So why was East Midlands Airport ruled out for the eastern route.

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The airplane followed a route over Eastern Washington, where it underwent tests for basic handling and performance.

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At the eastern end of the Crossrail route, archaeologists will work at four large tunnel entrance sites at Pudding Mill Lane, Victoria Dock, North Woolwich and Plumstead.

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But it's heavily traveled by commercial trucks hauling goods between Atlanta and Savannah's busy seaport, and is often used by travelers as a route to Interstate 95 along the Eastern Seaboard.

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Despite Zentiva's small size and the full price proposed by Sanofi Aventis, the Czech firm's exposure to markets such as Russia, Eastern Europe and Turkey could offer Sanofi an attractive route for its own products.

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The outward journey was painless: London to East London via Johannesburg is the quickest route the airline gods allow to that part of the Eastern Cape.

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Great North Eastern Railways, which had been advising passengers not to travel on the east coast route between London, Yorkshire, the North-East and Scotland, expects to operate an hourly service from early on Monday.

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McCain was en route to Arizona late Tuesday after spending the last five days on a whirlwind trip through Eastern Europe.

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