Middle East

Walk like an Egyptian and dress like a hipster for less than you think

Walk like an Egyptian and dress like a hipster for less than you think

Why go to Egypt? Because it's there and they sell those cool checkered scarves for about $5 -- and trying buying a kafiyah for that in Brooklyn. Well, you can't.

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Egyptians to Mubarak – Get out!

Egyptians to Mubarak – Get out!

Authoritarian rule and the Internet just don’t mix. Case in point, now Egypt is following Tunisia’s lead a step further. On Tuesday, nationwide demonstrations broke out against Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak’s 30 year authoritarian rule. Protesters took to the streets across the nation, chanting, throwing rocks and climbing on police tanks. From the larger...

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Extreme immersion travel. California native hunts bin Laden

Extreme immersion travel. California native hunts bin Laden

Travel adventure taken to extreme as California construction worker finds Pakistani Officials not too receptive of his hunting of Osama bin Laden.

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Measure this: The worlds tallest building completed and open

Measure this: The worlds tallest building completed and open

Men will be men and that means building things bigger than any other man has ever built. For architects, the biggest measuring stick is a sky scraper. Now the men in Dubai have proved why they wear robes and not pants by creating the newest biggest building ever: The Burj Khalif, a building so...

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Crashing news: 90 feared dead after plane crashes moments after takeoff

Crashing news: 90 feared dead after plane crashes moments after takeoff

An Ethiopian Airline 737 crashed into the sea in a fireball moments after taking off. Authorities fear up to 90 people were killed.

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Spork You: Man tries to hijack plane with plastic cutlery

Spork You: Man tries to hijack plane with plastic cutlery

It won't take long, and while there hasn't been an official announcement from TSA or any other security group in the USA, but when a man attempts to hijack an airplane with a plastic knife, you know someone is going to ban it, and they'll ban first on American flights: Here's why.

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Israel Part III: Jerusalem is old

Israel Part III: Jerusalem is old

Jerusalem is the epicenter of religion. The mega capital of all things holy. It's also a great place to get a falafel, enjoy a hookah or just walk along the stone lined streets. Jerusalem can overwhelm you: Christ died there, rose there; Solomon even offered to cut a baby in half there.

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Israel Part II: Tel Aviv rocks!

Israel Part II: Tel Aviv rocks!

It's the Jewish Riviera: Tel Aviv. Full of life and people, this modern city never stops and the views of the Med are stunning. Plan for a day or two in the second largest city in Israel. It's the perfect place to stay before heading out and visiting all that Holy stuff.

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Israel Part I: Life with the gun

Israel Part I: Life with the gun

There are dangerous places and there are places people think are dangerous. Israel is a little of both but it's reputation for danger only makes it that much more fun. Think of the stories you can tell when you get home -- and you survived. So go, go, go!

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Iraq open for tourists

Iraq open for tourists

Now here’s a potential trip you’ll remember for the rest of your life. Be the first to walk the streets of Baghdad without the comfort of a U.S. military occupation. Germans in Germany don’t even have this luxury. The American war is over in Iraq as troops pull out of major cities, opening up a...

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