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...remind people [why]," says Lo Chih-cheng, director of the Institute for National Policy Research in Taipei. Even if the arms deal isn't authorized, Taiwan may still enjoy the benefits of American military hardware: the U.S. said last week that it was thinking of stationing a second aircraft carrier in the Pacific?making it easier to keep an eye on the Taiwan Strait...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hostile Takeover | 8/16/2004 | See Source »

...deterrents in place are impressive. NATO will provide AWACS aircraft to monitor Greek airspace. The U.S. Sixth Fleet will patrol the Mediterranean while the Turkish and Italian navies cruise the Aegean and Ionian seas. A 70,000-strong force of Greek police and military--nearly twice the number of troops deployed in Kosovo in 1999--will patrol the country. Security personnel will outnumber athletes 7 to 1. Publicly, the international community has gone out of its way to praise the Greeks for their willingness to accept advice (from Israelis on suicide bombers, the Czechs on chemical weapons, the Russians...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Athens: Acropolis Now | 8/9/2004 | See Source »

...rose by 159% in the first quarter of this year. Not surprisingly, traditional operators are feeling the pinch. Shares in Germany's TUI, Europe's largest, have slid by almost 30% since January. And debt-laden British package operator MyTravel recently announced it would cut its aircraft fleet to slash costs, with rival Thomas Cook dropping winter package prices to try to cut losses. But travel sites aren't necessarily thriving. U.K.-based lastminute.com last week announced...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bizwatch | 8/8/2004 | See Source »

...hides that have been cut in the mangroves around the island. No luck. Returning to base, the helo calls in to report that it's clocked a vessel 10 nautical mi. away, at 108 degrees. There's restrained laughter on the bridge of Hervey Bay because the aircraft has actually picked up the ACV. The error breaks the tension and, despite three attempts to call the helo by a skipper trying to keep a straight face, Lima 51 briefly drops out of radio contact...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Hot Pursuit | 7/29/2004 | See Source »

...senior U.S. official says the commission has uncovered evidence suggesting that 8 to 10 of the 14 "muscle" hijackers--those who helped gain control of the four 9/11 aircraft and subdue the crew and passengers --passed through Iran between October 2000 and February 2001. Sources tell TIME that commission investigators found that Iran has allowed al-Qaeda members to enter and exit the country across the Afghan border since October 2000. Iranian officials issued specific instructions to border guards to facilitate the travel of al-Qaeda personnel in and out of the country, including orders that their passports...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Iran Connection | 7/26/2004 | See Source »

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