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Iran starts cruise missile production
Iran Saturday began mass production of its latest anti-vessel cruise missiles, the official media reported.

The short-range missile will be able to hit small and average-sized targets with high...


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100 cruise passengers struck by norovirus
MIAMI -; Officials with Princess Cruise Lines say a stomach virus affected nearly 100 passengers on a ship that arrived in South Florida. Meanwhile, passengers on another ship were complaining of...
Cruise passengers, crew struck by norovirus
MIAMI -- A stomach virus has stricken more than 100 people on a Princess Cruise Lines ship sailing from South Florida.The company said in a statement that 92 passengers and 13 crew members aboard...
Virus outbreak reported on 2 cruise ships
Outbreaks of a gastrointestinal virus have been reported on two Princess Cruises ships operating out of Port Everglades, Fla., officials said. A total of 240 people became ill with Norovirus on the...
Cruise ships hit by fast-spreading virus
THE first of two Princess Cruise Lines ships sailing with scores of passengers suffering from the fast-spreading norovirus have returned to Fort Lauderdale,...
100 Cruise Passengers Struck by Norovirus
Officials with Princess Cruise Lines say a stomach virus affected nearly 100 passengers on a ship that arrived in South Florida. Meanwhile, passengers on another ship were complaining of...
Sochi: All white in this Black Sea ski resort
High above Sochi, the Caucasus Mountains sparkled with snow. Russia's new Olympic ski resorts have been opened to pioneering punters ahead of the 2014 Winter Olympics, and on this glittering...
Charles Dickens: Old curiosities with a new twist
In 1842, Charles Dickens spent six months in exotic America - a trip that took him and his intrepid wife, Catherine, from a log house in Pennsylvania to a steamboat along the Mississippi. The next...
Richard Quest: Why business travellers should get miles ahead
Forgive me, but this article is really designed for a particular group of people: those of us whose professional lives mean we collect serious quantities of frequent-flyer miles and hotel loyalty...
Globejotter: Thompson hotels, The Atom digital radio and Charles Dickens tour
Thompson, the New York hotel group, has come to London's Belgravia. Belgraves sports sleek dcor and a Mark Hix restaurant. Go to...
Stay The Night: The Old Chapel, Stoke Fleming, Devon
It takes quite an event to bring our family to church. A wedding or funeral, perhaps. Or, in this case, the conversion of a 19th-century chapel just outside Dartmouth into a high-end holiday rental....
Let Noma guide you to the best food in Copenhagen
The Danes have a venerable food culture that dates back centuries. But it wasn't until 2004 and the formulation of the Manifesto for the New Nordic Kitchen by Claus Meyer, Ren Redzepi and other...
One hundred cruise passengers struck by norovirus
Officials with Princess Cruise Lines say a stomach virus affected nearly 100 passengers on a ship that arrived in South Florida. Meanwhile, passengers on another ship were complaining of...
Business travel success factors in 2012.
Rarely have changes affecting the overall situation in politics, society and the economy had such a dynamic impact on the business travel world as in present times. How are they influencing travel...
200 cruise passengers struck by norovirus
Officials with Princess Cruise Lines say two of its ships were struck with a norovirus that can cause vomiting, diarrhea and stomach pain. The Crown Princess returned from a seven-day cruise Saturday...
Williams scores 18 as New Mexico cruises 65-49
Those events helped spur the two New Mexico players to solid efforts as the Lobos won their fourth straight game by dispatching Boise State, 65-49 on Saturday. Williams had a game-high 18 points and...
Romney cruises toward win in Nevada
Republican front-runner Mitt Romney surged on Friday toward an apparent easy win in Nevada, with a new poll showing him beating rival Newt Gingrich by a 2-to-1 margin on the eve of the state's...
Manchester City cruise to win over Fulham
Argentina international Sergio Aguero scored the opening goal from the penalty spot after nine minutes, his 15th league goal of the season. Just before the half-hour, City doubled their lead when...
