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...Delhi - motorized versions of the cycle rickshaws of old - and, after government agencies and the police, the drivers "are seen as the most corrupt and crooked lot in Delhi," according to the non-governmental agency NyayaBhoomi, which focuses on improvements in the city's water supply, sanitation and transport and which has studied public perceptions of the tinny three-wheelers and their pilots...
...later identified to be BU undergraduates Rhiannon L. McCuish of Mashpee, Mass., and Stephen Adelipour of Great Neck, N.Y., dead at the scene. Both were 21.Adelipour resided in the apartment, and McCuish was visiting. Steven B. Boursiquot, 22, of Dix Hills, N.Y., was found in the apartment alive and transported to Mass. General Hospital, where he remains in critical condition, according to Steve MacDonald, a spokesman for the Boston Fire Department (BFD).The cause of the fire was determined to be a candle burning in a bedroom that came in contact with combustible material, MacDonald said. The fire built...
...timing couldn't be better, as air travel is approaching pre-9/11 levels. Moreover, U.S. financial houses are rapidly expanding in London, and the merger wave is in full bloom in Europe. "I'm surprised that EOS and MAXjet are still with us," says Andrew Lobbenberg, a transport analyst at ABN AMRO, "but they've gotten lucky because of the transatlantic cycle. Business travel is booming right...
...transport analyst Tim Marshall says, it "would be prudent to target the SME and leisure market rather than the global corporates," arguing that network depth, breadth and frequency are important to corporate flyers. "The presence of EOS may actually stimulate the business-class leisure market," says Marshall...
Portugal On Feb. 5, after a European Parliament deputy presented Portugal's Attorney General Fernando Pinto Monteiro with evidence that dozens of CIA planes had made stopovers in his country, he opened a criminal investigation into CIA-operated flights allegedly using Portuguese airports to illegally transport terrorism suspects...