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• 'Backlash against travel to Mexico grows in wake of controversial murder probe (Canadian Press via Yahoo! News)
TORONTO (CP) - Newspaper editorials slammed Mexican authorities and urged Canadian travellers to consider avoiding the country Tuesday amid a bizarre murder probe on the Yucatan Peninsula that's prompting allegations of coverup and shoddy police work.
• 'Journalists, Travel Agents Tour Northern Thailand (BruDirect.com)
Bandar Seri Begawan ? Local journalists, Mr Voon Siaw Chiang of Chinese newspaper United Daily and Azrol Azmi of the Bulletin, as well as travel agents, Wendy Lu of Southern Cross and Yann Ai Lo of Mas Sugara, have left for a five-day tour of Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai to experience the culture in - the northern part of Thailand.
• 'Members of Krewe of Zulu travel down St. Charles Avenue while celebrating Mardi Gras in New Orleans (AlertNet)
Members of the Krewe of Zulu travel down St. Charles Avenue while celebrating Mardi Gras in New Orleans February 28, 2006. Thousands celebrated the last day of the carnival season on Tuesday.
• ''Strings attached' to free travel (BBC News)
There is concern that free bus travel for pensioners in County Durham comes with strings attached.
• 'Britain pushes for travel ban on leaders to curb killing in Darfur (Independent)
Britain is pushing for a UN travel ban and assets freeze to be applied to named Sudanese government, militia and rebel leaders in the next two weeks in the hope of curbing the killings in Darfur, diplomats said.
• 'Trojans Travel Up North To Face Stanford And California In Final Regular Season Games (USCTrojans.com)
The USC men's basketball team (17-10, 8-8) will travel to Northern California to face Stanford on March 2 at 7 p.m. and California on March 4 at 5 p.m. to close out the regular season.
• 'Travel Agent Charged With Bilking Clients (WCVB TheBostonChannel.com via Yahoo! News)
A travel agent faced charges in Malden District Court on Tuesday after she allegedly charged clients for trips that she never booked.
• 'Travel payments halted (Lisbon Morning Journal)
EAST LIVERPOOL - The city school district no longer will be paying for travel expenses from the general fund at the direction of the district's financial planning and supervision commission.
• 'Huge take up for free travel pass (BBC News)
More people sign up for free travel across the West Midlands.
• 'US says post-Sept. 11 air travel recovery complete (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
The U.S. government released an optimistic forecast on Tuesday for commercial air-travel growth, prompting the nation's transportation chief to formally mark the end of the slide triggered by the 2001 attacks.

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