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Stranded by trains, planes after Northeast storm When Angela Madsen was pulled off her plane and her wheelchair stayed on board, she knew she was in for a rough night. The paraplegic athlete struggled to get into the bathrooms at Kennedy Airport. Turning the wheels on her borrowed wheelchair strained her shoulders. Sleeping was impossible.
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Clampdown prompts Turkish Cypriot shopping chill There will be less cheer in some Turkish Cypriot households this holiday season as the grinch appeared in an unlikely guise — toy-snatching customs agents on the ethnically split island enforcing a clampdown on shopping from the Greek Cypriot south.
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Goddess of Love emerges into foaming Cypriot row She may be the ancient Greek Goddess of Love, but a picture of a nude Aphrodite on the new passport of Cyprus has set more than hearts racing.
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Redefining the Turkish father - a Berlin men's... Defining a role model for Turkish fathers living in Germany has become a topic of discussion, particularly in Berlin, a city with a large number of residents with roots in Turkey.
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Freezing temperatures threaten UK coastal birds Birds in Britain's coastal regions are the latest to be threatened by freezing weather, the Royal Society Protection of Birds (RSPB) said this week.
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EU: weather chaos could lead to more regulation EU's top transport official says weather plane and train chaos could lead to more regulation.
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Why Egypt’s power has dimmed At Bayoumy’s, a dingy, smoke-filled tea shop in downtown Cairo, Egyptian football fans groaned at the “biased” referee as they watched their national team lose 2-1 to the Gulf state of Qatar in a friendly last week. Once the television commentary had died away and people turned back to their backgammon games, some pondered an awkward question for Egypt, which prides itself on being the pre-eminent regional power. Why is it that gas-rich Qatar, a football minnow ranked 113 in the world, will host the 2022 World Cup — the first in the Middle East — while Egypt did not win a single vote when it bid for the Cup six years ago?
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Travel Picks: Top 10 beach destinations It may be chilly in the northern hemisphere as the Christmas holidays approach, so a lot of people are dreaming of hot and sunny beach holidays.
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Floods Hit Southern Turkish Cities Heavy floods, which triggered torrential rains, hit southern Turkish cities including.
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South Africa Celebrates Reconciliation Day South Africa on Thursday celebrated the Reconciliation Day, a public holiday held annually to celebrate the ending of the apartheid in 1994.
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Gales unearth Roman-era statue on Israel's coast A Roman statue that had been buried for centuries has been unearthed by the winter gales that have raked Israel's coast.
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Christmas Tree Installed in Kiev's Major Square A large Christmas tree has been installed at the main square of Kiev, the capital city of Ukraine.
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Spanish police smash gang pillaging archeological... Spanish police have broken up a gang that pillaged archeological sites, arresting 57 people and seizing thousands of valuable items from pre-historic, Roman or medieval eras, they said Friday.
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Backpackers trek the globe with tech toys Backpackers are traveling the world with high-tech toys and are often searching as much for free Wi-Fi as for historical sites. And they are in touch with family and friends thanks to Facebook, Twitter, Skype and instant messaging.
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