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Forum: Europe May 8th, 2008, 02:26 PM Posted to rec.travel.air,rec.travel.europe
Replies: 0
Views: 545
Posted By Mike[_10_]
Value-Added Taxes: Lessons Learned from Other Countries on ComplianceRisks, Administrative Costs, Compliance Burden, and Transition.

Value-Added Taxes: Lessons Learned from Other Countries on Compliance
Risks, Administrative Costs, Compliance Burden, and Transition.
GAO-08-566. http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08566.pdf
Forum: Air travel May 8th, 2008, 02:26 PM Posted to rec.travel.air,rec.travel.europe
Replies: 0
Views: 771
Posted By Mike[_10_]
Value-Added Taxes: Lessons Learned from Other Countries on ComplianceRisks, Administrative Costs, Compliance Burden, and Transition.

Value-Added Taxes: Lessons Learned from Other Countries on Compliance
Risks, Administrative Costs, Compliance Burden, and Transition.
GAO-08-566. http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08566.pdf
Forum: Air travel May 4th, 2008, 05:24 PM Posted to rec.travel.air
Replies: 0
Views: 574
Posted By Mike[_10_]
"Air marshals grounded in list mix-ups"

www.washtimes.com
news.google.com

Air marshals grounded in list mix-ups

April 30, 2008

False identifications based on a terrorist no-fly list have for years
prevented some federal air marshals...
Forum: Africa May 4th, 2008, 05:21 PM Posted to rec.travel.africa
Replies: 0
Views: 1,373
Posted By Mike[_10_]
"Somali piracy lawless, lucrative"

Somali piracy lawless, lucrative

May 1, 2008

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) The spoils of a career as a pirate off Somalia's
coast were simply too good for Abdi Muse to pass up. He bought two
Land Cruisers...
Forum: Air travel April 30th, 2008, 02:47 PM Posted to rec.travel.air
Replies: 1
Views: 537
Posted By Mike[_10_]
Inside the papal plane

http://ncrcafe.org/node/1077

Background on Brazil: Inside the papal plane
By John L Allen Jr Daily
Created May 8 2007 - 14:33
By JOHN L. ALLEN JR.
Rome

During Pope Benedict XVI’s May 9-13 trip to...
Forum: Air travel April 15th, 2008, 05:51 PM Posted to rec.travel.air
Replies: 0
Views: 351
Posted By Mike[_10_]
"U.S.-made chips in passports sought"

news.google.com

U.S.-made chips in passports sought

April 12, 2008

By Bill Gertz - A group of House Republicans have introduced
legislation that would require the State Department to use...
Forum: Air travel March 26th, 2008, 04:04 PM Posted to rec.travel.air
Replies: 0
Views: 497
Posted By Mike[_10_]
"Outsourced passports netting govt. profits, risking nationalsecurity"

http://www.washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080326/NATION/840186493/1002

Outsourced passports netting govt. profits, risking national security

March 26, 2008

By Bill Gertz - This...
Forum: Cruises March 26th, 2008, 03:24 PM Posted to rec.travel.cruises
Replies: 10
Views: 791
Posted By Mike[_10_]
Deaf cruise

Let's see, the deaf person will watch closed-captioned TV with the
sound off (this is something most hearing wives will love); use the
telephone relay service system (paid for your phone bill) with...
Forum: Cruises March 24th, 2008, 08:02 PM Posted to rec.travel.cruises
Replies: 10
Views: 791
Posted By Mike[_10_]
Deaf cruise

Deaf Cruise

http://www.passagesdeaftravel.com/
all-deaf passengers
Deaf Freedom Cruise 2009 - Mexico (2007 videos is at www.deafnation.com)
Alaska 2008
Hawaii 3008

http://www.deafcruise.com/
(some...
Forum: Air travel January 16th, 2008, 02:53 PM Posted to rec.travel.europe, rec.travel.air
Replies: 1
Views: 367
Posted By Mike[_10_]
State anticipates passport rush

news.google.com

State anticipates passport rush

January 15, 2008

By Nicholas Kralev - The State Department is creating a "ready
reserve" of officers to process an expected increase in...
Forum: Europe January 16th, 2008, 02:53 PM Posted to rec.travel.europe, rec.travel.air
Replies: 1
Views: 218
Posted By Mike[_10_]
State anticipates passport rush

news.google.com

State anticipates passport rush

January 15, 2008

By Nicholas Kralev - The State Department is creating a "ready
reserve" of officers to process an expected increase in...
Forum: Air travel January 14th, 2008, 02:18 PM Posted to rec.travel.air
Replies: 0
Views: 468
Posted By Mike[_10_]
Information Breach at TSA--the Traveler Redress Website - url

