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Mozambique: Cheap Rail Travel Boosts Cross-Border Trade (AllAfrica.com)
Angelina Sidumo is one of the hundreds of traders that throng the busy train station in the Mozambican capital, Maputo, on most Wednesday afternoons to catch the once-weekly train south to Chicualacuala town in Gaza Province, an 18-hour journey covering nearly 500km.
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Cheap extras bolster the virtual world's bottom line (Everett Herald)
NEW YORK -- Seventeen-year-old Alexis Corocan spends about $5 a month on clothes, accessories and eyes of various shapes and shades for her online persona on IMVU, a popular Internet hangout.
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Rambling man (Salina Journal)
Luxury travel accommodations rarely fit Rolf Potts' style. With 10 years' experience as a globetrotting, freelance travel author -- and now a budding TV host -- Potts hasn't lost his affinity for guest hostel stays, on the cheap, in foreign lands.
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Clueless in Cleveland? Use Your Thumb (New York Times)
From showing you the nearest sushi bar in London to telling you how to say ?Where?s the toilet?? in Cantonese, travel apps for the iPhone are proving to be a useful tool.
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Travel: Shopping Nirvana (The New Straits Times)
When in Bangkok, after all the temples and shopping malls have been visited, Chatuchak Market should be next on your list, writes JAMES HIPKISS.
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Travel: Shopping Nirvana (The New Straits Times)
Chatuchak as far as the eye can see. A view from the Skytrain. When in Bangkok, after all the temples and shopping malls have been visited, Chatuchak Market should be next on your list, writes JAMES HIPKISS.
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Bridesmaid recession: Some women are just saying 'no' (New York Daily News)
According to wedding Web site The Knot, it can cost upwards of $1,000 to be a bridesmaid. It may be an honor, but it isn't cheap, and if multiple weddings are on the horizon, it can be downright undoable for women.
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Should we stay or should we go? (The Glasgow Daily Times)
Staycations have been dub-bed 2008’s top travel trend.With the popularity of staycations on the rise, state parks have been enjoyed and utilized more by the local population this summer.
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News briefs (The Columbus Dispatch)
COLUMBUS 'Forbes' ranks Columbus No. 1 for cheap retirement Columbus is the most affordable city in the country in which to retire, Forbes magazine says.
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Prep Football | Seattle Times 4A and 3A Top 10 (Seattle Times)
Nonleague — Bothell at Bellevue, Friday, 7 p.m. Bothell's Cougars, stinging from their season-opening loss to Issaquah on Thursday night, must clear a big hurdle to avoid an 0-2 start. They travel to Bellevue, ranked No. 1 in Class 3A.
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