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Ryanair advert was ‘misleading’
???¢?¢?€š?¬?…?€?Ryanair has been rapped by the Advertising Standard Authority (ASA) over a ???¢?¢?€š?¬?…?€?free tickets???¢?¢?€š?¬?‚?? offer. The airline advertised three million free tickets, as long as passengers paid taxes and other charges. The ASA said the advert misled, because the free ticket offer did not apply on Fridays and at some peak travel times.???¢?¢?€š?¬?‚?? Link: http://news.bbc.co.uk
Around the World in 90 Days on the Cheap
???¢?¢?€š?¬?…?€?Back in 1872, it was easy to go around the world. When Phileas Fogg, the hero of Jules Verne’s novel ???¢?¢?€š?¬?…?€?Around the World in 80 Days,???¢?¢?€š?¬?‚?? wanted to do it, he simply left his London club, went home to collect a few shirts and his servant, and caught the 8:45 p.m. express train to Dover.…
Malaria Awareness Week — 15 to 21 May 2006
This week it’s Malaria Awareness Week, an annual campaign to raise awareness of how to prevent malaria. Please seek travel health advice before visiting a malarious country. Link: http://www.bbc.co.uk
Largest cruise ship set for maiden voyage
???¢?¢?€š?¬?…?€?The world’s largest cruise ship docked in England on Saturday ahead of its inaugural trip — a floating behemoth four times the size of the Titanic, with facilities never imagined at the dawn of the liner age.???¢?¢?€š?¬?‚?? Link: http://www.cnn.com
Stunning wildlife adventure in Kenya’s Masai Mara
???¢?¢?€š?¬?…?€?What strikes you most about the Masai Mara, a massive game reserve in Kenya, is the amount of wildlife roaming its grassy plains. Hundreds, sometimes thousands, of animals dot the landscape — from elephants and lions, to cheetahs, giraffes and the always cranky wildebeest.???¢?¢?€š?¬?‚?? Link: http://edition.cnn.com
EasyJet takes Italy to court over ‘ludicrous’ ban on flights
???¢?¢?€š?¬?…?€?EasyJet vowed yesterday to press ahead with legal action against the Italian government after it was prevented from launching a new low-cost route between Milan and Sardinia.???¢?¢?€š?¬?‚?? Link: http://news.independent.co.uk
Ryanair flight ordeal ‘absolutely disgraceful’, says passenger
and it’s not Ryanair’s fault this time… “Ryanair passengers were today talking about the fear and anger they experienced after being caught in the midst of a bomb scare.” Link: http://www.breakingnews.ie
Ecovia do Litoral (Coastal Eco-Road), Portugal
I read about this in Portugal. ???¢?¢?€š?¬?…?€?In approximately March 2007 the 214 km of the Ecovia do Litoral (Coastal Eco-Road) should be finished, announced the President of the Junta Metropolitana do Algarve, Mac??Æ’?‚??rio Correia, yesterday in Sagres, in a ceremony to lay the first stone of the project. Thought of as being essentially for cycle…
Scientists Find Cheaper Way to Treat Malaria
A follow up on a past enews article. ???¢?¢?€š?¬?…?€?UC Berkeley researchers have engineered yeast to produce a precursor to artemisinin, the most effective antimalarial drug known — an achievement that could drastically lower the cost of the drug.???¢?¢?€š?¬?‚?? Link: http://www.latimes.com
Crackpot route for confused sat-nav drivers
???¢?¢?€š?¬?…?€?Modern technology is providing a route to madness for motorists and driving people to distraction in a tiny Yorkshire Dales hamlet called Crackpot.???¢?¢?€š?¬?‚?? Link: http://www.telegraph.co.uk [edit] Well i had to check and there really is a Crackpot in Yorkshire, you can find it here on google maps.
Ryanair Flight Lands At Army Base By Mistake
This would be better if it was a Ryanair plane and not one operated by Eirjet on its behalf… ???¢?¢?€š?¬?…?€?A passenger jet flying for Ryanair mistakenly landed at Ballykelly Army airstrip Wednesday, instead of at its intended destination of City of Derry Airport, six miles away.???¢?¢?€š?¬?‚?? Link: http://www.aero-news.net http://www.ananova.com
Space tourism rockets
???¢?¢?€š?¬?…?€?Virgin Galactic has announced that it has signed up more than 150 prospective space tourists. Richard Branson’s latest venture will haul millionaires into a brief sub-orbital flight using a fleet of SpaceShipTwo craft, the successor to the ship which claimed the Ansari X-Prize for commercial space flight in 2004.???¢?¢?€š?¬?‚?? Link: http://www.theregister.co.uk/
Airlines Will Lose 30 Million Bags In 2006
???¢?¢?€š?¬?…?€?Some 30 million pieces of airline luggage — about one percent of the bags passengers check in — will go astray this year, the air travel industry’s information technology systems provider SITA said on Tuesday.???¢?¢?€š?¬?‚?? Link: http://news.airwise.com
Want to peer into the steaming summit of an erupting volcano without risking death?
???¢?¢?€š?¬?…?€?Anyone with an Internet connection and a computer can do just that, thanks to about 30 cameras and other recording devices set up on Alaska’s Augustine Volcano that are streaming information to a Web site hosted by the Alaska Volcano Observatory, a joint federal-state office. The site http://www.avo.alaska.edu/activity/Augustine.php has received over 253 million hits since…
Travelers Use Medicines and Rituals to Try to Ward Off Sickness
???¢?¢?€š?¬?…?€?Before every business trip, Sandra Fink stocks up on echinacea. Adrienne O’Sullivan takes prescription pills to strengthen her immune system, while Joel Kangisser is so worried about the risk of a blood clot in his legs that he takes frequent walks down the plane aisle on trans-Atlantic flights.???¢?¢?€š?¬?‚?? Link: http://www.nytimes.com