Thursday, April 30, 2009

Cruise ships skip Mexico, choose Astoria instead - Victoria Advocate

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Los Angeles Times

Cruise ships skip Mexico, choose Astoria instead
Victoria Advocate, TX
(AP) — Passengers on a ship that holds 3100 people once bound for Mexico will instead visit Astoria next month — a large influx of visitors by Astoria's standards. Because of the swine flu, cruise ships on the West Coast are reconfiguring their ...
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Mexican cruise ship passengers diverted to Long Beach Contra Costa Times
First diverted cruise ships begin arriving San Diego Union Tribune
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Ex-IDF soldiers increasingly used to protect cruise ships from pirates - Ha'aretz

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Telegraph.co.uk

Ex-IDF soldiers increasingly used to protect cruise ships from pirates
Ha'aretz, Israel - Yossi Melman
By Yossi Melman Pirates attacked the Italian cruise ship Melody, carrying more than 1500 passengers and crew, 1000 kilometers off Somalia last Saturday, but were repelled by Israeli security guards on board. The security guards fired over the pirates' ...
British tourist celebrates birthday by fighting off pirates Telegraph.co.uk
Melody captain's Somali pirate terror Daily Telegraph
Armed Cruise Ship Security Team Fights Off Somali Pirates InjuryBoard.com
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Cruises to Mexico: Refunds or Rescheduled Ports? - BNET

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Cruise Critic

Cruises to Mexico: Refunds or Rescheduled Ports?
BNET, Ca - Barbara E. Hernandez
By Barbara E. Hernandez | April 30th, 2009 @ 2:41 pm Personally, I'm glad to hear that at least some of the cruise lines are offering credit to customers who bought Mexican Riviera cruises and are now inconveniently being sent to San Diego, ...
Cruise Critic Members Speak Out on Compensation, Rebook Options Cruise Critic
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Cruise ship passengers spent $3 million in PEI in 2008 - CBC.ca

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CBC.ca

Cruise ship passengers spent $3 million in PEI in 2008
CBC.ca, Canada
A new survey out this week suggests cruise ship passengers landing in Charlottetown spent $3 million in PEI last year, contradicting an earlier report from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. The earlier report suggested passenger weren't ...


Mexican cruise ship passengers diverted to Long Beach - Contra Costa Times

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Los Angeles Times

Mexican cruise ship passengers diverted to Long Beach
Contra Costa Times, CA - Kristopher Hanson
(Stephen Carr/Staff Photographer) LONG BEACH - Mauro and Angela Lauretta didn't fly 14 hours from Holland to board a cruise ship bound for Mexico only to end up in Long Beach, but that's exactly what happened Thursday. The Laurettas were among several ...
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First diverted cruise ships begin arriving San Diego Union Tribune
Mexico-bound Cruise Ships Diverted to San Diego The Log Newspaper
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Italy frees Palestinian hijacker of cruise ship Achille Lauro - Monsters and Critics.com

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BBC News

Italy frees Palestinian hijacker of cruise ship Achille Lauro
Monsters and Critics.com
Rome - Italian authorities on Thursday released a Palestinian man who spent 23 years in jail for participating in the 1985 hijacking of the Achille Lauro cruise ship during which a US passenger was killed. Youssef Magied al-Molqui was transferred from ...
Achille Lauro hijacker freed Philadelphia Inquirer
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Achille Lauro Murderer Released in Italy Arutz Sheva
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Hot spot - The West Australian

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Hot spot
The West Australian, Australia
Mt Tavurvur has been venting continuously since October 2006 and the Orion Expedition Cruise visits this, the Rabaul Caldera, of which it is part, on several of its PNG itineraries. Orion is a 103m cruise ship for a maximum of 100-or-so passengers and ...