When Business Gets Tough...
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If your November travel plans include a flight out of Los Angeles, don't be surprised to find yourself standing behind a bald, tattooed human billboard.
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Handcuffs, Rope, Duct Tape... And "Hannah Montana"
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A teenage passenger from California was arrested in Nashville for plotting to hijack a plane from Los Angeles to Nashville, the FBI said Friday.
FBI spokesman George Bolds told The Associated Press the 16-year-old boy was removed from Southwest Airlines Flight 284 Tuesday night by authorities at Nashville ... read more
Fiji
An incident in which a Fijian soldier urinated on a Japanese woman on a plane has ended up doing "untold damage" to Fiji, the country's main daily says in a strongly worded editorial today.
It was commenting after the international carrier Air Pacific published its annual report saying its Fiji-Japan route was performing poorly and was ... read more
New Zealand
(eTN) - An Austrian tourist who killed four motorcyclists and injured two others in a moment's carelessness says she will grieve with the victims' families for the rest of her life.
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Malaysia
Sandakan (eTN) - Twenty-two people, including 10 foreign tourists, were plucked from sea after the speedboat they were riding overturned near Pamaguan Island, about a 20-minute boatride from here, Sunday.
It was learnt the vessel was heading towards Sandakan from Selingan Island when the mishap occurred at about 7.50am.
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San Diego, CA
(eTN) - Officers used a spike-strip to stop a freeway driver who turned out to be, San Diego police said, a confused French tourist.
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Hawaii
(eTN) - A San Diego gift shop operator has drawn the ire of cultural watchdogs after ousting island artisans from one of Hawaii's most popular tourist attractions.
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South Africa
(eTN) - International visitors to South Africa's OR Tambo Airport were given a rude awakening after the words "F*** Y**" were displayed on all welcome sign boards, the Son reported on Friday.
The tabloid ran pictures of the offending message on the electronic boards.
OR Tambo spokesperson Nothemba Noruwane said they did not know ... read more
Romance? In Israel? Forget About It Says Interior Ministry.
(eTN) - A tourist from the Philippines was held in custody at Ben-Gurion International Airport for more than three weeks because the Interior Ministry feared she would conduct a romantic relationship with the Israeli man she was planning to visit, and settle in the country.
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Sierra Leone
(eTN) - Two major Freetown government hospitals have been discarding potentially dangerous hospital waste, including used syringes, onto hospital grounds and into the ocean, the Concord Times discovered last week.
Employees at both the Connaught and Princess Christian Margaret Hospital (PCMH) have admitted to dumping waste behind both ... read more
Shackled Tourist
REYKJAVIK, Iceland (eTN) - Iceland's government has asked the U.S. ambassador to explain the treatment of an Icelandic tourist who says she was held in shackles before being deported from the United States.
The woman, Erla Osk Arnardottir Lillendahl, 33, was arrested Sunday when she arrived at JFK airport in New York because she had ... read more
Airline
(eTN) - A passenger is sueing PIA after claiming she was burned whilst evacuating a plane that caught fire in Islamabad.
In the incident, which was reported by Asian Image at the time. Saiyea Bi, 25, said she had been on a return flight to Birmingham when one of the engines on the Pakistan International Airlines plane developed a ... read more
Airline
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (eTN) - An American Airlines crew was treated by paradmedics Saturday after they became sick when their plane landed at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport.
Broward Sheriff's authorities say fuel from a generator may have leaked into the aircraft's cabin and the fumes may have made the crew sick.
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Saipan
(eTN) - The suspects took the victims' two wallets containing a total of $1,000 cash and other items. The robbers fled on board a Toyota car without a license plate.
As of press time yesterday, no one has been arrested yet.
Saipan Tribune learned that the two Korean lovers, both 26 years old, parked their car on top of Suicide ... read more
UK
LONDON (eTN) - Tourists from outside the European Union face new restrictions including a sharp cut in the time they can stay here.
Under the new plans, expected to be announced this week, they will be given only a three-month visa. At present they can stay here for up to six months.
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BERLIN (eTN) - A man nearly died from alcohol poisoning after quaffing two pints of vodka at an airport security check instead of handing it over to comply with new rules about carrying liquids aboard a plane, police said Wednesday.
The incident occurred Tuesday at the Nuremberg airport, where the 64-year-old man was switching planes on ... read more
(eTN) - More than two weeks after the ship M/S Explorer sank in Bransfield Strait off the coast of Antarctica, experts are questioning the official explanation of why the vessel sank.
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Uganda
(eTN) - German Prince Albrecht Zu Oettingen has expressed interest in investing in Uganda's tourism sector. The prince, who was invited by Vice-President Prof. Gilbert Bukenya, recently described his planned investment as 'a venture to provide better value for money for the local people'.
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Hotels
LONDON (eTN) - A hotel chain Tuesday said it was offering couples called Joseph and Mary in Britain, Ireland and Spain free accommodation this Christmas on proof of marriage and name.
Hotel chain Travelodge said husbands and wives matching their criteria would get a night's stay on the house, but with more home comforts than the humble ... read more
New Zealand
(eTN) - A Hungarian tourist just weeks in New Zealand looks likely to face a charge of killing Onehunga salesman Ronald James Brown.
Mr Brown, 69, was attacked sometime between 9.30pm Friday and 1am Saturday, the time police arrived at his Matiere Rd home.
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