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• 'Air Travel Latest Target In Climate Fight (CBS News)
Aviation contributes about 3% of global carbon emissions, but air travel is growing about 5% a year. Environmental activists say there's just one way to reduce the airline industry's negative impact on climate change: Convince people to fly less.
• 'Britons in Jamaica travel warning (BBC News)
The Foreign Office advises tourists not to travel to Jamaica as it lies in the path of Hurricane Dean.
• 'Travel fair to be held in Ipoh (The Star Online)
IPOH: The Malaysian Association of Tour and Travel Agents (Matta) Perak will hold its fourth travel fair at Stadium Indera Mulia from Sept 7 ? 9. Organising chairman Aminurrashid Abas said the fair would have over 70 booths and was expected to attract at least 30,000 people.
• 'Beckham braced for travel demands (CNN.com)
Football star David Beckham remains confident that the extensive travel required for his international duty will not negatively affect his performances for club or country.
• 'Hurricane spurs travel advisories for Canadians (Vancouver Province)
Storms across the Caribbean have resulted in warnings to Canadians planning to travel in the area. - Non-essential travel to the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico, including Cancun, Cozumel and Quintana Roo.
• 'Travelocity becomes first online travel services provider to be fined by US for Cuba trips (Naples Daily News)
In a first for an online travel company, Travelocity.com has been fined by federal regulators for booking trips between the United States and Cuba in violation of a 45-year-old U.S. embargo.
• 'Typhoon Sepat Hits Taiwan, Injures 5, Disrupts Travel (Update4) (Bloomberg.com)
Aug. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Typhoon Sepat, with winds gusting up to 162 kilometers (101 miles) per hour, drenched Taiwan today with heavy rainfall, injuring five people and disrupting air and rail travel as it passed across the island.
• 'Travel writer Rick Steves to speak for hemp (Everett Herald)
Edmonds-based travel expert Rick Steves wants to give Americans a little dose of European drug policy this weekend.
• '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.
• 'Typhoon Sepat Lashes Taiwan, Disrupts Air Travel (Update3) (Bloomberg.com)
Aug. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Typhoon Sepat, with winds gusting up to 173 kilometers (108 miles) per hour, drenched Taiwan today with heavy rainfall, disrupting air and rail travel as it passed across the island.

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