02-Feb-2006  (yacht cruise)

• 'Pudding Picks Gere and Berry (The Harvard Crimson)
Richard Gere, the star of ?Pretty Woman,? and Halle Berry, a longtime favorite for prettiest woman in the world, were named Man and Woman of the Year today by the Hasty Pudding Theatricals.
• 'Education manuals raise awareness of trafficking (Baltic Times)
TALLINN - Estonian schools will receive manuals on the prevention of human trafficking to raise awareness about the possible dangers of working abroad, Eesti Paevaleht reported.
• 'Kitchen tour benefits nursery schools (San Francisco Chronicle)
The public is invited to tour five homes and six state-of-the-art kitchens in Belvedere and Tiburon on Tuesday. Proceeds will benefit the Belvedere-Hawthorne Nursery Schools. Selected homes will host tastings and demonstrations. Special guests include...
• 'Prime ministers discuss bilateral agreements (Baltic Times)
RIGA - Latvian Prime Minister Aigars Kalvitis and Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov plan to meet after several bilateral agreements have been drafted, said Russian Ambassador to Latvia Viktor Kalyuzhny.
• '1:41 pm | Boat show launches today (The Charlotte Observer)
One of the biggest Lake Norman events of the year doesn't happen in Lake Norman. It's some 20 miles south in Charlotte.
• 'Edelweiss Cruise Lines to Add Luxury Motor Yacht to Fleet (RedNova)
By Andrew Johnson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Jan. 28--Edelweiss Cruise Lines plans to add an 84-foot, $1.4 million luxury motor yacht called the Empress to its fleet in late March or early April, according to parent company Waterfront Entertainment Co.
• 'Luxury yacht serves up eagle tours here (Tribune-Courier)
Birdwatching usually doesn?t include a luxury yacht with warm drinks, premium catered food and first-class amenities, but now, thanks to area marinas and the CQ Princess yacht, it does.
• 'Paulauskas discusses Visa-free regime in D.C. (Baltic Times)
VILNIUS - Parliamentary Speaker Arturas Paulauskas met with U.S. politicians in Washington D.C. yesterday to discuss Visa-free regime issues.
• 'Sea captain promoted merchant fleet careers (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
Everyone who knew David Lyman knew the ocean was his life, from ship captains whose vessels he brought safely into harbor to youngsters he encouraged into maritime careers.