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...Israel also suspects that advanced long-range rockets, anti-tank rockets and anti-aircraft missiles were smuggled into Gaza during the breach. But more ominously, Israel claimed that, along with the weapons, Iranian-trained Hamas guerrillas came across at the same time - presumably to operate the new weapons. The Negev was hit by rockets on Tuesday, but they were an old model, Qassams...
...opening more long-haul routes. His appointment "set the stage for more consolidation and probably less foreign investment," Pinkham says. In early January, Li announced that the CAAC will not consider applications for new airlines before 2010. China's existing 22 carriers are also banned from importing new aircraft and from opening new routes if they have blemishes on their safety record...
...restrictions were imposed to relieve pressure on the overstretched industry, Li said on Jan. 10 when the changes were announced. "The speed of introducing new aircraft should go hand in hand with the recruitment of new staff and the improvement of safety standards," he said. China clearly needed to change course. Although the market has grown about 10% a year for the past five years, the top three players - China Southern, China Eastern and Air China - are filling less than three-quarters of their seats with paying customers. During a recent price war, tickets were discounted by as much...
...example, more than 50 flights to and from Guangzhou and Shanghai were delayed, keeping more than 6,000 passengers waiting as long as 10 hours for takeoff. Such delays are often caused by conflicts with the country's military. The People's Liberation Army confines commercial aircraft to narrow corridors of airspace, and carriers must hold or cancel flights due to sudden decisions by commanders. "It's so bad that you must fly a day ahead to get anywhere on time," says Jane Cheung, a Hong Kong accountant who flies regularly to Shanghai. "I avoid Chinese airlines at all costs...
...these troubled times, security for the President's Middle East road show requires the logistics and hardware fit for a small invasion. When Bush touched down in Israel on Wednesday, he was preceded by three C-5 Galaxy aircraft - the U.S. Air Force's heavy lifter - crammed with dozens of armored cars, computers, jamming devices, weapons, packs of bomb-sniffing dogs, Secret Service agents, and a contingent of snipers, some of whom who were later spotted on a rooftop in Bethlehem hiding behind a fake Santa...