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US citizens traveling abroad sometimes don’t need a passport to travel. Instead, you can use a passport card. Are you aware of the difference? Read on to find out when you can use a passport card to travel. Make sure you are protected with international travel insurance wherever you are traveling to – international travel insurance and a valid passport or card are essentials for travel.

Until 2007 US citizens could come into the US from Mexico, the Caribbean, Canada and Bermuda with a valid driver’s license. Now, citizens need a valid passport card if they are only traveling between US and these countries.

The passport card allows people to enter the US by land or sea only, from the specified countries. There

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Polish leaders will debate on Monday their stance on an international copyright agreement after activists attacked government websites to protest the treaty.

Many websites, including those of the prime minister and parliament, were inaccessible Monday for the second straight day. The attacks were claimed by Anonymous, a loose network of online activists who oppose Warsaws plans to sign the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, or ACTA.

Dear Polish government, we will continue to disrupt and interfere with your government official websites until the 26th. Do not pass ACTA, one message on Twitter said.

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Prudential Life Insurance has agreed to pay up to $20 million to beneficiaries of life insurance policies under the terms of a new settlement deal.

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Wearing a money belt when you travel abroad could save you a lot of money and a lot of stress. Prevent costly claims on your international travel insurance and the inconvenience of losing money abroad by choosing a money belt as a travel gadget. Travel insurance is essential, but it is always better not to have to claim on it.

There are many different styles of money belt available for travel. One style is constructed like a regular belt, and it functions like a belt as well as having a hidden compartment to store money and credit cards. You can also get a “No Beep” belt that will go safely through airport metal detectors.

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To coincide with the 2012 Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic, officials in Philadelphia enforced counterfeiting laws by seizing fake sports merchandise from international mail facilities and local street vendors.

The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcements (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) announced the seizure of 1,649 counterfeit items with a manufacturers suggested retail price (MSRP) of nearly $350,000.

ICE HSI special agents — working with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Philadelphia Police Department Major Crimes Unit, and the National Hockey League (NHL) and its private investigators — seized approximately 150 international mail parcels and investigated nine vendors since Dec. 28,

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