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		<title>Floods Cripple Pakistan</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 23:01:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Flooding triggered by exceptionally heavy monsoon rains has claimed the lives of more than 1,500 people in Pakistan during the last three weeks. A country already deeply troubled by ongoing violence and political unrest, Pakistan must now deal with the anguish of up to 20 million people affected by high waters that have washed away crops and destroyed entire villages. More than 4 million people are without homes and up to 3.5 million children are living under the constant threat of water-borne illnesses.]]></description>
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		<title>WHL Group Finds Promising Warmth at ITB 2010, Both in the Main Space and at the Fringe Travel Event</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A bitterly cold Berlin welcomed the WHL Group to this year&#8217;s ITB Berlin, along with the representatives of 14 destinations from within the whl.travel network, including Antigua &#38; Barbuda, Bosnia &#38; Herzegovina, Colombia, Cook Islands, Ecuador, Greece, Malaysia, Malta, North Cyprus, Oman, Serbia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Turkey and Ukraine. It was no surprise that there...]]></description>
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		<title>Cappadocia Unearthed: The Handicrafts Renaissance in Avanos, Turkey</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 11:49:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A traditional wood stove in the corner of the sitting room heats the cool stone walls of this large cave-house turned workshop and gallery quarried into the hills of the town of Avanos in central Turkey. Homemade wine adds to the warmth as the ever-steady hands of Chez Galip, a local artist, hover over a...]]></description>
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		<title>whl.travel Finds the Right Rhythm at the World Travel Market 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:30:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With 167 countries represented by over 5000 exhibitors, the first open-trade day of the World Travel Market in London was certainly no-holds-barred. Enticing the crowds meant dishing out the tastiest of local cuisines, turning up the volume on some truly local tunes, donning traditional garb and even, in some cases bringing out the celebrities to...]]></description>
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		<title>Summer in the Balkans: Albania Discovered – The Future Is Looking Bright</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Setting Your Responsible Sights on the Southern Balkans Once a well-kept secret, Albania is on the verge of being ‘discovered’ by tourists. Until 1992 a communist country closed off to the rest of the world, Albania has only recently seen greater numbers of foreign travellers venture down to its southern Balkan corner of Europe, bringing...]]></description>
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