Absolutely a true story: the pilot of an SAS plane, on a domestic flight in Sweden, called up an airport control tower for clearance to land and found no one…

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We think that all Globetrotters should go and visit the new Frommer’s Budget Travel site on MNSBC. There are some great articles, a notice board for sharing tips, posting issues…

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Air Canada and Australia's leading carrier, Qantas, will both reduce flights over the next two months to Taiwan because they say they cannot make enough money from them. Canada's new…

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Bet you didn’t know that England, yes, England as in the UK, produces wine! Heart of England Fine Foods and Heart of England Tourist Board have just produced a new…

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The other day, a group of London based Globetrotters started talking about slang and direct translations from one language into another. This lead to Olwen, a Welsh language student, telling…

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Satellite pictures of northern Africa show that areas lost to the Sahara desert during decades of drought are turning green again. Analysis of images show deserts retreating in a broad…

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EXPLORE 2002 For anyone planning an expedition, EXPLORE 2002 – the place to be is the 26th annual Expedition Planning Seminar that will be running on 16-17th November 2002 at…

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Doctors aiming to make a cheap and effective malaria drug available across Africa have been awarded a $1.5m grant by the Gates Malaria Partnership, based at the London School of…

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­ Less than one in 10 people are estimated to have been on an international flight ­ China is expected to unseat France as world’s most visited country by 2020…

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Mexican airports are returning to normal operations after Hurricane Isidore battered the country on the weekend. The airport authorities estimated that 89 flights at Cancun, were cancelled because of the…

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