US deploys Disney to soothe visitors stuck in passport queues
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They have the smiley face thing at Beijing - though being Chinese you're confronted with a 1 to 5 rating for the agent's performance. Be precise, but be sensible; make sure you have your passport back before giving your assessment.
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I agree LHR isn't perfect, but here's the thing. I completely resent being fingerprinted and photographed every time I go to the USA.
I am sure if this happened to USA citizens visiting the UK, the yanks would soon get the message.
Some examples, I don't get fingerprinted entering China (a communist dictatorship), Japan, Australia, NewZealand, and any country in Europe.
I am sure if this happened to USA citizens visiting the UK, the yanks would soon get the message.
Some examples, I don't get fingerprinted entering China (a communist dictatorship), Japan, Australia, NewZealand, and any country in Europe.
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Rather than start yet another thread for a small news item ...
British minister detained at US airport
PA
Published: 29 October 2007
Britain's first Muslim Minister has described his disappointment after he was detained at a US airport, where his hand luggage was analysed for traces of explosive materials.
Shahid Malik, MP for Dewsbury and International Development Minister, was returning to Heathrow after a series of meetings and talks on tackling terrorism, when he was stopped at Dulles Airport in Washington DC yesterday morning.
He was searched and detained by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) - the same department whose representatives he had been meeting on his visit to the country.
This was despite the fact he was a keynote speaker at an event organised by the department, alongside the FBI and Muslim organisations in New York.
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The theme of that speech was tackling extremism and defeating terrorism.
Perhaps they played him the Mickey Mouse film?
Oi - you at the back of the cabin - stop sniggering.
British minister detained at US airport
PA
Published: 29 October 2007
Britain's first Muslim Minister has described his disappointment after he was detained at a US airport, where his hand luggage was analysed for traces of explosive materials.
Shahid Malik, MP for Dewsbury and International Development Minister, was returning to Heathrow after a series of meetings and talks on tackling terrorism, when he was stopped at Dulles Airport in Washington DC yesterday morning.
He was searched and detained by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) - the same department whose representatives he had been meeting on his visit to the country.
This was despite the fact he was a keynote speaker at an event organised by the department, alongside the FBI and Muslim organisations in New York.
[edit]
The theme of that speech was tackling extremism and defeating terrorism.
Perhaps they played him the Mickey Mouse film?
Oi - you at the back of the cabin - stop sniggering.
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11Fan - 'It's A Small World' would make my day if it was played while I was waiting in an immigration queue 
Call me sad if you want, but it just brings a smile to my face everytime I hear it 
Call me sad if you want, but it just brings a smile to my face everytime I hear it
