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  • Tourism Minister announces new campaign to promote Himalayas

    Union Tourism Minister K. Chiranjeevi today announced the launch of a new campaign to publicise the tourism potential of the Himalayas and promote this incredible tourist product internationally. To be called "777 days of the Indian Himalayas", the campaign will have a twofold objective, one to attract more international tourists to India during the lean summer season, and second, to remind ...

  • Hawaiian Airlines to open Taipei to Honolulu flights

    TAIPEI -- Hawaiian Airlines will start offering non-stop services from Taipei to Honolulu from July to cash in on increased passenger numbers since the U.S. began extending visa-free treatment to Taiwanese nationals, the company said ...

  • Egyptian tourism minister quits over Luxor governor

    CAIRO--Egypt's minister of tourism has resigned following the appointment of a new governor in the temple city of Luxor who belongs to an Islamist party linked to a deadly attack on tourists, state TV said ...

  • Children of the 1980s Meet the Cabbage Patch Kids Hat

    Courtesy Amanda Lillie For children of the 1980s, a Georgia mom-to-be is bringing back a sentimental childhood memory with a little crochet and creativity. Amanda Lillie, of Dawsonville, Ga., is the creator of custom-made, crocheted hats inspired by the dimpled Cabbage Patch Kid dolls famous for their distinct locks. Lillie, 33, started selling the $30 to $40 hats ...

  • Michael Mina braves Las Vegas burger scene

    Las Vegas without running into a burger joint. But not all burgers are created equal, especially those at Michael Mina's Pub 1842 which just opened ...

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Alien Resurrection

The last anyone saw of Lt. Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver), she was hurling herself off a bridge into a vat of molten metal with an alien bursting from her chest. The was the grand finale of "Alien 3," and it was reasonable to assume that this signaled the end of the "Alien" series. Wrong. ...

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  • Egypt’s tourism minister resigns over appointment of ex-terror leader

    Egypt's tourism minister has resigned over the government appointment of an Islamic fundamentalist associated with the group behind the Luxor massacre as governor of Luxor ...

  • Alaska Airlines clarifies boarding for turboprops

    FAIRBANKS, Alaska — Passengers must still board through security gates when Alaska Airlines switches to turboprop aircraft for flights from Fairbanks to Anchorage. Airline spokesman Tim Thompson says the Transportation Security Administration requires security screenings for aircraft with more than 60 seats. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports ( http://bit.ly/14iVL2Z) the Q400s that ...

  • Kenya Fuel Cost Cited As Main Challenge for African Airlines

    THE high cost of jet fuel in Africa compared to other regions due to distribution inefficiencies and infrastructure constraints has held back the development of budget airlines and fare reduction, an aviation conference was told on Monday. Delegates attending the African aviation suppliers conference in Nairobi heard that jet fuel prices in some African capitals are double the global average ...

  • TSC meets on tourism development

    Manama, June 19 (BNA) -- The Tourism Sector Committee (TSC) at the Bahrain Chamber of Commerce and Industry today held a meeting at Baet Al-Tijjar with a number of concerned private and government sectors to discuss the obstacles facing the tourism sector in the Kingdom of Bahrain. The Committee called for cooperation between government and private sectors and find necessary proposals to ...

  • NTSB urged to reopen review of TWA flight 800 crash

    Former crash investigators are urging the National Transportation Safety Board to reopen the review of what brought down TWA flight 800 in a fireball in ...

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