Wednesday January 18, 2012 04:00
Windsor Genova – AHN News News Writer Rome, Italy (AHN) – Divers recovered on Sunday two more bodies inside a cruise ship that listed off the coast of western Italy, bringing the death toll from the accident to five. The Italian coast guard said the bodies of two elderly persons were found in the submerged [...]
Sunday December 25, 2011 04:18
Linda Young – AHN News Writer London, United Kingdom (AHN) – Venerable travel agency Thomas Cook has announced plans to shut 200 of its branches in the United Kingdom over the next two years. The closures are part of its UK business turnaround plan designed to restore the confidence of investors. However, the plan now [...]
Thursday December 1, 2011 04:05
Diane Alter – AHN News Reporter West Palm Beach, FL, United States (AHN) – Millions are traveling over the river and through the woods this Thanksgiving–42.5 million, according to estimates from AAA. About 42.5 million Americans are expected to travel 50 miles or more during the 2011 Thanksgiving holiday weekend, a 4 percent increase from [...]
Wednesday October 26, 2011 04:01
Diane Alter – AHN News Reporter New York, NY, United States (AHN) – Scary but true: pumpkin prices are higher this season due to a wet spring and summer. The higher prices, while unnerving, are no trick. Heavy rains from Hurricane Irene and dry weather in other parts of the country have contributed to the [...]
Sunday October 2, 2011 04:03
Diane Alter – AHN News Reporter New York, NY, United States (AHN) – For kids it is never to early to start making a Christmas list. That is why one of the most referred to toy guides comes out in September. Among the top 20 toys for the 2011 are, according to the Toy Insider: [...]
Tuesday September 20, 2011 03:59
Windsor Genova – AHN News News Writer Nairobi, Kenya (AHN) – Suspected bandits killed a British tourist at an exclusive resort in Kenya’s Lamu Island and kidnapped his wife on Sunday. Six armed men attacked the couple, who were the only guests at the luxury Kiwayu Safari Village, according to police. Police commissioner Mathew Iteere [...]
Saturday August 27, 2011 04:05
Windsor Genova – AHN News News Writer London, United Kingdom (AHN) – A newly-wed man from Britain honeymooning in Seychelles died Tuesday from injuries he suffered from a shark attack while snorkeling off Praslin island. Ian Redmond, 30, lost an arm and part of his leg in the second such attack in the Indian Ocean [...]
Wednesday August 3, 2011 03:57
Diane Alter – AHN News Trivia Writer London, England, United Kingdom (AHN) – The calendar reads July 28, and the temperature is a balmy 77 degrees, but for department store giants Harrods and Selfridges, it is getting very close to Christmas. At 8 a.m., the department stores opened their Christmas departments, a full five months [...]
Wednesday June 22, 2011 19:51
Tejinder Singh – AHN News Correspondent Washington, D.C., United States (AHN) – The United States on Tuesday launched a new smart i-series application for American travelers during their trips abroad to keep track of American citizens in a changing and threatening world. Releasing the new application Smart Traveler (http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/smart-traveler/id442693988?mt=8) for the U.S. travelers going abroad, [...]
Wednesday June 22, 2011 19:51
Tejinder Singh – AHN News Correspondent Washington, D.C., United States (AHN) – The United States on Tuesday launched a new smart i-series application for American travelers during their trips abroad to keep track of American citizens in a changing and threatening world. Releasing the new application Smart Traveler (http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/smart-traveler/id442693988?mt=8) for the U.S. travelers going abroad, [...]