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Globe Hopper news -- items that catch our eyes and news pieces that we think our visitors will enjoy. The world is a big place. We'll pick the best of the best and let you comment on some of our news finds.

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Natually, our personal interests will be shining through here, but since there are so many of us, you'll find those interests to be quite broad....so don't worry, there will eventually be something to catch your eye and pique your questioning mind. We'll sqeeze all the news we love out of this planet.

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Oldest Person at 120??
1st Woman Beefeater at London Tower
Hitler's Globe Sells
Democracy Hindered by Burmese Military
OseBerg Ship Queen Exhumed for Testing
Church Under 35W Bridge
Global Languages Disappearing

Since near to some is far to others and vise versa, we'll include local news to us, because that will be global to others. In other words, any news about our world, cultures, customs, pretty much any catagory will fall here, with our personal preferences determining what gets into this news section.

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Romanian President Traian Basescu wishes Olympic team success at Beijing Games 
IZVORANI, Romania (AP) -Romania President Traian Basescu wished his country's Olympic team success at the Beijing Games on Saturday.

Romania will have ...

Packing tips from those who travel for a living 
Hate schlepping heavy bags when you travel? Detest hanging around the luggage carrousel waiting for your bag to come down the chute?

Here are a few ...

106-Year-Old Woman in Muscatine, Iowa 
Mrs. Hermley who lives in 9th street in Muscatine, Iowa turned 106 recently. Teddy Roosevelt was president when she was born. Mrs. Hermley still lives ...

NWA WorldVacations Launches Online Travel Story Contest  Not rated yet
Win a trip to Cancun, Mexico by submitting your favorite travel story to the NWA WorldVacations Travel Blog.

Until September 14, 2008, travelers can ...

Defiant Chinese Harassed, Jailed Before Games  Not rated yet
ZHENGDING, China - Behind the gray walls and barbed wire of the prison here, eight Chinese farmers with a grievance against the government have been consigned ...

Amnesty International: China Has Made Only Minor Progress   Not rated yet
Verena Harpe, a China expert from Amnesty International Deutschland's Asia desk, spoke with DW-WORLD.DE about the current state of human rights in China ...

Powerful group vows to make infrastructure a U.S. priority.  Not rated yet
The Hurricane Katrina disaster brought a national focus to what had previously been a quiet, mostly state and local discussion of the nation's infrastructure ...

New U.S. Embassy To Open in Beijing, China, During Olympics Opening Day  Not rated yet
Washington, D.C. (AHN) - The U.S. Department of State said Friday that a new U.S. Embassy building complex will open in Beijing, China on Aug. 8, the opening ...

Read up on China travel  Not rated yet
The coming Olympic Games in Beijing have spurred production of a slew of new travel-related guides to China. Along with books from most of the major travel ...

China Olympic Prayer Bands  Not rated yet
Nearly 500,000 Olympic Prayer Bands have been requested to date. The Voice of the Martyrs is processing the orders as fast as possible. We are so thankful ...

Florida Travel Agents Fight Higher Bond on Cuba Trips   Not rated yet
MIAMI — Teresa Aral, a travel agent in South Florida, was greatly relieved after learning she did not have to pay the state a quarter of a million dollars ...

International Tourists Put the BIG Back in the Big Apple  Not rated yet
WALTHAM, Mass., July 25, 2008 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ ----Global Insight, the world's leading company for economic and financial analysis and forecasting,...

Act quickly to find the best deals on fall travel  Not rated yet
With all the doom and gloom about fuel prices and airline financial problems, you'd think that ordinary travelers would never again find any good deals....

Gadgets in Your Suitcase  Not rated yet
It's vacation season, and when it comes to packing for a long trip, some things are no-brainers. But what gadgets do you take?

Well, that depends. Some,...

Dealing with Cuba Travel  Not rated yet
There's a split between older and younger Cuban Americans on whether exiles should be allowed to travel more often to visit relatives on the communist ...

