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• 'Rice to travel to Russia, Middle East (AFP via Yahoo! News)
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will travel to the Middle East via Russia next week as part of a shuttle diplomacy trip ahead of a US-sponsored peace summit, the State Department said Wednesday.
• 'Travel,TV feed religious tensions: U.N. chief (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
World travel and live satellite television have fed cultural and religious tensions and alienation among nations, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told a U.N. conference on Thursday.
• 'US travel writers call at island (BBC News)
Members of the Society of American Travel Writers are paying a visit to the Isle of Man.
• 'Travel, TV feed religious tensions (TVNZ)
World travel and live satellite television have fed cultural and religious tensions and alienation among nations, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told a UN conference.
• 'BBC buys Lonely Planet travel group (The West Australian)
The commercial arm of the British Broadcasting Corporation has acquired Lonely Planet, the travel information group founded in Australia in 1972, for an undisclosed sum.
• 'Social Security chooses e-travel system (Federal Times)
The Social Security Administration has signed a contract with CW Government Travel to provide online travel booking and reimbursement services, the company?s chief operating officer said Thursday.
• 'Travel.com to consider offers (Adelaide Now)
TAKEOVER target travel.com.au says it is considering new proposals from Webjet and Wotif.com, and will provide guidance once the offers have been assessed.
• 'Travel Accessories for the iPod and iPhone (Washington Post)
An Apple iPod or iPhone is an essential travel accessory in its own right. Not only can you listen to music and watch videos, but you can also store your business contacts on either device or use your iPod to back up files.
• 'Travel.com.au Releases Response to Proposed Offers (TVL.AX, 00766923, 20071005) (Aspect Huntley via Yahoo!7 Finance)
Travel.com.au advised that in relation to an announcement from Wotif.com Holdings (Wotif) of its revised proposed offer for all of the shares in TVL, the TVL Board are considering the proposals from Wotif and Webjet and will provide guidance to TVL shareholders as soon as they have completed their assessment of the proposed offers. In the meantime, directors urge shareholders to take no action.
• 'International travel preview at the Los Angeles Zoo (Los Angeles Times)
The Greater Los Angeles Zoo Assn. will preview its upcoming travel programs, including a safari to Kenya, a trek through India, a trip to the Galápagos and visits to other destinations.

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