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Have you got a tale to tell?
If you have a travellers tale that your aching to tell. Then why not visit the “Travel Sized Bites” section of the Website and share it with the world. Travel Sized Bites
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On Line UK Petition
If you want to make a statement about the new increased airport tax, here’s a petition to sign. Signatures are valid to 12th March 2007. We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Reduce Government Airport.
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Che Guevara Image Not On in the US
If you’ve ever visited the US, you may have shopped at a Target store – the Beetle likes them very much. Late December 2006, Target got into a bit of trouble for selling a CD carrying case with a picture of Che Guevara on it. US Critics said that the image represented a Marxist revolutionary,…
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T-Shirt Ban on Airplane
And still on the subject of images – this time on clothing – an Australian airline passenger stopped from boarding a flight for wearing a T-shirt labelling President Bush a terrorist (nooooo!) has threatened legal action against Australia’s Qantas. Allen Jasson, 55, an Australian IT expert who lives in the UK, was prevented from boarding…
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Dont Even Think About It
Despite pleas for clemency from human rights groups, Singapore has executed a Nigerian man and another stateless man from Africa. One was arrested at Changi airport in Singapore in 2004, carrying almost a million dollars worth of heroin whilst the other man was convicted as the intended recipient of the drugs. Singapore is believed to…
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New US Passport Rules
Only about a quarter of the population of the US (latest estimate 298 million as at July 2006) hold valid passports, and most Americans are used to being allowed able to travel to neighbouring countries with just a driver’s license or birth certificate. Things have changed: now Canadian, Mexican and Bermudan air travellers, as well…
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Papua New Guinea Sorcery
News comes of four women from the Highlands region in Papua New Guinea accused of using sorcery to cause a fatal road crash have been murdered. A BBC report says that it is believed the victims were tortured by fellow villagers in a remote highland region 400km (250 miles) north of capital Port Moresby. It…
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Human Zoo.
The zoo in Adelaide has put a group of humans on display to raise awareness about primate conservation. The humans will be locked in an unused orang-utan cage for a month, in pretty warm weather conditions with bananas for food. They will be monitored by a psychologist who hopes to use the findings to improve…
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NASA Moon Base
US space agency NASA has said it plans to start work on a permanently-occupied base on the Moon after astronauts begin flying back there in 2020. The base is likely to be built on one of the Moon’s poles and will serve as a science centre and possible stepping stone for manned missions to Mars.…
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UK Train Fares to Rise
British train fares have increased yet again as from January 1st 2007. The Association of Train Operating Companies said that regulated fares, including season tickets and saver tickets, would rise an average 4.3 percent. Unregulated fares, like cheap day returns and long distance open tickets, would rise an average 4.7 percent. And guess what, travelers,…

