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Archive for June, 2009

Rock and Pop entrepreneurs did not invent the music festival. Jazz festivals have been around a lot longer. And in the UK they’re a lot less muddy than some…

Travellers face chaos at airports this summer if the government presses ahead with electronic borders, MPs are told.

A Yemeni plane which crashed in the Indian Ocean was banned from France since 2007 over “irregularities”, a minister says.

Bangkok, Thailand [Photo by Stuck in Customs/Flickr]

·Thailand offering drastic travel discounts and tourism numbers fall short [AP]
·Concrete jungle escapes that won’t break the bank [CNN]
·Summer airfares that are particularly inexpensive [USAToday]
·And, why now is the best time to book for summer airfares [MSNBC]
·Airlines that you should be avoiding [TDB]

Yesterday, as players got ready for the fourth round on Wimbledon’s Centre Court, a few raindrops were felt and heavy storm clouds hovered nearby. And, when Andy Murrary, Britain’s latest…

Fez, Morocco [Photo by P.J.P./Flickr]

·UESCO adds sites, drops one from World Heritage List [Gadling]
·The best summer activities taking place around the states [MSNBC]
·Size of carry-on bags soon to be regulated by the TSA [NYT]
·Morocco’s streets as anecdotal image to Iranian violence [Slate]
·It’s time for New York restaurant week yet again [CNT]
·2 small UK train companies popular for selling cheap ticks on board [Times]

Complete with new gray hairs and two bodyguards, a wax version of President Barack Obama took a trip Monday to the Eiffel Tower.