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Bangkok

Bomb blast kills one, wounds 22 at Bangkok's blockaded airport

By Nopporn Wong-Anan, Reuters

BANGKOK – A bomb blast killed an anti-government protester and wounded 22 at Bangkok's blockaded Don Muang airport on Tuesday, hours before a vote fraud case that could deal a crippling blow to the

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Carnage In Mumbai

Multiple attacks in Mumbai leave at least 80 dead, hostages held in two Mumbai hotels

By AP

MUMBAI, India – Teams of heavily armed gunmen stormed luxury hotels, a popular tourist attraction and a crowded train station in at least seven attacks in India's financial capital, killing at least

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Kilimanjaro Crash

Four tourists feared dead in plane crash near Mt Kilimanjaro

By eastandard.net

Four tourists are feared dead after a Kenyan registered light aircraft crashed at the peak of Mt Kilimanjaro.

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Mexico

2 tourists die in parasailing accident in Mexico

By AP

CANCUN, Mexico — A security official says two foreign tourists fell to their deaths while parasailing south of Mexico's resort town of Cancun.

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Nepal

18 people, mostly foreign tourists, killed in plane crash in Nepal

By voanews.com

Airport officials in Nepal say the small private Twin Otter airplane was on a short half-hour flight Wednesday morning from the capital Kathmandu to Lukla town in eastern Nepal when it crashed while t

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Aeroflot 737 Crashes In Russia Killing All Aboard

88 killed in airplane crash in Russia's Urals

By AFP

MOSCOW - An Aeroflot Boeing-737 jet crashed near Russia's city of Perm in the central Ural mountains killing all 83 passengers and five crew on board, Russian news agencies reported Sunday quoting eme

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Turkey

Bus crash leaves 16 tourists dead

By iol.co.za

Istanbul - Sixteen Iranian tourists were killed and 32 injured when their bus careered off a bendy road in eastern Turkey, state news agency Anatolian said on Tuesday.

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Mexico

Oregon tourist dies in Mexican jail

By kgw.com

An Oregon tourist is dead after being taken to a Mexican jail Wednesday August 27th.

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Tunisia

Tourist sucked into hotel pool filter dies

A young French girl drowned while on holiday in Tunisia after her leg became trapped in the filter drain at the bottom of her hotel swimming pool, several sources said today.

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Spanair Disaster

Tragedy in the wake of "organized chaos"

By Oleg von Siziakov, eTN

A Spanair jetliner crashed during takeoff Wednesday, leaving 153 dead in Spain’s worst air disaster in 25 years – adding more chaos to a struggling airline’s murky and uncertain future.

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Philippines

Suspected cholera outbreak in Philippines kills 21

By OLIVER TEVES, Associated Press Writer

MANILA, Philippines - A suspected cholera outbreak in a remote southern Philippine township has killed 21 people and sickened at least 50 others, the mayor and the Red Cross said Wednesday.

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K-2

At least 9 climbers feared dead on K-2

By SADAQAT JAN, Associated Press Writer

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - At least nine climbers were feared dead on K-2, the world's second highest mountain, after an avalanche cut ropes used to cross a treacherous wall of ice, officials and other cli

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Greece tourist's beating

Dead tourist's father slams bail decision

By abc.net.au

The father of an Australian tourist beaten to death outside a nightclub in Greece expressed his frustration at a decision to release three of those charged on bail.

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Australia

French tourist found dead in Silverwater jail

Frenchman who had been in Australia for only a month has been found dead in a Sydney prison cell, after being locked up during last week's World Youth Day for allegedly exposing himself to a pilgrim.

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Ferry Carrying Over 800 Sinks In Philippines

"So far, we have only found four dead, no survivors"

Manila - At least four people were killed when a ferry with over 800 passengers and crew members sank in the aftermath of Typhoon Fengshen in the central Philippines, local officials said on Sunday.

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Algerian Bombings

Algeria: Railway station bombed, 13 dead

ALGIERS, Algeria - Two bombs in quick succession rocked a train station in Algeria on Sunday, killing 13 people, including a French engineer and Algerian firefighters and soldiers who responded to the first blast, a security official said.

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Taj Mahal - Slippery When Wet

Woman tourist dies at the Taj Mahal

Agra - A woman tourist from Indore died after she slipped and fell on the marbled surface of the Taj Mahal after the city was hit by rain and thundershowers. Hasina Bano Chaudhary lost her balance and fell from the main marble structure Saturday.

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China

China landslide kills 37 tourists, 15 Brits missing

CHENGDU, China — Thirty-seven tourists were killed when their coach was buried in a landslide after a massive earthquake in southwest China while separately officials said they had lost contact with 15 British tourists, state media reported Tuesday.

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D.O.A.

Russian airline lands at Pearson with dead passenger

TORONTO - Police and a coroner were called to Pearson Airport Wednesday night after a passenger died on board an Aeroflot flight from Moscow.

The circumstances surrounding the man's death are not known, but there are reports there may have been an altercation on the plane.

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Jetski Rental Rules Under Scrutiny

British tourist dies in Australian jetski crash

A British doctor holidaying in Australia was killed today in a jetski accident on the Gold Coast.

Dr Sridhar Shekar, 31, from Leeds, died this morning (local time) when his hired jetski hit the anchor chain of a boat and he was thrown on to a sandbank.

He suffered serious head and body injuries, and despite attempts by bystanders, ... read more