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2-Year Streak of Tourists Safe in Egypt Has Ended
A roadside bomb hit a tourist bus on Friday in an area near the Giza pyramids, killing two Vietnamese tourists and wounding 12 other people, Egypt's Interior Ministry said in a statement. It said the...
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'Rogue' Email Warns About Grand Canyon Radiation
A whistleblower at Grand Canyon National Park has made a startling disclosure in what the Arizona Republic calls a "rogue" email: Three 5-gallon paint buckets of uranium ore were stored for 18 years in...
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Tourist Taking Photo Falls Into Grand Canyon
A tourist trying to get the perfect photo stumbled over the rim of the Grand Canyon and fell to his death, authorities say. David Leibowitz, a spokesman for Grand Canyon West, says the man was part of...
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Tourists' Hotel Check-In Is International Incident
Sometimes, arriving early for your hotel check-in results in scoring a bed ahead of schedule. And sometimes it leads to an international incident. The latter is true of a bizarre incident in Stockholm...
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Venice Close to Implementing New Rule: No Sitting
We hope you're sitting down for this news, especially if you're planning a trip to Venice—because you might not be able to sit down once you get there. That's because Luigi Brugnaro, the city's mayor,...
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A Hungry Croc, a Hot Spring: 2 Misguided Tourists Live
Both men have lived to tell the tale, but two separate incidents involving tourists defying common sense in different parts of the world are making the rounds: Yellowstone: The geysers at Yellowstone...
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She Tried to Get a Photo of the Elephant. It Killed Her
A female tourist in Zimbabwe lost her life while trying to get a photo of an elephant. The BBC reports the German woman was among a group of vacationers who spotted a herd of elephants entering Mana...
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He Went to See the View, Hasn't Been Seen Since
For Patrick Braxton-Andrew, Mexico's Copper Canyon was a major draw. "The way he tried to sell it to me was that it was way bigger than the Grand Canyon but not visited by as many people," his brother,...
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'Your Daughter Was Supposed to Be Safe Here'
New Zealand's prime minister made an emotional apology Monday to the family of a British tourist who was murdered in New Zealand. Grace Millane, 22, graduated from college and then started in Peru what...
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2-Year Streak of Tourists Safe in Egypt Has Ended
A roadside bomb hit a tourist bus on Friday in an area near the Giza pyramids, killing two Vietnamese tourists and wounding 12 other people, Egypt's Interior Ministry said in a statement. It said the...
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'Rogue' Email Warns About Grand Canyon Radiation
A whistleblower at Grand Canyon National Park has made a startling disclosure in what the Arizona Republic calls a "rogue" email: Three 5-gallon paint buckets of uranium ore were stored for 18 years in...
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Tourist Taking Photo Falls Into Grand Canyon
A tourist trying to get the perfect photo stumbled over the rim of the Grand Canyon and fell to his death, authorities say. David Leibowitz, a spokesman for Grand Canyon West, says the man was part of...
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29 Dead in Tour Bus Plunge
A tour bus carrying German tourists crashed on Portugal's Madeira Island on Wednesday, killing 29 people and injuring 28 others, local authorities said. The bus, which was carrying 55 people, rolled...
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American Tourist Killed Hotel Worker: Police
An American banker visiting the Caribbean is accused of killing an employee at a five-star hotel—but insists it was done in self-defense, CNN reports. Gavin Hapgood, 44, was arrested and charged with...
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She Saved a Stray. Then, What Norway Hasn't Seen in 200 Years
What should have been a feel-good story has since turned tragic. The BBC reports on the turn of events that started in the Philippines in February, where 24-year-old Birgitte Kallestad was on vacation...
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How a Music Video Is Screwing Up Iceland
A large sign warns motorists that Iceland's Fjadrárgljúfur canyon is closed to visitors but drivers keep on coming down the narrow gravel road. A ranger at a roadblock has to explain why no one can...
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New Dominican Republic Victim's Brother: 'Something Is Off'
Another American tourist has been found dead under mysterious circumstances in the Dominican Republic, bringing the total over the last year to seven by the Washington Post 's count—or nine, according...
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FBI Probes Samples From One Minibar in Dominican Republic
The FBI is testing samples taken from at least one minibar at the Bahia Principe Hotel in Dominican Republic's La Romana, where three US tourists died in the span of five days last month. The agency is...
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Long Island Man Is Latest to Die in Dominican Republic
A 56-year-old man from Long Island has become the latest American tourist to die in the Dominican Republic—and while officials insist the recent spate of deaths in the country is not unusual, relatives...
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Schumer: ATF Should Probe Dominican Republic Deaths
The Senate's top Democrat said Sunday that the US government should step up efforts to investigate the deaths of at least eight Americans in the Dominican Republic this year. The Bureau of Alcohol,...
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