Travel challenge: a classical tour
Every week we invite competing companies to give us their best deal for a specific holiday. Today: a cultural tour in the Islamic world in October. Prices are per person based on two people travelling together.
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Tour operators from China other countries attend Manila meeting
Despite the heavy drubbing that the Philippines got after the bloody Manila hostage-drama last week, representatives of nearly 100 travel agencies and tour operators from around the world still attended a major tourism convention in Manila on Friday to do business in the country.
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Indian filmmaker to stay in jail in US;
Indian documentary filmmaker Vijay Kumar, arrested in Houston for allegedly carrying "jihadist" literature and brass knuckles in his checked baggage, will remain behind bars without bail but can leave "voluntarily" if his case is resolved within 120 days.
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Issue the travel advisory,
In reply to PM: No travel advisory for Indonesia at this stage : Issue the travel advisory, and require indonesians to have a visa before arrival. reduce or ban the indonesian serials and music played on our tv and radio stations.
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Indian filmmaker to stay in jail in US
By Arun Kumar, Washington, Sep 3 : Indian documentary filmmaker Vijay Kumar, arrested in Houston for allegedly carrying "jihadist" literature and brass knuckles in his checked baggage, will remain behind bars without bail but can leave "voluntarily" if his case is resolved within 120 days.
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School board members shun plastic
Until it was taken away by board vote recently, Fort Frye Board of Education President David White was the only school board member in Washington County to have his own district credit car.
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Alaska Aces: We're going to Disneyland
source: Bill Velasco | philstar.com The PBA Fiesta Conference champion Alaska Aces are going to Disneyland. The whirlwind trip, a reward for the grueling conference title, is set for the end of next week, although some of the players have already left the country. Coach Tim Cone departed Thursday, with a plan to visit ailing former Los Angeles Lakers and Chicago Bulls assistant coach Tex Winter ...
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STATES
OTHER STATES: Travellers' delight, Delhi T3 duty-free shops' joy CHOCOLATE SALES. Here are some statistics that will have marketers drooling. Delhi's Duty Free Shops at the new T3 terminal have sold a whopping 244 containers of chocolates and confectionery since they started operations a month ago.
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INDUSTRY & ECONOMY
TAXATION: Tax Code to treat FIIs' profit on sale of shares as capital gains Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) can breathe easy with the Direct Taxes Code (DTC) Bill, 2010 proposing that their income be taxed as capital gains rather than business income.
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IS CIR BACKWARDS?
Who do we want to come to the United States? The public will want to know. Any reform will have to deal with this question and answer it. CIR doesn't answer the question.
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To Russia, Mongolia, Tibet and back again
Editor's note: Polly Crawford was a reporter and associate editor of The Peninsula Clarion from 1985-1988, when she wrote "Perils of Polly." She also wrote a series of "Peril" columns in 1998 about her Australian adventures.
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'We welcome the brightest and best'
‘I want to tackle head-on the perception that the UK’s new immigration policy is about closing the door on Indian business, students and visitors,’ writes immigration minister.
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One eye on China, India opens up to Japan, Korea
But even as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh plans to visit Tokyo for his annual summit from October 25-27 -- as part of a journey to Hanoi and Kuala Lumpur -- and hopes to sign a landmark civil nuclear pact with his counterpart, Naoto Kan, Japanese resentment against India's nuclear ambitions continues to simmer.
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