The Olympic flame is travelling by train and on horseback on a busy ninth day of the torch relay on Sunday.

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Train and horse rides for flame

Doctor Who star Matt Smith, former Wales rugby captain Matthew Rees and world hurdles champion Colin Jackson are carrying the Olympic torch as it travels from Cardiff to Swansea.

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Doctor Who star runs with torch

We’ve been hiking a narrow canyon for nearly half an hour, hemmed in by huge sunset-colored cliffs, and the suspense is killing me. Where’s Petra?  “It’s becoming clear why it was lost for so long,” quips one of my fellow travelers to the ancient Middle Eastern city. Read full article > >

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Petra, Jordan’s famous city of stone, faces a preservation struggle

A 6,000 tonne section of aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth travels under the Forth Bridges en-route to Rosyth in Fife.

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Carrier section arrives in Fife

Moscow medallist Sharron Davies will carry the torch on day six of the relay as it travels from Gloucester to Worcester.

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Swimming Olympian joins relay

As families prepare for air travel this coming Memorial Day weekend, United Airlines won't be offering early boarding to families in coach with small children.

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Airline ends coach preboarding for kids

A court hears how a man was paid just £80 for the 15 years he worked for a traveller family in Bedfordshire.

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Worker was paid ‘£80 in 15 years’

UPDATED 11:10 A.M. D.C. Council member Marion Barry (D-Ward suffered a blood clot while traveling to Las Vegas for an annual retail convention, according to tweets on his official account Sunday night. Read full article > >

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Marion Barry hospitalized in Las Vegas, report says

The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency said Friday he will travel to Iran over the weekend on a previously unscheduled visit to try to resolve an impasse over access to Iranian nuclear documents and scientists. Read full article > >

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U.N. nuclear chief to make unscheduled visit to Tehran

A California-based private company hopes to usher in a new era in space travel with the successful launch of its rocket and unmanned capsule later this month.

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VIDEO: Lift-off for private space travel?

The House is off next week, and that means, even in an election year, members will be required to travel in search of elusive facts. House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.) is leading a group taking off Friday for a week in Taiwan and South Korea, looking at three days in Seoul and three in Taipei. Read full article > >

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Two groups of lawmakers are Asia-bound over the House break

The Scottish first minister is to travel to Norway this week in a bid to forge closer links over green energy.

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Salmond trip to forge Norway link

Inspired by the lives of her own grandparents, who came to America from northern Italy in the early 20th century, Adriana Trigiani’s “ The Shoemaker’s Wife ” might be considered the ur-story behind her string of heartwarming family sagas. Free from the high-fashion brand names that infested the past couple of novels, this one is an old-fashioned, romantic tale of two star-tangled lovers, Enza Ravanelli and Ciro Lazzari. Beginning in the Italian Alps, the story travels by various routes to New York’s Little Italy, a Hoboken factory, backstage at the Metropolitan Opera, Minnesota’s Iron Range and the trenches of France. A love story, yes, but also a paean to artisanal work, food, friendship and family. Read full article > >

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Book World: Romantic journey with ‘The Shoemaker’s Wife,’ by Adriana Trigiani

Remember, this is not a casino,” said the man whose name tag read “Lyvonne,” as rows of slot machines flickered behind him. “It’s a resort with a casino.” That’s easy enough to remember. Revel , the new $2.4 billion destination on Atlantic City’s boardwalk, is a resort-not-a-casino just as it’s a resort-not-a-nightclub or a resort-not-a parking-garage. Read full article > >

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Revel resort: Atlantic City’s gamble

Will travel 8,000 miles throughout Britain.

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Olympic Torch Lit in Athens