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NEW YORK, N.Y.

Recent images of a cruise ship limping back to port after an engine malfunction didn't do the cruise industry any favours heading into the summer vacation season.

The lanky, charcoal-grey dog with a distinctive, wiry hairdo would stand out in most other animal shelters, but no one gave him a second look on Hawaii's island of Kauai.

CINCINNATI - A 91Ô­´´ exhibit of bones and fossils from dinosaurs that roamed the southern hemisphere from 250 million to 65 million years ago will make its U.S. premiere at a southwest Ohio museum.

BERLIN - Ground staff at Lufthansa, Germany's biggest airline, walked off the job Monday on a one-day strike that prompted the company to cancel most of the day's scheduled flights and left it complaining of "excessive" union tactics.

JERUSALEM - Thousands of travellers have been stranded in Israel during the second day of a strike by the nation's three airlines.

CINCINNATI - A 91Ô­´´ exhibit of bones and fossils from dinosaurs that roamed the southern hemisphere from 250 million to 65 million years ago will make its U.S. premiere at a southwest Ohio museum.

Volunteers are needed to help teams from Clayoquot Wilderness Resort and the Ahousaht First Nation clean up tsunami debris that is washing up on the remote beaches around Clayoquot Sound, on the West Coast of 91Ô­´´ Island.

The newly reopened Oak Bay Beach Hotel is inviting local residents — from Metchosin to Sidney and points in between — to experience its hospitality for a night.

ON THE RHINE RIVER When I was in Europe three weeks ago, temperatures were hovering around 3 C and snow was falling in many areas, including Venice. Changes have come quickly — the temperature is now a balmy 16 C.