The family of a UK tourist missing in the Swiss Alps say they are "hopeful" of finding him, but his disappearance is a "mystery".

It sounded, this morning, like former imaginary Senate candidate Harold Fordreally wished he was actually running for office.

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When Anousheh Ansari was a little girl in Tehran, she used to sleep on her family's balcony and look up at the stars as they twinkled over Mt.

It only takes a quick Google image search to understand why Angkor, the Khmer empire's ancient seat, makes plenty of "must-see" travel lists.

Exploitation or exploration? Either way, 'philanthropic travel' is rising.