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...Miami this week, just as Jeb is kicking off his re-election bid, President Bush is expected to announce even tighter sanctions against Cuba, including a crackdown on nearly 100,000 Americans who illegally go to Cuba each year. Any U.S. tourism and trade with Cuba, insists White House spokesman Ari Fleischer, "benefits only the repressive regime in Cuba." But Flake's amendment to allow U.S. travel to Cuba and a similar Senate measure are expected to pass this summer, both with ample G.O.P. backing...
...powers of the broadcasting authority, most commentators believe the real impetus was to strengthen the media conglomerates, particularly the Dogan organization. Enormous power, they say, will be vested in the hands of the company that owns eight newspapers and two TV stations, and is also involved in banking, tourism and fuel distribution. Among Dogan's best-known media holdings are two of Turkey's largest newspapers - Hurriyet and Milliyet - and CNN Turk, a joint television venture with CNN, whose parent also owns TIME. The clash over the law goes much deeper, however. At a time when the European Union - which...
...TAFT (R., OHIO) He drew fire earlier this year when his office ordered that a slick new tourism TV commercial be re-shot to include the Governor. His office said the $148,000 editing job was necessary because the ad was of "unacceptable" quality and contained an insensitive reference to American Indians...
INFO HUB The official website of the Department of Tourism both promises and delivers. Offering useful travel tips and an exhaustive list of places to go, it also has a fun trivia section perfect for predeparture dinner conversations. Example: the yo-yo, which means "come back" in Tagalog, is Philippine in origin...
...That may well spawn other reforms, such as allowing Cuba access to U.S. credit to buy American food and medicine. "U.S. business, tourism and farm-state politics are overtaking Miami politics on this issue," says Flake, an Arizona Republican. Florida political analysts say the Bushes want to maintain a hard line, at least until the gubernatorial election in November. But with even Fidel turning against the embargo, the Bush brothers may have less time than they thought...