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While vacationing in Pisa earlier this summer, a roommate of mine at the hostel I was staying in in Rome recommended at I spend a day in Cinque Terre.
Accessible by a quick and cheap train ride from Pisa, Cinque Terre is five Italian picturesque...
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Two of Mexico’s famed midget wrestlers were found dead in a hotel room Wednesday, after apparently being drugged and robbed by prostitutes in the Moderna hotel...
made popular Jul 3 2009
“What is at stake today is not just the result of an election, but rather the future of democracy, of representative institutions,” he said. “For years … crime...
made popular Jun 27 2009
Filed under: News, Weird When Mexican officials discovered almost a ton of cocaine inside a shipment of frozen sharks, it was hard not to feel a tinge of respect for...
made popular Jun 25 2009
If you know what’s good for you, fisherman Teodoro Contreras says, stay away from certain places after sunset on the beaches of Mexico’s southern...
made popular Jun 24 2009
“I like what I do,” he told the police in a videotaped confession. “I don’t deny it.”
Mr. Reta was 13 when he was recruited by the Zetas, the infamous...
made popular Jun 23 2009
Today in Cancún, police were led to an abandoned Jeep with three dead men announcing a new group, the Mata Zetas, or the Killers of Zetas. The Zetas are the armed...
made popular Jun 22 2009
A stray golden retriever mix who had recently wandered into the hearts of a poor family outside Monterrey, Mexico, was deemed a hero today as he saved his four year old...
made popular Jun 22 2009
A group of armed men blew up an ambulance Friday, apparently with a grenade, to kill a rival who was being transferred from one hospital to another.
The attackers,...
made popular Jun 20 2009
I have seen many debates involving criminals, punishments, rehabilitation, and the death penalty. In general, although skeptical and at times cynical, I am a hopeful...
made popular Jun 20 2009
I’m sorry, I just don’t get it. I know I tend to be both skeptical and cynical, but putting a statue of little Edgar Hernandez, Mexico’s first swine...
made popular Jun 20 2009
Many of the firearms fuelling Mexican drug violence originated in the United States, says a new report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released...
made popular Jun 19 2009
Scientists are genetically modifying a bizarre looking Mexican salamander, which according to ancient mythology is a transformed Aztec god, in the hope its ability to...
made popular Jun 19 2009
One election spot shows a masked wrestler fighting drug traffickers and promising to crack down on cartels. Another ad vows to give the death penalty to kidnappers. A...
made popular Jun 18 2009
The Mexican Navy says it has seized more than a tonne of cocaine hidden inside the carcasses of frozen sharks.
Armed officers found slabs of cocaine inside more than...
made popular Jun 17 2009
Mexican driver Carlos Pardo,33, has been killed in a brutal crash during the final laps of a NASCAR Mexico race, at Autodromo Miguel E. Abed, in Puebla.
Pardo was...
made popular Jun 16 2009
The PAN (National Action Party) mayoral candidate for San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon, Mauricio Fernández Garza, has been reported as establishing pre-election...
made popular Jun 16 2009
Fame is always an inspiring force after any ambitious attempt and this useless 60.1 meter-long pair of trousers is one of them. Mexicans have made it only to get in the...
made popular Jun 15 2009
The general director of of Mexico’s Social Security Institute, Daniel Karam, has accepted and announced investigative findings confirming irregularities in the...
made popular Jun 13 2009
The Archdiocese of Mexico’s weekly “Desde la Fe,” has called on voters not to leave their ballots unchecked or to abstain from voting during the July 5 elections,...
made popular Jun 13 2009
Authorities have found a massive underground drug smuggling tunnel snaking through the U.S.-Mexican border, and law officers are marveling over its...
made popular Jun 12 2009
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Recently, officials in the tiny Persian Gulf, Arab monarchy of Bahrain stated that they intended to clamp down on the “excesses” of foreign tourists....
made popular Jun 20 2009
One of the prevailing problems of modern Tunisia is the continuously high unemployment rate. The official rate is 14%, but unofficially it may be higher. Half of...
made popular May 7 2009
AP, San Juan
The Caribbean is reporting an unexpected jump in tourism as vacationers once bound for Mexico’s sunny shores turn to new destinations amid worries about swine...
made popular May 2 2009
AP, Acapulco
Acapulco’s mayor is telling tourists from Mexico City to go home, and residents are stoning their cars. Cancun’s hotels are pleading for visitors to fill...
made popular May 2 2009
AP, Philadelphia
A wealthy Russian-American car exporter has pleaded guilty to sex crimes involving three Russian girls.
made popular Apr 30 2009
AP, Taipei
Taiwan has reached its goal of hosting 3,000 Chinese tourists a day as ties between the two rivals continue to strengthen, the government said Sunday.
made popular Apr 19 2009
AP, Washington
Countries with interests in Antarctica have agreed to impose mandatory limits on tourism to the continent in a bid to protect its fragile environment.
made popular Apr 17 2009
In this age of globalization, as the world is fast becoming a global village, tourism has gained a new dimension with tourists in sizeable numbers flocking to visit...
made popular Apr 16 2009
We have recently told you about the Resort Bad Ragaz Swarovski-studded steam room. But Swarovski is expanding its horizons with another innovative project, Sparkling...
made popular Apr 1 2009
There are many gems in the Mediterreanean nation of Tunisia that are often - and this is a blessing - overlooked by package-booked tourists. La Goulette is one of those...
made popular Mar 26 2009
It is a tragedy when any person, be it man, woman, or child dies, especially in a foreign country, but we’re not here to talk about just any man, woman, or child...
made popular Mar 9 2009
AP, Alexandria
A federal judge is allowing a Japanese millionaire to go ahead with his lawsuit against a Virginia company that he says unfairly denied him a ride into outer space.
made popular Mar 6 2009
Care for an Eskimo lifestyle for a day or two? Well, not exactly but somewhat similar i.e. no hunting or fearing polar bears, rather living in a hotel made from snow,...
made popular Mar 4 2009
Al Hussein Mosque is a beautiful mosque, which among Egyptians, is con-notated with peace, beauty, and blessings. It stands just outside the Khan El Khalili bazar,...
made popular Feb 25 2009
AP, Mexico City
The number of foreign tourists visiting Mexico surged to 23 million in 2008, up 5.9 percent from the year before, spurred by the tumbling value of the peso against the...
made popular Feb 22 2009
Dehradun,
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Maj Gen BC Khanduri (retd) has called for an apex body for the growing river-rafting industry in the state.
Khanduri, who was...
made popular Feb 9 2009
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Gilgit Baltistan has always been the epicenter for tourist’s world wide and millions of tourists and nature lovers used to turn to the...
made popular Jan 23 2009
AP, New York
A new Web site and visitor center partnered by Google and Travelocity will help tourists and residents find New York City’s best shows and hottest restaurants.
made popular Jan 21 2009
AP, Moscow
Russia’s space chief says there won’t be any more tourists headed to the international space station after this year.
made popular Jan 21 2009
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Tourists, mostly from Mexico City, pack the Caletilla beach in Acapulco, Mexico Friday May, 1, 2009. Scared with swine flu contagion, the Mayor of this resort city is telling tourists from Mexico City to go home.
