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Political turmoil in the Maldives reverberates all the way to the Venice Biennale 2013
Wednesday 12 June 2013
The political turmoil rocking the Maldives has reverberated all the way to Venice’s celebrated art show where the archipelago nation is represented by two exhibitions – an official one focussing on the danger of climate change and unofficial show highlighting political repression.
What will travelling be like in 2053?
Saturday 06 April 2013
British Airways' inflight magazine was first published 40 years ago. Travel was very different then, but where will it be in four decades' time?
Online protest over Maldives' rape sentence
Sunday 31 March 2013
Campaigners target islands' tourist economy after teenage victim is ordered to be flogged
Maldives government moves to halt public flogging of 15-year-old girl raped by stepfather
Friday 01 March 2013
Amid widespread outrage, the government of the Maldives has said it is seeking to halt the public flogging of a 15-year-old girl who had been repeatedly raped by her step-father.
Is Dubai's underwater hotel the wackiest of its kind?
Monday 28 January 2013
Boosting its reputation as Disneyland for grown-ups, Dubai may soon host the largest underwater hotel in the world, after a Polish firm unveiled plans to construct a massive disc-shaped floor 10m below the sea surface.
Plans afoot for Dubai's first underwater hotel
Friday 25 January 2013
Dubai is no stranger to breaking records. First, they built the world's largest mall, then they built the world's tallest building... And now, if plans come to fruition, the emirate could become home to the world's largest underwater hotel.
Travel Agenda: Winter palace, Eastern promise, Up in the air, Let's do lunch, Blooming marvellous, Paris to Princes Street, 325, Appy Skiers
Friday 21 December 2012
Where to go and what to know
My Life In Travel: Kara Tointon
Friday 24 August 2012
'I like taking long road trips and stopping at a village you wouldn't normally find'
My Life In Travel: Sharron Davies
Friday 10 August 2012
'My favourite Olympics was Barcelona – but London 2012 has overtaken it'
Benefit scammer Rose Jones jailed after pictured scuba diving
Tuesday 24 July 2012
A woman who claimed she was so disabled that she could not open a bottle of wine has been jailed for benefit fraud after she was pictured scuba-diving during exotic holidays.
Woman convicted of benefit fraud after being pictured scuba diving
Thursday 28 June 2012
A woman who claimed she was so disabled that she could not open a bottle wine has been convicted of benefit fraud after she was pictured scuba-diving during exotic holidays, according to the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).
Maldives government 'looking for private funding for advertising campaign to boost tourism industry'
Wednesday 13 June 2012
The government of the Maldives is said to be looking for funding from the private sector for an advertising campaign to boost its tourism industry following turmoil earlier this year when its elected president was forced from office in what he later claimed was a coup.
The Balgger's Guide To: The Hay Festival
Sunday 27 May 2012
Talking, listening, laughing, heckling, dancing, drinking
Fury at lobbyists over lucrative work for brutal Maldives regime
Monday 07 May 2012
Islands' government wants to 'renew' its image in UK and US after months of conflict
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Is the Muslim call to prayer really such a menace?
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Channel 4 to 'provoke' viewers who associate Islam with terrorism with live call to prayer during Ramadan
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US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
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Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
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Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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