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		<title>Gordon Brown is back in town</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 10:22:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ I hear Gordon Brown is in town, which means school children in his Kirkcaldy constituency can be sure he&#8217;s not going to burst in on their lessons today for a photo opportunity. MPs can be confident he won&#8217;t be bursting into the Commons chamber too. There are no plans to speak there yet. But he is in and out of his Commons office, meeting former cabinet colleagues. He&#8217;s also nipping out to meet Senator Ted Kennedy&#8217;s widow Vicki who is visiting London. Another meeting is with Sir Tim Berners-Lee, godfather of the worldwide web. Sir Tim has been talking about how the internet can help developing countries and Gordon Brown is keen to learn more. As well as keeping up with the World Cup the former Prime Minister has been swimming &#8211; I presume not in the Firth of Forth. He&#8217;s also been writing furiously, but it&#8217;s a little more theoretical than gossipy. A very different book, Peter Mandelson&#8217;s memoirs, is sitting in the Cabinet Office awaiting clearance for a pre-summer holiday launch, the author hopes. I&#8217;m told that Lord Mandelson had tapped out quite a chunk of the book before re-joining British politics during his Brussels exile, which makes you wonder about the spirit in which it was written.  <a href="http://www.onlinereporter.org/general/gordon-brown-is-back-in-town/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>‘Africa has already won the World Cup’</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 16:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Time to think again! Banish your prejudices! Forget your preconceptions! The 2010 World Cup may just help shift perceptions of the way the world thinks of Africa, thanks to Fifa&#8217;s levelling of the playing field – after 80 years.  This one is very definitely &#8220;Africa&#8217;s World Cup&#8221; . It&#8217;s not that wars and famine or corrupt and mad dictators – which have long blighted Africa with cliched stereotypes – will suddenly disappear (and yes, we journalists are in part responsible for reinforcing these). But for the next four weeks, a billion TV viewers round the world will not only see African football showcased on its home turf, but will glipse a vision of a continent that&#8217;s booming.  Sub-Saharan economies are set to grow on average by nearly 5 per cent this year, despite the global slowdown.  This is the result of governance improving and poverty, disease and corruption all declining. Foreign investment&#8217;s surging. People are living longer, more and more children are going to school. Africa is feeling good about itself.  Its people know the world is watching and many believe their time has come. In African communties in Johannesburg, where I&#8217;ve just spent a week, taking the pre-cup temperature, the mercury is rising fast. In the largely immigrant neighbourhood of Yeoville, each African community has its own unofficial embassy – Nigeria, Cameroon, Ghana, Congo… the list goes on. In Nigeria House, noisy magnet for migrant workers and for those who&#8217;ve flown in for the World Cup, there was a sense of riotous excitement about the football feast to come. Apart from one iconoclast (the man from Lagos gunning for Brazil), they were all very patriotic in their green and white.  But a prominent pan-Africanist streak also runs through Yeoville&#8217;s African communities. &#8220;Sure, I want Nigeria to win,&#8221; said Bonny, leader of the pack. &#8220;We would be proud for any African country to lift the trophy at the end of the day.&#8221; It&#8217;s a sentiment I heard again and again, everywhere I went: they want the cup to stay on the continent – any team can win, as long as they are African. African teams want to formalise before a global audience the mark they&#8217;ve already made on football. The African World Cup is to them a recognition of the distinctive style and talent they&#8217;ve brought to the game.  African footballers are hot property in Europe. So much so that Ghana&#8217;s top 250 players have left home to join European leagues. In Romania, African footballers make up the majoritiy of professional players; in Switzerland and Ukraine, it&#8217;s a third. More than 20 per cent of all transfers between European clubs are of African players. Earlier this year, during the African Cup of Nations , the mass exodus of African players from European sides decimated leagues. Managers complained. Point made. Despite all this, World Cup ticket sales to Africans outside the host nation account for a tiny fraction of total sold – 2 per cent if projections from a recent tally by accountancy firm Grant Thornton hold true. That&#8217;s just 11,300 Africans holding tickets, 77 per cent lower than expected . Ticket sales via the internet (which does not have such great reach in Africa) is blamed for this failure, as is &#8220;unaffordable pricing&#8221; – although tickets to matches are available for as little as £12. Fifa &#8211; football&#8217;s governing body  - is apologising on its website for cock-ups in ticket sales.  But Sepp Blatter, Fifa president, appears very much on-side, repeatedly demonstrating enlightenment in recent weeks. &#8220;The first African World Cup will be a big page in the history of humanity, not only in the history of sport,&#8221; he said. Mr Blatter urges the world to embrace and celebrate African tradition. That tradition extends beyond the wailing vuvuzelas. It embraces the muti market in downtown Joburg where magic potions are concocted with everything from vulture brains to ground-up monkey skulls – making warriors strong, empowering and protecting them and twanging the hamstrings of opponents. These beliefs are real and widespread, and with the cup being contested on Africa&#8217;s sacred soil for the first time, muti and the spirits of the ancestors are assumed to provide African sides with more than a home crowd advantage.  