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Unsold 2009 pickup trucks are reflected in the chromed grille of an unsold 2009 Super Duty pickup truck at a Ford dealership in Dacono, Colo., Thursday, Nov. 27, 2008. Ford Motor on Tuesday, Dec. 2 said its U.S. sales tumbled 30 percent in November amid a continued rapid deceleration in the nation's car market. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) Ford asks Congress for $9B line of credit
15 mins ago - Ford Motor Co. is asking Congress for a $9 billion "stand-by line of credit" to stabilize its business, but says it doesn't expect to tap it.
Stocks bounce back after steep selloff
44 mins ago - Wall Street rebounded Tuesday, regaining some of the ground lost in the previous session's huge drop, as the potential for a bailout of the beleaguered auto industry helped calm investors. The Dow Jones industrials rose about 250 points, regaining more than a third of Monday's nearly 680-point plunge.
Unsold 2009 Ranger pickup trucks sit at a Ford dealership in Frederick, Dacono, Colo., Thursday, Nov. 27, 2008. As the humbled captains of the U.S. auto industry spend the weekend preparing their second case for a federal bailout, their best argument may come in November's auto sales figures. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) Ford Nov. sales drop 31 pct., Toyota falls 34 pct.
45 mins ago - Ford's U.S. light vehicle sales tumbled 31 percent in November, while Toyota's dropped 34 percent, a strong indication of another month of dismal sales for the entire auto industry as Detroit's automakers prepare to state their second case for a federal bailout.
An anti-goverment protester reacts to the news that Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat's ruling People's Power Party must disband at Suvarnabhumi Airport Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2008 in Bangkok Thailand. Somchai says he has accepted a court ruling to step down because of electoral fraud committed by his political party. (AP Photo/Ed Wray) Thai airports to reopen after government falls
3 hrs ago - Thailand's prime minister was ousted Tuesday after weeks of protests closed the capital's airports, stranding 300,000 travelers. Protesters promised to lift their siege, and international flights were expected to resume Friday.
Ali Hassan al-Majid, Saddam Hussein's notorious cousin, known as 'Chemical Ali,' listens as a special Iraqi court sentenced him to death Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2008, in Baghdad, Iraq, after convicting him of crimes against humanity while crushing the 1991 Shiite uprising in southern Iraq. Ali Hassan al-Majid already faces death by hanging after being convicted last year for his role in the killing of tens of thousands of Kurds in a crackdown in the late 1980s. But that execution has been delayed by legal wrangling. (AP Photo/APTN) 'Chemical Ali' sentenced to death in Iraq
27 mins ago - Saddam Hussein's notorious cousin "Chemical Ali" Hassan al-Majid received a second death sentence Tuesday - this time for crushing a Shiite uprising in the wake of Iraq's defeat in the 1991 Gulf War.
In this photo released by Mumbai Fire Brigade, burnt-out interiors on the top floors of the Taj Mahal Hotel, one of the venues of terror attacks in Mumbai, India, Saturday, Nov. 29, 2008. (AP Photo/Mumbai Fire Brigade, PD Karguppikar, HO) US official: India knew of plot on Mumbai's coast
1 hr 18 mins ago - India received a warning from the United States before last week's attacks in Mumbai that militants were plotting a waterborne assault on the city, a senior U.S. official said Tuesday as domestic intelligence officials said they were aware of a Pakistan-based plot.
Karolinska Institute student Andrew Ketterer, left, faces a mannequin in 'body-swap' illusion test, a method whereby people can experience the illusion that either a mannequin or another person's body is their own body Monday Dec. 1, 2008 in Stockholm. In a study presented Tuesday, neuroscientists at Stockholm's renowned Karolinska Institute show how they got volunteers wearing virtual reality goggles to experience the illusion of swapping bodies with a mannequin and a real person. (AP Photo/Niklas Larsson) Body-swap illusion tricks mind in new study
6 hrs ago - Shaking hands with yourself is an amusing out-of-body experience. The illusion of having your stomach slashed with a kitchen knife, not so much.
In this Sept. 7, 2008 file photo, Britney Spears poses with her awards backstage at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, file) Britney Spears to embark on `Circus' tour in March
1 hr 11 mins ago - Britney Spears is taking her "Circus" act on the road.
New York Giants' Plaxico Burress, right, arrives at Manhattan Supreme Court for arraignment with an unidentified man Monday, Dec. 1, 2008, in New York. Burress accidentally shot himself at a Manhattan nightclub Friday evening and was treated at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center. He was released Saturday. (AP Photo/David Karp) Burress arrives at Giants Stadium after shooting
2 hrs 19 mins ago - Plaxico Burress arrived at Giants Stadium on Tuesday, one day after the star receiver was charged with illegal gun possession.

Boeing Delivers EgyptAir 737-800 in Star Alliance Livery

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SEATTLE (Map) - SEATTLE, Aug. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Boeing (NYSE: BA) on Monday delivered EgyptAir's third Next-Generation 737-800. The airplane, shown here during flight tests at Boeing Field, is the airline's first 737 to be painted in Star Alliance livery.

On July 11, EgyptAir celebrated its induction as the 21st member of Star Alliance, officially expanding its network to 1,624 weekly flights to 69 destinations around the world. The Cairo Airport Authority is scheduled to open a dedicated

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Star Alliance terminal later this year, capable of serving 11 million passengers annually.

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