Category: newsletter
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Travellers Could Be At Risk of Deadly European Virus by the Tick Alert Association
Travellers and holidaymakers risk contracting a potentially life-threatening disease in Europe this year. The 'Tick Alert' campaign is warning UK travellers about Tick Borne Encephalitis (TBE), a viral disease contracted…
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World's Worst Dictators
The World’s Worst Dictators Name Country In Power Since 1. Omar al-Bashir Sudan 1989 2. Kim Jong II North Korea 1994 3. Than Shwe Myanmar 1992 4. Hu Jintao China…
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Mac's Travel Reminiscences
Mac has not been very well, but is still e-mailing strong. In this edition of the Globetrotter e-newsletter, Mac talks about a Japanese tea ceremony he attended whilst based in…
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Being Careful: Zimbabwe
The British Foreign and Commonwealth Office do not advise against all travel to Zimbabwe, but they do advise against backpacking. But this is what they have to say: there has…
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New Travel Magazine – Apply for a Free Copy
Real Travel magazine is offering all world travellers the chance to become a travel writer. Real Travel is a new magazine aimed at independent world travellers, combining honest reports for…
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Be on TV in the US
Tiger Aspect, one of the UK's leading TV production companies are producing a program for the Discovery Network that reveals the reality behind America's lips. We are looking for people…
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Say Cheese
Last year, a Quebec cheese company lost its sunken cheese. La Fromagerie Boivin thought it would make its cheese taste better if it was submerged in water, so it dropped…
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Zimbabwe Life Expectancy
A new UN report details that life in Zimbabwe is shorter than anywhere else in the world, with the average person not expected to live to 40. Zimbabwe's women have…
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Whale Meat for Dogs
A UK conservation group recently said that whale meat caught under Japan's “research” programme is so abundant it is being sold as pet food. The Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society…
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Bio-Beetle Eco Car Rental
There's a new car rental company started called the bio-beetle, the worlds first truly ECO rental car company in the world who power all their cars on vegetable oil biodiesel.…