In the meantime tonight I go on a journey, no less gruelling, to the north east of England with former business secretary Lord Mandelson.

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Al-Ain, UAE (CNN) -- A British boy and his father are about to embark on the journey of a lifetime, traveling across the Middle East and Europe by land and sea after 11-year-old Joe Thompson suddenly developed a paralyzing fear of flying.

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Soon she'll join presidential hopeful Barack Obama on his trip to the Middle East, a journey she calls "very important ... news-wise" because it will give her--and her audience--an opportunity to address the senator's foreign policy vision, an area where his expertise has been criticized.

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Four days later, he made the journey to East Lansing, Michigan, registering 12 tackles in a win over Michigan State that helped get the Irish off to their best start in 10 years.

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We were walking on the recently created Abraham Path, Turkey's newest trekking route and the northernmost section of an ambitious vision begun in 2008 to create a long-distance trail through the Middle East based on the journey of the Prophet Abraham.

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The 16.5-km (10-mile) ride from Syokimau, in the east, to Nairobi is expected to take 15 minutes, while a car journey during rush-hour could take up to two hours, our reporter says.

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