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SUDAN On June 12 U.S. officials disclosed that a suspected al-Qaeda operative accused of firing a surface-to-air missile at a U.S. aircraft in Saudi Arabia had been arrested here weeks...
...whole airport resembles a Disneyfied version of a traditional Thai village. The open-sided buildings?housing baggage claim, reception, tourist information and ground transportation?are supported by massive stone pillars topped with tiled peaked roofs that slope sharply toward the ground. During the two-minute ride from the aircraft, the train passes an organic rice farm dotted with picturesque water buffalo, lotus ponds, statues and sculpted hedges. Enthusiastic tourists snap photos even before they arrive at baggage claim...
...Omen Southwest Airlines says obese passengers too large to squeeze between the armrests of aircraft seats will be charged twice the normal airfare...
INDIA Back from the Brink in the Kashmir Conflict India lifted its five-month ban on pakistani commercial aircraft flying through its airspace and ordered its five battleships back to port from the Arabian Sea. In a further effort to reduce tensions with its nuclear armed neighbor, India resumed diplomatic relations by selecting its new High Commissioner to Pakistan. While these moves coincided with the arrival in the region of U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, Indian officials said they came in response to indications that terrorist infiltration into Indian-administered Kashmir had slowed or stopped in the past two weeks...
...Casablanca for a flight to Jidda. Thousands of Arabs from oil-rich Gulf states visit Morocco every year, delighting in the North African folklore, agreeable climate and spicy night life. Al Tbaiti, though, seems to have been seeking kicks of a different sort. As he prepared to board the aircraft, Moroccan agents swooped in and led him away. They believe that a second fake passport and thousands of dollars in undeclared currency they found in Al Tbaiti's bags help explain his true purpose in the country: organizing a terror spree aimed at killing American citizens as well as Moroccan...