Travel News – Newsletter for February 24, 2010
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
AP source: New full-body scanners going to airports in next 2 weeks for passenger screening
AP source: New full-body scanners for 2 airports
WASHINGTON – U.S. government officials say the first of 150 new full-body scanners will be installed in airports in Boston and Chicago over the next two weeks.
A Homeland Security Department official said Tuesday all of the 150 new machines will be installed by the end of …. Original source : AP source: New full-body scanners going to airports in next 2 weeks for passenger screening.
Sex and art and Gustav Klimt: Swingers in Vienna art hall highlight provocative painting
Sex at the museum: Swingers in Vienna art hall
VIENNA – In the name of art, an Austrian landmark is encouraging visitors to confront their sexual inhibitions by having them walk through a swingers club to reach one of Gustav Klimt’s masterpieces.
The Secession – a world-renowned venue for contemporary art in downtown Vienna – has temporarily … Read more »»».
Brazil defends response to shipwreck that left international students adrift for 2 nights
Brazil defends its search efforts in shipwreck
SAO PAULO – The Brazilian navy on Sunday defended its response to a shipwreck that left dozens of teenage students from around the world adrift on the ocean for two nights.
The navy deployed a search aircraft about 19 hours after it received a distress signal from the SV Concordia … Read : Brazil defends response to shipwreck that left international students adrift for 2 nights.