Carrier says the problems never compromised flight safety. Austin American Statesman | WASHINGTON — Federal regulators sent mixed messages to American Airlines about the condition of the fleet that was grounded last month, the airline says, including granting permission to the carrier to continue flying while fixes were made. | In its most complete accounting of last month's w...
'Island of love' a tourists' paradise Gulf Daily News | Ionce turned down a trip to the "island of love" to explore "the real Europe". However, it was only after I finally made my first visit to Cyprus that I realised what I had been missing. | To be honest, I couldn't even find the land of Aphrodite on a map before jetting off on a three-hour Cyprus A...
How rip-off holiday firms DOUBLE prices during half-term The Daily Mail By SEAN POULTER - | Families have always known that a trip away costs more during the school holidays than in term time. | Restricted by school dates, parents are effectively held to ransom by the travel industry. | But now research has shown exactly...
'Island of love' a tourists' paradise Gulf Daily News | Ionce turned down a trip to the "island of love" to explore "the real Europe". However, it was only after I finally made my first visit to Cyprus that I realised what I had been missing. | To be honest, I couldn't even find the land of Aphrodite on...
The Guardian: Travel The Guardian Saturday May 17 2008 | Travel features p2 | After decades of Mafia rule in Sicily, locals are fighting back - and they are asking tourists to help them, by staying in B&Bs, eating in restaurants and shopping in delis that refuse to pay protection...
Plants and wildlife travel north as temperatures rise The Times | Britain's only mountain butterfly is facing extinction. The mountain ringlet is, like its name suggests, an alpine butterfly, coloured purplish-brown with splashes of orange "eyes". But the butterfly is being driven farther up mountains to find coo...
Have a doughnut and win a holiday The Star | BERJAYA Hotels and Resorts have collaborated with Big Apple Donuts and Coffee to bring you a tasty deal that would put you in the running to win holiday prizes worth RM100,000. | Just buy half a dozen of the sweet treats to receive your lucky draw ...
My Holiday In: Rome and Florence The Independent | WHAT I LIKED | Me, my mum and grandparents flew to Rome during the Easter holidays. We went on a coach tour round the whole circuit of Rome and saw all the sights, which was great. Then we went round again and stopped off at St Peter's. It was Palm...
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South Jersey agency touts tourism The Business Review | Tourism in the summer and fall last year had a $15.6 million impact on the South Jersey economy, the region's tourism agency said Tuesday. | Traveling parties spent an average of...
Air pollution linked to dangerous blood clots New Scientist Smog from traffic and factories can trigger the formation of dangerous blood clots, according to a new study. It's the latest entry in a growing list of problems that have been lin...
'Thank God hip-hop came along' The Guardian Introduction to crime | Ice T: When I got to high school, I started seeing people with things that were beyond their means. I saw guys in the 12th grade that got cars and you're looking at everybody asking yourself what was really going on. Then my b...
Perez plea to suspend proceedings junked The Manila Times | The Sandiganbayan on Friday suspended anew the arraignment of the graft charges against former Justice Secretary Hernando Perez and three other co-accused but junked their move to suspend the proceedings. | The Sandiganbayan First Division headed b...
Wild ride The Star | By DAVID WILSON | The two Bengal tigers rear up on their haunches and wrestle. Upstaging the king and queen of the jungle who are keeping a low profile tonight, the tigers unleash an ear-splitting roar that stuns the passengers perched on the tram. | Backing off from each other, the tigers then prowl their enclosure, howling in the moonlight as a...
Williams sisters out of Italian Open TVNZ May 17, 2008 | American Venus Williams lost 5-7 6-2 6-3 to Serb title holder Jelena Jankovic in the Italian Open quarter-finals while her sister Serena pulled out at the same stage of the tournament with a back injury. | Fifth seed Serena said her withdrawal from her match with 18-year-old French qualifier Alize Cornet should not affect her prepara...
