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Laos vows justice after tainted alcohol kills tourists
Reuters, Published on 25/11/2024
» BANGKOK: The Lao government is "profoundly saddened" by the deaths of foreign tourists from drinking alcohol contaminated with methanol and pledged to prosecute those responsible.
Killer Sobhraj arrives in France
Reuters and AFP, Published on 24/12/2022
» PARIS: Charles Sobhraj, a convicted killer who police believe murdered more than 20 western backpackers on the “hippie trail” through Asia in the 1970s and 1980s, arrived in France on Saturday after nearly two decades behind bars in Nepal.
'Serpent' Sobhraj headed back to France
AFP, Published on 23/12/2022
» KATHMANDU: French serial killer Charles Sobhraj, responsible for multiple murders in the 1970s in Thailand and across Asia, was heading to France on Friday after being freed following almost 20 years in a Nepali prison.
'Serpent' Sobhraj to be freed on Friday
Published on 22/12/2022
» KATHMANDU: French serial killer Charles Sobhraj, whose string of murders across Asia in the 1970s was portrayed in the Netflix series “The Serpent”, was still awaiting his release from prison Thursday after a Nepali court ordered him freed on health grounds.
Who is the 'bikini killer' Charles Sobhraj?
Reuters, Published on 22/12/2022
» PARIS: Nepal's Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered the release of Charles Sobhraj, a French national known as the "bikini killer" who police say is responsible killing over 20 young Western backpackers across Asia during the 1970s and 1980s.
Nepal court orders release of serial killer Charles 'The Serpent' Sobhraj
AFP, Published on 21/12/2022
» Nepal's top court ordered on Wednesday the release of Charles Sobhraj, the French serial killer portrayed in the Netflix series "The Serpent" who was responsible for a string of murders across Asia in the 1970s.
Nepal ganja campaign seeks return of Himalayan high times
AFP, Published on 29/04/2022
» KATHMANDU - Nepal's marijuana ban could soon be up in smoke, as lawmakers mull a return to the liberal drug policies that once made the Himalayan republic a popular pit stop on the overland "hippie trail".
Australia to reopen borders to tourists on Feb 21
AFP, Published on 07/02/2022
» SYDNEY: Australia will reopen its borders to tourists from Feb 21, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced Monday, ending some of the world's strictest and longest-running pandemic travel restrictions.
Labour-starved Australia offers cash to 'work in paradise'
AFP, Published on 20/05/2021
» SYDNEY - Facing a pandemic-induced labour shortage, one sun-drenched Australian state on Thursday began offering a bundle of cash to anyone willing to "work in paradise".
New Zealand vows crackdown on defecating backpackers
AFP, Published on 18/11/2020
» WELLINGTON: The New Zealand government promised Wednesday to take action against backpackers relieving themselves at natural beauty spots as part of post-coronavirus tourism plans.