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 | Travel advice: finding cheap airfares
The Daily Telegraph, photo: WN / Sweet Radoc
Sophie Butler offers advice on finding cheap flights, ESTA applications, and car hire in Australia. | The trick to finding the best-value airfares is to see what's on offer before you set your heart on a particular destination | Finding cheap flights | LB, Dorset, writes | My friends and work colleagues are always boasting about jetting off to Euro...
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 | Japan confirms its first case of new superbug gene
Herald Tribune, photo: AP / Kyodo News
| TOKYO - Japan has confirmed the nation's first case of a new gene in bacteria that allows the microorganisms to become drug-resistant superbugs, detected in a man who had medical treatment in India, a health ministry official said Tuesday. AC = 1234 | --> | The gene, known as NDM-1, was found in a Japanese man in his 50s, health ministry official...
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 | Ethiopian Airlines brings U.S. travelers connecting service
TravelDailyNews, photo: Creative Commons / Arpingstone
Ethiopian Airlines is pleased to announce new connections throughout West Africa beginning September 5, 2010, as a result of the airline`s cooperation with newly-formed ASKY airlines. The announcement comes nearly two years after the companies signed a management contract guaranteeing Ethiopian Airlines management rights over ASKY for a period of f...
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» Three killed on horror highway
NZ Herald By 5:30 AM Wednesday Sep 8, 2010 Share Email Print | Three women were last night killed in a two-vehicle crash on one of New Zealand's most notorious stretches of highway. | The vehicles - a ute and a car - collided in wet weather on State Highway 2 ... |
» More scary noise on the way...
NZ Herald By Jocelyn Muir 5:30 AM Wednesday Sep 8, 2010 Share Email Print | Heavy metal music fans can rest easy knowing Metallica concerts being held in Christchurch will go ahead. | Metallica will be rocking the CBS Canterbury Arena with their two sold-out C... |
» Cook Islands: A rocky road to Raro
NZ Herald By 5:30 AM Wednesday Sep 8, 2010 Share Email Print | Despite having to adjust his expectations of an island idyll, father of three Liam Dann manages to have a good time in the Cook Islands. Expand Shrink | In the thick of chaos lie the remnants of my... |
» What I Pack: Kate Lineham
NZ Herald 5:30 AM Wednesday Sep 8, 2010 Share Email Print Expand Shrink | Do you travel light or heavy? | Luggage reflects life. And one seems to get strangely heavier as one gets older. | Cattle or first class? | Cattle. Except for one magical and still inexp... |
» Sculptors show shapes of two cities
The Saigon Times A visitor looks at a piece called “Doi” by Bui Viet Hung at the exhibition at Applied Arts Gallery- Photo: My TranA group sculpture exhibition opened at the Applied Arts Gallery, 5 Phan Dang Luu Street, HCMC’s Binh Thanh District on the weekend... |
» Chariot racing - Vietnam style
The Saigon Times The Bay Nui region in An Giang Province where the bull racing takes place in early October this year - Photo: Mong Binh Colorful costumes are being tailored and bulls are being trained and fed with fresh grass in the month prior to the Dolta Festival... |
» Get fired up about pottery at Ceramic Festival
The Saigon Times Visitors at the booth of Thanh Ha potteryThe “Ceramic Festival of Vietnam – Binh Duong in 2010” is underway at Go Dau Stadium in Thu Dau Mot Town in Binh Duong Province till September 8. | Artisans join a ceramic making contest- Photos: Uyen Vi... |
» Travel firms see demand increase for Eid holidays
Gulf News | Abu Dhabi:The travel industry in Abu Dhabi has witnessed "an increased demand" for Eid holidays this year, tour operators told Gulf News Tuesday. | Thousands of people are expected to fly out of the capital from today onwards as the publi... |
» Spain cuts prices to lure visitors
Gulf News | Madrid: Spain's tourist sector is slashing prices to win back visitors after a fierce recession and may rely on bigger spending German consumers if it is to return to profitability next year. | A slow recovery in global markets has brought the... |
» Dnata doubles its luxury portfolio
Gulf News | Dubai: Dnata's luxury hotels division says it has more than doubled its portfolio with the addition of Thailand's Centara brand. | Centara Hotels and Resorts is described as Thailand's largest hotel chain. The company owns and operates 26 hotels an... |
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