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• 'US travel agents revive health scares (Bangkok Post)
travellers are very savvy about picking up the latest travel hot deal, but not so tuned-in to the threat they might pick up a nasty bug that they hadn't factored into the travel budget. That's the view of the world's largest travel agency association known as ASTA.
• 'Frommer's Budget Travel launches Web site (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
NEW YORK -- Arthur Frommer's Budget travel magazine has launched a new Web site www.budgettravelonline.com with several new features to help plan your next vacation.
• 'Discovery returns safely, astronauts make space travel plea (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Discovery roared safely back to Earth on Tuesday after a tense first shuttle flight since the 2003 Columbia disaster and its crew pleaded for support for future space travel.
• 'Al Wasl Travel keep the good work going (Gulf News)
Defending champions Al Wasl Travel maintained their lead at the top of the table with a comfortable 95-84 win against Lecebisa/Mediacom/Digital Clues in the ongoing PBA Dubai 9th Basketball Conference at the Al Wasl Club last week.
• 'MWA: Vote on travel funds invalid (Macon Telegraph)
Macon Water Authority officials said they realized Wednesday that Tuesday's vote to increase the authority board's travel budget was not valid. The budget session was supposed to be a Finance Committee meeting, although other board members were present.
• '330-day alert: Book your 2006 July Fourth award travel now (USA Today)
Column: The best piece of advice for getting the award seat you want is to book early, specifically 330 days before your desired travel dates, when seats first become available.
• 'Civilised norms vs local travel agents and airlines (Mail and Guardian)
So, you have a little bit of money and you want to go someplace. You can either rely on the glossy handouts from your local travel agency, or you can do a little bit of online snooping in advance -- and create the mother of all trips for yourself.
• 'Immigration holds Indon with fake travel documents (INQ7.net)
Subscribe to Breaking News SMS Alerts on your mobile phone!Send ON EXTRA BREAKING to 2207 for Globe, or EXTRA BREAKING to 386 for Smart. IMMIGRATION agents nabbed an Indonesian national bound for the United States at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport for possessing spurious travel documents.
• 'BAA: Record travel despite attacks (CNN.com)
Air travel has boomed in Britain in recent years, thanks largely to the growth of budget carriers. LONDON, England (AP) -- British airports operator BAA said Wednesday that passenger numbers hit record levels last month, although the London bombings slowed the rate of growth.
• 'Four in 10 babies allowed to travel without a car seat (Telegraph.co.uk)
Four in 10 babies are allowed to travel in their grandparents' cars without a car seat, according to a survey on child safety.

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