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• 'Brotherhood member barred from foreign travel (Gulf News)
It was the third time in four months that Al Erian, who heads the Brotherhood's political department, has tried and failed to get through Cairo airport and travel abroad.
• 'Mozambique: Armed Thieves Rob Bank, Shop, And Travel Agency (AllAfrica.com)
A gang of armed thieves attacked and robbed a branch of Banco Austral in Malhangalene, an inner Maputo suburb, a shop of household appliances, and the offices of the South African Airways travel agency on Thursday.
• 'Store info on the fly with the Portable Travel Profile USB drive (Los Angeles Times)
Instead of that sheaf of papers slopping around in your carry-on bag, you can create order by entering pertinent information on the Portable Travel Profile, a USB drive that's smaller and flatter than a Bic disposable lighter. When plugged into your PC, it gives you password-protected access to forms on which you can enter medical (prescriptions, a scan of your EKG), personal (home address, ...
• 'Typhoon Sepat Lashes Taiwan, Disrupts Air Travel (Update2) (Bloomberg.com)
Aug. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Typhoon Sepat, with winds gusting up to 191 kilometers (119 miles) per hour, drenched eastern Taiwan today with heavy rainfall, disrupting air and rail travel.
• 'Sector Snap: Online Travel Mostly Rises (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Online travel stocks mostly rose Friday along with broader market trends, with Orbitz Worldwide Inc. also helped by an analyst upgrading the stock to "Buy."
• 'Volcano threat to air travel (The Scotsman)
ONE of the most active volcanoes in the Aleutian arc of islands south-west of Alaska might be working towards a massive eruption that could affect air travel, scientists said. Satellite images of Pavlof Volcano showed strong thermal readings, consistent...
• 'Travel information phone service begins (Henry Daily Herald)
After three digits are dialed, before the phone even rings, a friendly, male computer voice answers and says, ?Welcome to the Georgia Navigator 511 travel information system.?
• 'Travel company closes, owing dozens of customers (Salisbury Post)
A Mooresville travel company has closed even as Mooresville police and the N.C. Attorney General's office investigated dozens of complaints from the company's customers.
• 'Romance returns to air travel with seaplane service to the Highlands (Times Online)
The only seaplane service to a European city centre will officially begin on Monday, with regular flights between Glasgow and the Highlands, harking back to a romantic era of air travel and opening up some of Britain?s most remote destinations (David Lister writes).
• 'State investigating Mooresville travel agent 6:25 PM (WCNC Charlotte)
MOORESVILLE, N.C. -- The state Attorney General's office has formally joined the investigation into a Mooresville travel agency. Customers say the owner took their money then canceled trips, but never offered refunds.

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