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- S.Korea unveils 'recharging road' for eco-friendly busesSouth Korean researchers Tuesday launched an environmentally friendly public transport system using a "recharging road" -- with a vehicle sucking power magnetically from buried electric strips.
- Google Street View awards: Shambles voted Britain's prettiest streetYork has come top of the Google Street View awards after its historic lane 'The Shambles', a tiny cobbled street which lies in the shadow of the city's famous Minster and dates back to the fourteenth century, was voted Britain's most picturesque street.
- Hotel rates rising in the South of EuropeEurope’s hotel prices in March 2009 are seven percent cheaper than a year ago, according to figures released March 6 by Trivago.
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If you’re quick, you still have time to enter a competition being run by Living TV and Virgin Media Television in which you could win a week’s holiday for two in New Orleans. The competition has been launched in order to mark the DVD release of “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button“, the Oscar and BAFTA winning film which stars Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett.The prize includes: two return flights from London to New Orleans; airport transfers in New Orleans; seven nights’ bed and breakfast accommodation in a City View room in The Ritz Carlton in New Orleans; tickets to a Jazz Brunch Buffet in the Court of Two Sisters; a Steamboat Adventure; and £250 spending money. You’ll also be able to attend the world-famous New Orleans Mardi Gras Festival.
Both people travelling must be aged 18 or over but under 65 and be able to travel in February 2010. You can enter the competition via the Living TV website - simply answer the question relating to the film and complete the online form. Entries must be received by midnight on 16 June 2009.
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