US: It flew 3,600 flights looking for hostages - FOX News
WASHINGTON — The U.S. military says it flew thousands of spy flights over Colombian jungles trying to find and free three Pentagon contractors since their kidnapping in 2003. In the end, it was a daring operation by Colombian military intelligence
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Flights canceled, delayed across Germany as Lufthansa employees walk - International Herald Tribune
FRANKFURT, Germany : Thousands of Lufthansa employees walked off their jobs for several hours early Tuesday, disrupting flights from airports across Germany in an effort to win more pay, union organizers said. Ground personnel at Frankfurt, Munich
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EU officials name misleading travel Web sites - CNBC
Seven online travel operators, airlines violated European consumer law BRUSSELS, Belgium - European Union and Danish officials named seven online travel operators and airlines Thursday in an ongoing crackdown against misleading ads and price schemes
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American Airlines and NBA Partner on International League Events - Forbes
FORT WORTH, Texas, July 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — American Airlines and The National Basketball Association (NBA) have reached a marketing partnership that includes several of the league’s most prominent international grassroots initiatives
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Token strikes target Lufthansa at German airports (Roundup) - Monsters and Critics
Berlin - German carrier Lufthansa was forced to cancel short-haul flights and delay long-haul departures on being targeted by brief warning strikes in support of a pay demand Tuesday. Lufthansa said it had cancelled 44 inner-European flights
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Token strikes target Lufthansa at German airports - Summary - Earthtimes
Berlin - German carrier Lufthansa was forced to cancel short-haul flights and delay long-haul departures on being targeted by brief warning strikes in support of a pay demand Tuesday. Lufthansa said it had cancelled 44 inner-European flights
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A Botanical Garden of Desire: ‘Love Today’ by Maxim Biller - New York Sun
A German journalist, novelist, and crafter of short stories, Maxim Biller is a difficult writer in the sense that his works yield up their meaning only with focused, strenuous effort. This is the best possible sense of a term overused in critical
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Germany remembers Berlin airlift on 60th anniversary - International Herald Tribune
BERLIN : Germany on Thursday commemorated the 60th anniversary of the start of the Berlin airlift, celebrating an unprecedented undertaking that probably saved the city from falling to the Soviet Union and helped mend German-American relations after
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Germany marks 60th anniversary of Berlin Airlift; effort saved city - Canada East
Often called the first battle of the Cold War, the airlift pitted the U.S. and the Soviets against one another for the first time and set the tone for the decades to come. “I find the courage with which this operation was carried out truly admirable
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Germany marks 60th anniversary of Berlin Airlift; effort saved city - News1130.com
U.S. veteran Gail Halvorsen is seen in front of a DC3 during the 60th anniversary celebrations of the Berlin airlift at the airport in Frankfurt, central Germany, Thursday, June 26, 2008. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Daniel Roland BERLIN - Germany marked the
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Germany remembers Berlin airlift - BBC News
Germany is commemorating the 60th anniversary of the Berlin airlift, when the Western allies kept the city supplied despite a Soviet blockade. Veterans of the airlift, many of whom are in their 80s and 90s, are attending ceremonies in Berlin and
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Germany marks 60th anniversary of Berlin Airlift - Los Angeles Times
Gail Halvorson, a veteran of the Berlin airlift, speaks during the 60th anniversary of the airlift at an airport ceremony in Frankfurt, Germany. During the Berlin airlift, the United States, Britain and France flew 2.3 million tons of food and
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A.M. roundup: Storms likely; gas; flights; pollen - Green Bay Press-Gazette
There is a slight chance of severe thunderstorms this afternoon and evening, the National Weather Service says. Thunderstorms also are expected Saturday and Saturday night. Today: Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after noon. Some of the
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Germany marks 60th anniversary of Berlin Airlift - Los Angeles Times
Gail Halvorson, a veteran of the Berlin airlift, speaks during the 60th anniversary of the airlift at an airport ceremony in Frankfurt, Germany. During the Berlin airlift, the United States, Britain and France flew 2.3 million tons of food and
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Germany’s Berlin Airlift saved city from falling to Soviets 60 years - Pravda
Germany marked the 60th anniversary of the start of the Berlin Airlift on Thursday, celebrating an unprecedented undertaking that likely saved the city from falling to the Soviets and helped mend German-American wounds from World War II. Often called
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