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As hundreds of Egyptian college students rallied at the iconic pyramids of Giza Friday to promote tourism, camel guide Salah Shabani stood to the side and looked on with sadness.On Hawaii's Big Island " home toan active volcano anda powerful observatory " a holiday can pack a lot more punch. Full storyIt's been two weeks since a popular uprising forced President Hosni Mubarak from power, but there has been no return of the crowds of foreigners who come to gaze at the pyramids and get their picture on a camel."I used to make 600 Egyptian pounds ($102) a week, or more," said Shabani, 23, who has given visitors rides on his camel, Oscar, since he was a teenager. "Now there is nothing. There are no tourists."Reliance on tourismShabani, who married two months ago, said he worries he won't be able to support his wife and has doubts about having children. [Read the full article] LONDON — A jury convicted a former British Airways computer specialist of plotting with U.S.-born extremist cleric Anwar al-Awlaki to blow up an airplane in an attack intended to kill hundreds of people.Rajib Karim, a 31-year-old Bangladeshi man, was found guilty Monday of four counts of engaging in preparation for terrorist attacks.He already had pleaded guilty to five other terrorism offenses, but denied plotting an attack in Britain.A jury deliberated for 16 hours before agreeing with prosecutors who said Karim used his position at the airline to conspire with al-Awlaki, a notorious radical preacher associated with al-Qaida and thought to be hiding in Yemen. [Read the full article] CONWAY, Massachusetts — Passengers and crew were evacuated from an airplane at Bradley International Airport outside Hartford on Tuesday morning after the front landing gear collapsed as the jet backed away from the gate, officials said.On Hawaii's Big Island " home toan active volcano anda powerful observatory " a holiday can pack a lot more punch. Full storyUS Airways Flight 5303, bound for Pittsburgh, had just pushed back from the gate and not yet made it to the taxi-way when the problem occurred at about 6:45 a.m., said Arlene Salac, Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman.The 29 passengers and three crew members aboard were taken off the Embraer 145 aircraft. No one was injured, she said.FAA flight inspectors from Boston were dispatched to Bradley Airport, located in Windsor Locks, Connecticut, to investigate. [Read the full article] 
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