Venezuela

American tourist slain on sailboat in Venezuela

CARACAS — An American tourist was shot and killed, and a friend wounded, in an apparent robbery attempt aboard a sailboat on Venezuela's Caribbean coast, police said Monday.

Egypt

Tourist bus crashes in Egypt, killing 12

CAIRO, Egypt — Twelve people have been killed in a collision between a delivery truck and a bus carrying European and Russian tourists in Egypt's Sinai peninsula. Another 37 are wounded.

Croatia

At least 14 tourists killed in Croatia bus crash

Television news reports say a bus carrying mostly elderly Slovakian tourists crashed on a Croatian highway, killing at least 14 people and injuring 30.

Guatemala

Guatemala plane crash kills 10 including Americans

GUATEMALA CITY - A small plane crashed in a field in eastern Guatemala on Sunday, killing 10 people, including five Americans, aviation and army officials said.

Mexico

Hit men kill 13 in Mexico tourist town

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico - Suspected drug hit men opened fire on a family gathering at a tourist town in northern Mexico killing 13 people including a baby.

Guatemala

US tourist hacked to death in Guatemala

GUATEMALA CITY — Robbers armed with machetes hacked a U.S.

China

Authorities: American tourists attacked, one killed in Beijing

BEIJING - An American tourist was killed and another injured when a Chinese man attacked them at an historic monument in Beijing on Saturday, the first full day of Olympic competition, authorities sai

Greece tourist's beating

Dead tourist's father slams bail decision

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.

Istanbul bombings

Istanbul double bombing kills 15, injures 154

Istanbul, Turkey — Two bombs exploded in Istanbul overnight, leaving at least 15 people dead and 154 others wounded, officials announced.

India bombings. Again.

Bombings in western Indian city kill 29

AHMADABAD, India - Bombs exploded Saturday near a busy market and a hospital in a western Indian city, killing 29 people and injuring 88 a day after deadly blasts struck the southern technology hub of

India attack

Grenade attack kills one tourist in Gulmarg

SRINAGAR: Terrorists on Sunday breached a multi-layered security cordon around the north Kashmir resort town of Gulmarg and hurled a grenade at a busy taxi stand killing two people, including a touris

Spain

Foreign tourist killed at Pamplona bull festival

Thirteen thrillseekers, including seven foreigners, were injured today during the first "running of the bulls" at the annual San Fermin festival in Pamplona, Spain.

State panel kills cruise safety bill that would have put peace officers aboard ships sailing from California ports

"Buyer beware when you climb on a cruise ship in California. You're on your own."

A state Assembly committee Tuesday killed a bill strongly opposed by cruise companies that would have placed peace officers for the first time on passenger ships sailing from California ports.

Canyoning Ends In Tragedy

Three German tourists drown while canyoning in France

Paris - Three German tourists were killed in south-eastern France when they were trapped by rising waters while canyoning, police said Thursday.

The three victims, two young women and their guide, were climbing in a river gorge when they were swept away by waters swollen by a recent storm.

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Honduras Crash

TACA passenger jet crashes in Honduras, 4 killed

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras - A jetliner overshot a runway and raced onto a busy street in the Honduran capital on Friday, killing the pilot, two passengers and a motorist on the ground. At least 65 people were injured.

Roman Holiday Gone Bad

Train kills drugged US tourist in Rome

Rome - An American tourist was killed by a train in a Rome station as he walked on the tracks in a state of confusion after being robbed by a man who offered him a cappuccino laced with drugs, Italian police said on Monday.

India Bombings

80 killed, 150 wounded in Jaipur blasts

JAIPUR - Terror struck yet again — this time in Jaipur, at the busiest market, at the busiest hour, aimed with chilling precision to kill, maim, terrify and cleave the country. At last count, the toll was 80 killed, and with over 150 injured, it could go up.

Gunbattles Rage On Streets Of Mexico Border Town; 13 Dead

Tijuana - once a tourist paradise is now a battlefield hell

TIJUANA, Mexico - Massive gunbattles broke out between suspected drug traffickers who fired at each other while speeding down heavily populated streets of this violent border city early Saturday, killing 13 people and wounding nine.

Spain Coach Crash

Nine Finnish tourists killed in Spain coach crash

MADRID - Nine Finnish tourists were killed and 22 injured when their coach careered off a motorway in southern Spain, the Civil Guard said on Saturday.

"There were 44 people on the bus, and it seems they were all Finnish," a Civil Guard spokesman said. He said six of the injured were in serious condition.

Ecuador Bus Crash

5 British tourists killed, 15 injured in Ecuador

Five British tourists were killed and 12 injured in a bus crash in Ecuador late on Saturday, the Foreign Office said on Sunday.

Four gap-year students and their guide died when their tour bus was in collision with another vehicle as they travelled from the capital Quito to the coastal town of Puerto Lopez.