Across the continent, there&#8217;s a broad belief that whatever happens over the next four weeks, Africa has already won.  <a href="http://www.onlinereporter.org/general/%e2%80%98africa-has-already-won-the-world-cup%e2%80%99/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Iceland volcano: ten of the best (and worst) jokes on the internet</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 08:32:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The eruption of the Eyjafjallajökull volcano has not only caused havoc with European air travel, it has also unleashed a flurry of ash-related jokes onto the internet. <a href="http://www.onlinereporter.org/travel/iceland-volcano-ten-of-the-best-and-worst-jokes-on-the-internet/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>New York by e-book, iPhone and guide book</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Apr 2010 09:57:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ New York is forever changing. So how do e-books, the internet and iPhone apps perform against tried and tested paper guidebooks? Frank Barrett packs his bags with equipment and heads to the Big Apple to find out. <a href="http://www.onlinereporter.org/travel/new-york-by-e-book-iphone-and-guide-book/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Hotel booking: Should you use an online agent or go direct?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 13:48:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Has the internet made booking hotels easier and cheaper? Nick Trend compares online agents with going direct. <a href="http://www.onlinereporter.org/travel/hotel-booking-should-you-use-an-online-agent-or-go-direct/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Internet-savvy children take over from parents to organise the family holiday</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:52:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ It was once left up to parents to organise the family holiday, but adults are relying more and more on their children to find great destinations and deals on the internet. <a href="http://www.onlinereporter.org/travel/internet-savvy-children-take-over-from-parents-to-organise-the-family-holiday/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Havana: from our correspondent</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2009 15:05:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Features - MSN Travel UK</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ The weather-beaten Cuban capital is a party-lover's paradise, says the DJ and producer I came to Havana to record an album that reflects the impact of hip-hop, R&#038;B and Jamaican dancehall on Cuban music. I'm also making a music travel documentary as part of a series called "International Radio 1", which is me and other Radio 1 DJs reporting on different music scenes around the world. My connection to Cuba is the music. I used to go to Ronnie Scott's in the 80s and heard amazing Cuban jazz musicians like Irakere – their cut of "Chekere Son" is a club classic for me. Cuba's got a deep tradition and, through the music, I've been fortunate to be able to get beneath the surface and connect with the spirit of its people. My first visit, in 2008, allowed me to take in this grandiose, weathered and largely decaying city and hook up with a new generation of young artists who have created their own agenda. DAY ONE Despite President Barack Obama relaxing US pressure on Cuba, the impact of the embargo is still obvious. Not even a funky old Chevy to pick me up at the airport – I'm disappointed. The journey into Havana is quick – there's no traffic. I check in at the Hotel Saratoga (Paseo del Prado and Dragones Street; 00 53 7 868 1000; hotel-saratoga.com ), a neoclassical-style building which has a great little bar, the Anacaona, named after a women's orchestra that played there. I've hardly showered before darkness drops like a cloak over the city. There are a few street lamps here but they're prone to being extinguished by the regular power cuts. After finalising our schedule, I check out Havana's Jazz Café (third level of the Galerías del Paseo shopping mall, open noon-2am daily). You have to make your way past ladies of the night on the stairs. The cafe books top musicians and the vibe is good, even if the sound system's not great. That said, it's better than at another jazz club, La Zorra y El Cuervo (The Fox and the Crow), on La Rampa (155 Calle 23, open 9.30pm-2am daily), which you enter through a red English telephone box. It is one of the worst-designed clubs I've seen, but people seem to love it. At weekend matinees, called Afternoons of Remembrance (Saturday and Sunday, 2.30pm-7pm), bands play music from the 60s and 70s. DAY TWO I'm an early riser. It's already hot and I'm off for a run.  <a href="http://www.onlinereporter.org/travel/havana-from-our-correspondent/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>66 per cent of Britons say surfing the web can take priority on holiday</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 03:03:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ A holiday is supposed to be a break from modern life but 66 per cent of Britons would prefer to spend their break surfing the internet than spending time with loved ones. <a href="http://www.onlinereporter.org/travel/66-per-cent-of-britons-say-surfing-the-web-can-take-priority-on-holiday/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Guidebooks beat the internet for hotel tips</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 03:10:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nearly half of British travellers rely on professional travel guidebooks when choosing a hotel. <a href="http://www.onlinereporter.org/travel/guidebooks-beat-the-internet-for-hotel-tips/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The best travel websites: part seven</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 02:03:17 +0000</pubDate>
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