Travel Forum / Destinations / Europe / January 2007

http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/article2121675.ece
What's in a word? When did we start going to the loo?
Our language is full of terms whose origins have been lost in time. Now
the Oxford English Dictionary wants the public to help identify their

http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/news/20070102/opcomtues.art.htm
Where's the outrage over black-on-black killings?
By DeWayne Wickham
BALTIMORE - A couple of days before Christmas, I phoned Patricia

"Where Soldiers Fear to Tread" is a book by John S. Burnett
which I just finished reading. It is about his experiences
as an aid worker in Somalia (and later in Iraq).
As the title indicates the risks taken by an aid worker are

Jet2 refused to change a passenger name. The change was not for "the same day"
although their website says
"Call Centre and Sales Desks
Up to 3 hours before departure you can generally make changes to passenger's

In the 1970s before we came to France permanently I hired a French speaking
student (Canadian) at the University who would come to my office and spend
conversation time with me.  On our long first period in France 65-66 we
had previously brought in a local student to just have ...

As I was collecting my Euros from the bureau de change yesterday, the
cashier showed me a 500 Euro note (in a fetching shade of purple).  It
occured to me that the highest denomination note issued by the Bank of
England is £50, and they are very rarely seen (except on racecourses,

The debate over Iraq has become so poisonous that even the weekend
death sentence for Saddam Hussein seems to have become morally
controversial. So it's worth recalling that what happened early
Saturday morning in Baghdad is that rare event -- justice for a tyrant

Youths set fire to about 400 cars overnight and police said they
arrested more than 250 people, as violence marred France's New Year
celebrations.
However, a police spokesman said there were fewer problems than in

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N28176515.htm
Food from cloned animals safe to eat -US agency
28 Dec 2006 17:27:03 GMT
Source: Reuters

maybe someone can help me...i need to find some statitistical data on
luxury travellers from USA to europe, (especially in Italy, but it's
not compulsory).
any idea?

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http://www.espacetrevisse.com  Une critique acerbe des artistes dits de

By Dr. Earl Evleth PhD
The abiding cliché about Gerald Ford -- who died Tuesday at age 93 --
is that he was a decent man who steadied the country but held the White
House too briefly to leave a major imprint. We've always thought that

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Once again, TV viewers all over Europe will be watching an ancient black
and white recording of Freddy Frinton playing the "Dinner for one"
sketch, which was first ever performed in 1948.
 For those who have never heard of it - strangely enough, it seems to