Queen Elizabeth to fly American helicopter for royal travel
Buckingham Palace says annual royal transport costs can be cut by about 3 million dollars by using a U S made Sikorsky helicopter. The plan ends use of two RAF Westland helicopters though officials say the move is cost conscious not a snub. Prince Andrew aided the choice as a former Royal Navy pilot. The Sikorsky S 76 seats six royals with extra leg room.
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Elizabeth
Elizabeth I
Buckingham Palace
Palace
RAE
Bus driver sues over red sweater policy dispute
A bus driver in Keiviston Auto alleges unlawful dismissal after being fired in April for refusing a blue sweater required by the company uniform. Lasse Vaataja seeks about 46 thousand dollars, claiming the company should have funded full uniform.
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Lasse Vaataja
Keiviston Auto Bus Company
Vaataja
Ilta-Sanomat
Koiviston Auto Urobindsi
Ravi
Mehta
Ilta- Sanomat
Italians blame U S military flight over Cavalese gondola crash
Residents of Cavalese mourn 20 dead after a low flying U S Marine plane cut the gondola cable. Anger at the United States and calls for accountability spread from the base station to the town church as investigators from Italy and the United States examine debris and the severed line. Local officials press for Italian jurisdiction and justice for the crash victims.
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Italy
U.S. Marine Corps
Piero Degodenz
Lorenzo Caserotti
Trento
U.S
Aviano
Mario Cavada
Adriano Dagostino
Cermis Mountain
Germans protest rising unemployment across cities
Thousands of Germans rallied from Berlin to Nuremberg against a postwar high 12.6 percent jobless rate in January, with 4.8 million unemployed. Organizers said 10,000 participated as unions and groups condemned Bonn's policies ahead of a seven month countdown to elections.
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Helmut Kohl
Cologne
Berlin
Nuremberg
France
Germany
Balloonists win late China permit for balloon circumnavigation
Three European crews obtain China's approval to cross its airspace but the delay ends their bid for a non stop world flight. The Breitling Orbiter 2 team drifts over Calcutta at seven mph toward Burma as diplomats press for safe landing in Rangoon or Pegu.
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Burma
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Pegu
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Beijing
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Dick Rutan
California
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