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Bungee Cord Breaks Over Croc-Infested River
An Australian tourist plummeted 360 feet into crocodile-infested waters in Africa on New Year's Eve when her bungee cord broke, Channel 9 News reports. Plunging into the Zambesi River, which borders...
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Tourist Participates in Search ... for Herself
A tourist in Iceland generously volunteered her time to search for a missing woman, only to find out she was, in fact, the missing woman. The debacle began when the woman got off a tour bus at a...
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Tourists Swim in Flooded Venice Square
Heavy rains yesterday raised the water level in Venice to its sixth-highest since record-keeping began in 1872: a high-tide mark of 59.06 inches, the AP reports. But as almost three-quarters of the...
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Horrific Death Camp Draws Record Tourism
Perhaps the most tragic site in modern European history is drawing record tourist traffic, AFP reports. The Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp in southern Poland—where some 1.1 million people, mostly Jews,...
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Tourist Jailed in NYC When He Can't Pay Bill
An Italian lawyer spent Monday night in a New York City jail because he didn't have his wallet when his $208 bill arrived at a swanky steak restaurant. Both the New York Post ("Mama Mia!") and the...
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Cops Nab 5 in Mexico Tourist Rapes
Mexican police have arrested five suspects in the alleged gang-rape of six Spanish tourists in Acapulco. There are seven total suspects in the attack, says the leader of fifty investigators on the...
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French Family Kidnapped in Cameroon
A French family has been kidnapped by gunmen in Cameroon, near the Nigerian border, French president François Hollande says. The attackers were a "known terrorist group based in Nigeria," he adds, and...
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6 Men Arrested in India Gang Rape of Swiss Tourist
Six men have been arrested in the gang rape of a Swiss tourist in India, CNN reports; five "have confessed to gang-raping the woman and attacking her husband," says a police spokesman, per Sky News ....
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Internet Freaks Over Teen's Egypt Graffiti
A 15-year-old Chinese boy's scrawled note on an ancient Egyptian sculpture has sparked international ire. Tens of thousands of Chinese micro-bloggers re-posted an image of the graffiti in the Luxor...
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Helicopter Makes Emergency Landing in Hudson
A helicopter carrying five people made an emergency landing in the Hudson River just before noon today, reports the New York Post , and all aboard are safe and accounted for. The aircraft was...
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Tourist Crushed to Death in Venice Gondola Crash
A German tourist was crushed to death today after the gondola he was riding in collided with a larger boat ferrying passengers along Venice's Grand Canal, authorities say. A police spokeswoman says the...
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Hawaii Town: No More Tourists, Please
Kailua has beautiful white sand beaches, charming bed-and-breakfasts, and is nice enough to be President Obama's chosen Christmas vacation spot each year. But the Hawaiian town would like you to stay...
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Militants in Egypt Hit New Target: S. Korean Tourists
An explosion on a bus carrying South Korean tourists in Egypt yesterday left three South Koreans and the Egyptian driver dead, al Jazeera reports. At least 13 others were wounded in the attack on the...
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After Tourist Boat Sinks, an Amazing Tale of Survival
When a tourist boat sank off the coast of Indonesia on Saturday, 25 people went into the water. One group of 10 survivors had to swim six or seven hours, eat leaves, drink their own urine, and dodge an...
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Punishment for Brooklyn Bridge Climber: Cleaning It?
For a Russian tourist who's accused of climbing the Brooklyn Bridge, the punishment may fit the crime. Prosecutors suggested a deal involving 90 days in jail for Yaroslav Kolchin, but judge ShawnDya L....
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2 Tourists Found Dead on Thai Beach
In what police call a "very gruesome" case, a pair of British tourists have been found dead today on an island in Thailand, apparently beaten with a nearby hoe that was covered in blood, the AP...
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Thailand Stumped as DNA Clears 12 in Tourist Slayings
DNA tests have thrown Thai authorities a goose egg in their quest to solve the savage murders of two British tourists. Semen from two different men was found on the body of 23-year-old Hannah...
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Thailand: US Man Tried to Mail Baby's Skull to Vegas
Upon questioning, a US tourist told Thai police he'd made a gruesome purchase at a flea market: He claimed to have obtained a baby's skull, heart, and foot along with tattooed skin for $100, police...
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Venice Wants to Outlaw Your Rolling Suitcase
You may need to ditch your rolling suitcase if you plan on visiting Venice in the future. Under a new proposal introduced yesterday, the Italian city would fine tourists caught with a suitcase on...
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Man's Desert Sex Costs Him $250K
A British couple's decision to make love at a Nevada hot spring has resulted in a $250,000 medical bill. Peter Cousins and Dawn Reed, who were traveling around the world, decided to have sex at the...
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