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...British aviation expert remained suspicious of the botched Osaka landing as a possible cause of Flight 123's crash. William Tench, recently retired chief inspector of accidents at the Royal Aircraft Establishment in Farnborough, said he knew of cases in which it took three years before a crack became visible after an aircraft was heavily jolted. Japan's Ministry of Transport promptly ordered that the tail areas of all 747s registered in that country be re-examined, with special attention to the link holding the fin to the fuselage...
...industry. It's owned by Nokia, Ericsson, Sony Ericsson, Panasonic, Siemens and Samsung. But keeping Symbian's owners in harmony is tough. Flare-ups are common among companies concerned that Nokia's 48% stake in Symbian gives it too much say. Clifford has peacemaking experience. He ran the Glasgow Royal Infirmary, where he balanced the clashing interests of doctors, patients, university and government. Now he will have to broker peace with one hand while fighting competitors like Microsoft and Linux with the other. A new wrinkle appeared the day after Clifford took over, when share-holder Siemens agreed to sell...
...sense of past slights. China's long journey toward modernity began not because the dragon gently flexed its scaly muscles but because others prodded it with a sharp stick. When China began to open up to the world 150 years ago, it did so because gunships of the British Royal Navy, working in the service of opium smugglers, forced the imperial government to accept foreign trade. As China sees its history, the country was subjected to foreign humiliation for the next century, its territory invaded and dismembered, its people raped and massacred. Along with the foreign interventions came homegrown catastrophes...
...Munch by Himself" is to run in Oslo through Aug. 28, and London's Royal Academy of Arts gets its turn from Oct. 1-Dec. 11. Despite several arrests in the case, The Scream and Madonna are still missing, but their disappearance has only heightened the public's fascination with the enigmatic Expressionist's work. tel: (47-23) 49 35 00; www.munch.museum.no
...Stockholm's Moderna Museet, where she is the head of international art. Together the works form a powerful - and often uncomfortable - record of six decades of Munch's explorations of pain and troubled sexuality. "Munch by Himself" is to run in Oslo through Aug. 28, and London's Royal Academy of Arts gets its turn from Oct. 1-Dec. 11. Despite several arrests in the case, The Scream and Madonna are still missing, but their disappearance has only heightened the public's fascination with the enigmatic Expressionist's work. tel: (47-23) 49 35 00; www.munch.museum.no