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Delta launching nonstop service to Iceland

August 7, 2010 The Travel Trolley
Delta Air Lines is launching nonstop service between New York and Reykjavik, Iceland. The new service begins June 1, 2011, subject to approval of the Icelandic government. When service starts, Delta will be the only U.S. carrier to serve Iceland nonstop from the United States, the airline said. The flight, between John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York and Keflavik International Airport in Reykjavik, will be operated with a 170-seat Boeing 757-200 aircraft. It
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Hiroshima observes atomic bombing anniversary

August 6, 2010 The Travel Trolley
Hiroshima today observed the 65th anniversary of the city’s atomic bombing during the closing days of World War II. “On this, the 65th anniversary of the atomic bombing, as we offer to the souls of the A-bomb victims our heartfelt condolences, we hereby declare that we cannot force the most patiently enduring people in the world, the hibakusha (survivors of the bombing), to be patient any longer,” Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba said in his peace