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Lufthansa aircraft at Frankfurt international airport 12 March 2002, as the German airline announces it plans to waive the dividend payment to shareholders for 2001 after the September 11 terror attacks, a weakening global economy and last year's pilots strike sideswiped earnings. Lufthansa said its operating profit slumped to 20 million euros last year, just a fraction of the 1.04 billion euros recorded in 2000. (KEYSTONE/EPA PHOTO DPA/FRANK MAY)