Australia

Another Qantas Jet Makes Emergency Landing In Australia

Adelaide, Australia (AHN) - A Qantas jet flew back to the airport here Monday night 10 minutes after taking off in the second emergency landing incident in a week involving Australia's national airline.

Hotel Sidi Driss, Tunisia, is seen in this handout photo taken March, 2006.

From converted train cars to converted prisons, travel Web site VirtualTourist.com has come up with its picks of the 10 most unusual places to stay.


Lord Howe Island, a Unesco World Heritage-listed wonderland that became accessible by plane in 1974.

Silence can be deafening to a city dweller. And on Lord Howe Island - whose name few are familiar with and whose shores even fewer have touched - silence prevails. The name conjures up majestic images of towering cliffs, turquoise coral-infused wa...