NEWS YOU CAN USE: Your guide to best in Alps skiing The Charlotte Observer
Whether you're a hard-core speed demon in search of a new skiing rush, a ski bunny seeking tame slopes but wild nights or simply an aficionado looking for an affordable place to take the family, Europe's Alps have what you're looking for.
Dreaming of a white Christmas Daily Telegraph
Determined to experience snow over the festive season, Clare Mann headed to the Alps with her family for a short break, mixing glasses of grappa with glacier-top skiing.
A funny thing happened on the way to Alba San Francisco Chronicle
We wanted the romance of travel across Europe, leaving London by train, gazing delightedly at British villages and sheep grazing in green fields, then a whoosh into the Chunnel and the countryside of France. Spending a few days in Paris, we would continue
Cancun today: The good, the better-- and the sand Sun-Sentinel
CANCUN, Mexico -- Seemingly, all is bueno here on Mexico's sunny, sunny Caribbean coast, a year after Hurricane Wilma bore down for a three-day weekend like some party girl who wouldn't leave.
It ain't all tragic: weird, wild and wonderful events of 2006 New Straits Times
A selection of zany events from the year just ending: - The authorities in a Czech town on the border with Austria ordered an Austrian hotel to trim its roof, which was protruding a few centimetres (inches) across the boundary.
Ski Europe: The best of the Alps USA Today
Whether you're a hard-core speed demon in search of a new skiing rush, a ski bunny seeking tame slopes but wild nights or simply an aficionado looking for an affordable place to take the family, the Alps have what you're looking for.
Lawrence Booth on getting into shape for skiing Guardian Unlimited
If you're heading for the hills this winter it pays to get in shape about now, says Lawrence Booth.
Ski resorts sweat in warm weather BBC News
European ski resorts are hoping for sudden snowfalls to rescue the start of their season.
Tuesday preview: HSBC to update ShareCast via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Finance
HSBC, Britain's biggest bank, is the first bank of the week to report an update on trading and once again bad debts will be on the agenda.
It ain't all tragic: weird, wild and wonderful events of 2006 AFP via Yahoo! News
A selection of zany events from the year just ending:
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