Fertility tourism
By Rachel Grunwell
A Taranaki couple is expecting a baby after spending $100,000 on fertility treatment - and they thank an Argentinian doctor for finally fulfilling their dream.
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Guatemala mudslides
By MOISES CASTILLO
NAHUALA, Guatemala – Torrential rains from a tropical depression caused landslides that have killed at least 38 people in Guatemala — some of them rescuers trying to save people already buried und
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Boat accidents in Congo
By PATRICE CITERA
KINSHASA, Congo – Two boats capsized over the weekend in separate incidents on Congo's vast rivers, leaving 70 people dead and 200 others feared dead, and both vessels were heavily loaded and operat
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Revolutionary AIDS and HIV news from the Hebrew University in Israel
A team of researchers from the Hebrew University has developed a treatment that completely destroys HIV-infected human cells in laboratory cultures, according to an article published last month in the
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Hotels Losing Extra Revenue
By Hugo Martín
The nation's hotel industry, already struggling to pull out of its worst slump in decades, is now suffering from another loss in revenue because of the booming popularity of cellphones and laptop comp
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Qatar Shopping And Leisure Development
DUBAI, UAE - Qatar's largest multipurpose complex will located on the northern highway linking Doha International Airport with the proposed Bahrain Causeway and will include a full retail center, an e
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London Tube Strike
By Chris Kay
London’s 3.5 million Tube travelers face turmoil this week with as many as 10,000 of the subway’s train drivers, station staff and engineers staging the first of a series of 24-hour strikes over j
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Hong Kong Tour Guide Punished
HONG KONG - A local tourist guide who compelled mainland visitors to make purchases with discourteous and threatening remarks had her license revoked, the Travel Industry Council of Hong Kong (TIC) an
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French Veil Ban
By ELAINE GANLEY
PARIS — Protests in Pakistan, al-Qaida warnings, skittish Muslim tourists: France's plan to do away with burqa-style veils is already reverberating far beyond its borders.
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Conservation And Educational Programs
By Gill Staden, eTN
STARVATION ISLAND, Zimbabwe (eTN) - I stood, rather pensive, watching the guys launch the boat, not because of any issue with them, but because I was about to embark on yet another trip across Lake Ka
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Indian Association of Tour Operators
The Indian Association of Tour Operators (IATO), the apex body of the travel and tourism industry, has recommended vigorous development of infrastructure, logical taxation and creation of land banks f
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Sudan News
By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN
(eTN) - Following hot on the heels of the introduction of a flight from Cairo via Khartoum to Southern Sudan’s capital city of Juba – now operating twice a week – comes the news that Egypt’s n
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Charleston devided over cruise ship industry
By Glenn Smith
To the owners of Hall's Chophouse, a cruise ship pulling into port signals the sound of cash registers ringing.
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Other Testing Continues
EVERETT, Washington - Boeing's Dreamliner test airplanes, also known as ZA001 - ZA002, ZA003, ZA004, and ZA005 - are going through the rigors of varied weather conditions and other factors.
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The Maasai
By Apolinari Tairo, eTN
TANZANIA, Africa (eTN) - Grazing their cattle in the barren land of the wildlife-rich Ngorongoro district in northern Tanzania, the Maasai pastoralists are still living a desperate life after a prolon
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Winter Sports Tourism Risk
Skiers and other winter sports tourists who visit the Alps are at increased risk for heart attack due to low temperatures, high altitude and inadequate conditioning for intense physical exertion, find
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Tourism To Israel
JERUSALEM - About 3.1 million people, a record high, visited Israel in the Hebrew calendar year 2010, the Israeli Tourism Ministry announced Sunday.
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Autumn Brings Upgrades
This autumn, Japan Airlines (JAL) will commence flights from Haneda to the US, Europe, and Asia, and overseas travel will not only become more convenient for city dwellers in Tokyo, but with JAL's ext
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Camelot Scam
NEW YORK - A Manhattan building called Camelot is the target of a scam that offers tourists luxury accommodations - then leaves them in the lurch.
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tourist shooting in San Francisco
By TERRY COLLINS
No city would want a tragedy like this, particularly if the city prides itself on being an international destination for tourism and business, for cuisine, nightlife and good fun.
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Airline Fees
By Jaclyn Giovis
Airline fees, once merely irritating, have blossomed into a major source of airline profits and a growing headache for travelers.
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British Airways-Iberia Merger
By Jessica Hodgson
London - British Airways PLC and Spain's Iberia Lineas Aereas de Espana S.A, which are in the process of completing a merger, have identified 12 potential airlines that could be brought into the merge
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Ocean Terrorists
By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN
(eTN) - The Somali sea pestilence, aka pirates, aka ocean terrorists, will have another thing coming soon should they try to enter Tanzanian waters, which extends 200 miles into the open Indian Ocean
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Incentive travel
By Imtiaz Muqbil
Travel awards still rate highly as motivational tools for enhancing employee productivity but suppliers of such tools and incentive programmes are set to face more pressure to prove that they deliver
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India West Bengal Tourism
The Maoist menace has decimated the thriving tourism industry in West Bengal's Junglemahal area spread across three districts, a popular weekend gateway for city-dwellers here.
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