U.S. to lift ban on lighters on airline flights
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Screeners at U.S. airports will stop confiscating common cigarette lighters because authorities now consider them a distraction from efforts to find bombs and other threats, officials said on Friday.
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The U.S. Congress on Wednesday  extended a law to make healthier airlines pick up the slack  should bankrupt carriers that fail stick travelers with  worthless tickets.
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Travel: 'One bag only' rule lifted at some airports, but retained at others
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By Goldsborough, Reid  Airline rules continue to change regarding carry-on toiletries as well as carry-on laptop computers. Some airlines banned the batteries of certain laptops because of the risk that they might explode midair. As of this writing, rules for each were easing.
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Regulators are letting some airlines  carry smaller reserves of fuel on international flights to  reduce weight and save money, the Federal Aviation  Administration said on Monday.
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A ban on liquids in hand luggage on US-bound flights from the UK will remain despite Americans easing restrictions.
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The United States plans to lift a ban on direct aid to the emergency government that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is forming following Hamas's takeover of the Gaza Strip, Washington's envoy said on Saturday.
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TOKYO : Japan is set to propose the partial lifting of a ban on imports of American beef to United States authorities, a news report said.
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U.S. and Canadian children will be exempt from new rules that will require travelers to show passports when entering the U.S. at land or sea borders, a move the Bush administration said Thursday is aimed at helping families and school groups.
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By Spencer Hunt, The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio  Sep. 22--Faced with a court order to revise its pollution standards, the federal government announced yesterday that it will toughen soot limits.   The decision, announced by the U.S.
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Stun gun maker Taser International  Inc. on Monday said it won U.S. government approval to use its  products on some commercial airline flights to protect  passengers from potential harm.
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The European Commission adopted new aviation security rules on Thursday restricting the amount of liquids passengers may bring on board planes but it said size limits for carry-on bags would enter into force in six months.
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U.S. airlines lost or mishandled more luggage in August as a security ban on liquids and gels put greater strain on baggage operations, government figures showed on Wednesday.
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By Bob Downing, The Akron Beacon Journal, Ohio  Sep. 22--The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday adopted new limits on tiny soot that might be a threat to public health.   The limits announced in a teleconference by EPA Administrator Stephen L.
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WASHINGTON -- Starting next week, all airline passengers must take off their jackets before passing through metal detectors and more will be subjected to pat-down searches and checks for explosives, the Transportation Security Administration said yesterday.
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TORONTO (CP) - The dangers of second-hand smoke are so great there should be a ban on lighting up in cars carrying children, Ontario doctors said Thursday, bringing an immediate outcry from critics who labelled it another attack on personal freedoms.
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Hopes -- and worries -- that U.S. regulators will soon end the ban on using wireless phones during U.S. commercial flights are likely at least a year or two early, government officials and analysts say.