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* Red faces over Perth danger alert * An unexpected overnight delivery * Gurkha bus drivers find new jobs * Naked rambler plans to walk again * Bear Claws Woman, Covers Her With Brush * Peru outraged by Chile airline ad * Poaching clips airline's wings * TSA to test new security technology * Airline Tickets Sell for $1.86 Plus Fees * Python puts brakes on tourist's car * U.S. bars KLM flight entry into airspace * Well, Here's Your Problem Right Here, Ma'am.... * Airline charges man for using wheelchair * ELEVATOR MOO GOO GUY RAN * Disgrunted airline passenger threatens to sue * Cambodian Govt makes tourist attraction out of Pol Pot hideaway * Magazine features tourist charms of Appalachia * Airline limits crews' North Pole exposure amid cancer fears * Youth 'Hijacks' Airport Bus to the Airport Sponsored Links
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May 17, 2005
Bad food? Blame the altitude(CNN) -- We all tend to complain about airline food, whether it is the rubbery chicken, the cardboard-like fish or the chewy beef, but you might like to blame it on the altitude. Bad food? Blame the altitude, continued...Read this update
Posted by Joe E at 06:32 AM |
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May 13, 2005
Red faces over Perth danger alertAustralia's foreign ministry has apologised for an e-mailed advisory warning of the dangers of travelling to the Western Australian capital, Perth. The foreign ministry said the message was mistakenly sent out by an outside contractor, as a test. Variously described...Read this update
Posted by Joe E at 07:22 AM |
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May 11, 2005
An unexpected overnight deliveryFedEx plane drops 4 aluminum pieces onto Danville Henry K. Lee, Chronicle Staff Writer FedEx made an unscheduled East Bay delivery Monday night when chunks of purple aluminum nearly the size of plywood sheets peeled away from a cargo...Read this update
Posted by Joe E at 07:37 AM |
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May 10, 2005
Gurkha bus drivers find new jobsThirty Gurkha bus drivers have found new jobs after the company they were working for lost some of its routes. Carmarthenshire Council stopped using 2Travel on its subsidised routes due to 'reliability' issues - but the Gurkhas were very popular...Read this update
Posted by Joe E at 02:54 PM |
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May 07, 2005
Naked rambler plans to walk againA man dubbed the "naked rambler" after walking the length of Britain in the nude says he plans a second walk, possibly with a naked companion. Naked rambler plans to walk again, continued...Read this update
Posted by Joe E at 09:34 AM |
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May 04, 2005
Bear Claws Woman, Covers Her With BrushALBRIGHTSVILLE, Pa. -- A group of campers said a bear dragged a woman into the woods, clawed her and bit her, then covered her with brush and left. Kathleen Feeney, 21, said she was too frightened to move as the...Read this update
Posted by Joe E at 08:19 AM |
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May 02, 2005
Peru outraged by Chile airline adBy Hannah Hennessy A Chilean airline promotional video allegedly depicting Lima as a pigsty has sparked a row between Peru and its Latin American neighbour. Peru outraged by Chile airline ad, continued...Read this update
Posted by Joe E at 07:08 AM |
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April 27, 2005
Poaching clips airline's wingsMUMBAI: It's probably the first time that an airline has been forced to cancel its flights due to ruthless poaching of its senior pilots. Air Sahara had to take this drastic step after about ten commanders— as senior pilots are...Read this update
Posted by Joe E at 06:54 AM |
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April 26, 2005
TSA to test new security technologyFrom Mike M. Ahlers CNN Washington Bureau WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Clam diggers on the muddy flats near Boston's Logan International Airport in Massachusetts will be loaned GPS-equipped cell phones so they can alert authorities to suspicious activity -- just one...Read this update
Posted by Joe E at 06:50 AM |
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April 18, 2005
Airline Tickets Sell for $1.86 Plus FeesUS Airways became the low-cost carrier of all time over the weekend — selling round-trip flights to some U.S. cities for less than the price of a gallon of gasoline — until the carrier fixed a glitch in its computer...Read this update
Posted by Joe E at 11:11 AM |
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April 16, 2005
