EU backs U.N. climate report despite skepticism

2010-03-15T13:18:07Z

<div><p>BRUSSELS (Reuters) - U.N. climate scientists attacked by skeptics after they published an erroneous global warming forecast won support Monday from European Union environment ministers.</p><p>Climate skepticism has gathered pace since...

Mexico's spring break king rebounds

2010-03-07T21:30:05Z

<div id="subtitle">Cancun, Mexico's spring break king, recovers from swine flu, drug violence's blow to tourism</div><div><p>Mexico's spring break king — Cancun — is rebounding quickly from last year's triple blow to its tourism industry caused by the country's swine flu epidemic, drug violence and a global economic crisis.</p><p>Those worries couldn't compete this year aga...

Mexico Cancun

2010-03-03T09:45:53Z

The picture shows the Gaviota Azul beach in Cancun, Mexico, after it was enlarged by artificially adding sand to it Tuesday, March 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Israel Leal)

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Spring break travel: Airfares up, hotel rates down

2010-03-03T09:45:29Z

<div id="subtitle">Travel Web sites say average spring break airfares up, but hotel rates down</div><div><p>Average airfares for spring break are up from last year but hotel rates are down, according to data from Bing Travel and Travelocity.</p><p>Travelocity found average airfares are up 9 percent compared to last year, with the average domestic...

Trafficking probe nets 10 Mexican migration agents

2010-03-02T19:45:23Z

<div id="subtitle">Mexico accuses 10 immigration agents, 3 airline workers of Chinese migrant trafficking</div><div><p>Mexico's interior department says prosecutors have detained 10 Mexican immigration agents and three airline workers at Cancun's international airport on suspicion of trafficking Chinese migrants.</p><p>The department says in a statement that the agents, alo...

Mexico Spring Break

2010-03-02T08:01:17Z

Students have fun during Spring Break 2010 at the Cocobongo nightclub in Cancun, Mexico, Tuesday March 2, 2010. Mexico's spring break king the Caribbean resort of Cancun is rebounding quickly from last year's triple blow to its tourism industry caused by the country's swine flu epidemic, drug violence and a global economic crisis. (AP Photo/

Mexico Rio Group Summit

2010-02-26T08:30:52Z

Chile's President-elect Sebastian Pinera, left, Colombia's President Alvaro Uribe, center, and Colombian Foreign Minister Jaime Bermudez talk during the closing ceremony of the Rio Group summit, on the outskirts of UN climate pact</div><div><p>Environmental officials urged industrialized and developing countries Friday to stop bickering in climate change negotiations, as a Chinese delegate accused rich nations of reneging on commitments to fight global warming.</p><p>Officials from more than 100 countries are attending...

APTOPIX Mexico Rio Group Summit

2010-02-23T14:31:33Z

Cuba's President Raul Castro, left, raises the arm of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez's during the closing ceremony of the Rio Group Summit, on the outskirts of Playa del Carmen, 68 kms (42 miles) south of UN talks on international climate change treaty to resume in April in Germany</div><div><p>The United Nations says formal negotiations on an international treaty to control global warming will resume in Bonn in April, four months after the failed climate change summit in Joe Bass, left, and Jonathan Lucas, 22, both of Baltimore, sleep while waiting for their plane to Cancun at Washington's Reagan National Airport, on Monda...

World may not do climate deal this year

2010-02-22T13:30:54Z

<div><p>DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) - Global climate talks may have to continue into 2011 after failing last month to agree on a Kyoto successor, the U.N.'s climate chief and Mexico offers miles of pristine beaches, unforgettable nightlife and historic sites. There are different types of accommodations you can choose from ? ranging from hotels and villas to all-inclusive or non-all-inclusive Mexico resorts.<br><br>Mexico or the United Mexican States is North America

The Facts About Thongs

2010-02-22T23:09:36Z

A thong is a type of underwear that consists of strong, well stitched fabric. It can best be described as a style statement. Thongs are a must for women, and even men, who want to look and feel sexy. A unique thing about thongs is that they are very comfortable. With a thong you feel like you are not wearing anything. Accordingly, you are free to relax as you wish.<br><br>If you are one of those women that absolutely hate panty lines, a thong is the ideal undergarm...

Great Tanning Transparent Sheer Swimwear

2010-02-22T23:09:38Z

You have made bookings for a holiday in beautiful Cancun Mexico. You intend to make the most of your holiday. If you are thinking of sunbathing, tanning, relaxing and also sailing, do not leave your transparent sheer swimwear behind. What is unique about this type of swimwear is that it does not appear transparent when dry. It only becomes see-through after contact with water.<br><br&a...

Travel 2010: Shanghai, Vancouver, Mexico, Orlando

2010-02-23T12:50:35Z

<div id="subtitle">2010 destinations: Vancouver, S.Africa, Shanghai, Mexico and Harry Potter in Orlando</div><div><p>Forecasts for 2010 predict that more people will be traveling, but the numbers are st...

Snuba mixes snorkeling and scuba

2010-02-23T16:10:29Z

<div id="subtitle">Snuba diving offers crash course in underwater breathing for budding divers</div><div><p>Breathing underwater was a strange sensation. It was even stranger because I've never been scuba-certified. Stranger yet that my wife — who is reluctant to even duck her head under water — was happily swimming 15 feet underwater behind me as we plumbed the depths on this island off the coast of Nick Perry, chairman of the magazine Ultratravel, told a forum at the Internationa...

Hopes of new drugs, vaccines for tuberculosis

2010-02-23T19:28:34Z

<div><p>CANCUN, Mexico (Reuters) - In Uganda, health experts are getting laboratories ready and preparing villagers in two districts for a large clinical trial to test the world's first experimental tuberculosis vaccine in nearly a century.</p><p&gt...

How to Become Fluent in a Foreign Language

2010-02-23T19:52:21Z

Almost all of us have learnt French, Spanish or any other foreign language in our primary or secondary education. But, if you check whether these students can really speak the language, then you will find that most of them can?t. Most of these students visit that country where the language is spoken and unfortunately, they face the harsh reality of not being able to communicate in that language on a day-to-day basis, even after having studied it extensively. It actually takes more effort and ...

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