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Egypt seeks to woo Arab tourists for Ramadan revels - 2010-08-08

CAIRO, Fatma Ahmed- With its cooler temperatures but more sizzling entertainment, Egypt has long been a prime destination for rich Arab tourists, especially from the Gulf states. This year,...

'Flying donkey' shocks Russian holidaymakers - 2010-07-20

MOSCOW, Anna Smolchenko- A braying donkey attached to a parasail and sent soaring in the blue skies above the beaches of southern Russia has stunned holidaymakers and prompted a police enquiry,...

Easter Island braces for eclipse, tourist influx - 2010-07-09

HANGA ROA- Remote and mysterious Easter Island is bracing for an influx of tourists and problems with Sunday's solar eclipse that is being seen as a mixed blessing for the tiny Pacific territory....

Hitting back against the mosquito, bane of the tourist - 2010-06-21

LA BREE-LES-BAINS, Anthony Lucas- We've all been there. You sit down for a pre-dinner cocktail after a sun-kissed day on the sand when you hear that familiar drone: there's a mosquito joining the...

Nations warn of 'imminent' militant attacks in Delhi - 2010-05-02

NEW DELHI, Penny MacRae- The Indian capital faces possible "imminent" militant attacks, the United States, Australia and Britain warned on Saturday, stepping up their risk advisories to travellers to...

US capital's Cherry Blossom Festival is a tourist magnet - 2010-03-27

WASHINGTON, Virginie Montet - A little early this year, thousands of cherry trees given by Japan as a present nearly a century ago started blooming in the US capital, ushering in the Cherry Blossom...

Maiden flight for Virgin Galactic's 'SpaceShipTwo' - 2010-03-23

LOS ANGELES- Virgin Galactic's experimental SpaceshipTwo (SS2), an aircraft designed to one day carry paying customers into space, had its maiden flight in the California desert Monday, company...

French chefs to the rescue of Polish cuisine - 2010-03-15

OLSZTYN, Damien Simonart- French chefs are cooking up a sophisticated new style of cuisine and service in Poland's Warmia-Mazurian lake district, a tourism magnet for sailing and watersports, all...

Flaming torches light up Britain's Hadrian's Wall - 2010-03-13

HEXHAM- Hadrian's Wall, a Roman-era fortification spanning the width of northern England, was lit up from end-to-end by volunteers carrying flaming torches Saturday. As night fell, 500 gas flames...

British polar explorer Hadow takes on Arctic Ocean trek - 2010-02-25

LONDON - British polar explorer Pen Hadow on Thursday unveiled his latest challenge, leading a team of scientists to investigate rising acid levels in the Arctic Ocean that threaten marine life....
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