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Iris scans for travellers at heathrow
03 February 3940In a new security measure, passengers regularly travelling through heathrow could soon be offered an iris scan as an alt...
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Hungarian importance - Budapest
03 February 3940The importance of BUDAPEST to Hungary is difficult to overestimate. More than two million people live in the capital - o...
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Austrailia - Gracious Adelaide
03 February 3940ADELAIDE is always thought of as a gracious city and an easy place to live; despite a population of around one million a...
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Not in Kansas anymore?
03 February 3940KANSAS CITY , 250 miles due west of St Louis, straddles the state line between Kansas and Missouri. Virtually all its ma...
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Brasilia
03 February 3940Imagine what it would be like touching down on another planet, and you'll have some idea of what confronts you when you ...
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African treasures - Mbabane
03 February 3940Tucked in the jumble of granite peaks and valleys that make up the Dlangeni hills, Swaziland's administrative capital, M...
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Chinese Majesty - Beijing
03 February 3940The brash modernity of BEIJING (meaning Northern Capital) comes as a surprise to most visitors. Traversed by freeways (i...
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Guide to the Bahamas
03 February 3940Graced with beautiful beaches of pink sand, evocative windswept panoramas and countless opportunities for diving, snorke...
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Japanese beauty - Nikko
03 February 3940For a country that lived in self-imposed isolation until 150 years ago, Japan has not hesitated in making up for lost ti...
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Something for the Kids?
03 February 3940ORLANDO , a quiet farming town in 1970, now has more visitors than any other place in the state. The reason, of course, ...
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Brussels - the capital of Europe
03 February 3940Amongst Europeans, Brussels is best known as the home of the EU, which, given recent developments, is something of a poi...
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Montego bay
03 February 3940Jamaica's second largest city, MONTEGO BAY nestles between the gently sloping Bogue, Kempshot and Salem hills, and exten...
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All roads lead to Rhodes
03 February 3940It's no accident that Rhodes is among the most visited of the Greek islands. Not only is its east coast lined with numer...
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The youngest Asian capital - Kuala Lumpur
03 February 3940Founded in the mid-nineteenth century, KUALA LUMPUR , or KL as it's popularly known, is the youngest Southeast Asian cap...
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The real Madrid
03 February 3940Madrid became Spain's capital simply through its geographical position at the centre of Iberia. When Felipe II moved the...
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Fancy a change of scenery?
03 February 3940The scientific research agency has launched a recruitment drive, aimed directly at women. The agency is looking for fem...
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Northern beauty - Edmonton
03 February 3940Alberta's provincial capital, EDMONTON is among Canada's most northerly cities, and at times - notably in the teeth of i...
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Egyptian treasures - Minya
03 February 3940Though MINYA is further from most of the sites, it used to be infinitely preferable to Mallawi as a base for excursions....
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Bonaire
03 February 3940Regarded as one of the world's premier sites for shore diving, the tiny boomerang-shaped island of BONAIRE , located 80k...
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Meandering loops of Brisbane
03 February 3940The city is focused around the meandering loops of the Brisbane River , with the triangular wedge of the business centre...
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Angentinan Blue
03 February 3940Located in the centre of Buenos Aires Province, 300km south of the capital, AZUL is mainly useful as a transport hub, wi...
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Visiting Detroit
03 February 3940DETROIT , the birthplace of the mass-production car industry and the Motown sound, has long had an image problem. It boa...
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Mombasa - Kenyas second city
03 February 3940Kenya's second city can come as a revelation. There's a depth of history here, and a sense of community which Nairobi la...
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Honduras;
03 February 3940The original Banana Republic, a byword for corruption and poverty, Honduras is all too often overlooked by foreign touri...
