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...terror attacks metastasize across the globe, many are worried that an Asian capital may be next?particularly given that the Madrid train attack prompted the new Spanish government to pledge to withdraw its troops from Iraq. South Korea has beefed up security on its trains, planes and other public transport, while Thailand has done the same at Bangkok airport, foreign embassies and so-called soft targets such as the tourist resorts in Pattaya and Phuket...
...Burj Al Arab hotel, if you can't believe you're in the Middle East, that forsaken corner of the world that seems doomed to endless war, terrorism and zealotry. The chauffeur of your Rolls-Royce Silver Seraph will collect you at Dubai's palm-studded airport, transport you past the shimmering skyscrapers and finally pull up to a resort that feels a lot more like Las Vegas than Arab sheikdom. Here, in an awesome, sail-shaped edifice as tall as the Eiffel Tower, obsequious staff will conduct you to one of the Burj Al Arab's sumptuous suites, featuring...
...operates the Channel Tunnel, the rail link beneath the English Channel that was hailed upon its 1986 launch as Europe's largest privately funded infrastructure project. When the stock was introduced in 1987 at the equivalent of €5.33 per share, thousands of investors bought stakes in a transport monopoly serving two of Europe's largest economies. But this can't-lose company did just that: €9 billion in debt and unexpectedly low tunnel traffic have whittled the stock price to as low as 32?. "The company has cash but it all goes to banks," says retired engineer...
...There are better ways for them to find safe transport at that hour,” McLoughlin said “They can certainly call a Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) cruiser...
Current chairwoman Ellen Engleman Conners responds that the board is responsible for all modes of transport, not just aviation, and that more people died in surface accidents in 2003 than in aviation accidents. (Historically, however, more than 80% of the incidents investigated by the NTSB have involved aircraft.) "Board members are not investigators," she adds. "We review the work of the staff and make sure the recommendations can be and are implemented. This board is clearly qualified for its role." An airline-safety official disagrees: "The NTSB system is designed for the five board members to provide oversight and balance...