Russian-born pioneer of the package holiday abroad with HorizonIn May 1950, a DC-3 Dakota aircraft touched down on a runway built by American forces on the French island of Corsica. The 32 passengers on board were making a little bit of social history. They were the first true package tourists. The organiser of the trip was Vladimir Raitz, a pionee....(more) (full story...)

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British resident cannot sue firm for allegedly flying terror suspects abroad for CIA because of 'national security concerns'A US court has narrowly ruled that Binyam Mohamed, the British resident secretly rendered to Morocco by the CIA before being held in the Guantánamo Bay prison camp for four years, cannot sue over his alleged torture in....(more) (full story...)

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Elizabeth Warren slipped quietly into Washington on Tuesday to talk with President Obama about the possibility of leading the new Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, according to people familiar with the meeting. White House - United States - Elizabeth Warren - Government - President (full story...)

Jeremy Bonderman pitched eight strong innings and the Detroit Tigers beat the sloppy Chicago White Sox, 5-1, on Wednesday at Comerica Park. (full story...)

Coca-Cola Co. offered to buy Rajesh Yadav a refrigerator for his New Delhi store if he would sell only the company's drinks. He kept his part of the bargain and lines of Coke and Diet Coke cans glisten behind the glass screens of the fridge. A red-and-white... CocaCola - Pepsi - Diet Coke - New Delhi - India (full story...)

Despite death of nine-year-old Cerys Potter in July, rafts on Dalaman river still taking perilous risks, investigation revealsHundreds of British tourists are risking their lives on a perilous stretch of river in Turkey where white -water rafts are being overloaded with passengers and intentionally capsized.An investigati....(more) (full story...)

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