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Playing tourist on his first visit ever to China, President Barack Obama drew a chilly comparison between the Chinese capital and his Illinois hometown.
Guy Laliberte, a billionaire who once worked as a stilt-walker and fire-eater, said Tuesday that he accomplished his mission by using a 10-day trip to the International Space Station to promote a humanitarian cause.
A 67-year-old woman from New York was acquitted Friday on a charge of carrying nearly a dozen bullets in her bag as she and her husband left Bermuda after a golfing vacation.
The rich circus showman who bought a $35 million ticket to the International Space Station said Tuesday it's been worth every penny — and more.
The man who plans on being "the first clown in space" said Thursday he's got some surprises planned for the crew of the international space station.
The Canadian billionaire who founded Cirque du Soleil wants to turn cosmonauts into clowns when he blasts into space this month.
Swim trunks for the beach, T-shirts for the heat and a pair of new, black Prada loafers for going out. That's what Virginia limo driver Husien Shehada packed for his 5-day vacation to Miami. He was like any 29-year-old tourist vacationing with his girlfriend, his brother said.
Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberte is set to become Canada's first space tourist when he travels on a Russian Soyuz spacecraft in September.
A Puerto Rico judge sentenced the son of a convicted killer to 105 years in prison Monday for the kidnapping, rape and murder of a pregnant Georgia tourist who made a desperate phone call to her fiance from the trunk of her assailant's car.
The fiance of a pregnant Georgia woman slain in Puerto Rico said he wants "the maximum sentence possible" for the man who pleaded guilty to killing her.
A Puerto Rican man pleaded guilty Tuesday to kidnapping, raping and killing a pregnant Georgia tourist who made a frantic phone call to her fiance from the trunk of her assailant's car.
Two young women — one from the United States and the other from Norway — died after suddenly falling ill within hours of each other at a guesthouse on a tourist resort island in southern Thailand.
Recession or no, billionaire Charles Simonyi couldn't pass up another shot at space, even if it meant shelling out $35 million more.
Authorities have presented enough evidence to try a man accused of raping and killing a pregnant U.S. tourist, a judge ruled Thursday.
Florida authorities believe they have found the remains of a 75-year-old tourist from England who disappeared from a relative's home this week in the Tampa area.
A U.S. billionaire who is making his second flight to the international space station said Thursday he was not worried about the debris that last month's satellite collision sent hurtling through space.
Police arrested an Egyptian man who attacked an American teacher in the same Cairo tourist site where a bomb killed a French teenager a week earlier, said local media Saturday.
Puerto Rico police are investigating whether a man accused of murdering a pregnant U.S. tourist this month may have killed two children nearly two decades ago, authorities said Wednesday.
A murder suspect living under a false identity in Jamaica has been arrested in the 1998 slaying of a German tourist at a Southern California seaside hotel, the FBI said Thursday.
A pregnant tourist who was abducted and killed while jogging in Puerto Rico told her fiance "she was going to die" in a frantic cell phone call from the trunk of her abductor's car, the victim's mother said Friday.
A Puerto Rican man whose mother once slit the throats of two children was charged Thursday with killing a pregnant U.S. tourist in the same way after stuffing her in the trunk of his car.
Two sisters-in-law were struck by large waves on the Kauai shore and were pulled out to sea, and a snorkeler also died over the weekend as high surf hit Hawaii.
A Virginia space company says a software billionaire plans to become the first private traveler to make a second trip to space
The U.S. Embassy warned its citizens on Tuesday of the potential for violence in Bangkok, while Singapore and South Korea urged against any travel to Thailand after the government imposed a state of emergency.
The head of a South Korean company running sightseeing programs to North Korea resigned Thursday over the shooting death of a tourist at a mountain resort in the communist nation.
48 hours in Baghdad, IraqHome to what many call the Cradle of Civilisation, and whose capital was later immortalised for its splendour and sensuality in tales of the "Arabian Nights," Iraq has millennia of rich history to offer tourists.
Italian accused of Brazil gropingThere is growing controversy in Brazil over the arrest of an Italian tourist held after kissing his eight-year-old daughter in public. Witnesses told police the man allegedly touched the girl in an intimate way.
Tourists At Sequoia National Park Rerouted By Pot Garden- A section of this Sierra Nevada national park was closed to visitors Thursday while rangers helicoptered in to destroy a sizable marijuana growing operation just a half-mile away from a crystal-filled cave popular with tourists.
