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American Airlines limiting passengers on some jets

Feb 3rd, 2009
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americanairlinesDALLAS – American Airlines is limiting the number of passengers on some planes while it orders additional life rafts needed in case of a water landing like the one made this month on the Hudson River by a US Airways jet.

American will allow no more than 228 people including passengers and crew on its Boeing 767-300 aircraft, which normally holds 236 people including a crew of 11, spokesman Tim Wagner said Wednesday.

The planes are mostly used on flights over the Atlantic to Europe, and to Latin America.

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Trinidad goes all out for Caribbean-style carnival

Feb 3rd, 2009
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j'ouvert PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Mardi Gras in the U.S. means New Orleans. In South America, it’s Brazil, and in Europe, it’s Venice.

But in the Caribbean, Trinidad is the place to be for carnival, with a celebration of culture, calypso and cuisine, complete with parades, elaborate costumes, bands and masquerade balls.

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Snow brings deaths and travel chaos to Europe

Feb 3rd, 2009
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london_tower Snow storms brought travel chaos to western Europe, grounding most flights at London-Heathrow airport after one jet slid off a taxiway and killing at least five people in storm incidents.

Two climbers died on Mount Snowdown in Wales and three people were killed in accidents and from the cold in Italy.

London lay under 10 centimetres (four inches) of snow, the most recorded in the British capital in 18 years. The storms also hit France and Spain, closing roads and rail tracks, and spread as far south as Morocco.

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