolina woman has died after her paraglide crashed into a cliff over a nudist beach in California. Pamela Hargett, 52, was paragliding with her boyfriend over Black’s Beach, a renowned nudist beach in San Diego, Saturday, when she abruptly hit. ‘For unknown reasons, she lost control and crashed into the side of the […]

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