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Options for flying in the face of death
When somebody dies, you don’t feel like comparison shopping. But if you must attend a funeral on short notice, the price of a last-minute plane ticket can seem like one more kick...
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Cheap flights connect Asia
Uncomfortable long-distance bus or train rides are almost a rite of passage for budget travellers in Southeast Asia. Sure, these jam-packed journeys aren’t generally pleasant, but...
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Lost Souls returns with odes to life—and death
One doesn’t normally associate shrines to the dead with a street party. The former are considered solemn and reverential, but the latter is joyful and celebratory. Yet it’s...
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Top tonics
These hip drinks are said to have many health benefits. Bottoms up! Matcha has painted an emerald-green swath through Vancouver. This variety of green tea flavours everything from...
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Water, water everywhere
The jury’s out on the benefits of mineral water, but those bubbles sure are fun.Grabbing a bottle of water is not as simple as it used to be. Brand after brand line coolers and...
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Dead Sea Scrolls come to Seattle
Political unrest in the Middle East makes many people reluctant to travel there. But luckily for those eager to visit, one of the most significant archaeological finds of the 20th...
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Guidebook takes your mind off cabin fever
With in-flight cutbacks and carry-on restrictions, flying has become so unpleasant that perhaps it's time to get back to basics: looking out the window. Window Seat Europe:...
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Keys to the nation
According to Frank Zappa, “You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline””it helps if you have some kind of football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at...
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Multimedia Delirium a Cirque first
Cirque du Soleil’s shows, filled with delightfully costumed clowns and death-defying acrobatics, are so awe-inspiring that it’s hard to imagine how the group could pull off an...
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Nigella ladles advice for anxiety-free feasts
Should Nigella Lawson turn up at your house for Thanksgiving dinner, don’t apologize for your overcooked turkey. The British domestic goddess would like us all to stop...

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