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...counter the accusations of protectionism, farmers point out that U.S. safety, labor and environmental rules are tougher than those in most foreign markets--making American-produced goods more expensive. Pesticide use is more restricted in the U.S. than in many foreign countries. Child labor is forbidden. And inspectors keep closer tabs on whether fields have toilets and hand-washing facilities. Last November three people died and 600 became ill with hepatitis A from unsanitary Mexican scallions at a Pennsylvania restaurant. Likewise, hundreds have fallen ill over the past decade after eating Mexican cantaloupes and strawberries and Guatemalan raspberries. "Americans prefer...
...feelings of this person," he replies. "I am not happy about it. For us it is only marketing. We don't put the swastika on our labels. We have canceled all the swastikas." German law bars any trade using Hitler portraits, swastikas or National Socialist symbols. What is not forbidden is importing Hitler wine for private use. Péter Zsolt, vice director of the new Budapest Holocaust Museum, says: "It's both sad that it can be sold and even more shocking that people buy it. We are trying to educate people as to how Hungary could...
...Emulation of the infidels leads to loving them, glorifying them and raising their status in the eyes of the Muslim, and that is forbidden." SAUDI ARABIAN TEXTBOOK, urging teenagers not to befriend Christians or Jews. The book is part of a revamped curriculum supposedly designed to be less anti-Western...
...greet each other solemnly. They are all Iraqi, but their beliefs are those of the strict Wahhabi strain of Islam repressed under Saddam Hussein. Unlike most Iraqi sitting rooms, this one has no pictures adorning its walls or a television or radio nestled in a corner. Such luxuries are forbidden, just as they were under the Taliban in Afghanistan. At the back of the room are a few men from Saudi Arabia, who stand silently as one of the sheiks, the group's leader, addresses me in Arabic and stilted English. The war in Iraq, he says...
Even as the U.S. is clamping down on trips to Cuba, another forbidden land is opening up. The thaw in relations with Libya includes a lifting of travel restrictions, and this North African nation is becoming a hot spot for American travelers. The accommodations aren't exactly five star (yet), but the rewards can be great. The country contains ancient Tuareg settlements and some of the best Roman ruins outside Italy. Obtaining a visa can be tough, so for now it's best to go with a tour operator, like Mountain Travel Sobek, which led the first U.S. tour group...