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Cyprus airline to start Greece, UK flights

  Nicosia / AFP A Cyprus-based budget airline, Cobalt, announced it will launch passenger flights to Greece and Britain from June. Cobalt said it was granted an Air Operator Certificate after a successful test flight with its first Cyprus-registered Airbus A320 from Larnaca to Heraklion in Greece. Its chairman, Gregory Diacou, said the carrier will begin flights to Athens on June ...

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Tesco tries to charm shoppers it angered

  London / Bloomberg A weekly letter from Tesco Plc’s U.K. chief executive officer, posted in break rooms of the retailer’s 3,500 domestic stores, praises employees who go out of their way for customers. Recent examples include everything from fixing a motorist’s flat tire to collecting corporate memorabilia for a fan. During its rise to the top of British grocery ...

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Tragic tales of unsaid farewells

  The Hague / AFP Nameless migrants laid to rest in unmarked scrubland, murder victims dumped in mass graves, desperate searches for the missing after natural disasters. Around the world, millions of families wait in vain to bury their dead. “You cannot close the book on the life of a loved one if you do not know the truth, or ...

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