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  • Passengers walk in the new Concourse A of Dubai International Airport in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

    Middle East is new global travel crossroads

    It's 1 a.m., and the sprawling airport in this desert city is bustling. Enough languages fill the air to make a United Nations translator's head spin.


  • Economy Briefs: ExxonMobil, Citgo face complex trial

    Nearly a decade after it was first brought, a lawsuit accusing two oil giants of widespread groundwater contamination in New Hampshire is expected to present jurors with the most complex and time-consuming trial in state history.


  • Three Gulf airlines forge global ties

    During a demonstration flight of Boeing's new 787 high above the United Arab Emirates this summer, one of the plane maker's representatives jokingly asked an Etihad Airways executive what was next on the airline's shopping list.


  • Airbus superjumbo A380 grounded at Paris Air Show

    One of Airbus' star jets was grounded after clipping a wing on a taxiway structure, the latest in a string of embarrassments for the European planemaker at the aviation industry's premier showcase.


  • Airbus racks up orders, glitches at Paris Air Show

    Airbus and Boeing signed over $25 billion in orders to kick off the Paris Air Show on Monday, but the European jet maker's appearance at the industry's biggest annual event suffered a setback when its star superjumbo clipped a wing.


  • Airbus' Paris sales soar over Boeing

    LE BOURGET, France (AP) — Airbus stole the spotlight from U.S. rival Boeing Co. on the opening day of the world's largest air show yesterday, announcing deals worth about $43 billion.


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