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Every year, high-end tourists find yachts and islands to be the finest destination for them. But now, there are new offers that make these two a history. The newest thing that gets the interest of the wealthy vacationer is the mixture of island and yacht. Now, one can experience their own floating and moveable island. […]
Friday August 10 2012, 6:38 AM EST | Posted in
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As many people were investing in high-end submarines and luxurious yachts, an increasing interest in underwater tourism has fueling several out-of-this-world projects. According to Bruce Jones, Triton and U.S. Submarine Inc. president, people have always been attracted and interested with what can be found underwater. The company that is headed by Jones is building the […]
Thursday August 02 2012, 2:32 PM EST | Posted in
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Authorities are now investigating how a solo 11-year-old kid was able to board a plane from Manchester, U.K., and arrived in Rome, Italy, with no money or documentation. The Jet2.com, a low-cost U.K. airline that flies to 53 destinations in Eastern and Western Europe, had a scheduled flight departed from the Manchester airport Tuesday with […]
Sunday July 29 2012, 5:14 AM EST | Posted in
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Pilots’ rights when dealing with Federal Aviation Administration disciplinary proceedings would receive a boost under a bill passed by Congress on Monday – a measure written by a senator who was ordered to take remedial flying lessons by the agency after he landed his plane on a closed runway. The House approved the bill by […]
Friday July 27 2012, 3:02 AM EST | Posted in
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A SkyWest captain who entered a small Utah airport early this morning and damaged a SkyWest Airlines jetliner, a terminal building and some parked vehicles had been wanted by authorities in the death of his girlfriend. Brian Joseph Hedglin, 40, of Colorado Springs, Colo., fatally shot himself, a source at the airline said. SkyWest confirmed […]
Thursday July 19 2012, 10:08 AM EST | Posted in
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Last December, Hector Villalobos travelled from Colorado to his native Mexico for an interview, part of his application for U.S. permanent residency. Mr. Villalobos expected to be gone a couple of months to complete the process. However, seven months later, U.S. consular officers haven’t allowed the 37-year-old handyman to return home to his wife and […]
Thursday July 12 2012, 6:15 AM EST | Posted in
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An explosion happened on Tuesday at a shopping center in the Nigerian capital Abuja, where another unexploded bomb was later discovered. The first blast went off at roughly 9:00 p.m. at a shopping plaza in the city’s Wusa II district, Yushau A. Shuaib, spokesman for the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), said in a statement. […]
Thursday July 05 2012, 8:45 AM EST | Posted in
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A Texas judge on Tuesday found the JetBlue pilot, Clayton Osbon, 49, who had been charged with interference with a flight crew and could have faced up to 20 years in prison, insane and not guilty of interfering with a flight after his bizarre behavior forced an emergency landing in March. Court documents show U.S. […]
Thursday July 05 2012, 8:42 AM EST | Posted in
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Three Chinese astronauts, including China’s first female astronaut Liu Yang, returned to Earth Thursday (June 28) after 13 days in space on a historic mission that made their country only the third nation ever to successfully dock a manned spacecraft to another in orbit. China’s Shenzhou 9 space capsule landed at about10 p.m. EDT (10 a.m. […]
Saturday June 30 2012, 4:17 AM EST | Posted in
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The Big Ben Clock Tower is one of the most famous landmarks in the world, as with the Statue of Liberty and the Eiffel Tower. But now, there is a proposal that London’s Big Ben clock tower is to be renamed Elizabeth Tower to mark the queen’s 60th year on the British throne. The announcement […]
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