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39 min ago | seattletimes.nwsource.com | love2travel

Win-win: A volunteer vacation on a budget

Here are some tips on how to find a volunteer vacation on a budget — along with some sample trips.

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Sat Jul 11, 2009

www.thestarphoenix.com | love2travel

B.C.'s southern Gulf Islands are a sunny paradise

On a recent press tour, a group of travel writers got to savour the beauty and the bounty of four of these islands in the sun: Salt Spring, Pender, Saturna and Galiano.

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Fri Jul 10, 2009

www.msnbc.msn.com | boodaa

Canada s most visited tourist attractions

Seventy-nine miles north of Vancouver, Whistler is widely regarded as one of the world's best ski resorts.

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Related Topix: Alpine Skiing, Winter Sports

www.nzherald.co.nz | love2travel

Maui: Greeting the dawn on island of the rising sun

When the orange globe of the sun finally appeared above the glowing volcanic horizon on Haleakala and edged slowly upwards, it was easy to imagine it might indeed be held in place by a great rope.

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Related Topix: Hawaii Travel, Volcanic Eruption, Natural Disasters

Thu Jul 09, 2009

www2.canada.com | love2travel

Quebec's Mont St. Hilaire is a challenging climb, but with a breath-taking prize

There are four different summits on Mont St. Hilaire; the highest one, known today as Pain de Sucre, was well known to aboriginal peoples in Champlain's day as a strategic observation point as well as a long-standing spiritual location.

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Related Topix: Canada,

Wed Jul 08, 2009

beaches.uptake.com | boodaa

World's Most Unusual Colored Sand Beaches

Beaches not only come in all shapes, sizes, and textures, they come in a virtual rainbow of colors.

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Related Topix: Australia, World News, Siesta Key, FL, Crescent Beach, FL, Europe, Malta

www.guardian.co.uk | love2travel

Tanzania: 13 bodies, Airbus plane debris found

Tanzanian officials say 13 bodies and a plane seat have washed ashore on their beaches and investigators are trying to figure out if those are linked to the Yemenia Airways plane crash hundreds of miles away.

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Related Topix: Africa, Tanzania, World News, Tanzania Travel, Air Accidents

Tue Jul 07, 2009

www.setimes.com | love2travel

Discovering Albania's Drymades Beach

The clear water of the Ionian Sea and the surrounding white rocks make the southern Albanian beach a nice getaway.

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Related Topix: Europe, World News, Albania, Albania Travel, Life, Food, Seafood

Stuff

Art in Trafalgar Square

STANDING TALL: Rachel Wardell, the first participant for British sculptor Antony Gormley's work One & Other, stands on the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square.

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Related Topix: United Kingdom Travel, London, United Kingdom Travel

Mon Jul 06, 2009

Sky News

UK Embassy Staff Freed As Iran Warns The West

Iran has freed one of its last two detained British embassy workers - as Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned Western countries against interfering in Tehran's affairs.

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Related Topix: Iran, World News, Middle East, Iran Travel, Entertainment

Sun Jul 05, 2009

www.canada.com | love2travel

Canada: Calgary Stampede puts local spin on menus

The folks at the Calgary Stampede are taking it Slow this year. As in Slow Food.

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Related Topix: Life, Food, Slow Food, Canada Travel, Calgary, Canada Travel, Alberta, Canada Travel

Sat Jul 04, 2009

www.chicagotribune.com | love2travel

Europe overflows with spiritual sites

Here are some magical experiences in Europe that spiritual people would enjoy -- from conservative Catholics to Buddhists to tree-huggers to Methodists to curious European bus drivers who have never thought about this while on a tour before.

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Related Topix: University of Washington, Europe, Spain, World News

travel-industry.uptake.com | boodaa

United's Credit Card Announcement Sets Off Firestorm

United Airlines has found a sure-fire way to stir the pot this summer. Its announcement last week that the airline will no longer allow some travel agencies to use its merchant account to book United products after July 20 has heaped coals on officials' heads.

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hotels.uptake.com | boodaa

Best 4th of July Fireworks

It's that time of year again, when the sky explodes with Fourth of July fireworks, an exuberant visual celebration equaled only by New Year's Eve displays.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, 4th of July, New York, US National Parks, Washington Monument

Fox Philadelphia

British Embassy Employee in Iran Charged

The lawyer for a detained Iranian employee of the British embassy in Tehran says his client has been charged with "acting against national security." Lawyer Abdolsamad Khorramshi says his client is being held in Evin prison and will in all likelihood stand trial soon.

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Related Topix: Iran Travel

BBC

Russia agrees to let Afghanistan-bound US troops fly through its airspace, US official says

A senior Obama administration official has told the BBC that Russia has agreed to let US troops bound for the war in Afghanistan fly through its airspace.

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Related Topix: Russia Travel, Moscow, Russia Travel, Vladimir Putin

Salisbury Journal

Swine flu hits Romania trip pupils

Eight British schoolchildren have been taken to hospital in Romania with swine flu.

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Romania Travel, Romania, World News

Fri Jul 03, 2009

The State

Honduras rejects OAS appeal to restore president

The head of the Organization of American States says he has found no willingness in Honduras' interim government to restore ousted President Manuel Zelaya.

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Related Topix: Honduras, Honduras Travel, World News, Central America, Manuel Zelaya,

Hampshire Chronicle

Embassy staff in Iran 'to be tried'

Some of the British Embassy's Iranian staff held in Tehran will be put on trial, ruling clerics have said.

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Related Topix: Iran Travel

Thu Jul 02, 2009

www.news.com.au | love2travel

Australia: $39 fare signals Tiger's arrival

For 18 months it has been throwing a bevy of light jabs at its ominous opposition, punching well above its weight and attempting to niggle at its foes. But today, Tiger Airways will land its first big blow – launching flights, with very low fares, between Melbourne and Sydney, the world's third busiest travel route...

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