Americans still traveling despite uncertainties  Not rated yet
PORTLAND, Maine—High gas prices may mean fewer families will be headed to the beach or the mountains this summer, but rising prices likely won't be keeping ...

Travel Notes: Avuncular advice on Europe  Not rated yet
So you're each heading off to Europe this summer for the very first time. How I envy you! You're about to embark on adventures that could forever change ...

Svalbard Global Seed Vault   Not rated yet
The Svalbard Global Seed Vault is a secure facility located on the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen near the town of Longyearbyen in the remote Arctic Svalbard ...

Travel Stress can Lead to Air Rage  Not rated yet
Smart travelers will do as much as possible before leaving for the airport. We’ve all heard stories about air rage: Someone’s flight is delayed by rotten ...

McCain Will Travel to Iowa Flood Zone  Not rated yet
Senator John McCain surprised the press corps during his speech on energy today when he told the crowd that he will be going to Iowa tomorrow. He said ...

China Execs Tour Hot New Travel Destination :Taiwan  Not rated yet
TAIPEI (Reuters) - China travel industry executives this week set off on a tour of neighboring Taiwan, which agreed on Friday in the first talks in almost ...

Flooding Stalls Bridge Travel Between Iowa, Ill.  Not rated yet
OAKVILLE, Iowa (AP) — The rising Mississippi River forced the closure of one bridge between Iowa and Illinois and the partial shutdown of another Tuesday ...

48 hours in Perth  Not rated yet
PERTH, June 13 (Reuters Life!) - Got 48 hours to explore Perth, the capital of Western Australia? Reuters correspondents with local knowledge help visitors ...

Top 10 Romantic Destinations  Not rated yet
SYDNEY, June 13 (Reuters Life!) - Couples looking for time away together have a list of 10 of the world's most romantic destinations from Life Books.

This ...

China and Taiwan Make Travel Agreement  Not rated yet
BEIJING, June 13 -- China and Taiwan agreed Friday to allow 36 round-trip charter flights every weekend as the first step in a plan to dramatically expand ...

Visited Every State in the USA!  Not rated yet
The Christopher family, a band of fun-seekers and sightseers, will add more mileage and milestones to its travelogue next week when they venture to Hawaii....

Burma's (Myanmar's) Elite Help with Aid  Not rated yet
Business leaders, some under US sanction, are delivering relief supplies.


Rangoon, Burma - While international aid groups and world leaders have been ...

International Competitors for U.S. Open  Not rated yet
SAN DIEGO — When Jim Furyk won the 2003 U.S. Open at Olympia Fields Country Club, he tightened the stranglehold Americans had on the good old US of A's ...

Pirates? You're Kidding, Right? Wrong!  Not rated yet
On April 4, 2008, the luxury French yacht Le Ponant was crossing the Gulf of Aden between Yemen and Somalia when a swarm of speed boats surrounded the ...

Shuttle Astronauts Finish Work on International Space Station  Not rated yet
Astronauts from the U.S. space shuttle Discovery have finished their final jobs on the International Space Station, and held a news conference from space....

China's Guidelines for Olympic Guests Has Arrived!  Not rated yet
BEIJING -- Foreigners attending the Beijing Olympics better behave -- or else.

The Beijing Olympic organizing committee issued a stern, nine-page document ...

China and Human Rights?  Not rated yet
Posted: 01 April 2008

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and world leaders, including Prime Minister Gordon Brown, must speak out strongly and ...

Travel expert answers queries on routes and destinations around the world  Not rated yet
QCan you recommend a clean, safe hotel in Maputo with reasonably priced rooms. I cannot afford the Polana or the Holiday Inn, but would prefer not to stay ...

My Life In Travel: Simon Woodroffe, entrepreneur  Not rated yet
First holiday memory?


Cadzand, a Dutch seaside resort near where my father was stationed in Rhinedalen. I was there from the age of about seven to ...

Global Passenger Traffic Expected to Triple  Not rated yet
LONDON (Thomson Financial) - Air carriers will order some 24,300 new passenger and freighter jets worth 2.8 trln usd between now and 2026, EADS unit Airbus ...