It is largely because of the rise of low-cost, no-frills carriers, which often fly between secondary airports, that air travel between European countries has recovered to about the same level that it was in March 2001, according to the World Tourism Organisation.

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After the air strike, coalition forces saw large secondary explosions, indicating that a large weapons cache was destroyed, the military said.

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