- 'Journalist jailed in Sudan returns home (AP via Yahoo! News)
American journalist Paul Salopek returned home to New Mexico on Sunday, a day after being freed from prison in Sudan's war-torn Darfur region where he had been held for more than a month on espionage charges.
- 'Before traveling, pack up some safety tips (Contra Costa Times)
Terrorist threats. Political demonstrations. Late-night muggings. Pickpockets. Travel is supposed to be fun, right? But the first time your cash and credit cards are pilfered on a London street corner, or you find yourself caught in the middle of a crowded protest in Mexico City, you may wonder why you didn't just stay home.
- 'BLM offers computer tour of 400 years, 1,500 miles (KOB-TV Albuquerque)
ALBUQUERQUE (AP) - Travelers once used oxen to travel the nearly 1,500-mile El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro trail from Mexico City to Santa Fe. Now they can use a mouse.
- 'Class Notes (The Monterey County Herald)
Dr. Lorenzo Covarrubias, a member of the faculty at California State University-Monterey Bay, has been awarded a Fulbright grant to lecture at a university in Mexico this year. He will teach Latino society, culture and history at the Universidad Autonoma da Sinaloa in Culiacan, Mexico. He is one of about 800 U.S. faculty members who will travel to 150 countries this year through the Fulbright
- 'Aeromexico Vacations to Be Taken Back In-House; Contract With Travel Impressions Ends (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Aeromexico, Mexico's largest airline, said it plans to independently manage and market to travel agents its vacation package business, ending a two-year contract with wholesaler Travel Impressions.
- 'Thrifty Car Rental Joins ATA Airlines Travel Awards Program, Offers 'Triple Points' Thru Nov. 15 (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Thrifty Car Rental, a subsidiary of Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, Inc. , is joining forces with ATA Airlines' Travel Awards program.
- 'Travel Advisory (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
TRAVEL ADVISORY Oaxaca warning The historic city of Oaxaca, now the picturesque mountain resort known for its pre-Hispanic treasures and cultural traditions of music, dance and culinary arts, is considered a risky destination for travelers. Because of civil unrest that started in the spring, the State Department posted an announcement on its website (www.travel.state.gov) cautioning potential
- 'American journalist returns home after month in Sudanese prison on espionage charges (Boston Herald)
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - American journalist Paul Salopek returned home to New Mexico on Sunday, a day after being freed from prison in Sudan's war-torn Darfur region where he had been held for more than...
- 'Cuba on their minds (Sun-Sentinel)
U.S.-based group to promote travel to Cuba at industry convention in Orlando.
- 'BLM offers computer tour of 400 years, 1,500 miles (ABC 7 El Paso)
ALBUQUERQUE Travelers once used oxen to travel the nearly one-thousand-500-mile El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro trail from Mexico City to Santa Fe. Now they...
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