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The Sounds of Travel 7: So Flute
Posted Saturday November 15, 2008, 12:14 pm, Over one day old at Gadling
Filed under: Arts and Culture, Europe, France Here at Gadling we'll be highlighting some of our favorite sounds from the road and giving you a sample of each -- maybe you'll find the same inspiration that we did, but at the very least, hopefully you'll think that they're good songs.
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French Senate Approves 3 Strikes Law
Posted Wednesday November 5, 2008, 2:45 pm, Over one day old at The Tao of Mac
The French, doing what they do best ? being insufferably unique among Europeans. On y fait ce qu?il on veut, et rien de plus.Technorati Tags: broadband, europe, france, links, p2p, politics, tos☯
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: Bangkok is the world's best city in 2008
Posted Friday July 11, 2008, 1:55 am, Over one day old at Gadling
Filed under: Asia, Europe, North America, South America It's that time of year when Travel + Leisure unveils its much hyped "world's best" list of cities, hotels, islands, cruise lines and more.
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Who are the world's most obnoxious tourists? Hint: it's not the Americans
Posted Friday July 11, 2008, 1:55 am, Over one day old at Gadling
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Madame Tussauds: Adolf Hitler to return to Berlin soon
Posted Friday July 11, 2008, 1:55 am, Over one day old at Gadling
Filed under: Europe, Germany Madame Tussauds, the world's most overpriced, not to say overrated, tourist attraction, is bucking popular sentiment in Germany and elsewhere by vowing to return a wax statue of Adolf Hitler to its newest museum in Berlin as soon as possible.
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EU puts ban on misleading airline advertising
Posted Thursday July 10, 2008, 5:14 am, Over one day old at Gadling
Yes, the advertised fare may be low, but once you throw in all those fees and taxes the full price of your ticket can soon jump to triple digits. The bold figures that you see advertised by airlines will be the exact price you can expect to pay; no pesky hidden fees.
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Denmark first in yet survey of the world's happiest countries
Posted Tuesday July 8, 2008, 2:34 am, Over one day old at Gadling
Filed under: Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America, Denmark Back in April, Catherine posted about Denmark being ranked the world's happiest country by the University of Leicester in England, which published its so-called Map of World Happiness.
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Bull-running festival starts today in Spain
Posted Monday July 7, 2008, 1:55 am, Over one day old at Gadling
Two such festivals, now famous as they've become tradition are 1) The Tomatina: where people get together in the street to throw tomatoes at each other, 2) San Fermin : where people get chased by bulls for the fun of it -- a festival that started today in Pamplona, and runs till July 14.
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Collapsed lung, ruptured spleen, broken ribs and other injuries of bull-runners
Posted Monday July 7, 2008, 1:55 am, Over one day old at Gadling
BBC reports that today's run only took 4 minutes and claimed thirteen injured people. Although the injuries were mostly cuts and bruises suffered by people falling over or getting trampled by one of the six bulls set loose, some more serious injuries were reported.
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Adolf Hitler beheaded! Chaos breaks out at the grand opening of Madame Tussauds' newest museum in Berlin
Posted Sunday July 6, 2008, 12:48 pm, Over one day old at Gadling
Filed under: Europe, Germany A German man waited patiently in line yesterday for the grand opening of Madame Tussauds' latest museum in Berlin. He promptly ran to the wax statue of Adolf Hitler on display and ripped off his head, shouting three times as he did, "Never war again!"
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