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Indonesia Earthquake Update : An earthquake with magnitude of 7.6 jolted West Sumatra province at Sumatra island on Wednesday, with no tsunami warning was issued, Meteorology and Geophysics Agency said. The quake struck at 17:16 Jakarta time (1216 GMT) with epicenter at 57 km southwest of Pariaman and at 71 km. under sea bed, an [...]

An old man with a leather apron is riding a bike, on the back of which stand two poles,. From each pole hangs a bag full of trash. Click. Ali Paczensky from Germany agency Fotofinder GmbH records the moment with his camera. He looks at the picture on the screen with a smile and says, [...]

ExperienciasyMas, a Spanish publishing house that focuses on creating awareness and circulating information on luxury and charming hotels across the globe, has announced winners of the 2009 Wine Hotel Awards, given to the ten best wine hotels and wine cellar hotels in southern Europe. Hotels nestled among vineyards, castles in viticultural areas, wine tastings and [...]

Cebu Pacific (CEB), one of the Philippine’s leading domestic carrier, is offering P899 ‘Go Lite’ seats to any domestic destination from Sept. 17-18, 2009, for travel from Oct. 1-31, 2009. Passengers with check-in luggage just need to add P100 upon booking. CEB has 50 routes in 32 domestic destinations, making it the airline with the [...]

Until the end of September, travellers who book British Airways’Club World business class can enjoy a free upgrade to First class on one leg of their journey to Europe. Customers must book before midnight on 30 September 2009 and travel before 31 March 2010 to take advantage of the free upgrade offer. “This is a [...]

Often times, it’s hard for visitors to venture out of Manhattan to other boroughs to experience things a Mets Game at the new Citi field or to watch the Yankees taking on another American league team in their new stadium. The Buckingham Hotel however, is offering the Subway package which allows patrons to go beyond [...]

The Holiday Inn Malé, located in Malé, the capital city of the Maldives, welcomed its first guests on Monday. Located on the corner of Ameer Ahmed Magu, Holiday Inn Malé lies near the harbourfront, shops and markets and within a short walking distance to the various historical places of interest like the Old Friday Mosque, [...]