Those filing online from abroad ahead of the January 31 deadline are being targeted by fraudsters who send out fake emails telling the recipient they are due a tax rebate. The email links to a clone of HMRC’s website. Once on the site, the recipient is asked to give their credit card or bank details. Fraudsters then try to take money from the account using the details provided. Read Article
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DAYTONA BEACH— Authorities say a 70-year-old Canadian tourist has drowned off Daytona Beach. Volusia County Beach Patrol spokeswoman Tamara Marris says the man had been swimming alone Monday afternoon in an unguarded area of the beach. Read article
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A German tourist has died while on a guided walk in the Franz Josef Glacier valley basin. Attempts to resuscitate the 58-year-old man at the scene on the South Island’s west coast and then at the Franz Josef Health Clinic were unsuccessful. Read article
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WHEN I heard an Australian tourist had been killed while tubing in Laos, I wasn’t in the least surprised. While the incident is being described as a “freak accident”, I would say it was more an accident waiting to happen. Read Article
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Source: El Pais The event in Italian waters of cruise ‘Costa Concordia’ joins a long line of maritime tragedies that occurred in Europe in the last 20 years. -27 September 1994 (Finland). 852 dead and 137 survivors from the sinking of the Estonia ferry linking Tallinn with Stockholm. This is the worst maritime disaster of […]
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Source: El Pais ‘Costa Concordia’, a giant of the sea In service since 2006 Built in Italy at a cost of 450 million euros Capacity for 3780 passengers 1500 cabins, five restaurants and 13 bars 114,500 tons, 292 meters long and 35.5 meters wide Four swimming pools, spa with gym, sauna, Turkish bath and solarium, […]
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Source El PAIS: Of the 4229 people, 3209 are temporary. Below is a list of passengers by nationality: 989 Italians, 569 Germans, 462 French, 177 Spanish and U.S. 129, 127 Croats, 108 Russians, 74 Austrians, 69 Swiss, 46 Brazilians, 46 Japanese, 42 Dutch, 33 Ukrainians, 30 Koreans, 20 Romanians, 26 Hong Kong , 25 British, […]
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The three people killed in the wreck on Friday night of a tour boat near the Italian island of Giglio is a Peruvian crew and two French tourists, and rescuers were looking for on Saturday night about 40 passengers missing. Read Article
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Parents of missing cruise Peruvian seek help from the Embassy in Italy Have been able to contact 25 of 26 workers sent.Padres de peruana desaparecida en crucero piden ayuda a la embajada en Italia globedia.The parents of fellow Erika Soria Molina, who is missing after the sinking of the cruise ship “Costa Concordia”, calling for […]
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Two Russian tourists who are looking for two days in the Mont-Blanc, were found dead on Tuesday, reported a spokesman for the gendarmerie mountain of the French town of Chamonix. “They were in the path of ascent to the Mont-Blanc. The weather was very bad, and his shop was filled with snow, “- said the […]
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