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...once it's beyond the view of European inspectors (Efforts to contact Yemenia officials for comment this week were unsuccessful). The modern Airbus A330 that Yemenia flies from Paris to Sanaa in Yemen, they charge, was systematically swapped for an aging A310 for the final leg to Comoros' capital Moroni. Meanwhile, Transport Minister Dominique Bussereau pointed out that the A310 that crashed Tuesday had been banned in France since 2007 after failing security checks. And with the E.U. set to review its blacklist this month, Bussereau suggested, Yemenia's operational days in Europe may be numbered. (See pictures...
...check with other airlines shows that Air France, British Airways, Air Kenya and others offer similar service to Moroni, albeit with stopovers in Africa, rather than Yemen - some even at lower prices. When questioned about this, SOS Voyages to Comoros argued that seats on other airlines are often fully booked, leaving travelers no choice but to fly Yemenia. "People only fly Yemenia if they can't get on the others," explains Mustapha Abdou-Raouf, the association's Paris representative. "Those who died had to fly Yemenia if they wanted to get to the Comoros this summer...
...Saviour and certainly call themselves Christians, the church is rooted in a rebuke to traditional Christianity. Joseph Smith presented himself as a prophet whom God had instructed to restore his true church, since "all their creeds were an abomination in his sight." He described how an angel named Moroni provided him with golden tablets that told the story (written in what Smith called "reformed Egyptian" hieroglyphics, never seen before) of an ancient civilization of Israelites sent by God to America. The tablets included lessons Jesus taught during a visit to America after his Resurrection. Smith was able to read...
...Vortexx Chandelier Want to jazz up your dinner parties? With a Möbius-strip-like structure and recessed LED, the Vortexx chandelier by Zaha Hadid Architects for Sawaya & Moroni casts "an endless ribbon of light," according to its designers. Sci-fi fans might think it resembles something out of the movie Tron. And you can check out more of the Iraqi-born, London-based Hadid's work at her Guggenheim retrospective, in New York City until Oct. 25. www.sawayamoroni.it...
...railing, overlooking one of the lower galleries. Others reclined in luxurious brown leather couches and chairs, chatting amidst paintings by turn-of-the-century American painters. The scene was quintessential Gatsby—cultured, decadent and highly civilized. Renaissance works by renowned artists including Anthony van Dyck, Giovanni Battista Moroni and Peter Paul Rubens grace the walls of the adjacent European paintings wing, where the wine flowed profusely—by way of several long cash bars. Live music by the David Eure Jazz trio set a mellow mood as violinist David Eure, pianist Jacques Chanier and bassist Carlos...