According to a transtamils.com report, heavy monsoon rains and strong winds in Sri Lankan tourist towns have killed at least 19 people with dozens more missing, in rough seas, Sri Lankan officials said on Sunday.Capital city and Southern coast ware badly affected and people hundreds are injured by falling trees and wind blown materials. Read article
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According to a haberfx.net report, a Kazakhstani tourist was killed and 7 others onboard, of German and Russian origin, wounded after a safari SUV fell from a cliff during a safari tour in Antalya province. The accident took place near Hastumen village of Antalya’s Gebiz town in southern Turkey at about 1.30pm on Friday. A […]
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Yahoo News reports that a suicide bomber rammed his car into a bus carrying Iranian Shi’ite Muslim pilgrims in Iraq on Friday, killing at least nine people in an attack likely carried out by Sunni Muslim insurgents trying to ignite sectarian conflict. Police said that in Friday’s attack in Muqdadiya, 80 km northeast of Baghdad, […]
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Anchorage Daily News reports that a 66-year-old New Mexico cruise ship passenger was killed when a small sightseeing plane in southeast Alaska crashed on the side of a steep mountain, Alaska State Troopers said Wednesday. Thomas L. Rising of Santa Fe was among seven on board the Pacific Wings de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver that […]
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According to a khaleejtimes.com report, a series of fires across the country killed five people, including three children, in the capital and Fujairah on Monday. Two fires raged in tower blocks on Abu Dhabi’s Electra Street and the Tourist Club area claiming three lives, while 20 others suffered serious or minor injuries, police said. The […]
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Itv.com reports that eleven people have been injured after a rollercoaster partly collapsed in Cambridgeshire. The accident happened in St Neots at around 9.30 last night, Friday 31st May. Twenty-five people were on the ride at the time – ten were treated for minor injuries at the scene, while one was taken to hospital with […]
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eTN received this letter from Jessica Stockwell a reader visiting Istanbul. A group of quietly dining tourist in a nearby restaurant in Taksim Square (me being one of them) were interrupted by save-the-trees activists running from police tear gassing the population in the area of Taksim Square, a commercial and transportation hub for the city […]
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BBC News reports that two Turkish men have been injured in a shooting in central Zurich, according to Swiss police. A gunman opened fire in a building in the Langstrasse area in the Swiss city at 15:00 local time (13:00 GMT), local media say. Police say they are searching for a suspect who fled the […]
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The Associated Press reports that an Egyptian health official says a bus carrying Mexican tourists has overturned in the Sinai peninsula, killing at least five. Head of emergency services for South Sinai governorate Khaled Abou Hashem says that the bus was carrying tourists from Saint Catherine’s monastery to the Red Sea resort of Dahab. He […]
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Washingtonpost.com reports that a Missouri highway overpass that partially collapsed when rail cars smashed into one of its support pillars after a cargo train collision was about 15 years old and in good condition but just couldn’t withstand the impact, a sheriff said. Seven people in two cars on the bridge overpass were injured, none […]
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