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...Lufthansa's chief medical officer, says such things have not been convincingly associated with thrombosis, citing a study the airline conducted in 1993. But new research may be about to change all that. This week the World Health Organization is convening a meeting of scientists and industry representatives in Geneva to look at DVT specifically in the context of air travel. On the agenda: plans to review all the medical evidence available about DVT and to identify priority research areas. Separately, some of the scientists will also discuss a forthcoming research project that intends to duplicate the Lufthansa study...
...will vote in July on whether to award Beijing the 2008 Games and the world recognition that goes with them, much of which will accrue to the Communist Party. The letter's timing wrong-footed Beijing in other ways too. The U.N. High Commission on Human Rights meets in Geneva next week and the U.S. recently announced its intention to sponsor a resolution to censure China for its human rights record. The government is clearly worried by the women's actions: police detained Hu for eight hours in mid-January. Shan suffered much worse. She was sentenced without trial...
...lowest fares. James Rothnie, director of corporate affairs at easyJet, a British discounter, says that while his company's figures are "more anecdotal than scientific, up to 50% of passengers could have paid the lowest fare." That might be as little as $25 for a flight from Amsterdam to Geneva on easyJet or $32 from Brussels to Dublin on Ryanair, excluding taxes and handling fees...
...Certain times of the day or the year call for more yield management," says Rothnie. For example, now that business travelers have discovered budget airlines, an early morning flight from London to Paris or Amsterdam is likely to be more expensive than a midmorning one. A weekend flight to Geneva in winter-think snow-will probably be more expensive than in summer...