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23 Dec 2011 15:36 Africa/Lagos Thomson Reuters-NPR Health Poll Finds Nearly One in Four Americans Would Refuse a Full Body Scan at Airport Security 22.8 Percent Would Opt for Alternative Screening Citing Health Concerns, Privacy Violations ANN ARBOR, Mich. and WASHINGTON, Dec. 23, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Roughly one-quarter of Americans say they would refuse a full body scan using new airport body scanners and 14.9 percent said new airport security measures have them concerned for their health, according to the Thomson Reuters-NPR Health Poll. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20090507/NY12658LOGO ) Thomson Reuters and NPR conduct a monthly poll to gauge attitudes and opinions on a wide range of health issues. The survey, which asked respondents their opinions and concerns regarding flight safety, found that the main reasons for resistance to new scanners are exposure to radiation (22.6 percent), personal privacy violations (17.1 percent) and concerns the scanners violated their 4t...

The top ten must-see locations, in the order of ranking, as chosen by voters from all over the UK are: 1) Stonehenge, England 2) Rome, Italy 3) Chatsworth House, England 4) Cape Town, South Africa 5) Pyramids of Giza, Egypt 6) Sahara, North Africa 7) Aurora Borealis, Sweden 8) New York City, USA 9) Gower Peninsula, Wales 10) Machu Picchu, Peru Tweet

Political and Natural Events Strongly Impact Room Rates in First Half of 2011, Says new Hotels.com Hotel Price Index™ (HPI®) LONDON, September 13/PRNewswire/ — Hotel prices have experienced pronounced volatility as a result of political turmoil and natural disasters in the first half of 2011, according to the latest Hotels.com® Hotel Price Index™ (HPI®). The average price of a room around the world rose by just 3% in the first six months of the year but this masked some steep rises and falls in regions affected by the historic events. Other factors such as currency strength and supply of rooms also impacted average room prices across the world, although the report shows that overall these were just 6% higher than when the HPI was launched in 2004, representing outstanding value for travellers. Prices fell 6% in Asia Pacific year-on-year but rose in all other areas: 4% in North America, 2% in Europe and Latin America and 1% in the Caribbean. Counting the Cost of the Arab Spring The upri...

10 Dec 2007 15:04 Africa/Lagos Americans Welcome the World The U.S. State Department and Business for Diplomatic Action Debut Film for Distribution in American Embassies & Consulates NEW YORK, Dec. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy Karen P. Hughes and Keith Reinhard, President of Business for Diplomatic Action, today premiered the film "I am America" at the Foreign Press Center in New York. A gift from the American business community to the U.S. Department of State, the film was produced to create a welcoming impression of the United States for international travelers applying for visas. It will run in the waiting areas of more than 200 American embassies and consulates around the world. "By showing many welcoming American faces and taking visitors on a breath-taking visual tour of our country, this film should help counteract some of the negative stereotypes about America," said Karen Hughes, Under Secretary of State for P...