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Amsterdam's famous coffee shops will remain open for tourists after mayor Eberhard van der Laan drops potential legislation.

An unexploded bomb from the World War II era has been found at a construction site near the runway of Sendai airport in northern Japan.

US President Barack Obama has declared a "major disaster in New York State and Long island as fires rage, subways, streets and now ground Zero are flooded, and power is cut to millions of homes.

Hurricane Sandy hit New York with winds of 85mph,killing 16 people overnight, although figures are expected to be higher with reports of widespread injuries.

Rebecca Hussein recounts the time she went looking for the legendary vampire in the wilds of Transylvania, Romania.

As Hurricane Sandy, hammered Cuba, Jamaica and the Bahamas killing 20 people in its wake.

Car sharing schemes provides the flexibility to pick up and drop of their hire car anywhere in the city.

The olive trees at the Garden of Gethsemane in Jerusalem are among the oldest trees on earth, a new study reveals.

Egypt's tourism ministry has reported an increase in arrivals this year by 20 percent.

A hotel that allows you to safely slumber and enjoy more of a new place could only be met by the standards set by luxury hotel chain Shangri-La.

Archaeologists say they have found a wall belonging to Camp Lawton, the largest Civil War PoW camp in the southeastern US state of Georgia.

Archaeologists have excavated remains of a 3,500 year old transport route along the same pathway that Crossrail will follow.

The 2012 Oktoberfest, the world's most famous annual beer festival held in Munich, Germany, closed its doors to beer drinkers, only to be back next year on 21 September.

A recent report suggests that if the United Kingdom is to successfully handle its aviation conundrum, it needs a larger airport, either at Heathrow or Luton

Dubai plans to build its own Taj Mahal – called Taj Arabia, a replica of the world wonder located in India. Taj Arabia will be four times bigger than the Taj Mahal.

Archaeologists have unearthed the royal tomb of the Mayan queen Kalomt'e K'abel in Peten, north of Guatemala City.

Controversial images of naked prince at Vegas party give fillip to tourism numbers.

Dozens of flights disrupted after balloon causes power outage.

The woman was reported missing from the Aurora liner on its journey from Oporto in Portugal to Barcelona, in Spain.

Nepalese aviation officials have claimed the Sita Air Flight crash that killed 19 was caused by the "panic stricken" pilot.

The North East of England has been bearing the brunt of what the Met Office has been called the worst September flooding in thirty years.

Plans to start a 6,500km bus route connecting Mirpur in Pakistan to Birmingham have been announced

Row over East China Sea islands hits airlines resulting in major carriers in both countries reducing their flights.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge arrived in Malaysia today on the second leg of their Diamond Jubilee tour in Asia Pacific to celebrate the 60th anniversary of reign of Queen Elizabeth II.

The union is demanding a five percent salary hike and halt to layoffs and outsourcing.

Official claims fire was started in six points almost simultaneously, suggesting several people working together.

The winning photograph - captured by Cedric Houin and titled Butterfly - was shot in the Kyrgyz lands of Afghanistan's Wakhan Corridor and shows a woman and child sitting inside a yurt, a traditional wooden-framed portable house

The flower carpet has been a part of the Belgian capital’s tradition since 1971, when the first such carpet was laid out with thousands of begonias

Richard Branson's Virgin Rail has lost its bid to continue running one of Britain's most important rail franchises, the west coast mainline, to the UK's largest rail operator, FirstGroup.