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...hand resting on a leather-bound Bible. "I am taking power in the name of the Filipino people," she declared. "I pledge a government dedicated to upholding truth and justice, morality and decency, freedom and democracy." Less than 12 hours later her predecessor, Ferdinand Marcos, and his family climbed aboard four U.S. Air Force helicopters, bound for exile after more than 20 years of increasingly authoritarian rule. Aquino went on national television to assure the country that a great national crisis had been resolved. "We are finally free," she said. "The long agony is over...
...week after the aborted terror plot to smuggle liquid explosives aboard planes flying from London to the U.S., the air travel system is still trying to adapt. Some of the most draconian restrictions have been eased, but there's still a lot of confusion over what the rules are. With the end-of-summer travel peak approaching, TIME.com sorts through the latest rules on what you can and can't bring onboard your flight...
...subsided when passengers from United flight 923 began trickling into the airport. Their flight was the first to arrive at Dulles from London's Heathrow Airport since super-strict new regulations had gone into effect in Britain in the wake of the thwarted terror plot. Approximately 200 people were aboard the plane, many of them Americans returning from vacation...
...Once it took off, the seven-and-a-half-hour plane ride did go smoothly. There was even some comedy aboard. "When the flight attendant said to turn off electronic devices, people were laughing hysterically because nobody had anything," said Nancy Bort of Arlington, Va. Bort seemed unfazed, despite having been on a flight dubbed "red" by the Department of Homeland Security. "After seeing what's going on in the world in general, I don't know how you can worry about this," she said later in a phone interview. "I still think I have a greater chance of being...
...passengers arriving at Kennedy International Airport in New York City on Thursday faced longer waits and frustrating requests to rearrange their luggage. However, most felt it was a necessary step to ensure safety and were willing to go along with the new measures banning liquid items from being carried aboard airlines...