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Worldwide Travel Safety Issues - July 2006 ARCHIVES
Striking teachers who have disrupted travel throughout Oaxaca state since May 22 have driven away some three-quarters of the area’s tourists. ...
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Belize
Repairs could take weeks, but other areas of the country escaped significant damage, including Belize City. Twenty-one deaths from the hurricane occurred ...
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Vietnam: Backpacker Street Now a Tourist Attraction - Southeast Asia
The Pham Ngu Lao backpacker street in district one of Ho Chi Minh City has long been a haven for young travelers, and now city officials are going to deem.
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Tanzania: Tourists Shot by Bandits - Africa
Two American tourists and their guide were shot by bandits at Tengeru in the Arusha region March 20, an area that saw a similar incident on February 20 when ...
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South America - Guyana, Uruguay, Paraguay, Suriname, Venezuela ...
Bolivia: Dengue Fever Cases Prompt Health Emergency in Four Provinces ... in Guayaquil warned travelers of a recent armed robbery at sea and urged citizens sailing off Ecuador’s coast to travel in convoys, .... The Offside Soccer Blog ...
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Australia: Drought Threatens Major Cities - Disasters
May 23, 2007 ... Lingering drought has officials on the verge of imposing water restrictions in several places, including Canberra, Melbourne and many towns ...
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Germany: Train Strike to Begin Oct. 5 - Europe
National rail engineers called for an indefinite strike to begin Oct. 5 in a months-long wage dispute after talks with government representatives broke down ...
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France: Rail Strike Planned for Nov. 13 - Europe
The biggest rail strike in 12 years occurred Oct. 17 and will be followed by another strike Nov. 13 involving six of the eight unions that walked out in ...
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France: French Railway to Buy 200 Taxi Licenses - Europe
French railway company SNCF will try to resolve the dearth of taxis to meet incoming trains in Paris by buying 200 taxi licenses at full value from retiring ...
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Kenya
Date: December 6th, 2007 | 1 comment. More than 14 million of Kenya’s 35 million citizens are registered to vote in the Dec. 27 election for a new president ...