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...carving another at a bench farther from the road came over and showed me how to turn the level so the twisting wheel would touch off the tiny hammers. He told me he spent three days carving each one. I didn’t know how to transport one of these to Hong Kong without breaking it. He took me inside his house to offer tea and show me his other pieces. The most elaborate had ladders and gazebos. Spread over the table, they suggested a miniature amusement park...
...years away, officials hailed the "new silk road" for finally bringing some balance to the E.U.'s energy security. European Commission President José Manuel Barroso said the Nabucco project "is of crucial importance for Europe's energy security and its policy of diversification of gas supplies and transport routes...
...beyond the view of European inspectors (Efforts to contact Yemenia officials for comment this week were unsuccessful). The modern Airbus A330 that Yemenia flies from Paris to Sanaa in Yemen, they charge, was systematically swapped for an aging A310 for the final leg to Comoros' capital Moroni. Meanwhile, Transport Minister Dominique Bussereau pointed out that the A310 that crashed Tuesday had been banned in France since 2007 after failing security checks. And with the E.U. set to review its blacklist this month, Bussereau suggested, Yemenia's operational days in Europe may be numbered. (See pictures of the hunt...
...being maintained with an eye to going cheap on planes used for "poor" routes makes little sense, other experts say. "If you've established maintenance and safety operations for your fleet, it's going to be applied uniformly throughout," says Anthony Council, spokesman for the Geneva-based International Air Transport Association. "The reason, as we've seen in this case, is simple: should any of your planes have a serious incident, your entire operation falls under suspicion." (Read: "How to Survive a Plane Crash...
...North Korea with aid only to have the country later renege on its promises to halt nuclear proliferation. On June 15, thousands of North Koreans gathered in Pyongyang for a demonstration against U.S.-led sanctions, which include the inspection of North Korean ships in an effort to block the transport of nuclear materials. The inspections are still voluntary, and most experts believe that North Korean vessels most likely would not agree to them. Pyongyang has threatened a "thousandfold" military retaliation if it is provoked...