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NOUAKCHOTT, August 7, 2008 (AFP) - The international airport of Nouakchott, closed down Wednesday after troops overthrew Mauritania's president in a military coup, was reopened in the evening, a security source said.

While the airport was closed for most of the day after the ousting of president Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi, the country's land borders remained open.

NOUAKCHOTT, August 6, 2008 (AFP) - The international airport of Nouakchott was closed down Wednesday after troops overthrew Mauritania's president in a military coup, security sources said.

SAO PAULO, August 4, 2008 (AFP) - Brazil's TAM and Germany's Lufthansa are to being code-sharing on domestic and international flights starting August 18, the Brazilian airline said Monday.

The agreement will allow passengers to use TAM tickets on Lufthansa flights from Sao Paulo to Frankfurt or Munich, it said in a statement.

LONDON, August 4, 2008 (AFP) - A British budget airline was fined 5,000 pounds (9,830 dollars, 6,315 euros) Monday for flying a faulty passenger plane across the Atlantic despite knowing it had problems following a lightning strike.

BUDAPEST, August 4, 2008 (AFP) - The pilot of a rescue helicopter that crashed last week has died of injuries, the company that operated the helicopter announced on Monday.

'Janos Hatala, the pilot of the helicopter that crashed last Thursday, died of his injuries in the night from Sunday to Monday,' Peter Turi, the head of the firm, Legimentok head, said in a statement.

VANCOUVER, August 4, 2008 (AFP) - Five people were dead after a small plane with seven people aboard crashed Sunday in western Canada, public television reported. But two others survived the accident.

The Grumman Goose aircraft disappeared Sunday morning shortly after taking off north of Vancouver, British Columbia.