Thursday, December 23, 2010

Heathrow hell continues for passengers

Heathrow hell continues for passengers


Heathrow hell continues for passengers

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Huddled together Thursday morning with hundreds of displaced passengers in a large semiheated tent outside Terminal 1 at Heathrow Airport, Dennis and Bonnie Barlow of Virginia were reviewing the high points of their vacation so far. First, they cruised the Mediterranean on the Brilliance of the Seas, the ship, now notorious, whose battle with hurricane-force winds and gargantuan waves became worldwide news. Then they decided to spend a relaxing day in London before returning home.


US issues terror alert for thermos on planes

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The US Homeland Security has issued a terror alert on use of thermos on planes, saying terrorists might conceal explosives inside insulated beverage containers.


US approved business with blacklisted nations

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Despite sanctions and trade embargoes, over the past decade the United States government has allowed American companies to do billions of dollars in business with Iran and other countries blacklisted as state sponsors of terrorism, an examination by The New York Times has found.


How the US Air Force will track Santa on radar

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The US Air Force plans once again to follow Santa's journey around the world starting Friday about 0700 GMT, when the legendary Christmas character will begin packing his sleigh and hitching his reindeer at the North Pole.


Guess what the last-minute men are buying

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At this time of year, jewelers rely on last-minute men. They are the spouses, the boyfriends, the loved ones, all who, up until this week, have been steering clear of malls and anything that requires gift-wrapping.


Italian anarchist group claims responsibility for Rome blasts

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A group calling itself the Informal Federation of Anarchy (FAI) has claimed responsibility for bomb blasts in the Chilean and Swiss embassies in Rome which injured two staffers. The claim was found in a little box next to one of the injured, the ANSA news agency said.


Norway daily has all 250,000 WikiLeaks cables

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A Norwegian daily that obtained all the 250,000 diplomatic cables WikiLeaks is slowly releasing will publish articles on them independently of the whistleblowing website's strategy, its boss said on Thursday.


Storm in California causes hillside collapse, floods

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The tail end of a storm that dumped rain on Southern California for nearly a week has given the region one final lashing, burying houses and cars in mud, washing hillsides onto highways, flooding urban streets, threatening dozens of canyon homes and spreading filthy water that prompted the closure of 12 miles of Orange County beaches.


WikiLeaks to publish 'sensitive' Israel cables: TV

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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has said his whistleblowing website plans to publish hundreds of "sensitive" US diplomatic cables on Israel, Al-Jazeera television reported on Thursday.


Parcel bomb wounds Swiss embassy staffer in Rome: Report

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Package bombs exploded at the Swiss and Chilean embassies in Rome on Thursday, wounding the two people who opened them, in attacks that bore similarities to bombings by anarchists in Greece last month.


No force can make ISI chief to appear before US court: Gilani

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Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani today said that no force could pressurise the ISI chief Lt Gen Ahmed Shuja Pasha to appear in a US court to face a lawsuit filed by relatives of victims of the Mumbai attacks.


Italy: Students protest education reforms

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Student protesters in Italy clashed with police in the Sicilian capital Palermo on Wednesday as part of nation-wide demonstrations over university budget cuts that are expected to be approved by parliament.


Obama hails US-Russia nuclear treaty

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The US Senate ratified an arms control treaty with Russia on Wednesday that reduces the limit for each country's stockpile of nuclear warheads, giving President Barack Obama a major foreign policy win in the last days of this session of Congress.


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