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New passports could tune to voices
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AUSTRALIAN passports may incorporate voice-recognition and eye-scanning as travel security measures go hi-tech. More Travel Incidents News
Read MoreTourist dragged off plane in 'puzzling' arrest
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THIS 85-year-old tourist was dragged off a plane at the end of a nine-day tour in North Korea without an explanation. He has now been held for a month in what is feared may be a case of mistaken identity. More Travel Updates News
Read MoreIs this the most embarrassing plane gaffe ever?
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WHAT began as a passenger's attempt to cure a headache ended with him being arrested for public exposure. Things couldn't get any worse. Could they? More Travel Incidents News
Read MoreThis is one rather bizarre airport stuff up
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SINCE opening in 2008, not a single bulb has been replaced on the roof of Heathrow Airport's immense $8 billion Terminal 5 due to a design dilemma that has baffled authorities. More Travel Updates News
Read MoreNew passports could tune to voices
AUSTRALIAN passports may incorporate voice-recognition and eye-scanning as travel security measures go hi-tech.
Is this the most embarrassing plane gaffe ever?
WHAT began as a passenger's attempt to cure a headache ended with him being arrested for public exposure. Things couldn't get any worse. Could they?
Mystery of revolving Egyptian statue solved
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THE mystery of a 4000-year-old Egyptian statue that was caught on camera rotating for no apparent reason has been solved.
Traveller now 'too fat for Chunnel'
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EUROSTAR says it has refused travel on its train to a Frenchman who was earlier stranded in the US because he was deemed too fat to fly home.
How to survive world's most dangerous situations
THIS military training camp is a place so tough not even active participants really want to be there. But what they learn here will save their lives.
Host 'violated' by Airbnb nightmare
A WOMAN who rented out her apartment feared her suspicious male guests were drug dealers. But the reality was more disturbing.
Five innocent crimes that will get you jailed
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FROM seemingly innocent gestures, to being the wrong sex, these are some of the bizarre reasons used to jail someone. Sound far-fetched? It happens and for the oddest reasons.
Schoolies risking life to balcony hop
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POLICE will again warn schoolies not to risk their lives by hopping between balconies at high-rise buildings on the Gold Coast.