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Stories for December 31st 2008

• Wednesday, December 31st 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  NY becomes US number 1 tourist city with 47 m. visitors

  

  New York City attracted an estimated 47 million visitors and $30 billion in total spending in 2008, both record highs according to figures released by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and confirming the Big Apple as the projected number one tourist city of the United States.

• Wednesday, December 31st 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Builders unearth 18th century galleon in Buenos Aires

  

  Argentine builders stumbled across the wreck of an 18th century Spanish galleon while digging the foundations for a riverside high-rise building in Buenos Aires, archeologists said on Tuesday.

• Wednesday, December 31st 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  HMS Endurance is being towed to the Falklands

  The Royal Navy ice patrol HMS Endurance left Punta Arenas, in the extreme south of Chile, midday Tuesday for the Falkland Islands pulled by two tugs, according to reports from the local reports.