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• 'Akron Travel Agent Arrested For Not Booking Trip (Cleveland - NewsNet5 via Yahoo! News)
An Akron travel agent was arrested Friday, NewsChannel5 reported.
• 'Pakistan unhappy with US travel advisory (New Kerala)
Rawalpindi: Pakistan Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmad Sunday expressed unhappiness over the travel advisory issued by the US, warning its citizens against visiting Pakistan.
• 'Politicians' travel may be legal, but is it ethical? (Oakland Press)
While U.S. Rep. Joe Knollenberg has drawn criticism for a privatelyfunded trip to Hawaii amid a simmering ethics controversy, his travel habits are hardly unique among Washington lawmakers representing Oakland County districts.
• 'We're launching a new Travel section ? and looking for your photos (Louisville Courier-Journal)
The Courier-Journal will launch a new Travel section on Feb. 12, and we want you to be part of it. Readers' travel pictures will be featured weekly.
• '$50 travel card offered as passport alternative (The Columbus Dispatch)
Just when travel agents thought they had persuaded customers to get their passports this year, another option comes along.
• 'Cuba travel curtailed further (Miami Herald)
The U.S. Treasury Department this week began a crackdown on illegal travel to Cuba, suspending the license of one of South Florida's largest Cuba travel agencies -- La Estrella de Cuba.
• 'CONSUMER TRAVEL: Are consumers buying the meta-search buzz? (The Charlotte Observer)
Will meta-search engines become the next big thing in booking travel over the Internet? Or are they becoming a big bust?
• 'Arizona seeks more gay travel business (Sun-Sentinel)
The cities, vying for a slice of an estimated $65 billion gay travel market, are marketing the area as a cosmopolitan, tolerant place to vacation.
• 'Family expands knowledge through travel (Anchorage Daily News)
IN AUGUST 2004, the Gisler family -- Tam and Hans, their children Genevieve, Luke and Gabriella, then age 14, 12 and 7, and their 90-pound Bouvier dog -- left Anchorage in a 29-foot motor home to travel across North America for nearly a year to broaden their knowledge of the United States and its neighbors and to maximize family time. Cousins from Minnesota -- Mike, Janeen and Skye McAllister --
• 'Travel Q & A (San Jose Mercury News)
Q Can you recommend an agency that specializes in travel to Africa? I'm looking for a specialized trip to Namibia, Cape Town and Kruger National Park in South Africa.

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