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US tourist stabbed to death in Israel Posted: 19 Dec 2010 06:57 PM PST Israeli emergency personnel carry the body of US tourist Christine Logan, discovered in a wooded area near the village of Matta, south of Jerusalem on December 19, 2010. — Reuters pic JERUSALEM, Dec 20 — An American tourist was stabbed to death and another woman wounded while hiking in foothills outside Jerusalem, Israeli police said yesterday. "We are examining whether this is a nationalistic stabbing, but other leads are being examined as well," police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said, using Israel's term for an attack by Palestinian militants. Kaye Wilson, a Briton who immigrated to Israel, said she and Christine Logan, a visitor from the United States, were attacked by two Arab men while hiking on Saturday south of Jerusalem in an area near Israel's border with the occupied West Bank. "All of a sudden two Arabs walked by and they asked me in Hebrew if I had any water. So I said, dismissively, 'see ya'. But I immediately felt that something was wrong," Wilson told Israel's Channel Two TV from her hospital bed. "I was scared, but my friend became a bit hysterical, so I told her in English — they spoke in Arabic — 'be quiet, don't make any noise, it'll make them attack us,'" she said. "Suddenly, they came, it happened so quickly. They attacked us. One of them took out a very long knife, not a bread knife, but one that was serrated," Wilson said. "I played dead. I saw (the knife) hadn't gone into my heart. My friend was dying, I heard her making gurgling sounds." Wilson, who was stabbed several times, managed to reach a parking area where people called the police, who mounted an overnight search for Logan. Her bound body was found early yesterday. Police identified Logan as an American but gave no hometown. — Reuters   Full Feed Generated by GetFullRSS.com, sponsored by USA Best Price.

Report: South Korea to carry out live-fire drills today Posted: 19 Dec 2010 04:51 PM PST South Korean marines patrol on Yeonpyeong Island on December 19, 2010. — Reuters pic SEOUL, Dec 20 — South Korea plans to carry out a planned firing drill from an island near the border with North Korea from this morning (Monday), domestic media quoted military officials as saying. Officials at Seoul's defence ministry could not immediately confirm the reports by Yonhap news agency and YTN cable news channel that cited unnamed officials. North Korea has threatened reprisals if the drill goes ahead. ─ Reuters   Full Feed Generated by GetFullRSS.com, sponsored by USA Best Price.

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