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• 'Bomb scare triggered by travel bag outside British embassy (The Nation)
A foreigner triggered a bomb scare outside the British embassy late Tuesday night by leaving a travel bag at its fence and running away. A security officer of Central Chidlom Department Store alerted police after the man left the bag at the fence at 11:30 pm.
• 'Pentagon awards contracts for travel services (Federal Times)
The Defense Department has chosen eight travel agencies to provide travel services to military branches and other Defense components through an umbrella contract worth up to $450 million.
• 'BBC Worldwide buys 75% of travel publisher Lonely Planet (Los Angeles Times)
Yesterday, the British Broadcasting Corp. bought a controlling stake in travel guidebook company Lonely Planet, gaining a catalog of 500 travel guides from Antarctica to Zimbabwe to boost holiday coverage on television and the Web and to expand outside Britain.
• 'Federal Workers Abusing Air Travel, Report Says (New York Times)
An alleged abuse of business-class travel has cost taxpayers an estimated extra $146 million annually.
• 'Federal Workers Abusing Air Travel, Report Says (New York Times)
Improper use of business-class travel by federal employees is widespread, congressional investigators have found.
• 'E.U. gets OK to begin air travel deregulation talks with Canada (Canadian Business)
Romina Maurino, The Canadian Press October 2, 2007 - 6:22 p.m. TORONTO - The European Union has received a mandate allowing it to go ahead with negotiations with Canada on an "open skies" agreement that would lift restrictions on transatlantic travel and increase airlines' freedom to compete.
• 'GAO: Millions wasted on federal travel (AP via Yahoo! News)
Federal employees wasted at least $146 million over a one-year period in business- or first-class airline tickets bought in violation of travel policies, congressional investigators say.
• 'Travel operator: Have sustainable eco-tourism (The Star Online)
KUALA LUMPUR: Limiting the number of people at environmentally sensitive resorts will be a good way to protect the nation's eco-tourism assets, a leading eco-travel operator said.
• 'Ban on private cars of expats for Haj travel (Khaleej Times)
ABU DHABI ? Expatriate residents in the UAE will not be allowed to travel in their own cars to Saudi Arabia for Haj or Umrah under an agreement signed between the UAE and Saudi Arabia, a senior official at the General Authority for Islamic Affairs and Awqaf (GAIAA) said yesterday.
• 'Climate change will alter world travel patterns (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Global warming will produce stay-at-home tourists over the next few decades, radically altering travel patterns and threatening jobs and businesses in tourism-dependent countries, according to a stark assessment by U.N experts.

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