Hoteliers and tour operators in Luxor were beginning to mobilise against Mohamed Morsi last night after the Egyptian President appointed a former Islamist terror leader as the city’s new governor – the same man whose fundamentalist group committed a notorious massacre in the city back in 1997.
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Six killed as snowmobile plunges off piste in Italy
Sunday 06 January 2013
Six Russian tourists were killed and two others were injured when their snowmobile crashed through a fence and plunged about 100 metres during a night-time run down an Italian ski slope.
Wildfires tear through Tasmania
Sunday 06 January 2013
Australia's heatwave is devastating its southern island
Six Russians die in snowmobile crash in Italy
Saturday 05 January 2013
Six Russians were killed and two others were injured when their snowmobile slammed into a fence and flipped over into a ditch during a night run down an Italian ski slope.
Simon Calder's Holiday Helpdesk: Is it safe to cruise the Nile?
Friday 04 January 2013
Q. I want to cruise the Nile this year, and stay one night in Cairo. Is it safe to cruise the Nile - and also what about the problems in Cairo?
Man in court over shooting of British holidaymaker Stephen Ashton in Thailand
Thursday 03 January 2013
A Thai man accused of shooting dead a British holidaymaker during a New Year’s Eve party in Thailand appeared in court today.
New Zealand bowled out for 45 against South Africa
Wednesday 02 January 2013
Black Caps stunned in Cape Town after opting to bat
Simon Calder's Holiday Helpdesk: Currency advice for a holiday in Kenya
Monday 24 December 2012
Every day our travel guru answers your travel questions
Walk of the month: A wild wander in the West Country
Sunday 23 December 2012
The wind may be whipping up a storm, but Mark Rowe is invigorated by the raw beauty of the North Devon coast
Simon Calder's Holiday Helpdesk: When will it be safe to go back to the 'new' Libya
Friday 21 December 2012
Q We were lucky enough to visit Libya for the total solar eclipse in 2006. We enjoyed the country, and meeting its people, and would like to return to experience the “new” Libya. When will it be safe and advisable to go back?
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Simon Calder's Holiday Helpdesk: The logic behind proportionately higher one-way flight costs
Thursday 20 December 2012
Every day our travel guru answers your travel questions
Transcript of the email sent by alleged eyewitness accusing Andrew Mitchell of swearing at police officers
Wednesday 19 December 2012
Below is an edited but uncorrected version of the email sent by the alleged eyewitness to the Conservative MP John Randall, accusing Andrew Mitchell of swearing at police officers.
Simon Calder's Holiday Helpdesk: Chasing a 'reasonable cost' holiday in Bermuda
Wednesday 19 December 2012
Every day our travel guru answers your travel questions
Simon Calder's Holiday Helpdesk: How can we ensure our family will sit together on a BA flight?
Tuesday 18 December 2012
Every day our travel guru answers your travel questions
Simon Calder's Holiday Helpdesk: My prescription for a birthday treat starting in Vancouver
Monday 17 December 2012
Every day our travel guru answers your travel questions
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Bosses of collapsed banks should be sent to jail, banking standards commission tells George Osborne
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Vice pulls 'breathtakingly tasteless' fashion shoot glorifying the suicides of famous female authors from Sylvia Plath to Virginia Woolf
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