[Gulf Goans] Yahoo! News Story - What Are You Smiling At, Traveler?

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Title: Yahoo! News - What Are You Smiling At, Traveler?

Yahoo!   My Yahoo!   Mail Sign In New User? Sign Up News Home - Help StateSelectAlaskaAlabamaArizonaArkansas CaliforniaColoradoConnecticutWashington D.C.DelawareFloridaGeorgiaHawaiiIowaIdahoIllinoisIndianaKansasKentucky LouisianaMassachusettsMarylandMaineMichiganMinnesotaMissouri MississippiMontanaNorth CarolinaNorth DakotaNebraskaNew HampshireNew JerseyNew MexicoNew YorkNevadaOhioOklahomaOregonPennsylvaniaRhode IslandSouth CarolinaSouth DakotaTennesseeTexasUtah VirginiaVermontWashingtonWest VirginiaWisconsinWyoming     Max PriceSelect $50,000$75,000$100,000$125,000$150,000$175,000$200,000$225,000$250,000$275,000$300,000$350,000$400,000$450,000$500,000$550,000$600,000$650,000$700,000$800,000$900,000$1,000,000$1,250,000$1,500,000$2,000,000 or more    Welcome, Guest Personalize News Home Page   -   Sign In Yahoo! News   Sun, Aug 08, 2004 Search All News Yahoo! News Only News Photos Audio/Video for    Advanced News Home Top Stories U.S. National Business World Entertainment Sports Technology Politics Science Health Oddly Enough Most Popular Op/Ed Local Comics News Photos Most Popular Weather Audio/Video Full Coverage News Resources Providers · Reuters Oddly Enough · AP Strange News · Reuters UK · AFP · CP Services · News Alerts News via RSS Odd News Oddly Enough All RSS Feeds   Oddly Enough - Reuters What Are You Smiling At, Traveler? Fri Aug 6, 8:16 AM ET Add Oddly Enough - Reuters to My Yahoo! LONDON (Reuters) - The fight against terrorism has wiped the smile off the face of British passport holders. The UK Passport Service (UKPS) said Friday it would forbid open-mouthed smiles on passport pictures, one of several rules introduced to comply with strict new U.S. standards. Smiles are forbidden -- along with sunglasses and hair slanting across the eyes -- because they may confuse security cameras used to scan faces and verify the passport is authentic. "These new guidelines are an important step in the development of the new biometric e-passport and use of facial recognition technology that will be introduced in 2005 as part of the ongoing fight against fraud and international terrorism," UKPS Chief Executive Bernard Herdan said in a statement. New British passports will also be fitted with a chip containing the facial image and other data, hi-tech measures introduced to help stamp out passport fraud. Story Tools  Email Story   Post/Read Msgs (510)   Print Story   Ratings: Would you recommend this story? Not at all 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 Highly Next Story: Estonian Coffers Bulge from Booze-Cruising Finns (Reuters) More Oddly Enough Stories · Via Cell, Help's on the Way for Bad Dates   (AP) · Prozac "found in drinking water"  (Reuters) · Money no object for American lover of Indian food  (AFP) · Needed: a Ban on Unsolicited Toe-Licking?  (Reuters) · GOP Picks 19-Time Inmate for State Race   (AP) Copyright � 2004 Reuters Limited. All rights reserved. Republication or redistribution of Reuters content is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Reuters. Reuters shall not be liable for any errors or delays in the content, or for any actions taken in reliance thereon. Copyright © 2004 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. Questions or Comments Privacy Policy -Terms of Service - Copyright Policy - Ad Feedback http://www.goa-world.com http://www.live365.com/stations/61664 Live Konkani Music http://www.mahableshwar.com/ Addresses: Post message: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED]  Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED]  List owner: [EMAIL PROTECTED] URL to this page: http://www.yahoogroups.com/group/gulf-goans Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ADVERTISEMENT Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gulf-goans/   To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]   Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.