Tourist imprisoned in French town hall A young British woman was locked in the town hall of a small French town overnight after mistaking the "hôtel de ville" for a "hotel".
Poisonous snake bites British tourist in Bavarian supermarket The relaxing Bavarian holiday of a British tourist recently took a dramatic turn after she was bitten by a poisonous snake in an Oberammergau grocery store.
U.S.'s Most Over-Rated Tourist TrapsWe all know the feeling: Bound by a lemming-like sense of obligation, we drag ourselves to an important tourist attraction, stand in its presence for a few moments, then (if all goes well) leave as quickly as possible.
Mallorca on the Spree: Berlin Is Little More than a Beer-Drenched Tourist ParadiseAfter the Wall fell, Berlin became a vibrant place teeming with creativity and excitement. But now Berlin has lost its soul and become a playground for the partying hordes of tourists who are driving away the very people who made the place so attractive and unique.
7-mile police chase welcomes tourists to NYCFive French tourists got a harrowing start to their New York visit: a wild police chase.
American tourist clings to train through Australian outbackAn American tourist is lucky to be alive after he survived for two and a half hours clinging to the outside of a train as it travelled through the Australian outback at speeds of up to 70mph.
"India is safer than any other country"I am sure it is very dangerous in India right now, but they do bring up some interesting points in the debate over the travel advisory issued by the United States, stating:
Thailand tourist's lung tissue 'gone' after mysterious deathA pathologist hired by the family of one of two women whose mysterious deaths in Thailand drew worldwide attention says her "lungs were 100 percent congested," Jill St. Onge's fiancee and brother said.
British tourist stung 500 times as bees invade French art galleryA British tourist was recovering last night after being stung more than 500 times when a swarm of bees attacked visitors to an art gallery in France.
Missing German tourist sparks French manhunt Blood left on stairs leading to the Rhône River have French search and rescue teams combing the banks and rivers for a missing German tourist.
Dutch cannabis cafes to become private member's clubsAbout 30 cannabis-vending coffee shops in the south of the lNetherlands announced Tuesday they would become private members' clubs at the start of next year to keep out foreign drug tourists.
German tourist hanged in freak clothes accidentA German was hanged in a freak accident after he walked into woods to pee – and fell 60 metres down a hill.
President Yahya JammehThis flamboyantly dressed guy making his "coy boy" look is 43-year-old Yahya Jammeh.
Tourists Or Terrorists? Police Erase London Sightseers Photographs Citing Terrorism Two Austrian tourists visiting London were forced to erase large portions of their holiday photographs by police officers who told the pair that they were duty bound to "prevent terrorism".
Russian Rocket Carries Space Tourist With the shuttle Discovery safely away from the International Space Station, a Russian Soyuz rocket blasted off Thursday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan carrying two fresh crew members and a wealthy space tourist.
Naked German tourist goes for a walk in Dubai Dubai police have detained a German tourist for taking a stroll in the buff, German officials told The Local on Tuesday.
'Undercover Putin In KGB Reagan Ruse'. by Julia Alasheyeva, Moscow. 6:10pm UK, Wednesday March 18, 2009. The 20-year old photo depicts two world leaders - US President Ronald Reagan and the Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev - in Moscow. But, according to the man who took the photo, it also captures Mr Putin disguised as a tourist.
Body of Enid Grace Hendricks, 75-year-old tourist missing two days, found near RuskinRUSKIN — The search for a 75-year-old tourist ended this morning at 9:44 a.m., when a Hillsborough Sheriff's helicopter spotted the body of a woman lying in a field.
Study: Mexican shoppers spend thousands daily at outlet mallsTexas State University-San Marcos students surveyed about 100 shoppers from Mexico between Thanksgiving and Christmas and found that Mexicans who made the trip to the San Marcos outlets spent big.
Falluja's Strange Visitor: A Western Tourist Visits Iraq"I am a tourist," were his first words. The telephone line from Falluja was bad, but there could be no mistake. Falluja's first Western leisure visitor was in town.
No prosecution in bird-beating case---For the first article about the incident, which gives more details, go to My comment section below for the link.--- Excerpt: The Orange County District Attorney's office has decided not to press charges against a tourist from Kansas who was accused of beating a seagull afte …
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