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Mon 08 Aug 2009Man held over death of Irish aid worker

A MAN has been arrested in connection with the death of an Irish overseas charity worker in Zanzibar, the Department of Foreign Affairs said last night.

Robert Stringer (26), Newcastle, Co Wicklow, was found dead last Friday morning on a beach in Zanzibar, an island in the Indian Ocean 25 miles off Tanzania.