Stories for May 14th 2006 , page 2

Sunday, May 14th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

Once grand-liner SS France on ship-breaking list

After sliding down the gangway in 1960, the SS France became one of the last great trans-Atlantic ocean liners.

Sunday, May 14th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

Chavez accused of trying “to dominate” South America

Peruvian presidential candidate Alan Garcia accused Sunday Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez of having launched “a strategy to dominate South America” and involved Bolivian president Evo Morales in the scheme.

Sunday, May 14th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

Largest cruise vessel christened in New York

Freedom of the Seas, the world's largest cruise ship, was formally christened live on NBC's Today show on May 12th as it received the traditional salute from fireboats just off the Statute of Liberty in New York Harbor.