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Travel Snapshots: Turkey's rich culture

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:05:48 EDT

From the country's stunning mosques to bazaars packed with treasures, Turkey's diversity and affordability charm travelers.

Big Apple's less trodden attractions

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 10:16:58 EDT

Take the kids to New York City and get out and explore the other boroughs as well as lesser visited Manhattan sites -- from the New York Hall of Science in Queens to the Brooklyn Children's Museum.

No shying away from Japan's love hotels

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:52:23 EDT

Even in the midst of a deep economic recession, Japan's love hotel industry is thriving, filling a need for privacy in a country where a high population density often means couples have little time alone.

Disney adds robotic Obama to attraction

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:34:03 EDT

He looks like President Barack Obama, speaks like him, and even gestures like him, but he is not exactly the president of the United States.

Snapshots: Iconic Lady Liberty

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 07:06:51 EDT

The Statue of Liberty captured on film from every angle by iReporters over the years

Air France plane went down 'almost vertically'

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:51:56 EDT

The Air France plane that crashed last month with 228 people aboard "did not break up or become destroyed in flight," the French air investigation agency announced Thursday. Flight 447 "went straight down, almost vertically... towards the surface of the water, very very fast," air accident investigator Alain Bouillard told reporters in Paris.

'Miracle' plane crash survivor back in France

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:14:52 EDT

A teenage girl who survived a plane crash off the Comoros islands by clinging to wreckage in the Indian Ocean flies back to Paris on a ministerial plane.

Lone survivor of 1971 crash fell 2 miles

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:43:08 EDT

A Lockheed Electra turboprop flying over the Amazon rainforest on Christmas Eve in 1971 broke into pieces in midair, thrusting 17-year-old Juliane Koepcke into a free fall. She dropped 2 miles into the jungle canopy but survived with only minor injuries; the 91 other people on board died. With search crews unable to locate the site, her ordeal was far from over.

Photos: See new World Heritage sites

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:25:51 EDT

Intrepid travelers have a few more destinations to add to their list of must-sees after the annual update of The United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage list.

Travel snapshots: Colorful Costa Rica

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 10:00:58 EDT

iReporters capture Costa Rica on camera -- from the brilliant wildlife to the varied terrain