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AP Enterprise: NASA, cruise line got flu shots

2010-03-18T12:45:43Z

<div id="subtitle">AP Enterprise: Cruise line, NASA got swine flu shots early on; CDC says system worked well</div><div><p>Last fall, as swine flu cases mounted and parents desperately sought to protect their kids, the hard-to-get vaccine was handed out in some surprising places: the South Carolina returned a day early Thursday as operator Celebrity Cruises brought in extra crew to scrub the ship down for three days.</p><p>The Celebrity Mercury arrived about 2 a.m. and passengers began disembarking as the sun rose over Charleston.</p><p>...

U.S. cruise lines say return to Cuba would take time

2010-03-17T12:45:31Z

<div><p>MIAMI (Reuters) - U.S. cruise companies are eager to add Cuba to their itineraries; but even if U.S. policy allowed that, Cuba's ports would need years of rebuilding to accommodate the ships, industry officials said on Wednesday.</p><p>"Our business has grown so much that these ports in Cuba that were (established) in ...

Travel and Leisure Resorts

2010-03-16T01:22:52Z

If you are planning to embark on a luxury cruise voyage, then do not hesitate any more. As much as it may look like just an ordinary leisure outing, at the end of it all you will have developed great and lasting friendship with your cruising partners. It is from such friendships that you get to learn very many things that you never knew.<br><br>During your journey, you will be overjoyed to spend some time in the travel and leisure resorts which offer marvelous services and delicac...

Celebrity Century Review

2010-03-15T13:26:40Z

Having just returned from our first Celebrity Cruise aboard the Celebrity Century and I wanted to post a Celebrity Century review that hopefully others can benefit from it.<br><br>Some background on our cruising experience. This is our 6th cruise we have taken in the last 20 years so by no means are we what you would call experts. Nor would you call us rookies either. In the past 20 years we have cruised with Brazil for the 2nd time; 47 passenger sickened</div><div><p>Nearly 50 passengers aboard an international cruise ship docked in Brazil have been stricken with vomiting and diarrhea, a health official said Friday. It was the same ship that last week was briefly placed under quarantine after hundreds of people came down with gastroenteritis.</p><p>"At least ...

Play Roulette - a Brief Description of Places You Can Play Roulette at Your Convenience

2010-03-12T03:39:33Z

If you are a big fan of roulette and searching for places you can play the game at your convenience, then you?ve come to the right place. This article is aimed at providing a brief description of places where this can be achieved. Some of the best places include both online and offline casino locations.<br><br>Rome Online Casino<br><br>For years everyone has been drawn to the popular casinos such as those in Las Vegas,...

More people sick on SC cruise ship that had virus

2010-03-05T11:30:28Z

<div><p>Passengers have again fallen ill with a stomach bug aboard a cruise ship hit by a virus last month on its previous trip from South Carolina.</p><p>Celebrity Cruise spokeswoman Cynthia Martinez said Friday that 55 of the nearly 1,900 passengers on board the Celebrity Mercury were sick.</p><p>More than 400 passengers and crew fell ill during a cruise that ended in

Cruise Sick Passengers

2010-03-05T11:23:44Z

FILE - In a Friday, February 26, 2010 file photo, the cruise ship Celebrity Mercury is seen docked at the South Carolina State Ports Authority passenger terminal in downtown Charleston S.C. More passengers are sick with a stomach bug aboard Celebrity Mercury, the same cruise ship hit by a virus on its previou...

Spain Mediterranean Cruise Ship Accident

2010-03-04T13:47:28Z

Workers clean up broken windows on the Cypriot-owned Louis Majesty cruise ship at Barcelona's port, Spain, on Thursday, March 4, 2010. Waves of up to 26 feet (8 meters) high smashed into the Mediterranean cruise ship flooding people's cabins and breaking windows in an ordeal that claimed two lives. The ship was carrying 1,350 passengers and 580 cre...

Brazil quarantines cruise ship over food poisoning

2010-03-04T13:00:38Z

<div id="subtitle">Brazil officials say 310 stricken by food poisoning on cruise ship in Brazil</div><div><p>Hundreds of passengers aboard an international cruise ship were stricken with vomiting and diarrhea, prompting a temporary quarantine of the vessel in southeastern Brazil, health authorities said Thursday.</p><p>At least 310 people suffered "some kind of food poisoning aboard" the Vision of the Seas, operated ...

Cruise travelers tell of deadly waves off Spain

2010-03-04T11:00:14Z

<div id="subtitle">Cruise turns to nightmare off Spain as killer waves hit ship</div><div><p>The Mediterranean was heaving as the 68-year-old Italian stood in the cruise ship lounge. A moment later a monstrous wave shattered the windows and sent shards into her head, leaving her bleeding on the floor and calling out for her husband.</p><p>Torrents of water gushed into the

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Passenger on cruise ship: Wave ordeal terrifying

2010-03-04T03:30:55Z

<div id="subtitle">Passenger on Mediterranean cruise ship hit by huge wave describes ordeal as terrifying</div><div><p>Freak waves that smashed into a Mediterranean cruise ship flooded people's cabins, broke windows in a restaurant and terrified many travelers in an ordeal that claimed two lives, a passenger said Thursday.</p><p>Claude Cremex, 73, of Marseille, France said he was in his cabin ...

FRANCE CRUISE SHIP

2010-03-03T14:46:52Z

Map locates Marseilles, France, where a cruise ship was hit by a huge wave

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Cruise ship back in SC after norovirus outbreak

2010-02-26T15:30:47Z

<div id="subtitle">Cruise ship back at South Carolina port after virus outbreak sickened more than 400 on board</div><div><p>A cruise ship hit by a virus outbreak that sickened hundreds returned Friday with passengers glad to be back and praising the crew for the way they handled the challenge.</p><p>The Celebrity Mercury docked about 1:30 a.m. after an 11-day cruise and passengers began disembarking ...

APTOPIX Egypt Boat Accident

2010-02-26T15:01:52Z

A Costa Europa cruise liner collided with the dock in Sharm el-Sheik resort, Egypt, Friday, Feb. 26, 2010. A luxury cruise liner carrying nearly 1,500 passengers slammed into the pier as it docked at an Egyptian Red Sea resort in fierce winds, leaving three crew members dead, officials said. The Costa Europa ship had been on an 18-day cruise from ...

Egypt Boat Collision

2010-02-26T15:01:51Z

A Costa Europa cruise liner lists after it collided with the dock in Sharm el-Sheik resort, Egypt, Friday, Feb. 26, 2010. A luxury cruise liner carrying nearly 1,500 passengers slammed into the pier as it docked at an Egyptian Red Sea resort in fierce winds, leaving three crew members dead, officials said. The Costa Europa ship had been on an 18-d...

Egypt: 3 crew members die in cruise liner accident

2010-02-26T15:00:35Z

<div id="subtitle">Cruise liner slams into dock at Egyptian Red Sea resort, leaving 3 crew members dead</div><div><p>A luxury cruise liner carrying nearly 1,500 passengers slammed into the pier as it docked Friday at an Egyptian Red Sea resort in fierce winds, leaving three crew members dead, officials said.</p><p>The ship's owner, Costa Crociera, said the...

Norovirus hit cruise ship that left SC for islands

2010-02-25T09:46:00Z

<div id="subtitle">Norovirus caused 400 illnesses on cruise ship that left South Carolina headed to Caribbean</div><div><p>Federal health officials are saying a virus caused more than 400 people to get sick on a cruise ship that left South Carolina for the Caribbean earlier this month.</p><p>