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01/03/2004 Archived Entry: "Making friends all over the world."
Making friends all over the world.
Do you get the feeling that ThugCo is just trying to discourage anyone from traveling anywhere? Sure starting to seem like it.
Brazilian police fingerprinted and photographed Americans arriving at Sao Paulo's airport Thursday in response to new rules requiring the same for Brazilians entering the United States.Federal Judge Julier Sebastiao da Silva ordered the measure Monday in response to the new U.S. anti-terror regulation requiring citizens from 27 nations, including Brazil, to be fingerprinted and photographed when entering America.
The U.S. anti-terror regulation takes effect Monday at all 115 airports handling international flights and 14 major seaports. It will allow instant checks on an immigrant's or visitor's criminal background.
On Wednesday, Brazil's Foreign Ministry requested that Brazilians be removed from the U.S. list, saying Brazil would consider treating U.S. citizens the same way upon their arrival.
"At first, most of the Americans were angered at having to go through all this, but they were usually more understanding once they learned that Brazilians are subjected to the same treatment in the U.S.," Wagner Castilho, press officer for the federal police in Sao Paulo, said of those arriving at Sao Paulo-Guarulhos International Airport.
The processing will continue as long as the judge's order stands, he said.
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turnabout is fair play..
Posted by djdissent @ 01/04/2004 01:13 AM NY
Got a "Making Friends Around the World Part II" for ya...this is an AP off the ABCnews.com site this morning (1-7-04):
SYDNEY, Australia Jan. 7 — Australia's Qantas Airways said Wednesday that U.S. authorities are now banning passengers from gathering near restrooms and other places on flights to America an order the Australian government thinks might be impractical.
Commercial flights across the Pacific Ocean from Australia to the United States' west coast are among the world's longest.
"The U.S. Transport Security Administration are now requiring that passengers on flights to the U.S. are not to congregate in groups in any areas of the aircraft, especially around the lavatories," a Qantas spokeswoman said.
Australia's Transport Minister John Anderson, who is also deputy prime minister, described the ban as "a little bit hard to handle."
Qantas said passengers were being told about the new rules.
"Qantas pilots are making pre-flight announcements to this effect and cabin crew are monitoring passengers during the flight. We do not expect this to be a significant issue at all, and it only applies to flights to the United States," the airline said in a statement released Wednesday.
Speaking on condition of anonymity, a Qantas official would not disclose whether the airline had received the directive straight from the U.S. Transport Security Administration or from Australian aviation authorities
Posted by Xan @ 01/07/2004 10:13 AM NY
