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January 2011 issue | Appears on page 2

Cruise Vessel Security Act of 2010. Also, restricted-driving zones in Europe
By David Tykol
The height of ship railings will be affected by new federal regulations. Photo b

Dear Globetrotter:

Welcome to the 419th issue of your monthly overseas travel magazine, the original travelers’ forum.

When ITN was first published, in 1976, publisher Armond Noble was filling a niche. He had noticed that in travel publications, all you would read were professional travel writers’ flowery descriptions of how perfect places were, never about the trash, traffic noise or surly service.

So he came up with a magazine written not by freelancers writing for...

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December 2010 issue | Appears on page 2

Crime in Quito “critical.” Also, World’s worst traffic commutes.
By David Tykol

Dear Globetrotter:

Welcome to the 418th issue of your monthly overseas travel magazine, the one you help write. The news writes this page, however, and this month it includes a number of warnings.

ITN reported on the increase in crime in Ecuador (Aug. ’10, pg. 65). In October, the US State Department rated Quito as “critical” for crime, adding that that is “the highest level that a post can be rated.”

In September, the US Embassy in Quito issued a warning about the...

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November 2010 issue | Appears on page 2

Seating unaccompanied children on flights, plus Jordan River is going dry
By David Tykol
Jay Brunhouse wrote ITN’s “All Aboard!” column.
Dear Globetrotter: Welcome to the 417th issue of your monthly overseas travel magazine. As we reported (June ’10, pg. 16), airlines based in European Union countries must reimburse passengers for losses and expenses due to delayed or canceled flights. Tons of claims were filed when ash from the volcano in Iceland stranded passengers in Europe in April.
October 2010 issue | Appears on page 2

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By David Tykol

Dear Globetrotter:

Welcome to the 416th issue of your monthly overseas travel magazine.

Lots to go over with you this month!

The British medical journal The Lancet reported in August that dozens of Britons who traveled to India or Pakistan for medical procedures, including cosmetic surgery, returned to the UK with bacteria resistant to almost all antibiotics, including the most powerful class of drugs called carbapenems.

The bacteria are of common varieties,...

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September 2010 issue | Appears on page 2

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By David Tykol

Dear Globetrotter:

Welcome to the 415th issue of your monthly overseas travel magazine.

Vacation apartments in Paris now may be more difficult to find.

The city’s government housing agency has begun enforcing a 2005 law that requires any lease on a residential apartment to be for a year or more. To be legally rented for less than a year, an apartment must be classified as a commercial property.

This law does not affect commercial short-term apartment rentals by...

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August 2010 issue | Appears on page 2

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By David Tykol

Dear Globetrotter:

Welcome to the 414th issue of your monthly overseas travel magazine.

A European Union commission released a report in June calling full-body security scanners a reliable security method.

Currently, the scanners are being used at some airports in the US, Canada, Britain and Russia. The US has purchased 150 and plans to buy 300 more by year’s end. The Netherlands, Finland, France and Italy have run trials of the machines. Italy plans to install them at...

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July 2010 issue | Appears on page 2

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By David Tykol

Dear Globetrotter:

Welcome to the 413th issue of your monthly overseas travel magazine.

Wondering if continuing ash clouds from the volcano in Iceland will affect a flight of yours in Europe? Charts predicting the locations of ash clouds up to five days in advance can be found on the website of the UK’s National Weather Service, Met Office. On the maps of Europe shown, the projected ash cloud overlays are updated every six hours.

In fact, ash clouds from volcanoes...

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June 2010 issue | Appears on page 2

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By David Tykol

Dear Globetrotter:

Welcome to the 412th issue of your monthly overseas travel magazine, the one you help write.

Not to discourage your traveling to any particular place but to better inform you so you can travel more safely, I am sharing here some of the more eye-catching items in the world of travel news.

Honduras, a country of 7.7 million, has one of the highest homicide rates in the world, with over 5,000 murders in 2009 and averaging more than 4,000 per year since...

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