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...terrorists in FATA is generally a good thing. This is a major change in direction; although former President Pervez Musharraf allowed drones to operate, he placed severe limits on where and when they could strike. After Musharraf resigned last summer, the shackles came off. The U.S. struck a tacit bargain with the new administration in Islamabad: Zardari and Kayani would quietly enable more drone operations while publicly criticizing the U.S. after each strike. The arrangement has worked well for the U.S., though the Pakistanis would like to tweak it. Visiting Washington last month, Zardari asked Obama to let Islamabad have...
...hours. Today, his outlets offer sushi buffets, Internet access and PlayStation consoles. Many are fully booked at lunch. And the recession hasn't hurt business: Neway lowered its prices 10% to 15% last November to lure penny-pinching customers and saw a few more patrons trickle in for the bargain...
...millions of young people who have roamed the Continent with a pack on their back and Eurail pass in hand can attest, there is something quintessentially European about traveling by train. Or was. European airline deregulation 12 years ago has turned hopping on a plane into a bargain-basement no-brainer. Thanks mostly to the increased competition, improved services and lower prices spawned by regulatory liberalization, air travel in Europe grew at an average annual rate of 4.5% between 1995 and 2005. Over the same period, the total number of miles traveled by all rail passengers chugged along at less...
...Beach Bargain. Air Tahiti Nui is offering L.A.-to-Tahiti tickets for $732 round-trip if you stay four nights. Or you could try the airline's Tahiti Lover's Escape package, which includes a room at the Hilton Hotel Tahiti for $898 round-trip from Los Angeles, including breakfast. Book by June 5 for travel through Sept...
...search of online ticket sellers revealed that a Legends Suite ticket can be had for about $100 on some nights. So by a twist of logic, I had not only soaked the Yankees for $27, I had tripped on a great recession value. The New York Yankees: what a bargain...