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  The number of air rage incidents on British planes increased by more than 60% last year, new figures revealed yesterday

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  American airline passengers face a high risk of being involved in a catastrophic accident while their plane is on the airport runway, the congressional watchdog warned yesterday

  Warm your cockles this Christmas with local ales and home-cooked food in front of an open fire. Alastair Sawday directs you to the cheeriest winter inns with the aid of their new satnav guide

  Once you've made friends with the resident macaw, Tiwa Eco Resort is the ideal setting to discover the other rich wildlife in the surrounding Amazon rainforest, says Denis Seguin

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  Demand for premium air travel has been hit by the turmoil in the credit markets, British Airways said yesterday

  Tourists unhappy with their guides, who took them to the shops instead of the historical sites of Macau, ended up being subdued by police with riot gear

  Andrew Martin: We have Gavin Henson, and we have the Gavin Hensons of this world, and too many of them go by train. If they don't vomit and urinate into bottles, they bawl into their mobiles, which is the aural equivalent

  Leader: Panama has always been associated with cruelty, corruption and sudden disappearances, not always unfairly, though its reputation has hidden many virtues

  Cracks have begun to appear in the Bosnian city of Mostar's historic bridge, which was rebuilt three years ago after being blown up by Croatian nationalists during the Bosnian war