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• 'Holiday Travel Figures (WTOK-TV Meridian)
When it comes to holiday travel figures for East Mississippi, state officials say so far...so good! "In fact, we had 9 DUI arrests," says Captain Billy Mayes with the Mississippi Highway Patrol Troop H. "We had a grand total of 326 citations issued.
• 'Three Rivers Travel Team hosts Valley City Monday (Wahpeton News)
It was a very merry Christmas, indeed. The Three Rivers travel Team hosted Valley City Monday at Terrace Lanes in Wahpeton and the home squad took both Class A and Class B individual titles.
• 'Immigrant 'home trotting' big travel trend (The Tucson Citizen)
Marylander Roxana Polio, 24, visited her grandparents in El Salvador last month as if it involved nothing more than a drive to a neighboring state. "We travel at least twice a year to El Salvador, and it's a tradition for our family to go during the Thanksgiving holiday," Polio says.
• 'Century Travel Marks 25th Anniversary With Free Tickets (BruDirect.com)
Bandar Seri Begawan ? Return tickets to numerous destinations are up for grabs in the weekly lucky draw to mark the 25"i anniversary of Century Travel Centre's existence.
• 'CONSUMER TRAVEL: Stronger dollar, cheaper Europe (The Charlotte Observer)
Favorable exchange rates and huge increases in the number of trans-Atlantic flights are fueling hope that travel to Europe in 2006 will cost less than this year.
• 'State says new tundra travel guidelines are working (KTVA)
According to the Associated Press, state officials says new guidelines governing winter travel over North Slope tundra are working. Heavy oil exploration equipment was allowed onto sensitive North Slope tundra earlier than usual this year under the guidelines.
• 'Domestic travel up 20% at Christmas (INQ7money.net)
THANKS TO CHEAPER PLANE fares and increased domestic flights, domestic air travel rose by 20 percent this holiday season, judging from the average passenger volume passing through the domestic airport in Manila.
• 'Hamas urges PA authorities to allow freedom fighters to travel for Haj (Islamic Republic News Agency)
Palestine - Hamas - Haj The Islamic Resistance Group, Hamas, has urged the Palestinian Authority (PA) to refuse to budge to Israeli pressure over allowing a number of resistance activists to travel to Mecca for the annual Haj pilgrimage.
• 'Travel condition deteriorate due to weather (KAALtv.com)
(KAAL) -- This fog throughout Minnesota and Iowa could be creating some holiday travel problems--on the roads and in the air. At noon on Monday, flights in and out of the Rochester International Airport were delayed or cancelled by fog and low clouds.
• 'Unlimited bus, rail travel during New Year (New Straits Times)
A single ticket will grant commuters here unlimited travel on four public transportation services this New Year?s eve.

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