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TWO queens came to Sydney yesterday and their loyal subjects lost their heads. Crowds swarmed, roads were clogged and buses stalled late into the night as the Queen Mary 2 prepared to leave the harbour after a rendezvous with its sister vessel the Queen Elizabeth 2. The scenes were reminiscent of the heady days of the British Empire, when ocean conquest was often followed by a spot of tea. At 23 storeys high, the QM2 took possession of Sydney Harbour. Too tall to sail under the bridge, too long to berth at Circular Quay, it made the Opera House look...

The Queen Mary 2, the largest cruise liner ever built, will pass under the Golden Gate Bridge for the first time Sunday. The famous vessel will be in port at Pier 27 Monday during its 26th day of an around-the-world-in-80 days tour. The ship is 1-thousand-132-feet long, and its 17 decks equal the height of a 23-story building. The ship is only 118 feet shorter than the Empire State Building. The Queen Mary 2 has been praised as a marvel of traditional cruising melded with the most modern technology available since it went into service in 2004. It has the...

Queen Mary 2 Passengers Threaten Sit-In Sun Jan 22, 6:43 PM ET LONDON - Some passengers on the Queen Mary 2 are threatening a sit-in when the cruise ship reaches port in Brazil to protest a last-minute change in itinerary, the vessel's operator said Sunday. ADVERTISEMENT The world's largest and most expensive ocean liner left New York on Jan. 15 and was scheduled to arrive in Los Angeles on Feb. 22. Carrying more than 2,500 passengers, it hit the side of a Florida shipping channel Jan. 18, damaging a motor and reducing its speed. The cruise cut stops in Barbados,...

Passengers on the luxury Queen Mary 2 cruise ship are threatening to mutiny after the ship set sail from Florida with a damaged propeller. They have said they will refuse to disembark when the ship reaches Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, next week, to prevent it from continuing its journey. It has dropped three ports of call because it is running at reduced speed after the accident. Cunard Lines, which operates the ship, says it has offered compensation. On tow The world's largest liner is on a 38-day trip around South America. However it is running two days behind schedule,...

A water-squirting tugboat salutes the Queen Mary 2, the largest luxury ocean liner ever constructed, as it arrives at Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Monday, Jan. 26, 2004, following its first trans-Atlantic voyage from Southampton, England. The ship is to begin a series of Caribbean cruises from Fort Lauderdale Jan. 31. (AP Photo/Cunard Line, Andy Newman) http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/040126/480/flan10201261320   Queen Mary 2 berths at Port Everglades after maiden voyage By JOHN PAIN Associated Press Posted January 26 2004, 7:44 AM EST PORT EVERGLADES -- The Queen Mary 2, the world's largest and most expensive cruise ship, completed its maiden trans-Atlantic...

SOUTHAMPTON, England (AFP) - The world's newest and biggest cruise liner, Queen Mary 2, was set to depart Monday on its first transatlantic voyage, braving a nasty North Atlantic winter storm en route to sunny Florida. AFP Photo The black-hulled 345-meter (1,139-foot) flagship of Cunard, the upmarket British unit of US cruise line group Carnival, was scheduled to sail at 5 pm (1700 GMT) for a 14-day journey to Fort Lauderdale. It had yet to slip its moorings by 6:15 pm (1815 GMT), however, as it continued to load baggage at Southampton harbour. "It's just an unusual amount of luggage...

World’s Largest Cruise Ship Set for First Transatlantic Luxury Voyage S O U T H A M P T O N, England, Jan. 11 — As the Queen Mary 2 prepares for its maiden voyage, leaving England Monday for Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., the world's largest ocean liner has two kinds of admirers — the 2,600 people who have tickets, and the millions who don't and may not be able to afford them anyway. "We can't get up there," said Christie Taylor, an admiring bystander near the tightly guarded ship's berth in Southampton, England. "We can't get any closer." As Britain's...

<p>January 9, 2004 -- With the smash of a giant champagne bottle, Queen Elizabeth II yesterday christened the world largest ocean liner, the Queen Mary 2, which is as tall as a 21-story building and cost $880 million to build.</p>

SOUTHAMPTON, England (AFP) - Queen Elizabeth II (news - web sites) formally named the Queen Mary 2, the world's biggest ocean liner, ahead of its maiden transatlantic voyage to the United States. AFP Photo   "I name this ship Queen Mary 2. May God bless her and all who sail in her," the British monarch said, before a hefty jeroboam of Veuve Cliquot champagne smashed against the spotlit starboard side of its black bow. Horns blew in celebration, and the 2,000 invited guests broke into a triple chorus of "hip, hip, hurrah!" Built in France for Cunard, the venerable British...

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<p>Al Qaeda (search) has turned its terror sights to the sea, targeting luxury cruise liners in a major expansion of its "jihad (search)" against Western interests.</p> <p>And top of the terrornetwork's list of ocean-bound targets is the new $1.3 billion British ship Queen Mary 2 (search).</p>

Al-qaeda blueprint exposedBy Ben English, Ian Gallagher and Jef Sommerfield December 29, 2003AL-QAEDA has turned its terror sights to the sea, targeting luxury cruise liners in an expansion of its "jihad" against the West. Liners like the Queen Mary 2 are under threat Owners of the recently launched $1.3 billion Queen Mary 2 yesterday confirmed threats of terror hang over its maiden voyage early next year. The Osama bin-Laden terrorist group is also adopting new tactics to destroy commercial aircraft. British MP Patrick Mercer has revealed Saudi authorities arrested two Islamic suicide pilots. He said the pilots were preparing to...

URGENT - 15h44 - Dramatic accident in Saint-Nazaire At least eleven people died Saturday in the collapse of a footbridge of the giant steamer Queen Mary II, in construction with the shipyards of the port.