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Greece More strikes disrupted life and travel across Greece when both air traffic controllers and truckers walked off the job, delaying hundreds of flights and creating gasoline shortages around the...
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Canada Tightened security for the G-20 Summit next weekend will make moving around downtown Toronto difficult. Street closures will be enforced in the core area around the Metro Convention Center...
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Brazil The U.S. Consulate in Sao Paulo rescinded its recommendation to avoid the beach neighborhoods of Praia Grande, Santos, Sao Vicente and Guaruja on the southern coast of Sao Paulo...
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Cuba Cuba has only two golf courses, 10 others having been eliminated in the 1959 revolution. But that is going to change. The tourism ministry announced a policy to allow...
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Brazil The U.S. Consulate in Sao Paulo advises that travelers avoid the beach neighborhoods of Praia Grande, Santos, Sao Vicente and Guaruja on the southern coast of Sao Paulo state,...
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China Authorities restored text messaging in Xinjiang province Jan. 17, more than six months after shutting it down during riots in the provincial capital of Urumqi. Restrictions remain, however: Text...
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Canada Americans heading to Vancouver for the Winter Olympics could get a nasty surprise at the border if they have been convicted of drunken driving in the last decade. Driving...
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Canada Canadian officials banned most carry-on luggage for flights to the U.S. in an effort to reduce backlogs at security checkpoints. Since the Christmas Day attempt to explode a smuggled...
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Western Europe Severe winter weather before Christmas disrupted travel throughout Western Europe, causing flight delays and cancellations in the U.K., Germany and Italy, and shutting down the Eurostar "Chunnel" train...
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Argentina The government has started a $131 entry fee collected from U.S. business travelers and tourists but only those entering the country at Buenos Aires' Ezeiza International Airport. The fee...