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U.S. tourist dies in Chile after jumping in waters at Petrohué Falls

A young American citizen died today when thrown into the waters of Petrohué Falls, in the Vicente Perez Rosales National Park in the Tenth Region.The victim was identified as Derrick Flahive 20, who along with his friend Samuel Edward age, decided to plunge into the water from a holding bar. Read Article

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Canadian dies of gunshot wound while in taxi, Egypt

Jeff François, 23, a teacher who lived in Cairo and was an employee of the Institute of Canada, died on Friday, two days after being accidently shot in the chest by members of Al-Arab tribe in the governorate of Qena Wednesday. He was on his way to visit an ancient Egyptian temple in Sohag in […]

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Australian tourist dies in Thailand in fall while sleep walking

Thai police investigating the death of a Victorian man who is believed to have plunged off a balcony while sleepwalking say balcony railings at the hotel where the tragedy occurred were “too short”, it has been reported. Dean McKeon, from Drumcondra in Geelong, was visiting the popular Thailand holiday island of Phuket with five friends […]

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Clearwater Florida, tourist from Macedonia gunned down

Zorana Lebedic (35), pharmacist from Ohrid and daughter of a famous Ohrid based doctor, was killed in a robbery attempt while driving her bicycle around 10:00pm. The Macedonian consulate was notified, as well as Macedonia’s Ministry of Interior and Foreign Affairs. Clearwater police is investigating the case and is presently searching for Zorana’s killers. Read […]

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Afghanistan, German tourist murdered

Unknown gunmen killed a German tourist and his Afghan companion in central Afghanistan on Saturday. Two other Afghans were wounded when the gunmen opened fire on the van the tourist was travelling in, a senior police officer said.Read Article

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British tourist dies in Australia after sting by jellyfish

A British tourist has died after being stung by a tiny, nearly-invisible jellyfish while swimming off Hamilton Island in tropical northern Australia, authorities said today. The British High Commission identified the man as Richard Jordan, 58, from Driffield in northeast Yorkshire.Read Article

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Tourist killed in minibus accident in Turkey

A Ukrainian tourist was killed and at least 17 people were injured Tuesday when a minibus carrying tourists overturned in southern Turkey, a report said. Read Article

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British tourist attacked by gunmen and murdered in India

A British tourist has been shot and killed in India. David Green, an artist from Darlington, County Durham, was attacked by gunmen near the central Indian town of Orchha. His body was found in a nearby forest, local reports said.

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British tourist dies in apparent prank and was run over by a truck

A British holidaymaker has been killed by a dustbin lorry in Greece as a result of what may have been a prank. Ben Matthews, 30, may have gone under the truck as part of a bet with friends, witnesses told police in Faliraki. He was run over by the lorry and died of a haemorrhage […]

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French tourist among three killed in Alawwa train accident, Sri Lanka

A postmortem examination of a French tourist killed in the Alawwa train accident will be held on Monday. A police officer said.He said that the postmortems of the engine driver and his assistant killed in the accident was carried out today morning and the bodies were handed over to the relatives. Read Article

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