-Mark, What is it? -Well Joe, British Airways has agreed to sponsor the England World Cup bid for 2018 which is in the process of being put together. And it's a real coup this for the bid committee. The sponsorship deal will be able to be announced t

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Indonesian officials say an early warning system failed to alert locals before a tsunami wiped out about ten villages on the tiny Mentawai Islands. More than 270 people have been killed in the three-metre tsunami with another 400 still missing. Techn

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Tiger Airways' future in Australia remains unclear because the air safety regulator is asking the Federal Court today to extend the ban on the airline's domestic flights until the end of the month. The airline's CEO Crawford Rix resigned within hours

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Children's Asthma Not Eased by Anti-Reflux Drug Seventeen-year-old Alaina Kvapil was diagnosed with asthma when she was 13. When you have an asthma attack, your airways actually close up and people dont realize that you cant breathe, you cant get the

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Ebola Claims Another Victim: Economic Growth 埃博拉蔓延另一受害者经济发展 The Ebola crisis may have begun in Guinea, but Liberia is among the hardest hit with more than 13 hundred cases reported. Fear of the disease is spreading. The pl

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By Phil Mercer Sydney, Australia 01 October 2007 Tourism officials in Australia say the number of visitors from Arab Gulf nations is increasing. Airlines are scheduling more flights between the Middle East and Australia to accommodate the rising popu

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Violence continued in Jerusalem and the West Bank today. Israeli authorities said 5 Palestinians were shot after a series of stabbings and attempted stabbings of Israelis. At least 4 Palestinians were killed. Several Israelis were wounded. The mayor

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By Amra Alirejsovic Washington, D.C. 18 July 2007 Italian singer Patrizio Buanne -- who many call the voice of romance -- recently ended his U.S. tour. We caught up with him in Washington, D.C. for his first-ever performance at the Kennedy Center. Fo

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It's only been a few months since the Boeing 787 Dreamliner flew off the ground after a three-year delay and already there is a concern. Boeing says it discovered a problem with the body of the plane known as the fuselage and is in the process of mak

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By Paul Sisco Washington, D.C. 21 June 2007 Government and industry officials say America's crowded airways are becoming more so. The technology exists to make air travel safer, and energy efficient, but so far efforts to improve the situation are mo

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A U.S. passenger jet crash-landed in New York City's Hudson River on Thursday with 155 passengers and crew onboard. But tragedy was averted when ferries and tourist boats came to the aid of the sinking plane and everyone was evacuated. Tail fin of A

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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is promoting U.S. economic engagement with Asia during the East Asia Summit in Bali. The secretary focused her public remarks on increasing economic ties to the region. 美国国务卿克林顿在印尼巴厘岛参加

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By Kane Farabaugh New York City 19 March 2007 watch Richard Branson report Richard Branson sits on the top-ten list of the United Kingdom's richest citizens, with an estimated wealth of roughly eight billion dollars. As the company he founded -- Vir

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Bangkok's international airport is returning to normal, after protesters shut it down for eight days. But business experts say the economic damage caused by the country's political crisis may linger for some time. VOA's Kate Pound Dawson reports fro

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By Ricci Shryock Dakar 16 April 2008 United Nations workers joined fire crews combing through the smoldering wreckage of a passenger plane that failed to take off and crashed into a crowded market district of Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo

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By Paula Wolfson Washington 21 August 2007 Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, center, stands with President Bush, left, and Mexican President Felipe Calderon The leaders of the United States, Mexico and Canada have wrapped up a two-day summit at

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Air companies from Vietnam, Thailand and Malaysia, say they will comply with Chinas new rules, agreeing to submit their flight plans before flying across Chinas Air Defense Identification Zone over the East China Sea. An official from Vietnam Airline

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By Claudia Blume Hong Kong 09 October 2006 A worker is seen on the Airbus A 380 superjumbo assembly line in Toulouse, southwestern France Several airlines in the Asia-Pacific region are reviewing their options after the latest delay in the delivery

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Confusion for customers trying to find out what the British Airways strike means for them. With potentially seven days of disruption at the end of the month the uncertainty is affecting bookings at this travel call center in central London. The calls

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A Chinese airline is making a contribution to boosting China-Africa cooperation in tourism during its process of opening up aviation markets in Africa. On the first Wednesday of August in 2015, a China Southern Airlines Airbus 330 took off from south

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