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...obstacle, as something that stood in their way of riches and conquest." The Chinese took the Middle Kingdom out to sea with them. They had boats like floating farms, where they grew vegetables and raised pigs and chickens. Smaller sampans shuttled between the flotilla and the coastline, bringing aboard fresh water. It was more than just being package tourists, squeamish about the local cuisine; they were the Emperor's envoys and had to keep up imperial appearances. Besides, what restaurant along the way could handle the arrival of close to 30,000 hungry sailors...
...cleared the last high hurdle to getting it to George W. Bush's desk. The Senate had rejected the measure three times in four years. The House was friendlier, having passed its version of campaign reform in '98 and '99 by comfortable margins--the last time with 54 Republicans aboard. All McCain's allies in the House have to do now is pass a measure similar to the Senate's. That way Senators can simply vote to accept the version the House approves without the two chambers trying to resolve their differences in conference, where G.O.P. leaders are sure...
...proximity of the Navy carrier, on which the celebrations were held, to the spot where the Japanese boat was sunk. "I can't imagine why they had to hold it there, and so soon after the incident," says Masami Inoue, a lawyer representing families of the nine aboard the Ehime Maru who drowned. "It is unthinkably callous...
NIGERIA Delivered from a Voyage to Nowhere After spending 26 days at sea, 156 Liberian passengers aboard a Swedish-registered ship were finally allowed ashore in Lagos. The Alnar Stockholm left Monrovia on June 1 bound for Ghana but was refused permission to dock. The ship's captain then tried Benin and Togo, but they also declined to accept the passengers, who claimed to be refugees from fighting in their homeland. As the ship drew into Lagos they were too exhausted and hungry to celebrate but sang a hymn praising God for their deliverance...
...minutes out of Robertsfield airport, the plane began to pitch and shake. That prompted a hurried announcement over the intercom: "Don't panic. The flight - it's OK." Passengers aboard the aging Russian plane laughed or glanced out the window at the lush Liberian countryside below. Most of them were used to flying West Africa's skies. An air pocket was nothing. An engine falling off - that would be something to worry about. A few minutes later the plane had landed safely and the passengers, most of them bound for Freetown in neighboring Sierra Leone, were ushered into the airport...