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...Dennis Tito The U.S. multimillionaire became the world's first space tourist when the Russians blasted him into orbit for a cool $20 million. Not pleased with the space-for-cash scheme, NASA threatened to bar the feisty 60-year-old from the International Space Station. Tito's journey paved the way for an international compromise to allow more space travelers. Next up? South African Mark Shuttleworth - for a reported $25 million. With NASA a bit cash-strapped itself these days, it might be just as well that it changed its tune...
There are few places in the world as barren, empty and isolated as the western plains of Inner Mongolia?which is precisely the region's draw. For a tourist who has seen it all?and endured the throngs that pack most vacation spots?the vast horizons of the northern steppe offer the perfect opportunity to get away from the familiar. Not to be confused with the independent country of Mongolia to the north, Inner Mongolia lies in a giant arc just beyond the Great Wall, stretching from Manchuria in the east all the way west to Xinjiang?and occupying nearly...
...China United Airlines flies into a number of small commercial and military airports in Inner Mongolia. Or if time isn't an issue, you can take an 11-hour train ride from Beijing to the provincial capital of Hohhot. Once you arrive, there is little in the way of tourist infrastructure, but for adventurers that's part of the charm. In the east lie a few sizable communities, the most notable of which is Hohhot, a primarily Han Chinese city that hosts the province's major industry, a university and a few hotels. As you head west, the terrain becomes...
...change the fact that they're still stuck in Jersey EUAN BLAIR PM's son gets homework help from Defense Ministry. If our dad was PM, we'd get way better perks?like "borrowing" MI6's hover Porsche MARK SHUTTLEWORTH South African mogul set to be second space tourist. He'll boldly go where no man with a net worth of less than $1 billion has gone before Losers DEAN KAMEN Inventor's top-secret scooter "Ginger" elicits yawns in its debut. He plans to add a V-8 engine and gigantic fins and market it as a "Cadillac" TALIBAN...
Sabag won't discuss why she decided to drop anchor in Findlay, but INS officials believe they know her reasons. They suspect that Sabag and her Israeli peers were peddling toy helicopters in three Toledo-area malls. That violates the terms of her i-94 tourist visa, which states in bright red letters, "Warning: a non immigrant who accepts unauthorized employment is subject to deportation." It is possible Rachel and her comrades discovered the jobs via a newspaper ad that targeted young Israelis and promised to expedite legal papers in return for mall training. David Leopold, a lawyer handling...