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Thieving airport worker could hide laptops in his jacket

23 JAN: A thieving security worker at America’s Miami airport fitted a pocket in his uniform big enough to conceal a laptop computer, the Miami Herald reports.

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Costly memory lapse by Hong Kong hotel guest

20 JAN: A $70,000 reward is being offered for the return of a $1.3m emerald and diamond ring taken from a bathroom in the Four Seasons Hotel in Hong Kong.

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Wife makes bomb threat to stop husband’s departure

16 JAN: A wife in California phoned a bomb threat to Los Angeles airport to prevent her husband catching a flight to Atlanta. She believed he was flying to meet another woman.

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Dog grounds flights at UK airport

21 DEC: Flights at one of Britain’s busiest airports were grounded by a whippet on Saturday.

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Cop cabbies catch confessing crooks

21 DEC: Be careful what you tell your taxi driver. It could land you in jail.

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Jamaican resort plans nude weddings on Valentine’s Day

15 DEC: An adults-only resort in Jamaica is inviting engaged couples to take part in a nude wedding ceremony next Valentine’s Day, for airing on TV.

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First class flyer sold stolen items online

12 DEC: A Frenchman who sold objects stolen from first class flights on the Internet has been arrested in the airport on the French Indian Ocean island of Reunion, police said on Saturday.

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Dog poo lottery helps clean up Taiwan streets

8 DEC: An innovative scheme to keep the streets of northern Taiwan clean has seen thousands of citizens dutifully collecting bags of dog poo in the hope of winning about $2500 in gold.

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Caring baggage handler fired for not loading ill dog

7 DEC: A woman says she was fired as a baggage handler at Nevada’s Reno-Tahoe airport after she refused to load an emaciated hunting dog on to a plane, the Associated Press reports.

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Groom sets fire to hotel during reception

5 DEC: A bridegroom in the UK set fire to the hotel where his wedding reception was being held after an argument with management about the bill for an open bar.

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Seven Oceans Cruising

CRUISE TOUR TO LONDON AND THE NORTHERN LIGHTS

DEPARTS: 10 FEBRUARY 2013

18 DAY CRUISE TOUR FROM $4899

Fly with Emirates to London – Experience London, Bath Stonehenge and Salisbury.

Cruise on Marco Polo to Amsterdam and the Norwegian Fjords, cross the Arctic Circle and with natures cooperation view the Northern Lights.

Ports include Tromso, Bergen Svartisen Glacier and much more during the spectacular winter season.

News in Brief for 22 May

GREEK CANCELLATIONS Europe low-fare carrier Ryanair has reportedly confirmed that it will cut 82 flights a week to the Greek holiday islands of Rhodes and Kos after local authorities allegedly failed to honour a joint summer marketing campaign with the airline.

STANSTED STRIKE Baggage handlers at London’s Stansted airport plan a series of strikes from this weekend after negotiations on shift changes broke down. The 150 workers are employed by Swissport, which handles baggage for Ryanair and a number of UK holiday airlines.

AIRLINE DENIES CUTS Air France-KLM denied plans to cut 5,000 jobs by 2015 through a voluntary redundancy plan, as reported by French daily Le Figaro. "For the moment there are absolutely no negotiations about possible job cuts, these are just rumours," a spokeswoman told reporters.

MEXICAN REVIVAL? Mexicana Airlines, which suspended flights for financial reasons in August 2010, may re-launch operations next month after Spanish hotel and air transport group Med Atlantica acquired 95% of the bankrupt carrier’s shares.

THAI SACKING The board of Thai Airways is reported to have sacked the airline’s chairman, with a spokesman saying he was "unable to work in unity with the strategy committee".