Information Breach at TSA--the Traveler Redress Website
the House of Representatives Committee on Government Oversight and
Reform, http://oversight.house.gov/documents/20080111092648.pdf
Forum: Europe August 6th, 2007, 03:18 AM Posted to rec.travel.europe
Replies: 2
Views: 718
Posted By Mike[_10_]
Visiting Syria

news.google.com

The kindness of Syrians

August 4, 2007


By Phyllis Meras - DAMASCUS, Syria -- Friends said I must not visit
Syria. What was I thinking? It was much too dangerous. The...
Forum: Air travel May 31st, 2007, 03:20 AM Posted to rec.travel.air
Replies: 12
Views: 484
Posted By Mike[_10_]
"Report confirms terror dry run"

Report confirms terror dry run
By Audrey Hudson
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Published May 30, 2007


A newly released inspector general report backs eyewitness
accounts of suspicious behavior by 13...
Forum: Europe April 28th, 2007, 01:11 PM Posted to rec.travel.europe,rec.travel.air
Replies: 16
Views: 356
Posted By Mike[_10_]
Losing Something in Translation...

Losing Something in Translation...

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In a Bucharest hotel lobby:

The lift is being fixed for the day. During that time we...
Forum: Air travel April 28th, 2007, 01:11 PM Posted to rec.travel.europe,rec.travel.air
Replies: 15
Views: 668
Posted By Mike[_10_]
Losing Something in Translation...

Losing Something in Translation...

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In a Bucharest hotel lobby:

The lift is being fixed for the day. During that time we...
Forum: Air travel April 1st, 2007, 04:07 AM Posted to rec.travel.air
Replies: 1
Views: 444
Posted By Mike[_10_]
"Imams narrow target of 'Does'"

Imams narrow target of 'Does'
A group of imams suing US Airways for discrimination amended their
lawsuit this week to target only the "John Doe" passengers who they
say are racist and falsely accused...
Forum: Air travel March 25th, 2007, 04:26 AM Posted to rec.travel.air
Replies: 2
Views: 535
Posted By Mike[_10_]
Congressional bill protects flying public

Hill bill protects flying public
House Republicans are pushing legislation to protect airline
passengers from lawsuits for reporting suspicious behavior that might
be linked to a terrorist attack.
at...
Forum: Air travel March 11th, 2007, 04:52 AM Posted to rec.travel.air
Replies: 0
Views: 490
Posted By Mike[_10_]
"Marshals book trans-Atlantic flights"

Marshals book trans-Atlantic flights
Homeland Security Department officials are beefing up protection of
specific overseas flights after the arrest of a London man linked to
last year's terrorist...
Forum: Air travel March 11th, 2007, 04:52 AM Posted to rec.travel.air
Replies: 0
Views: 622
Posted By Mike[_10_]
Marshals book trans-Atlantic flights

Marshals book trans-Atlantic flights
Homeland Security Department officials are beefing up protection of
specific overseas flights after the arrest of a London man linked to
last year's terrorist...
Forum: Air travel February 20th, 2007, 01:47 PM Posted to rec.travel.air
Replies: 0
Views: 377
Posted By Mike[_10_]
GAO: Aviation Security: Progress Made in Systematic Planning to Guide Key Investment Decisions, but More Work Remains.

Aviation Security: Progress Made in Systematic Planning to Guide Key
Investment Decisions, but More Work Remains. GAO-07-448T.
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d07448t.pdf
Forum: Air travel January 21st, 2007, 07:19 PM Posted to rec.travel.air
Replies: 14
Views: 889
Posted By Mike[_10_]
TSA Tension At a BWI Gate: TSA guard, "You White Bitch"

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/19/AR2007011901310.html
TSA Tension At a BWI Gate

Sunday, January 21, 2007; B08

On a Saturday evening late last month, my sister and I...
Forum: Air travel January 21st, 2007, 07:17 PM Posted to rec.travel.air
Replies: 39
Views: 773
Posted By Mike[_10_]
Passport prerequisite

Passport prerequisite
Some travel-industry officials say they fear a passport bottleneck when
new federal regulations take effect Tuesday requiring Americans to show
a passport to re-enter the United...
Forum: Air travel December 18th, 2006, 09:24 PM Posted to rec.travel.air
Replies: 10
Views: 685
Posted By Mike[_10_]
"British pilots say no to armed marshals"

British pilots say no to armed marshals
at http://www.washtimes.com/national/20061217-123152-2809r.htm
Forum: Air travel November 28th, 2006, 02:39 PM Posted to rec.travel.air
Replies: 46
Views: 1,460
Posted By Mike[_10_]
"How the imams terrorized an airliner"

How the imams terrorized an airliner
Muslim religious leaders removed from a Minneapolis flight last week
exhibited behavior associated with a security probe by terrorists and
were not merely engaged...
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