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This year, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the world’s largest and most powerful military alliance, will celebrate its 60th birthday. Since 1949, NATO has provided for the collective defense of the United States, Canada, and their European partners. Today, NATO’s 26 member nations collectively contribute millions of troops, trillions of dollars of material and services, and entire libraries of intelligence information to a central command in Brussels, Belgium, while NATO military units are involved in regional security and peacekeeping developments in the Western Balkans, the Gulf of Aden, and Afghanistan...
...Like Clinton, Obama's first trip to a foreign country landed him just over the border in Canada. But this week's sojourn to England, France, Germany, the Czech Republic and Turkey is the President's first real chance to reset America's relationship with the global community. And while there's a chance that Obama's foreign tour might be overshadowed by recession-related news at home - summit meetings aren't as juicy as excessive Wall Street bonuses - he'll at least be further afield than the Panama Canal, the site of the first foreign trip by a sitting...
National ID Cards. The rules for Americans traveling to neighboring countries are about to change. Old rules allowed you to use a driver's license along with a birth certificate as proof of U.S. citizenship. But as of June 1, U.S. citizens traveling to the Caribbean, Mexico, Canada or Bermuda, have to carry a passport or a U.S. passport card. Airline passengers must have a passport, as always, but passengers aboard cruises, buses or cars that cross the border or leave U.S. waters, may use the less expensive U.S. passport card. These cards are valid for 10 years and cost...
...With Their Rates. Hyatt Hotels & Resorts is taking 20% off rates at Hyatt Regency, Grand Hyatt, Andaz and Park Hyatt hotels. For stays in the U.S., Canada and the Caribbean, book by April 8 for travel through June 30. To get the discount at the Park Hyatt, book by April 26 for stays through...
...Time to Put on Your Glasses: that was the title of a short film made by the renowned avant-garde animator Norman McLaren for the National Film Board of Canada in 1951. It was also the cue for moviegoers the following year, when Bwana Devil, Arch Oboler's low-budget safari epic, introduced 3-D to the postwar audience. "A Lion in Your Lap! A Lover in Your Arms!" the ads read, but the big thrill was a native's spear tossed into the audience. The picture found an audience, and instantly theaters were flooded with 3-D movies - more...