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...Shuttle Worth Flying. The Delta Shuttle, which connects New York City, Boston and Washington, D.C., has lowered fares 60% on walk-up ticket purchases. The fare between New York's LaGuardia and Boston's Logan is $129; from LaGuardia to Reagan National Airport...
...South African government barred the Dalai Lama from attending a March 27 Johannesburg peace conference, citing the spiritual leader's tense relations with China but denying it was pressured by Beijing. Nobel laureates Archbishop Desmond Tutu and F.W. de Klerk protested by pulling out of the event, a walk-up to the 2010 World Cup. Organizers subsequently canceled the conference...
...lies." Freeman Matake of Masvingo added, "This is the dawn of a new era in Zimbabwe." A police officer, who spoke only on condition of anonymity, agreed. "This man seems to be the answer to our problems. His determination is a source of hope." (See pictures from the tense walk-up to Zimbabwe's elections...
...subsidiary of Greyhound and Peter Pan, which promises free wi-fi and clean toilets on board. Bolt Bus will sell one $1 ticket on each bus to an online buyer; otherwise, book fares online for as little as $7, depending on departure date and demand, or buy a walk-up ticket for $25. You can catch the bus at two stops in New York City: the northeast corner of West 33rd Street and Seventh Avenue, by the Sbarro's, or on Sixth Avenue between Grand and Watts streets. The ride takes 4 hr. 15 min. and drops...
...never been employed. A high-school dropout, he has almost no chance of landing a good job in the education-obsessed marketplace of modern China. His parents divorced when he was a child, so he lives with his father and grandfather in a sixth floor walk-up in a crumbling, Soviet-style apartment block near the center of this ancient metropolis. Mao's father owns the apartment, a sign of his moderate success in international trade. But as solid as his living situation is, Mao Ce, and others like him, can feel left behind in today's China where freedom...