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• 'US bird flu team to travel to Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia (AFP via Yahoo! News)
A US team of experts, currently investigating the deadly bird flu outbreak in Turkey, will also travel to neighboring Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia, a US embassy spokesman said.
• 'Top travel jobs: The world is her oyster with Dom Perignon (USA Today)
But as a travel director for the deluxe tour operator INTRAV, Nancy Jane Earnhardt gets paid to go along on 22-day global blitzes via private jet. And she packs enough goodies, not to mention personal travel savvy, to make the passengers happy that she's along for the ride.
• 'Five jobs in the travel biz: Been there, reported that (USA Today)
As the rather grandly titled Global Travel Editor of Lonely Planet, Don George writes and edits books for the guidebook publisher, oversees a monthly newspaper column and fields traveler questions in a weekly online column, "What Would Don George Do?"
• 'The Travel Troubleshooter (Miami Herald)
Q: My American Airlines flight to Cozumel later this month has been canceled because of damage from Hurricane Wilma. When I called the company, the agent said I would be able to obtain a travel voucher, but not a refund.
• ' NEPAL: FOREIGN OFFICE AMENDS TRAVEL ADVICE (Government News Network)
The Foreign Office today revised its travel advice for Nepal. We are now advising against all but essential travel to Nepal during the period leading up to the municipal elections on 8 February.
• 'Project to make road travel easy in Kerala (Khaleej Times)
TRIVANDRUM ? One hundred and fourteen entrepreneurs have joined a unique entrepreneurship-linked project conceived by Kerala tourism department to make road travel hassle free for tourists visiting the state.
• 'US warns citizens of Nigeria travel risks (AFP via Yahoo! News)
The State Department warned US citizens of the risks of travel to Nigeria following kidnappings of foreign oil workers who include one American.
• 'Travel jobs don't get much better than these (USA Today)
Ask someone what he or she'd do if they won the lottery and chances are the T-word will come up. For many, travel is the dream realized, the ultimate reward for a job well done. But there are workers out there who don't need to hit the jackpot to take off.
• ' NIGERIA: FOREIGN OFFICE AMENDS TRAVEL ADVICE (Government News Network)
The Foreign Office today revised its travel advice for Nigeria. We are now advising against all travel to the Bakassi Peninsula and to the riverine areas of Bayelsa, Delta and River States following recent attacks against oil facilities and the risk that security could deteriorate further.
• 'Heavy Snow Forecast May Cause Travel Delays at Snoqualmie Pass (Washington State Department of Transportation)
January 19 - Heavy snowfall forecast for tonight through mid-morning tomorrow at the I-90 Snoqualmie Pass may cause travel delays both eastbound and westbound over the pass.

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