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SAN JOSE, Costa Rica, Feb. 23 (UPI) -- A group of U.S. citizens touring Costa Rica thwarted an attempted mugging and killed one of their assailants, Al Dia newspaper reported Friday.
The tourists -- senior citizens traveling the region by cruise ship -- were held up at gun and knife point, prompting one man to grab one of the three muggers and put him in a headlock.
The man -- a 70-year-old military veteran -- reportedly broke the clavicle of a mugger, police said.
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TEHRAN, Feb. 13 (UPI) --
The bomb attacks on Israeli embassy staff in India and Georgia were the work of Israel itself, an Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman said.
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NEW YORK, Feb. 13 (UPI) --
Kate Upton was revealed as the cover model of the 2012 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue during Monday's taping of "Late Show" in New York.
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BAGHDAD, Feb. 14 (UPI) --
U.S. supermajor Exxon Mobil won't be able to take part in an oil and natural gas licensing auction scheduled for May in Iraq, a spokesman said.
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