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Egypt reopens one of the pyramids to tourists

Posted in Africa, economy, history, news, politics, tagged , , , , , on October 14, 2012| Leave a Comment »

The Pyramid of Chefren (Khafre) has been reopened, as Egypt tries to revive its tourism industry, badly hit by last year’s uprising. (more…)

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US issues travel alert

Posted in Americas, Asia, Europe, France, news, politics, tagged , , , on October 3, 2010| Leave a Comment »

In light of intelligence pointing to possible attacks by al-Qaeda in Europe (map, from bbcimg.co.uk), the US government has warned its citizens in an official travel advisory to be vigilant when travelling there.

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Antarctic tourism to be limited

Posted in environment, news, politics, world, tagged , , on April 18, 2009| Leave a Comment »

US proposals have been adopted by parties to the Antartic Treaty in order to limit tourism in the region, in an attempt to protect the fragile ecosystem of the continent.(photo, from bbc.co.uk) (more…)

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Olympic tourists stabbed by Chinese man

Posted in Americas, Asia, health, news, politics, sport, tagged , , , , , , on August 9, 2008| 1 Comment »

Two US tourists and a Chinese tour guide have been attacked by a Chinese man, who killed one of the Americans, before killing himself by jumping to his death from the second storey of the Drum Tower (photo), which is a popular tourist spot. (more…)

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China-Taiwan direct flights started

Posted in Asia, economy, history, news, politics, tagged , , , on July 4, 2008| Leave a Comment »

The first regular, direct flight from China to Taiwan has landed at Taipei’s airport.

Wang Yi, China’s top official said it signalled “a new start” in exchanges, as it’s been nearly 60 years since a plane came from China to Taiwan. (more…)

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