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Travel news

Parental child abduction - know the law

28 July 2010
Take your child abroad without the permission of the other parent and you may be committing child abduction under UK law, warns the Foreign Office.

Greece travel advice - travel disruption due to strikes

26 July 2010
A strike by truck drivers and a protest by air traffic controllers in Greece are likely to cause travel disruptions. Further strikes are likely during the summer.

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