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ing this region the new crossroads of global travel. The switch is driven by both the airports and airlines, all backed by governments that see aviation as the way to make their countries bigger players in the global economy.
• Passengers are won over by their fancy new planes and top-notch service. But

the real key to the airlines' incredible growth is geography. Their hubs in Qatar and the United Arab Emirates are an eight-hour flight away from two-thirds of the world's population, including a growing middle class in India, China and Southeast Asia that is eager to travel.
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• SEFFNER, Fla. (AP) -- The gaping sinkhole that swallowed a man from his Flor

ida home last week could be revealed later Monday when demolition crews knock down the remaining walls and begin clearing away the debris.
• Crews on Sunday razed more than half the home, managing to salvage some keepsakes for family members who lived there.
• The opening of the sinkhole has been covered by the home, but once emergency officials and engineers can see inside it more clearly, they could begin planning how to deal with it. They also need to decide what will happen to the two homes on either side of the now-demolished house. Experts say the sinkhole has "compromised" those homes, but it's unclear whether steps can be taken to save them.
• Jeremy Bush, 35, tried to save his brother, Jeff, when the earth opened up and swallowed him Thursday night.
• On Sunday morning, Bush and relatives prayed with a pastor as the home -- where he lived with his girlfriend, Rachel Wicker; their daughter, Hannah, 2; and others -- was demolished and waited for firefighters to salvage anything possible from inside. The home was owned by Leland Wicker, Rachel's grandfather, since the 1970s.
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• WASHINGTON (AP) -- From an early age, Americans are conditioned to see the world in sharp contrast -- black-and-white labels in a society where the reality is

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