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  • Tourism Minister announces new campaign to promote Himalayas

    Union Tourism Minister K. Chiranjeevi today announced the launch of a new campaign to publicise the tourism potential of the Himalayas and promote this incredible tourist product internationally. To be called "777 days of the Indian Himalayas", the campaign will have a twofold objective, one to attract more international tourists to India during the lean summer season, and second, to remind ...

  • TSC meets on tourism development

    Manama, June 19 (BNA) -- The Tourism Sector Committee (TSC) at the Bahrain Chamber of Commerce and Industry today held a meeting at Baet Al-Tijjar with a number of concerned private and government sectors to discuss the obstacles facing the tourism sector in the Kingdom of Bahrain. The Committee called for cooperation between government and private sectors and find necessary proposals to ...

  • NTSB urged to reopen review of TWA flight 800 crash

    Former crash investigators are urging the National Transportation Safety Board to reopen the review of what brought down TWA flight 800 in a fireball in ...

  • EarthCheck Members Featured On Discovery Network - Green and Sustainable Tourism

    Green and sustainable tourism is a badge that most tourism operators wear with pride, but there is a big difference between those who say they do and those who actually do. Over upcoming months, the Discovery Channel is showcasing the sustainability achievements of a number of EarthCheck members around the world to an audience of more than a quarter of a billion people. EarthCheck is the ...

  • Kuoni Receives National Tourism Awards From Indian Ministry of Tourism

    The Ministry of Tourism, Government of India, presents National Tourism Awards to various segments of the travel and tourism industry every year. Kuoni has received three of these prestigious awards, which recognise outstanding performance as inbound tour operator For the 21st time, Kuoni Destination Management India was awarded the National Tourism Award 2010/11 for 'Outstanding ...


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Bad Lieutenant

Bad Lieutenant

When I think back on watching this film, two thoughts immediately cross my mind. First, it was a terribly unpleasant experience, and secondly, it was a brilliant. Those two thoughts, while sounding a bit contradictory at first, are intricately related. How could film depict this kind of subject matter without being unsettling? The real victory in "Bad Lieutenant" is how it is so horrifying without ... ...

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  • Mexico volcano spews ash two miles high

    No evacuations are currently planned for residents around a volcano in Mexico that has been sending plumes of ash miles high. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown ...

  • lindbergh smith The Bahamas Ministry of Tourism SuperBowl Add was...

    If you were watching the Super Bowl on CBS on Sunday, chances are you saw the primetime debut of a $4.5 million advertisement by the Ministry of Tourism. But since then, the 61-second commercial, intended to encourage visitors to come to The Bahamas, has received both good and bad reviews from Bahamian citizens. Viral comments flooded both Facebook and Twitter as some locals reveled in the ...

  • Latest blow to Egypts tourism Luxors governor

    President Morsi has enraged residents in Luxor, one of Egypt's main tourism destinations, by appointing as governor a former member of Al Gamaa ...

  • U.S. Marine Alex Minsky Returns From War as Underwear Model

    Move over Mark Wahlberg and David Beckham, there is a new underwear model making waves, and he is more than just a guy on a billboard with a rocking body. Alex Minsky is a 24-year-old U.S. Marine whose right leg was amputated by a roadside bomb in 2009 while he was serving in Afghanistan.  Minsky spent 47 days in a coma and suffered traumatic brain injuries and severe burns to his body ...

  • AIRSHOW-Singapore Airlines orders 30 more Airbus A350s

    PARIS, June 19 | Wed Jun 19, 2013 10:29am EDT PARIS, June 19 (Reuters) - Singapore Airlines has placed a firm order for 30 Airbus A350-900 aircraft worth $8.6 billion at list prices, with options for 20 more of the jetliners. The airline could convert the options into larger A350-1000s under the terms of the deal, Airbus said at the Paris Airshow on Wednesday. The carrier now has 70 ...

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