News tagged with tour
Half of Euro online travel purchases legally unsafe: EU
Nov 26, 2009 |
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More than half of all people who buy flights, hotel rooms and hire cars online risk being left without compensation if companies fail under outdated law, the EU said Thursday.
Space hotel taking bookings for 2012 opening
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 05, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The first orbiting space hotel is on track to open for its first customers in 2012, but hurry, as bookings are filling fast.
Armstrong announces birth of son on Twitter
Jun 05, 2009 |
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This was one special tweet for Lance Armstrong.
Taciturn Armstrong sparks Twitter media boycott
May 22, 2009 |
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Lance Armstrong's refusal to speak directly to the press at the Tour of Italy has sparked a boycott by some sections of the Italian and anglophone media of the American's online messages.
Nations set new tourism limits for Antarctica
Apr 19, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Countries with interests in Antarctica have endorsed U.S.-proposed mandatory limits on Antarctic tourism that aim to protect the continent's fragile environment, officials said Friday.
Grand prizes might help induce sports 'hot streaks'
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Mar 17, 2009 |
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Dangling a lucrative financial carrot at the end of a professional sport season can cause certain players to exert the effort necessary to put together a string of successful performances, sometimes known in sporting circles ...
Molecular memory a game-changer
Nov 21, 2008 |
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A team at Rice University has determined that a strip of graphite only 10 atoms thick can serve as the basic element in a new type of memory, making massive amounts of storage available for computers, handheld media players, ...
