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 | Rome on a budget offers a glimpse of eternity in a mere two
myTELUS, photo: WN / Guillaume Poulet-Mathis
Giovanna Dell?orto, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | ROME - The light splashes liquid gold over marble columns in the Roman Forum and the faded facades of Baroque palaces in the distance. Nearby, a heated dialogue resonates in the hearty Roman accents that infuse everyday interactions with playful theatricality. | I am standing in the centre of Rome, amid it...
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 | 'Saudi woman on Emirates flight initiated the fight'
Arab News, photo: AP / Hasan Jamali
| Shadiah Abdullah I Arab News | DUBAI: An Emirati daily has denied reports by Saudi papers that a Saudi woman on board an Emirates flight from Frankfurt to Dubai was hit by an Emirati man. | According to the Arabic paper Al- Emarat Al-Youm, the Saudi woman attacked the man's daughter and the situation worsened when the air hostess tried to calm he...
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 | How dangerous is air travel?
The Guardian, photo: Creative Commons / Flickr
| Last week a Spanair jet crashed in Madrid killing 154 passengers and crew. Days later a further 68 people were lost in Kyrgyzstan and this week 168 Ryanair passengers endured a terrifying emergency descent from 30,000ft when their jet suddenly lost cabin pressure. Such a spate of incidents inevitably leads the travelling public to ask: how safe i...
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» The Secrets of Traveling With Kids
ABC News By KAREN SCHALER | Aug. 28, 2008 | FONT SIZE | The secret of traveling with kids? Leave the kids at home. | Just kidding! Play time in the pool at the Hyatt Regency Aruba. (Courtesy Hyatt Regency Aruba) | Seriously, a family vacation is the perfect w... |
» Home sweet homestead
Lexington Herald-Leader | It all started with a request from his teenage daughter. She wanted a doll house. | Richard Mullins of Mount Vernon said he kept sputting the task on the back burner. For nearly a decade. | But he has made up for his procrastination, building his d... |
» Listeriosis recall expands again
National Post | Canwest News Service Network Browse the Canada.com Network Home News Sports Entertainment Health Travel Obituaries Celebrating Contractors National Post Victoria Times Colonist The Province (Vancouver) Vancouver Sun Edmonton Journal Calgary Heral... |
» Tory or Liberal greenhouse plans will raise gas prices: expe
National Post | Experts' Testimony; Proposed policies can't avert passed-on costs | David Akin, Canwest News Service Network Browse the Canada.com Network Home News Sports Entertainment Health Travel Obituaries Celebrating Contractors National Post Victoria Time... |
» Rome on a budget offers a glimpse of eternity in a mere two
myTELUS Giovanna Dell?orto, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | ROME - The light splashes liquid gold over marble columns in the Roman Forum and the faded facades of Baroque palaces in the distance. Nearby, a heated dialogue resonates in the hearty Roman accents that inf... |
» A whole world of trouble
The Guardian Rory MacLean on Andrew Mueller's 'irreverent and jovial jaunt of a guidebook around our violent and baffling modern world' | 'I Wouldn't Start from Here confronts the horror and failures of our young century with understated joy for life' | I Wouldn'... |
» Labor Day travel projections down
The Charlotte Observer | Although gas prices have dropped sharply in the Carolinas this summer, Labor Day weekend travel is still expected to be down almost 1 percent from last year. | AAA Carolinas reported Wednesday it projects 720,300 North Carolina drivers will travel ... |
» ACTE calls for a Moratorium on Border Crossing Information s
TravelDailyNews On Monday, 25 August, The Association of Corporate Travel Executives (ACTE) advocated a moratorium on the new Border Crossing Information (BCI) system. The association's call for a delay in implementation was in response to a recent notice that the U... |
» CAA seeks passengers' view of air travel in the UK
TravelDailyNews The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has commissioned a survey to gain a better understanding of passengers' views and experiences of air travel in the United Kingdom. The survey is taking place at Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted and Manchester airports. T... |
» Korea steps back into the dark - Airline protectionism flour
TravelDailyNews The Korean Ministry of Transport this week failed to reject a protectionist request led by its national airline to turn back the clock of liberalisation in the region. The request from several vested interests - worded in clear aviation nationalism o... |
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