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LAST CALL FOR PASSENGERS TRAVELLING TO CAIRO

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September 20th 2007
LAST CALL FOR PAASSENGERS TRAVELLING TO CAIRO I’m back at Heathrow. I’ve just finished a bottle of water. The container is thin and blue and empty. It feels odd, like holding a bird or a cloud. Or maybe it just feels frustratingly pointless because it’s empty and I’m so tired, tired from flying overnight, landing in London at midnight, taking the Underground into central London at two ... read more

Europe » United Kingdom » England

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Great Britain, the dominant industrial and maritime power of the 19th century, played a leading role in developing parliamentary democracy and in advancing literature and science. At its zenith, the British Empire stretched over one-fourth of the ear... ... read more