Travelography: Oasis Air Deals, MySpace Break, Voluntourism + Food Tours

http://travelgeography.blogspot.com/2007/03/travelography-oasis-air-deals-myspace.html 1, Hong Kong's Oasis Air will start trans-Pacific budget flights this summer. 2. MySpace.com is hosting Spring Break parties in FL and TX. 3. Volunteer tourism is boosting the economies...

India home to most billionaries in Asia

India did it again.India became home to the most billionaires in Asia, pushing Japan back to the No. 2 spot, according to Forbes magazine's 2007 rankings of the world's richest people.Lakshmi N. Mittal, the London-based steel magnate who spearheaded the takeover of...

Harvesting energy from gym users

HONG KONG -- A health club here is hoping that a car battery, some StairMasters and dozens of gym rats can help ease the world's energy problems. Rita Wong is doing her part. One evening recently, the fit 27-year-old, dressed in black spandex, pedaled furiously on...

Using Gym Rats' Body Power to Generate Electricity

"Carl Bialik from WSJ writes "A Hong Kong health club is hoping that a car battery, some StairMasters and dozens of gym rats can help ease the world's energy problems. It is just one of a wave of projects that are trying to tap the power of the human body, the Wall Street...

E-Trade offers $20 commission global trading platform

Trading stocks online outside of the US markets hasn't been possible -- until now. Or, well, for some E-Trade customers anyway."The pilot project, which begins with 1,000 E-Trade customers this week, allows them to buy, hold and sell stocks in Canada, France, Germany, Hong...

FACTBOX-Bird flu's spread around the globe

"Feb 19 (Reuters) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) has confirmed that bird flu killed a 37-year-old Egyptian woman. The new case brings to 21 the number of people known to have been infected with bird flu in Egypt, which has the largest known cluster of human cases...

Williams enters rehab on birthday

"Pop singer Robbie Williams has been admitted into a rehab clinic in the US on his 33rd birthday, to be treated for a dependency on prescription drugs. It is not the first time the British star has entered rehab, having become addicted to drugs and alcohol after he left Take...

Princess Alexandra To Marry & Leave Royal Family

The royal palace in Denmark announces that Prince Joachim's ex-wife, Princess Alexandra, is to marry her boyfriend on March 3rd, following which she'll no longer be a member of the Royal Family.

Asian press freedom regressed in 2006; Philippines, Afghanistan deadliest

"HONG KONG (AP) - The Philippines and Afghanistan were the most dangerous places for journalists in Asia in 2006, while Thai media suffered under a new military government and dozens of reporters remained behind bars in China, a U.S. media rights group said Tuesday in its...

Philippines, Afghanistan deadliest for journalists in Asia in 2006

In Asia, the Philippines and Afghanistan were the most dangerous places for journalists in 2006 according to a United States media rights group in its annual report released Tuesday, noting that it was "a real step backward ... we don't see any positive trends."This news...