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Already the postmortems were under way in Malta, Cairo and various Western capitals. Malta's Prime Minister Carmelo Mifsud Bonnici defended his country's long-standing policy of refusing to refuel a hijacked plane unless terrorists first released all passengers aboard. Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak accused the hijackers of being members of a Palestinian terrorist group opposed to Palestine Liberation Organization Chairman Yasser Arafat and closely aligned with Mubarak's enemy, Libyan Leader Muammar Gaddafi. Though Mubarak did not mention the group by name, he seemed to be referring to the Abu Nidal faction, which has previously taken responsibility...
...Time it took millionaire pilot Steve Fossett to fly around the world without stopping to refuel...
...Nearby is Beynacet-Cazenac, a village of rambling cobbled streets, which ascend to a 13th century castle. Its guides do a creditable job of appearing to cherish your offspring, no matter how much their cries interrupt the history lesson. Sightseeing over, refuel at the Hotel Bonnet, tel: (33-5) 5329 5001. This converted riverside residence features a superb, child-friendly restaurant on elevated decking. Younger kids will enjoy a ride in one of the tour boats that ply this part of the river; older ones might prefer to try a canoe...
...that his supporters would conclude he was finished and end their armed opposition to coalition forces. But it took only hours for Arab and European newspapers and websites to claim that the opposite would happen: that a deliberate humiliation of Saddam would engender a renewed loyalty to him and refuel the violence...
YEMEN Yemen voted against the war in 1991, and the U.S. cut Yemen's entire $70 million aid program. Yemen has no intention of getting into a spat with Washington this time and will probably allow U.S. ships to refuel at its ports and U.S. planes to fly over its terrain...