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...theory, the Terrorist Screening Database should contain only the names of those likely to commit acts of terrorism. But a U.S. Justice Department audit has revealed that for nearly three years, the list--used by airport screeners, embassy officials and law-enforcement officers alike--has been compiled using old or inaccurate data...
Yotel Weary travelers faced with layovers at London's Heathrow or Gatwick airports have a new alternative to hours in an airport lounge. Yotel, a capsule hotel located inside the airports' terminals, offers passengers a relaxing respite. Think private cabin equipped with a bed, wi-fi, room service, a bathroom and a flat-screen TV. Guests can check in for as little as four hours for just $49. Globetrotters, rejoice: more locations are in the works...
...media office" in Beirut's southern suburbs to see if I could photograph the grave of its most recent "martyr," Imad Mughniyah - the Hizballah military commander assassinated in Damascus on February 12. It shouldn't have been a big deal: Mughniyah's pictures line the road from the airport into town. But the lady who ran the office looked at us as if we personally had detonated the car bomb that killed...
LONDON Elemis Spa British Airways passengers can now unwind while awaiting their next flight out of Heathrow Airport at any of three Elemis luxury spas designed by Davies + Baron in the newly constructed Terminal Five...
From a fire-gutted shell across from a pretty park on the north side of town to a mangy wreck near the airport where a collection of cats and dogs were found chained together in the yard, abandoned residences are putting a blight on all types of neighborhoods. "We get about six to ten calls a day on vacant homes," says police officer John McGill, who stresses that this isn't just a problem in the poorer parts of town...