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...IVAN DIAS, 69, Archbishop of Bombay. Strong diplomatic experience and friend of the Roman Curia, who would represent a bold choice from the developing world...
...recorders were flown to Bombay, where electronics experts were expected to take several days to analyze the data. The voice recorder should have preserved every sound in the cockpit during the last 30 minutes of flight, from the voices of the crew to possible instrument noises, like alarms. The flight-data recorder should show precise measurements of altitude, engine speed, heading and other flight conditions from takeoff to the impact of the crash...
...team in Bombay trying to discover why Air-India Flight 182 plunged into the North Atlantic on June 23, killing 329, was being cautious. Declared Justice B.N. Kirpal, who is heading the Indian government investigation of the two "blackbox" recorders recovered from the seabed two weeks ago: "Explosion is one possibility. It may also be structural failure." But in Seattle, Jack Gamble, a spokesman for Boeing, the manufacturer of the 747 aircraft, declared that an explosion seemed a more likely explanation. His reasoning: if the plane had fallen apart slowly because of structural defects, there would probably be evidence...
...sense of urgency. Last week, when India's powerful Planning Commission argued the case for opening up the retail sector to foreign investment, it pointed out that China had benefited from the same move. When government officials launched a controversial slum clearance drive earlier this year in Bombay, they said they wanted to make the city more like Shanghai. This combination of envy and fear seems most intense in the one place where it has the least reason to exist: Bangalore. India's software companies and call centers, after all, have a huge head start on China. Yet last week...
Asia's best chance is with Bombay Archbishop IVAN CARDINAL DIAS, 68. His brother Cardinals appreciate his mix of diplomatic skills (he speaks a dozen languages) and doctrinal clarity in the rocky terrain of multifaith India...