Costa cruise survivor sues over miscarriage
A PREGNANT woman who miscarried after the cruise ship wreck off the coast of Italy last month is set to sue the vessel's owners for one million euros ($A1.2 million) in damages, Italian media...
Manchester City cruises past Fulham
Manchester City's Sergio Aguero, center right, fights for the ball against Fulham's Philippe Senderos, right, and Stephen Kelly, bottom left, during their English Premier League soccer...
Cruising in wake of Concordia disaster
Italian authorities have decided that the Costa Concordia is too precariously perched on a reef for search and recovery operations to...
Ways to save on your trip to Hawaii
Visiting Hawaii during the slower seasons -- early February and early March, late May, early June or fall -- is one strategy for making travel more affordable. But if that's not possible,...
Beware the risks of renting a car in Mexico
Can I rent a car in Mexico, asked one reader who is heading to Akumal in March and wants to avoid an expensive resort transfer. You can and your U.S. driver's license is valid there, but you...
Don't let that banana detour you at customs
You've made it this far -- through security at the overseas airport, the whimpering baby in Seat 22E, the neighbor's seatback in your lap -- and you have just one more hurdle to clear: the...
Museum drives kids' imaginations
With 80,000 square feet of space containing 130 cars, Michigan's Henry Ford Museum is pretty appealing to kids -- especially those old enough to remember driving the models on...
Hundreds of cruise passengers hit with stomach illness
According to statements from the line, 92 of Ruby Princess' 3,133 passengers and 13 of its 1,186 crewmembers have come down with the virus. Meanwhile, 364 of 3,103 passengers and 30 of 1,168...
Norovirus strikes 2 cruise ships in Caribbean
An outbreak of norovirus has forced two cruise ships in the Caribbean to make early returns to their home ports in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Reports say a total of 484 people have been stricken on the...
Iran mass producing anti-ship cruise missile: state TV
Iranian 200-kilometre (120-mile) range Qader (Ghader) ground-to-sea missile is launched on the last day of navy war games near the Strait of Hormuz in southern Iran. Iran's state television...
Cuba Denies Travel Visa for Prominent Dissident Blogger
Cuba . After the Brazilian government issued her a visa last month, her hopes were raised – only to be dashed again. Havana has now rejected Sanchez’s visa applications nineteen times. ...
Stay The Night: Cala Mia, Panama
Look no further than Isla Boca Brava, a sparsely populated fragment of land that has seemingly snapped off the Pacific coast. It is one of the largest of the islands in the Gulf of Chiriqu. Here,...
Palestinians to seek UN state recognition
The West Bank Palestinian leadership formally decided to press ahead with efforts in September to win United Nations recognition of a state in the West Bank, Gaza Strip and east...
An authentic insight into the Arab world
The budget airline has launched its longest flight - around five hours - to the Jordanian capital of Amman, the first no-frills UK flight to an Arab capital city. The airline's reasoning may be...
A breathless week in non-stop Vietnam
His Robin Williams impersonation wasn't great. But I'd certainly arrived early enough - on the first-ever non-stop flight from the UK to Vietnam - to witness Hanoi waking up. The...
Can’t wait to bake? Try our top three winter sun breaks
The Canary Islands experienced a surge in visitors in 2011 with a bumper 12 million tourists visiting these islands for a break, making the Canaries one of the most popular destinations for UK...
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More than 200 cruise passengers struck by norovirus
MIAMI -; More than 200 passengers on two cruise ships headed to south Florida have been stricken with a gastrointestinal illness. Officials with Princess Cruise Lines say two of its ships were...
Iran Starts Cruise Missile Production
MOSCOW, February 4 (RIA Novosti) - Iran has launched of the Zafar (Triumph) marine cruise missile for the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) naval forces, Iranian news networks Press TV reported...
B.C. avalanche kills skier on final day of vacation
A man is dead after triggering an avalanche on the last day of his skiing holiday around 11 a.m. Friday on Meadow Mountain, about 100km north of Nelson, B.C. The man - part of a group of two guides...