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10 best books of April, according to Amazon's editors
What are the best titles to check out this month? Here are Amazon's picks.
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Are you a savvy global traveler? Take the quiz
How much of a savvy traveler are you? Take our quiz!
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Opinion 5 factors for peace in Afghanistan
Given that Afghanistan has been in a state of war for nearly 35 years, only a broad-based reconciliation can resolve the fighting. Peace talks are a vital part of that process. Here are five factors necessary to achieving a sustainable peace in Afghanistan.
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Presidential libraries: from Boston to Honolulu ... or maybe Chicago
Presidential libraries can be found coast to coast, and may even go beyond that once a site is selected for President Obama's future repository of documents and artifacts. To quickly hopscotch around to the 13 official presidential libraries and museums overseen by the National Archives, plus that of Abraham Lincoln, check out this library list.
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Gender pay gap: Top 5 best and worst states
The pay gap between men and women has steadily narrowed during the past few decades. Women earned 77 cents for every dollar men earned in 2011, compared with 59 cents in 1963. Here is a look at states with biggest and smallest gender pay gaps today.
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Latest blow to Egypt's tourism: Luxor's governor
President Morsi has enraged residents in Luxor, one of Egypt's main tourism destinations, by appointing as governor a former member of Al Gamaa al-Islamiyya.
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Sharks worth more in seas than in soups, study finds
A study of 70 fisheries and ecotourism sites in 45 countries found that sharks make more money as tourist attractions than as food.
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Olive Press Can backpackers solve Middle East's tourism woes?
An Israeli tourism entrepreneur believes tourism does far more than bring in cash, and has built a top-rated hostel to bring tourists in, particularly the young backpacker crowd.
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Global News Blog Move over 'ugly American,' China's tourists are in town
After a young Chinese boy defaced an ancient Egyptian temple, it looks like the 'ugly American' that some Europeans and Latin Americans love to hate is about to get a run for his money.
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Focus Syria: Damaged landmarks await peace, restoration
The loss of a famous mosque's minaret brought world attention to threats facing Syrian landmarks. But the Umayyad Mosque is just one in a long list of ancient monuments damaged by fighting.
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Ghost town, under water for 25 years, surfaces (+video)
Ghost town under water: After 25 years under water, this Argentine town is now above the surface. Tourists flock to the ghost town, a bizarre, post-apocalyptic landscape that captures a traumatic moment in time.
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Olive Press Middle East nomads, lost in translation
The language barrier makes it hard for non-Arab tourists to understand the Bedouin lifestyle, but Abdullah Zhaeka's English and Hebrew skills are bridging the gap.
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Olive Press Israel seeks another type of coexistence – between tourists and the earth
Although an economic boon, tourism can be a destructive force for the environment. Israel, filled with religious tourism destinations, is exploring ways to make pilgrimages sustainable.
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Trump ad slamming wind farms is banned
Trump ad banned by British regulator, who calls it unsubstantiated and 'misleading.' Trump ad warned that wind farms would hurt Scotland tourism.
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'The Angels' Share' is an odd mix of frivolous and socially conscious
'Angels' follows a group of Glasgow toughs who try to pull off a robbery of high-end whiskey.
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Terrorism & Security Just how bothered is Beijing about North Korea?
While neither Beijing nor Washington want to see North Korea's belligerence explode into actual conflict, Beijing is not willing to push Pyongyang too hard for fear of toppling the regime.
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China will open disputed islands to tourists
This month, China will allow tourists to book cruises to the Paracel Islands, a cluster of 40 islets, outcrops and reefs in the South China Sea. Vietnam and Taiwan also claim the Paracels as their own.
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10 best books of April, according to Amazon's editors
What are the best titles to check out this month? Here are Amazon's picks.
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Latest gang rape in India highlights risks for women, this time foreigners (+video)
Police have made three arrests in the alleged gang rape of a Swiss tourist who was camping on a bicycle trip with her husband.
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Are you a savvy global traveler? Take the quiz
How much of a savvy traveler are you? Take our quiz!
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Two years after tsunami, Japan's small business owners stuck in limbo (+video)
Two years after the Japan earthquake and tsunami, problems including limited government assistance and lagging reconstruction work are holding back recovery for many local businesses.
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Decoder Wire Should President Obama give up golf during 'sequester'? (+video)
The (failed) GOP bid to strip funds for presidential golf trips was just one move in an escalating struggle over Obama's 'sequester' strategy, such as axing popular White House tours.
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Global News Blog How a cold, irradiated Siberian city hopes to cash in on meteor tourists
Before last month's meteor strike, Chelyabinsk was best known for a 1957 nuclear waste disaster. Now officials there are trying to turn the meteor into a tourist attraction.
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From wooden skis to Olympic hopefuls: Why Pakistan's Air Force is training skiiers
In Pakistan's isolated Naltar Valley the Pakistani Air Force is training children who learned to ski on wooden planks tied to boots with wire for the 2014 Winter Olympics.
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India's 'human safaris' banned, as fight for tribal rights goes on
India finally halted the practice of allowing tourists to ogle the native tribes of a secluded Island in the Andaman Islands. But with a growing tourism industry there, the battle might not be over.
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Dennis Tito to announce private mission to Mars
Space tourist millionaire Dennis Tito, who in 2001 paid $20 million to visit the International Space Station, is planning a privately funded trip to the Red Planet.
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Terrorism & Security Can Dennis Rodman's 'basketball diplomacy' make a difference in North Korea? (+video)
Rodman's visit to North Korea comes just weeks after the country's third nuclear weapons test. Some say such trips, like that of Google chief Eric Schmidt, boost the North's positioning.
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19 dead in balloon crash near Luxor: How will this affect tourism?
19 are reported dead after a balloon crash in Luxor, Egypt. The dawn hot air balloon ride over the Valley of the Kings is popular with tourists, even after the post-Mubarak tourism slump.
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Fatal hot air balloon crash in Egypt under investigation
A hot air balloon crash near Luxor, Egypt, killed 19 foreign tourists. Two people, including one Egyptian, were also injured. Egyptian officials are investigating what cause the hot air balloon to ignite and crash.
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Sequestration: What will happen to national parks?
Automatic cuts to the National Parks Service budget could have drastic impacts across the country, from Yosemite National Park in California, to the Cape Cod National Seashore in Massachusetts.
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