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...Chen Shui-bian's reelection bid, Beijing refused to permit the charters.) But unlike 2003, when the charters were limited to Taiwan airlines, this year mainland carriers will be allowed to land in Taiwan for the first time. "This is a historic moment," says Eric Teng, a Shanghai-based businessman from Taiwan. "It can really help achieve peace in the Taiwan Strait." And, he adds, it will shave a few hours off his journey home...
...ARRESTED. KIM JONG HON, 43, South Korean businessman; following the seizure of freight containers holding 13 highly radioactive devices; on Sakhalin Island, Russia. Kim, president of South Korea's All Nations Co., was detained by Russian police for allegedly attempting to import undeclared items. The devices, according to Russian authorities, contained uranium 238, a metal used in the process of armor plating and the production of ammunition, although some experts say it could possibly be used to make dirty bombs. South Korean officials say the devices were to be used at a construction site...
...reckless actions trigger a serious confrontation with the U.S. Some pro-West Iranians, believing that a showdown with the U.S. is just what is needed to make the mullahs' regime crumble, fault the Europeans for giving the mullahs a way out. "I love George Bush," says Hassan, 22, a businessman awaiting a flight at Tehran's Mehrabad Airport. "He wants freedom for Iranians, and he's against terrorism. He's a cowboy...
CLEARED. SILVIO BERLUSCONI, 68; Italy's Prime Minister; of corruption charges; after more than four years of court proceedings, ending the last of a number of trials involving the billionaire businessman since he entered politics a decade ago; in Milan. The court acquitted Berlusconi of one charge of bribing judges to influence a takeover battle in the 1980s and in another ruled that the statute of limitations...
...Others followed. On Sept. 30, an Australian-registered Cessna Citation jet made a secret - and illegal - landing at the decommissioned Aropa airport near Arawa. Aboard was an Australian associate of Musingku, Jeff Richards, his British security advisor, James Nesbitt, and another businessman, Tom Wavik, who is reported to hold an Australian passport. Richards represents himself as Prince Jeffrey, monarch of the independent state of Magilno, near Rockhampton on Queensland's central coast. In that capacity he claims to have signed a deal with Musingku acting on behalf of Mekamui's financial affairs. The deal grants Magilno a share of Bougainville...