Argentina: Farmers May Block Roads Again

By Larry Habegger | May 1st, 2008 |

For three weeks in March irate farmers blockaded roads and cut off meat and grain supplies to supermarkets in major cities, including Buenos Aires, but called off their protests when... [Read this entry]

Brazil: Government to Require Special Permits to Visit the Amazon

By Larry Habegger | May 1st, 2008 |

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The government intends to send Congress a bill within months that will require all foreign visitors to the Brazilian Amazon to obtain a permit to be there or face a... [Read this entry]

Argentina: Bushfire Smoke Plagues Buenos Aires

By Larry Habegger | April 23rd, 2008 |

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Smoke from illegal bush fires blamed on farmers clearing land near Buenos Aires covered the capital for more than a week before winds pushed it away from the city. The... [Read this entry]

China: Diqing Tibetan Region Reopens to Foreigners

By Larry Habegger | April 17th, 2008 |

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While Tibet remains closed to foreign tourists, the Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Yunnan province reopened to all visitors April 10 after being closed for almost a month. The region... [Read this entry]

Tibet: China to Retain Restrictions on Foreign Tourists

By Larry Habegger | April 17th, 2008 |

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Chinese officials did an about-face on their decision to reopen Tibet to foreigners May 1, saying that the region and its capital, Lhasa, will remain closed until further notice, probably... [Read this entry]

Egypt, Gaza, Israel: Border Crisis Stirs Tensions Between Egypt, Hamas, Palestinian Authority

By Larry Habegger | January 30th, 2008 |

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Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians poured into Egypt after Hamas militants blew open the border partition between Gaza and the Egyptian city of Rafah Jan. 23, relieving tensions in Gaza... [Read this entry]

China: Heavy Snow Disrupts Travel

By Larry Habegger | January 24th, 2008 |

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Heavy snow disrupted travel in several provinces in central China at the beginning of the travel season for Lunar New Year. The holiday begins Feb. 7 but many Chinese travel... [Read this entry]

Philippines: U.S. FAA Downgrades Airline Operations

By Larry Habegger | January 17th, 2008 |

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The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has downgraded Philippine airline operations because they do not comply with International Civil Aviation Organization safety standards. The FAA moved Philippine carriers into category... [Read this entry]

Australia: Fires on Kangaroo Island; Daintree Rainforest May Be Restricted

By Larry Habegger | December 13th, 2007 |

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Fires on South Australia’s Kangaroo Island burned for more than a week scorching 115 square miles of scrub and wilderness, with one fire in the Flinders Chase National Park still... [Read this entry]

Libya: Passport Rules Changed without Notice, Foreigners Refused Entry

By Larry Habegger | November 15th, 2007 |

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Without warning, Libya changed passport rules for foreign tourists Nov. 11, denying entry to foreigners not carrying an Arabic translation of their passports regardless of whether they had appropriate... [Read this entry]

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