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• 'Travel misery for Berliners as transport strike hits (EuroNews)
Millions of people are bracing themselves for severe travel disruption this weekend because of a transport strike in Berlin.
• 'Weather makes for tough travel (Capital News 9)
A wintry mix of weather continued to come through the Capital Region Friday evening, making travel tough for some commuters.
• 'Travel Troubleshooter: No hotel refund is due (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
QI'm trying to get a refund for a hotel booked through JetBlue Getaways and Worldwide Travel Exchange. Several months ago, we prepaid for a vacation in Puerto Rico through JetBlue's website. But our flight out of JFK was canceled just after the infamous ice storms.
• 'Travel photography: winning visions (Independent)
These are the best travel photographs of 2007, as chosen jointly by 'Wanderlust' magazine and 'The Independent'. Each category winner earns a photo assignment in South Australia
• 'Fuel costs hurt BA but business travel softens blow (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
British Airways warned on Friday that rising fuel costs would become increasingly hard to tackle, knocking its shares despite solid third-quarter results and robust business-class travel to and from the United States.
• 'Audit: Room for improvement in oversight of City Light travel spending (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
Seattle City Light employees spent more than $1.2 million last year in travel, most of it well documented and in keeping with city policy - but there's still room for improvement in oversight of travel spending, according to an audit.
• 'Travel brings surprises to Gazans (AP via Yahoo! News)
A little travel has gone a long way toward changing perceptions in Gaza.
• 'No. 3 Sea~Hawks travel to Cape Breton in a battle of Islanders (universitysport.ca)
SYDNEY, N.S. - The undefeated Memorial University Sea~Hawks, the top team in the AUS and the number three team in the country, will travel to Cape Breton this weekend to take on the Capers in a clash of the best teams in the AUS. Memorial is one of the four remaining teams in CIS sport (the others being Carleton's men's basketball and StFX and McGill's women's hockey) with a perfect record of ...
• 'Winter Storm Causes Travel Difficulties (WJAC 6 Johnstown)
A winter storm causes travel difficulties across the Alleghenies. Visit Our Weather Page Severe Weather Team Blog WJAC Weather Plus Get Your FREE Early Warning Neighborhood Forecast Digital Severe Weather Team Slideshow
• 'British Airways Net Gains as Premium Travel Outweighs Fuel Bill (Bloomberg.com)
Feb. 1 (Bloomberg) -- British Airways Plc, Europe's third- biggest carrier, boosted nine-month profit 22 percent and said business travel on long-haul routes is holding up even as demand for shorter flights declines and fuel costs increase.

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