But the move follows a string of incidents where either security in Passport - or the Hotmail free e-mail system to which it is tightly bound - has proved to be lax.

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All the websites promise the help of their legal teams to ensure the newborn gets their birth certificate, U.S. passport and social security card.

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Once I managed to get through passport control and the second security check, I found an uncomfortable, crowded waiting area.

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When he arrived in the country to join a 138-person Cuban delegation, he surrendered his passport to security personnel at Cuba's embassy.

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Besides the obvious paper-saving measures, iTravel could help skip key parts of the airport security line by providing passport information, a fingerprint or anything else screeners might want to see while we'd otherwise be juggling our suitcases.

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