Jet Airways cancels, reschedules flights to Kolkata
In view of the 24-hour bandh call in West Bengal Tuesday, Jet Airways and its all-economy subsidiary JetLite have decided to cancel and reschedule their flights from Kolkata to various destinations, a Jet official said.
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Former Tiger Matt Nokes takes love of game to new heights
This is the 10th story in a weekly series catching up with former Tigers. Matt Nokes had been flying airplanes for several years by the time February 2000 rolled around.
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French unions launch major strike over plans to raise retirement age to 62
PARIS - French unions launched a major strike Tuesday over unpopular conservative President Nicolas Sarkozy's plans to raise the retirement age from 60 to 62, with walkouts causing headaches for travellers and commuters.
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France hit by major strike
French unions have launched a major strike over government plans to raise the retirement age from 60 to 62, with walkouts affecting travellers and commuters.
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Berlin’s New Airport Aims to Boost Russian Links
In the evening on July 2, 2012, Berlin’s two airports, Tegel and Schoenefeld, will simultaneously close, marking the start of a swift “Two Become One” operation that will see the opening of what aims to be one of Europe’s busiest transport hubs.
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French unions launch major strike over plans to raise retirement age to 62
PARIS - French unions launched a major strike Tuesday over unpopular conservative President Nicolas Sarkozy's plans to raise the retirement age
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Students Head South to Study Civil Rights Movement
Adjunct professor of African-American studies Stephen Balkaran brought a group of 17 students to the deep south this summer in hopes of giving them a chance of a lifetime by discovering the roots of the civil rights movement.
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Dozens Of Buildings Destroyed By 3,000 Acre Fire
The evacuation area has been expanded from sugar Loaf Road to the Peak to Peak Highway (Highway 72).
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Everything old is new again
The Chilean port city of Valparaiso is built on about 44 hills. Locals claim, therefore, perhaps with only mild exaggeration, that if you climb every step in the city you will have walked to the moon and back.Portenos, as locals are called, like to think of their city, Chile's third biggest, as a unique, eccentric, hip city - the hippest in South America.There's certainly a strong Bohemian ...
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Former Tiger Matt Nokes takes love of game to new heights
He's been flying airplanes for several years by the time February 2000 rolled around. And he always believed that if a serious problem ever arose while high in the sky, he'd be able to get to safety.
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FAA plan hits turbulence in South Bay
Local pilots say limits on Long Beach airspace would force more small planes over the Peninsula.
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Local families to entertain global experiences
High schools in the Mesquite and Rowlett area will welcome several foreign exchange students in August.
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Earl leaves thousands in N.S. powerless
Thousands of Nova Scotians remained without power Sunday in the wake of damage from hurricane Earl.
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Nova Scotians still without power after province hammered by Earl
Nova Scotia Power website shows outages across much of the province, including metro Halifax area, totaling roughly 90,000 customers
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Intel to help Oman train 45,000 teachers
Scheme means teachers will receive intensified courses on the effective use of technology in education.
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Arlington resident Lillian Johnson wants to open people’s eyes
Lillian Johnson lost her vision completely when she was 18 years old. She attended the Perkins School for the Blind in Watertown as a child, hoping to one day become a physical education teacher.
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Hipmunk's new view of flight search
Adam Goldstein was a whiz-kid MIT engineering student with an enviable network of tech contacts and a decade of industry experience. He also had a lofty dream: To reinvent Internet flight search.
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Hague took friend on a fact-finding, taxpayer-funded trip to Afghanistan, even though he had no official job
The Foreign Secretary paid for Chris Myers to fly first-class from Bahrain back to London. Mr Myers also accompanied Mr Hague on visits to Northern Ireland.
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BRIEFLY: Sept. 4
Read about upcoming events and notices for the Plymouth area.
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AirAsia X airline offers 20 percent discount
Malaysian low-cost airline AirAsia X Saturday said it will be offering a 20 percent discount on tickets booked Sep 4-5.
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