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The Scandinavian airlines Airbus A330
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 The Examiner 
SAS sponsoring gay in-flight wedding contest
| Scandinavian airline SAS plans to celebrate its first-ever gay marriage during a flight in December. The carrier is currently seeking an appropriate couple who would walk down the airplane aisle dur... (photo: Creative Commons / (Magnus Manske))
Swedish actor Alexander Skarsgrd.
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 The Examiner 
Alexander Skarsgard: Sometimes I feel like the ugliest person in the world
| True Blood hunk Alexander Skarsgard might be one of the hottest people on the planet, but even he's prone to fits of insecurity, just like everyone else. | “I’m insecure, like most people,” Sk... (photo: Creative Commons / Magazine Caf)
Rumors of Osama bin Laden's death have been greatly exaggerated, again. The latest tantalizing lead on the al-Qaida leader (shown here with is top lieutenant, Ayman Al-Zawahri in an image taken from a videotape broadcast on Al-Jazeera on Oct. 5, 2001) came Saturday, when a French newspaper reported on a leaked document from the French government, asserting that a Saudi source said the Saudi government believed the 52-year-old terror leader had perished of typhoid last month. Officials in the United States and other countries have since rushed to say there's no evidence to substantiate the report  The Star 
Arrests stir worry about Qaeda plots in West
| LONDON (Reuters) - Their place in history assured, are al Qaeda's ageing leaders content merely to propagate their ideology and tactics among like-minded militant groups? Al Qaeda's deputy leader Ay... (photo: AP / Courtesy of Al-Jazeera via APTN, File)
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The Maersk Sealand ship "Sealand Commitment" is seen loading and unloading containers Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2000 at Massport's Conley Terminal in Boston.  The New York Times 
Danish Shipping Giant to Switch to Cleaner Fuel When in Hong Kong
| HONG KONG — Aiming to reduce noxious fumes in one of the most densely populated parts of Asia, the Danish shipping giant Maersk Line said Tuesday that its ships would switch to low-sulfur fuel... (photo: AP / Michael Dwyer)
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Top Stories
Bread - Food - Commodity The Daily Telegraph
Mozambique reverses bread price increase
Mozambique will reverse a decision to increase prices for bread, water and electricity in an attempt to soothe growing unrest in the country that has resulted in three da... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc)
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Finnair The Times Of India
Finnair to start daily Helsinki-Delhi service from January
HELSINKI: Nordic carrier Finnair will start a daily service between Helsinki and New Delhi from the first week of January while making takeoff and landing times from and ... (photo: Creative Commons / Quentin Douchet)
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In this photo taken on Monday, Sept. 6, 2010, Dokkyo Medical University Hospital Associate Prof. Akira Hishinuma, right, speaks during a press conference at the hospital in Mibu in Tochigi Pref., north of Tokyo. Japan has confirmed the nation's first case of a new gene in bacteria that allows the microorganisms to become drug-resistant superbugs, detected in a man who had medical treatment in India, a health ministry official said Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010. Herald Tribune
Japan confirms its first case of new superbug gene
| TOKYO - Japan has confirmed the nation's first case of a new gene in bacteria that allows the microorganisms to become drug-resistant superbugs, detected in a man who h... (photo: AP / Kyodo News)
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Filipino Construction workers, Philippines The Guardian
Unfit men working long hours face greater heart risk, study shows
| Poor physical fitness and working more than 45 hours a week is potentially lethal combination for men aged 40-59 | Unfit, middle-aged men who work more than 45 hours a ... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
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Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark reacts to losing a point to Virginie Razzano of France during their Eastbourne grass court tournament final tennis match in Eastbourne, England, Saturday, June 20, 2009. Herald Tribune
Wozniacki wallops Sharapova
| NEW YORK - NEW YORK — Grit was not going to be enough to get Maria Sharapova through this one. AC = 1234 | --> | Not with nine double-faults, including three in a... (photo: AP / Sang Tan)
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volcanic ash cloud that has devastated European travel. But weary passengers might have to tamper their enthusiasm BBC News
Study into volcanic ash cloud effects planned
A £430,000 research project into the effects of Icelandic volcanic activity on Scotland is to begin in October. | Dr John Stevenson from the University of Edinburgh will... (photo: AP / Mila, Ho)
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