U.S. to lift ban on lighters on 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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To help reduce the risk of fires, air travelers will no longer be able to pack loose lithium batteries in checked luggage beginning Jan. 1, the Transportation Department said Friday
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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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WASHINGTON -- The Federal Aviation Administration has approved the first harness-type child safety device for sale to consumers for use on commercial airline flights.
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The Federal Communications Commission is considering loosening a ban on using cell phones in airplanes.
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Travel: 'One bag only' rule lifted at some airports, but retained at others
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Federal regulators are expected to announce measures today restricting flights at a major New York airport in a move that they hope will alleviate chronic flight delays across the country.
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The decision raises the possibility that cases involving light cigarettes will become a major legal threat to the tobacco industry.
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WASHINGTON -- The United States is about to impose new security regulations on international travelers just as the country is experiencing its first increase in such visitors since the Sept. 11 attacks.
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By Joe Wessels  The question has become: No smoking, or, uh, smoke if you want?  An 11th hour effort Wednesday by liquor license holders to derail a new Ohio smoking ban that was set to take effect Thursday has apparently worked  --  for now.
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The United States has lifted an  eight-month ban on the import of French foie gras, hams and  other luxury cold meats, the French Agriculture Ministry said  on Sunday.
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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.
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Hand baggage restrictions imposed on flights from the UK are to be eased, the government is expected to announce.
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Complaints by US airline passengers about lost and mishandled luggage jumped 39 percent last year, fueled in large part by an increase in checked bags following last summer's ban on carry-on liquids.
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To help reduce the risk of fires, air travelers will no longer be able to pack loose lithium batteries in checked luggage beginning Jan. 1, the Transportation Department said.
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Airline travelers might be able to  use their mobile phones and other wireless devices in the air  under a proposal put forward by U.S. communications regulators  on Wednesday to ease the current ban.
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Federal health researchers on Wednesday  called on more U.S. airports to enforce smoking bans and said  the policy was being undermined by allowing smoking in  restaurants and bars.