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Come Home With Memories, Not a Shocking Phone Bill

Baua Electric

The horror story goes something like this: A family returns from a trip abroad, and the glow from the vacation has barely begun to fade when a cellphone bill with hundreds — or even thousands — of dollars in international charges arrives. Smartphones have become an indispensable part of international travel.

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Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

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From an official point of view, COP 15 is to be informed by the most recent report from the UNFCCC’s International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the Fourth Assessment Report (AR4), published in 2007. Without a clear and ambitious number, the whole agreement will be in danger ” [ 8 ].

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Where to Eat, Sleep and Shop in Colombo, Sri Lanka

Baua Electric

The recent arrival of new fairs like the Ceylon Literary & Arts Festival and the Matara Festival for the Arts have brought a more international focus to Colombo and the southern fort cities of Sri Lanka. As an archaeologist, I can tell you this island has been receiving international people since at least the third century B.C.,

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Surprising, Unsettling, Surreal: Roaming Through Saudi Arabia

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Central to the transformations led by 38-year-old Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the kingdom’s de facto ruler, is a major push for international visitors. All told, the country is hoping to draw 70 million international tourists per year by 2030, with tourism contributing 10 percent of its gross domestic product. (In