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Maldives Closes Hundreds of Luxury Resort Spas

Seeded on Fri Dec 30, 2011 11:45 AM EST (ABC News)

Maldives has ordered hundreds of luxury resorts to close their spas after protesters demanded a halt to "anti-Islamic" activities.

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World Jewish Congress Vice President Schneier 'deeply honored' to be first rabbi hosted by King Hamad of Bahrain

Seeded on Wed Dec 28, 2011 8:19 PM EST (World Jewish Congress)

Seeded by Buzz of the Orient

World Jewish Congress (WJC) Vice President Rabbi Marc Schneier has been received for talks in the Gulf state of Bahrain by King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa.

world-news, jews, arabs, bahrain, co-existence, world-jewish-congress, co-operation, king-hamad, schneier, ethnic-understanding

The best of Vietnam, from north to south | Striped Pot

Seeded on Wed Dec 28, 2011 8:28 AM EST (Striped Pot)

Seeded by PatsyBellH

From the heights of plunging mountain vistas at the top of the world in northern Vietnam to the watery depths of the Mekong Delta in southern Vietnam, a tour through this long, skinny country is ever-changing.

travel, mountain, ho-chi-minh-city, saigon, mekong-delta, affordable-travel, friendly-people, delectable-foods, extravagant-scenery, southern-vietnam

Visiting Hoover Dam - Las Vegas Day Trip to Hoover Dam | Striped Pot

Seeded on Wed Dec 28, 2011 8:21 AM EST (Striped Pot)

Seeded by PatsyBellH

When you visit Las Vegas, there are lots of things to do that don’t involve gambling, shows and glitz. One popular place for visitors is the Hoover Dam. This amazing structure holds back the mighty Colorado River.

travel, las-vegas, recreation, hoover-dam, lake-mead, water-sport

'Security Theater'? TSA Confiscates Woman's Frosted Cupcake

Seeded on Mon Dec 26, 2011 6:30 PM EST (Yahoo!)

Seeded by krishna-167929

A Massachusetts woman who flew home from Las Vegas this week says an airport security officer confiscated her frosted cupcake because he thought its vanilla-bourbon icing could be a "security risk."

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Man Caught Trying to Sneak 247 Animals onto Plane

Seeded on Mon Dec 26, 2011 2:53 PM EST (Yahoo! News)

Seeded by Magic Moose

A Czech national was nabbed in Argentina for trying to board a transatlantic flight with 247 live animals including poisonous snakes and endangered reptiles packed in a bulging suitcase, reports said Monday. The man identified as Karel Abelovsky, 51, was caught while trying to …

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Christmas craze fills Chinese malls, if not its churches

Seeded on Sat Dec 24, 2011 9:10 PM EST (Christian Science Monitor)

Seeded by Buzz of the Orient

Qu Yi and her son Dabao admire a Christmas installation outside a mall in downtown Beijing.

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Christmas 2011 Outdoor Displays

Fri Dec 23, 2011 6:45 AM EST

By rottlady

We went on our annual drive to search out Christmas light displays this week and instead of hitting the same ones here, we drove to a nearby town to see what they had to offer.

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Egypt: Tourist arrivals drop 24% in third quarter

Seeded on Thu Dec 22, 2011 12:38 AM EST (Al Masry al Youm (Egypt))

Seeded by krishna-167929

Tourism in Egypt was down almost 24 percent for the third quarter of 2011 compared to the same period last year, a government report released Wednesday said. Not surprisingly, unrest that has been ongoing since January harmed tourism during this period, the report said.

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