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Smuggling drugs into China? Read this first: Mentally-ill Briton to be shot for 2007 heroin bust

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A mentally-ill Briton with severe delusional psychosis is set to be executed for a 2007 heroin smuggle he claims to have been duped into, the Guardian...
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Eight Hours in Paris, Part One: The Notre Dame

Taking a three week vacation and forgot to budget into a few extra days to see Paris before or after you enter and leave Europe through its airport?...
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With new service to Sydney, Delta joins elite "Six Continent Club," completes transformation

With the launch of its Los Angeles-Sydney route July 1, Delta Air Lines became the first US airline in more than 20 years to join what popular...
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An Austinite in Rome: Vegan pizza, cheap sleeps and a green retreat

We've all heard the rumors about Rome. Pickpockets: watch your bag, especially when it comes to those you least suspect. "I had to break an old...
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Shocking conclusion by French investigators: AF447 "struck ocean intact," did not break apart midair

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Though preliminary findings from bodies and wreckage seemed to suggest that Air France 447 suffered an explosive decompression at around 39,000 feet,...
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Air France 447 black boxes likely never to be found; Airbus faces pressure to ground longhaul fleet

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Investigators in the crash of Air France 447, the Airbus A330-200 that crashed June 1 en route from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Paris, France, killing...
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Las Vegas in a different desert, the Siberian kind: Russia bans (almost) all gambling overnight

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Don't book your tickets to Vladivostok just yet, Kings and Queens and Jacks and Aces. According to Reuters, today marks the beginning of a nationwide...
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Father of Yemenia survivor: "She didn't feel anything"; IY626 black boxes found

Call it the "Indian Ocean Miracle".Bahia Bakaria, whose age has finally been established as being 13 (after being reported as five and...
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Are Airbus aircraft unsafe? Comparing the IY626 and AF447 incidents

To start with, the incidents involved two completely different aircraft types. F-GZCP, the Airbus A330-203 that crashed into the Atlantic Ocean in the...
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Yemenia "nearly blacklisted" by EU in '08, faults reported on IY626 plane two years ago

The plane that operated as Yemenia IY626, which crashed into the Indian Ocean early Tuesday morning, killing all but one on board, had unresolved...
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