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CONNECTING FLYERS Travelers at the airport just outside Malaysia's capital can check out the international terminal's ultramodern interior, then hop online to send e-mails to friends and colleagues. This tech-friendly nation in Southeast Asia has about 300 hot spots and plans 700 more for next year...
...locals are plundering their heritage, travel to the desolate villages southeast of Xi'an, the city that is home to China's famed terra-cotta warriors. These villagers may be dirt poor, but the earth is rich. In early 2001 whispers began circulating that collectors would pay big money for anything dug up from the tomb of Empress Dou, a mighty dowager who died in 135 B.C. So well known was the burial site that locals assumed grave robbers had relieved the tomb's chambers of any gold or silver centuries ago. But now collectors were willing...
...than one of the country's top Islamic militants. But according to Arroyo, his arrest was a major step forward in shutting down a substantial JI cell. "The terrorists are falling one by one," she crowed. "This reduces the weight of the terrorist threat ... in our country and across Southeast Asia...
...seems, was drumming in the simplest of lessons: unwavering support for Washington's campaign pays handsomely. Still, even if stunts like parading Refke for the TV cameras were partly aimed at "the White House press corps," as Zachary Abuza, author of a forthcoming book about Islamic militants in Southeast Asia, says, Refke's arrest might also mark a genuine watershed in Manila's antiterror efforts...
...Qaeda strike on Japan unlikely, due to the nation's tight immigration policies and stepped-up anti-terrorism efforts. At greater risk are Japanese abroad. "Embassies are hiring extra security," says Shinsuke Shimizu, director of the Foreign Ministry's International Counter-terrorism Cooperation division, "and Japanese residents in Southeast Asia are making contingency plans." The Japanese government has even distributed animated videotapes to expat Japanese with advice on how to survive a kidnapping or hijacking. Bin Laden has given Japan something it has happily lacked since World War II: an enemy...