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• 'Israeli military allows 75 people from Gaza to travel abroad - Summary (EARTHtimes.org)
Tel Aviv - The Israeli military allowed 75 people from the Gaza Strip to leave the enclave Sunday and travel abroad, a spokesman for the ministry of defence said. This was a pilot, Shlomo Dror said, adding if the exercise is deemed a success, more ...
• 'Reliance Retail gets into money, finance, travel (Hindustan Times)
Reliance retail has started off a division called money, finance and travel that will deal with financing for retail customers, loyalty programmes and in-house travel.
• 'Trial stalls as travel card is shunned (Sydney Morning Herald)
A $20 million, three-year trial by school students of the long-awaited travel smartcard has turned into a farce, with large numbers of drivers, bus operators and students rejecting the technology.
• 'AAA Expects Labor Day auto travel to decline (KMTR Eugene)
Despite falling fuel prices, AAA expects overall Labor Day holiday travel to increase by less than one percent from last year.
• 'TRAVEL WITH THE TEAMS (The Plain Dealer)
It's the ultimate pigskin pickup: Following the Ohio State Buckeyes or the Cleveland Browns as they crisscross the country this football season. The Travel section today continues its occasional series on sports-related trips, with insider information for Northeast Ohio football fans.
• 'AAA Expects Labor Day auto travel to decline (KGW Portland)
UNDATED, Ore. (AP) -- Despite falling fuel prices, Triple-A expects overall Labor Day holiday travel to increase by less than one percent from last year.
• 'Awareness of travel health risks is essential (Orange County Register)
A key precaution is basic hygiene, a risk-management expert says. We travel in an era of the perfect storm. Or so says the chief operating officer of travel risk-management firm iJet Intelligent Risk Systems.
• ''Tis a wise planner who never forgets a travel agent's worth (Boston Globe)
I always respect the wisdom of people who agree with me. Magellan's, a purveyor of travel goods at magellans.com, recently issued a concise summary of why many people still need travel agents, independently wrapping together points similar to ones I have made. Here are some:
• 'China offers travel advice: don't shout, don't fight (McClatchy Newspapers via Yahoo! News)
BEIJING? Chinese travelers headed overseas now receive a brochure of behavior tips upon departure. Among them: Don't talk loudly. Blend into crowds. Avoid spats.
• 'Bozeman native leads German travel company (Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
When she left for Germany in the 1980s, Christine Dundas-Harper planned to spend just a year abroad, improving her German for the benefit of her family's Helena travel agency.

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