Python puts brakes on tourist's carKRABI, Apr 16 (TNA) - Motorists occasionally find themselves unable to move their vehicles because their batteries run flat, but it is not often that one is prevented from taking one's car out of a parking lot by a giant...Read this update
Posted by Joe E at 07:58 PM |
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April 10, 2005
U.S. bars KLM flight entry into airspaceNames of 2 passengers appear on 'no-fly' terrorist list (CNN) -- U.S. authorities refused to allow a KLM Royal Dutch Airlines 747 to fly over the United States, officials said Sunday. Flight 685 from Amsterdam to Mexico City was denied...Read this update
Posted by Joe E at 06:19 PM |
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April 09, 2005
Well, Here's Your Problem Right Here, Ma'am....HONG KONG (Reuters) - A Hong Kong hiker washed her face in a freshwater stream, not noticing that leech had wormed its way into one of her nostrils, according to the Hong Kong Medical Journal. Unaware she was playing host...Read this update
Posted by Joe E at 08:53 AM |
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April 08, 2005
Airline charges man for using wheelchairKATIE EMSLIE DISABLED passengers are being discriminated against by a low-cost Scottish airline, it was claimed today. No-frills carrier flyglobespan has sparked a row after an elderly man travelling to Alicante was hit with a £30 fee for using a...Read this update
Posted by Joe E at 07:26 AM |
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April 07, 2005
ELEVATOR MOO GOO GUY RANBy LUKAS I. ALPERT and JOHN DOYLE The Chinese food deliveryman who was trapped for 31/2 days in an elevator went into hiding yesterday — fearing his newfound fame may get him in hot-and-sour soup with immigration officials. ELEVATOR MOO...Read this update
Posted by Joe E at 07:50 AM |
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April 05, 2005
Disgrunted airline passenger threatens to sueBy Antoinette Keyser A disgruntled passenger, taken off a Nationwide flight for allegedly threatening a stewardess who asked him not to read a pornographic magazine, on Tuesday said he was considering legal action against the airline. "I'm seeing my lawyer...Read this update
Posted by Joe E at 06:40 PM |
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March 30, 2005
Cambodian Govt makes tourist attraction out of Pol Pot hideawayELEANOR HALL: The United Nations has this week issued a call for member states to pledge tens of millions of dollars to pay for a long-awaited war crimes tribunal to prosecute surviving members of the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia...Read this update
Posted by Joe E at 07:17 AM |
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March 27, 2005
Magazine features tourist charms of Appalachiaby Byron Crawford The National Geographic Society is about to put the "undiscovered treasures" of Kentucky's culturally rich Appalachian region on the map. Magazine features tourist charms of Appalachia, continued...Read this update
Posted by Joe E at 05:32 PM |
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Airline limits crews' North Pole exposure amid cancer fearsAirline Cathay Pacific has limited air crews' flights on the non-stop Hong Kong-New York route after it was found the journey could increase the likelihood of cancer. Airline staff say they have been limited to just two of the ultra...Read this update
Posted by Joe E at 05:11 PM |
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March 23, 2005
Youth 'Hijacks' Airport Bus to the AirportTOKYO (Reuters) - A Japanese youth who wanted to go to Tokyo's Haneda airport boarded a bus heading there before threatening to hijack it unless it took him to ... the airport. Youth 'Hijacks' Airport Bus to the Airport, continued...Read this update
Posted by Joe E at 06:21 AM |
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March 22, 2005
Teenager launches his own airlineA teenager is taking his obsession for flying to new heights by launching his own commercial airline. Martin Halstead, 18, is set to stage his inaugural flight from Oxford to Cambridge, which will take just 20 minutes, on 18 April....Read this update
Posted by Joe E at 07:44 AM |
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March 21, 2005
Cabbie returns RM1,000 left in taxi, Sarawakian tourist is touched by his honestyKUALA LUMPUR: Tourist Ting Huat Chew did not expect to see his wallet again after he dropped it in a taxi on his way to the Suria KLCC shopping complex here. He was pleasantly surprised when taxi driver M. Gunabalan...Read this update
Posted by Joe E at 05:55 AM |
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