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Luigi-Gino Fasulo had little in common with Mohamed Atta. An affable Italian native who ran an air-taxi business from the lakeside Swiss town of Locarno, Fasulo lived light-years from the bitterness of anti-Western Islamic fundamentalism that fueled the Sept. 11 attacks. But for a long, breathless moment last week after the 67-year-old pilot crashed a small plane into Milan's tallest skyscraper, the world couldn't help thinking back to the indelible images of the World Trade Center's tragic demise orchestrated by the Egyptian-born Atta. As investigators try to figure out what...
...Kabul for the first time in 29 years. In a TV broadcast last October, Pahlavi urged Iranians to demonstrate peacefully after their country's qualifying games for the World Cup. But young people poured into the streets, chanting anti-regime slogans in a fierce show of discontent. In Tehran, taxi drivers ask U.S. visitors, "When is our turn?" Diplomats in Tehran say officials now consider his popularity a threat...
...Office that the journalists were members of a criminal organization.) As far as a fifth column of commuters is concerned, Bangkok's cab drivers claim to be in the dark. "We're a tight-knit community. If it were happening we would know," says Uthaiwan Sawanarun, owner of J.J. Taxi Group, who staunchly adds that she would drive anyone who bad-mouthed Thaksin straight to the police. Newspapers and opposition politicians branded Thaksin as paranoid. "If Thaksin seriously believes that groups of people are planning around- the-clock to destroy him, then maybe he should see a doctor,'' says Jurin...
...website cigna.com/expatriates that gives such information as lists of qualified local doctors and evaluations of hospital facilities. The site also offers quirky tips: in Brazil, "Do not send purple flowers, as this signifies mourning"; and in the city of Campinas, "Ambulances are not well equipped; therefore, take a taxi or private transport to the hospital...
...taxi veers away from Guangzhou East Train Station, a recorded voice reminds me to please buckle my seat belt. This is excellent advice, because most taxi drivers in China have a nihilistic approach to life, limb and traffic law. There's just one problem: taxis in this town don't have seat belts. That's Guangzhou, a town making and remaking itself so rapidly it can be forgiven if it forgets to install a few safety features along the way. The entrepreneurial spirit in this capital of Guangdong province is celebrated during the Chinese Export Commodities Fair, held every April...