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ATLANTA - Atlanta's airport has begun warning travelers of the dangers of "shoe entrapment" on escalators.
The safety campaign follows a recent rash of injuries on escalators at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. A spokesman says at least three children have been injured in the last two months after escalators gobbled up their flip flops or Crocs, a rubber clog-like shoe.
The U.S. Consumer Product...

CAIRO, Egypt - The monuments may be glorious, but visiting Egypt's famed Giza Pyramids has long been a nightmare, with hawkers peddling camel rides and pharaonic trinkets hustling tourists relentlessly at every turn.
But now the hustlers are gone, as Egypt unveiled on Monday the first stage of an elaborate project to...

Street cooks are magicians: With little more than a cart and a griddle, mortar, or deep-fryer, they conjure up not just a delicious snack or meal but the very essence of a place. Bite into a banh mi--the classic Vietnamese sandwich of grilled pork and pickled vegetables encased in a French...

You're paying more to travel, and not just for your plane ticket. Every pound counts as the number of carriers charging for all pieces of checked luggage racks up. So it stands to reason that the public might wonder why airlines don't charge extra for passengers with significant overages of a...

ATLANTA - Atlanta's airport has begun warning travelers of the dangers of "shoe entrapment" on escalators.
The safety campaign follows a recent rash of injuries on escalators at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. A spokesman says at least three children have been injured in the last two months after escalators gobbled up their flip flops or Crocs, a rubber clog-like shoe.
The U.S. Consumer Product...

CAIRO, Egypt - The monuments may be glorious, but visiting Egypt's famed Giza Pyramids has long been a nightmare, with hawkers peddling camel rides and pharaonic trinkets hustling tourists relentlessly at every turn.
But now the hustlers are gone, as Egypt unveiled on Monday the first stage of an elaborate project to...

Too bad gas prices are falling.
While the rest of the world
Soaring fuel costs can potentially save us real money on our next vacation -- if not in the short term, then down the road. The effects were already being seen across the board: hotel rooms, car rentals and counterintuitively, even...

Street cooks are magicians: With little more than a cart and a griddle, mortar, or deep-fryer, they conjure up not just a delicious snack or meal but the very essence of a place. Bite into a banh mi--the classic Vietnamese sandwich of grilled pork and pickled vegetables encased in a French...

LONDON - Spain's sun-soaked beaches, bars and boulevards are the destination of choice for millions of British travelers -- but the government says more and more British citizens are spending time in Spanish jails and hospitals as well.
At least 17 million Britons leave behind the rain each year to vacation in Spain. According to a report released Wednesday by the...

U.S. citizens will need a valid passport for travel; no visa is required. For more ideas on what to do, see Italy's
If you choose to travel in the fall, you'll benefit from thinning crowds and mild weather that's pleasant for sightseeing; average temperatures range from the upper 50s to the...

You're paying more to travel, and not just for your plane ticket. Every pound counts as the number of carriers charging for all pieces of checked luggage racks up. So it stands to reason that the public might wonder why airlines don't charge extra for passengers with significant overages of a...

I booked a room at the Blue Heron Beach Resort in Orlando through Orbitz. When I checked in, I was told there would be a $50 surcharge because of my short stay.
I showed the hotel my confirmation, which only said I would have to pay a $5-a-day resort fee. That didn't work. I phoned Orbitz, and it insisted the fee had...

The ancient city of Beijing has been the capital of China since 1421. It's an old city, but one which has modernized dramatically since the "opening-up and reform" policies of late Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping in the 1980s. Until then it had been more or less sealed off from the outside...

Drawn by an old familiar song, growing numbers of travelers are seeking out the tea-colored waters of the Suwannee River. And galvanized by the song, environmentalists and legislators are fighting to keep the stream unspoiled amid thirsty Florida's development.
"Way down upon the Suwannee River..."
"That song is something that everybody learns as a kid ... and it just sticks in their mind,"...

The muezzins' calls echo well before daybreak, summoning the Muslim faithful to daily prayers and reminding foreign tourists in the Moroccan capital how far they are from home.
But the rising decibel level is deepening fault lines between a government drive to modernize and a wave of rigorous political Islam.
Morocco, a country...