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• 'Sudan promises to let sick Darfur rebel travel (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Sudan's president has promised to let Darfur rebel chief Suleiman Jamous travel abroad for medical treatment, U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon told journalists on Tuesday.
• 'GSA's Burke to Head FAS Travel, Transportation Office (The San Francisco Examiner)
WASHINGTON ( Map ) - The Federal Acquisition Service today named Timothy J. Burke as the first Director of its Office of travel and Transportation Services, a critically important Senior Executive Service position on FAS Commissioner James A. Williams' leadership team.
• 'Sudan promises to let sick Darfur rebel travel (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Sudan's president has promised to let sick Darfur rebel chief Suleiman Jamous travel abroad for medical treatment, U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon told journalists in Khartoum on Tuesday.
• 'Surprise as victorious rail union plunges capital into travel chaos (Financial Times)
That the famously militant RMT should have brought London to the brink of travel chaos this week raised few eyebrows.
• 'London Tube strike causes travel chaos (People's Daily)
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown called on Tube workers to end their 72-hour strike yesterday after millions of London commuters endured travel chaos. "This is a wholly unjustifiable strike," he said at his monthly news conference. "I ...
• 'Sudan: Ban Ki-Moon Welcomes Sudanese Move to Allow Ill Darfurian Leader to Travel (AllAfrica.com)
The Sudanese Government has allowed the United Nations to arrange for the travel of a key Darfurian elder and former rebel group figure to Kenya for medical treatment, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today after meeting with Sudan's President during his visit to the country.
• 'City board to revisit travel pay (Hope Star)
A proposed comprehensive travel and per diem policy for city employees and public officials will be back before the Hope City Board tonight. City directors will meet at 7 p.m in the city board room at Hope City Hall, and the meeting will be open to the public.
• 'Zimbabwe Special Olympics team to travel to China (People's Daily)
The Zimbabwe team look set to travel to the Special Olympics in China later this month without holding a final training camp because of lack of funds, The Herald reported on Tuesday. The team managed to hold a preparatory camp from Jun ...
• 'China, India airports struggle to meet air travel boom (AFP via Yahoo! Asia News)
HONG KONG (AFP) - China and India's air infrastructure is creaking under the soaring demand for air travel and huge investment is needed to satisfy the boom, officials said Tuesday.
• 'Travel bookings an SMS away (rediff.com)
travel portals are looking to encash the rising mobile user base for their value-added services.

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