Italy declares Pompeii a state of emergency

Many years ago I took a train from Naples out to Pompei and even back then was slightly disappointed with it - it felt wrong somehow - the sellers selling cheap tat seemed out of place. I was uplifted though...

Indonesian capital bans beggars, street hawkers

""This is to put order into things of common interest. If we want to put things into order, then we should have a clear legal base," Jakarta's outgoing Governor Sutiyoso told reporters after the city council...

Wish You Weren't Here: Top 10 Most Disappointing Tourist Spots

London's Daily Telegraph has released a list of the Top 10 Most Disappointing tourist destinations, as determined by Virgin Travel Insuarance. Though the survey was mostly built as a bit of handsome PR for a...

Little Girls Playing by the Pool: a Constitutional Issue?

The parties involved in this dispute are quick to invoke the law, from local ordinance right up the the Constitution of the United states, all because of two little girls playing in their backyard. "A Bayville...

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