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Three-year-olds abandoned at UK ports

Orphans

Three-year-olds abandoned at UK ports

By Unal Basusta, eTN Ambassador

Reports emerged last week that children as young as three have been found abandoned at UK ports and airports.

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Keeping Afghanistan's tourists safe

Afghanistan

Keeping Afghanistan's tourists safe

By time.com

The lines between the Afghanistan at war and the Afghanistan at peace alter daily. Cities accessible by road today may only be reached by plane — or not at all — tomorrow.

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Turkey readies for international air show

Turkey Tourism

Turkey readies for international air show

By Unal Basusta, eTN Ambassador

ISTANBUL, Turkey (eTN) - The 9th of the traditional ölüdeniz Air Games Festival, organized by the Ölüdeniz Municipality, will take place this year between the dates of October 15-19.

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ExpressJet Airlines donates assets to assist US Veterans returning From Iraq and Afghanistan

Airline Finds Silver Lining

ExpressJet Airlines donates assets to assist US Veterans returning From Iraq and Afghanistan

By eTN

HOUSTON, TX (September 2, 2008) - When skyrocketing fuel costs forced ExpressJet Airlines to suspend branded commercial passenger flights and its Delta Air Lines service, the airline found a silver li

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Tough sell: Touring audacious Afghanistan

Afghanistan

Tough sell: Touring audacious Afghanistan

Sanjeev Gupta thinks it's about time war-torn Afghanistan had a tourism industry in a peaceful corner of the country.

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Getting tourists to Afghanistan's Grand Canyon

Afghanistan

Getting tourists to Afghanistan's Grand Canyon

It takes eight bone-shaking hours on a dirt track road to reach Afghanistan's first national park from the capital, but the beauty and serenity is worth crossing the world for.

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Minister: Afghanistan to gain twelve airports in five years

Afghanistan

Minister: Afghanistan to gain twelve airports in five years

By Burkhard Herbote / eTN Germany

On May 31, the Kabul Times reported that Afghanistan’s Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation Hamidullah Qaderi has unveiled a new plan to build 12 new airports in Afghanistan in the next five years.

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Country within a country – Taliban in Northwest Pakistan

Pakistan

Country within a country – Taliban in Northwest Pakistan

By Shaheen Buneri l The Media Line for eTurboNews

Swat, Pakistan (eTN) - It was November 2007. Thousands of people were desperately trying to reach a huge area along the bank of River Swat in the idyllic Swat district of North West Frontier Province (NWFP) to get a glimpse of the public lashing by local Taliban of two alleged kidnappers.

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Kidnappers of Austrian tourists demand withdrawal of country's troops from Afghanistan

Austria

Kidnappers of Austrian tourists demand withdrawal of country's troops from Afghanistan

VIENNA, Austria: Austrian radio reported Monday that Islamist militants holding two Austrian tourists in North Africa have made new demands for their release.

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Tajikistan: New player on the tourist bloc

Tajikistan tourism

Tajikistan: New player on the tourist bloc

By Hazel Heyer l Special to eTurboNews

On the Great Silk Route, Tajikistan jumps on the tourism bandwagon of destinations in Central Asia, having become one of the newest members of the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) during the General Assembly in Cartagena, Colombia.

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