U.S. relaxes some passport rules for regional travel
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The United States said on Friday it will temporarily relax new rules requiring passports for U.S. citizens flying to Canada, Mexico, Bermuda and the Caribbean because of a huge passport application backlog.
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Federal authorities cleared the way for a program giving travelers who volunteer for background checks an easier passage through airport security to begin next month.
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Seven weeks after imposing a ban on nearly all liquids in airline travelers' carry-on bags in response to terrorism fears, US transportation officials today will begin letting passengers carry on small amounts of personal-care products, as well as drinks bought in secured zones of airports.
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Central American nations are putting aside border bickering to allow the relatively free movement of people and goods between nations &#151; a goal that has U.S. officials worried about a jump in smuggling of drugs and people in a region already plagued by crime and on the lookout for terrorists.
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The State Department has acknowledged long delays from âunprecedented demandâ after new rules requiring passports for travelers returning from Mexico, Canada and the Caribbean.
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Three U.S. border crossings have been outfitted with fingerprint readers and digital imaging equipment as part of the US-VISIT program.
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Looking to break a passport  bottleneck that has upset Americans&#39; travel plans and jammed  congressional phone lines with calls from anxious constituents,  the U.S. House of Representatives on Monday passed legislation  allowing the State Department to hire experienced help.
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Overseas relatives' visits could require bonds while tighter immigration rules would cut tourist visas
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The US homeland security department is announcing an expedited-access program for certain foreign travelers.
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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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Passengers faced confusion at airports as hand luggage restrictions were eased Monday, with some airlines and airports keeping the one-bag rule.
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Beginning Thursday, foreign visitors from 27 countries will be fingerprinted and photographed when they enter the United States, according to the Homeland Security Department.
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The U.S. government is expected to announce on Friday that it will ease rules for summer travel in the Western Hemisphere amid complaints of a huge backlog of passport applications, The New York Times reported.
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Visitors from Europe and elsewhere who  don't need visas for short trips to the United States were  fingerprinted and photographed on arrival at U.S. airports on  Thursday as part of an expanded effort to secure American  borders.
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Britons visiting the US without visas will need their own machine-readable passports from Tuesday.
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Tougher identification rules went into effect Thursday along the nation's borders, but there appeared to be little added delay as travelers unprepared for the change were in many cases allowed to cross with a warning.
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A ban on liquids in hand luggage on US-bound flights from the UK will remain despite Americans easing restrictions.