Morning Links: Swine Flu and Travel, Viewing North Korea and More
Travel Blog • Michael Yessis • 04.27.09 | 9:13 AM ET
- In response to the swine flu outbreak, several airlines are waiving change fees for Mexico travelers.
- Airline and tourism stocks have been slammed by the news of the swine flu.
- As of 9:18 a.m. ET, the CDC “has NOT recommended that people avoid travel to Mexico at this time” because of the outbreak. However, the EU’s health commissioner “urged Europeans on Monday to postpone nonessential travel to the United States or Mexico.”
- Here’s how an Italian cruise ship fended off a pirate attack.
- Daisann McLane on the financial “tsunami”: “[W]hen the hardest waves hit, my response has always been the same: hit back, and hit the road.”
- World Hum contributor David Farley surfaces in Dublin’s Smithfield neighborhood.
- The Economist says there’s an “element of silliness” to this story about female business travelers.
- The Big Picture peers into North Korea.
- The Telegraph has a slideshow of the world’s weirdest festivals.
- A hammer-and-sickle T-shirt almost derailed efforts to have The Flaming Lips song “Do You Realize” named Oklahoma’s official rock song.
- Gail Collins has “been thinking a lot about state slogans this week.” They’re pretty funny thoughts.
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