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...unlikely to silence critics, who maintain that questions remain unanswered about the attack. ARRESTED. XIE CHUNREN, 56, Chinese-born U.S. citizen; on suspicion of spying for Taiwan; by Chinese authorities; in Sichuan Province. Arrested upon his arrival from the U.S., Xie has remained under "residential surveillance" at a state-run guesthouse since May 31, according to Jerome Cohen, an expert at Chinese law at New York University who is advising the family. Xie, whose detention was only made public last week, has been allowed a visit from his wife and from U.S. consulate officials. No specific accusations have yet been...
...DIED. JOHN KING, 87, pugnacious Thatcherite tycoon who in 1981 masterminded the transformation of the foundering state-run British Airways (nicknamed "Bloody Awful" by suffering Brits) into a profitable international powerhouse; in Leicestershire, England. After slashing 30% of the jobs and revamping BA's image, he sparred with arch rival Richard Branson of Virgin Atlantic, who accused him of such "dirty tricks" as computer hacking and poaching passengers. King ultimately was ordered to publicly apologize and pay libel judgments to Branson and Virgin...
DIED. JOHN KING, 87, pugnacious Thatcherite tycoon who in 1981 masterminded the successful privatization of the foundering state-run British Airways (known to suffering Brits as Bloody Awful) and transformed it into a profitable international powerhouse; in Leicestershire, England. After slashing jobs 30% and revamping BA's image, he sparred with archrival Richard Branson of Virgin Atlantic, who accused him of such "dirty tricks" as computer hacking and passenger poaching. King ultimately was ordered to publicly apologize and pay libel judgments to Branson and Virgin...
Before Aden's state-run radio went off the air early in the week, it announced that government forces had foiled the attempted coup and maintained, "the situation in the capital is calm." That, quite obviously, was not true. Though the fighting faltered occasionally, it continued throughout the week. Eyewitnesses spoke of "deafening blasts" and "sky-high balls of flame" in the port. On Thursday, a Western diplomat in San'a, the capital of neighboring North Yemen, reported that gunfire and rocket exchanges had continued in Aden through the day, adding that the combatants were using tanks, artillery and even...
Crowd control is more of a problem than stock control at the state-run Jamahiriya supermarket in central Tripoli. Most days there are plenty of people and few goods, an elementary supply-and-demand problem that sometimes leads to fisticuffs and invariably produces squabbles. When a consignment of locally produced laundry soap reached the shelves last week, several hundred people were crowded around the doors at opening time. Once inside, they wrestled to get at the cartons and then elbowed and pushed their way to the cash registers. "I was hoping for cooking oil today," admitted...