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U.S. Military Sent 3,600 Spy Flights in Search of Hostages (Fox News)
The U.S. military says it flew 3,600 spy flights in search of the hostages rescued this week by Colombian agents.
US: Only 2 rendition flights landed on UK soil (AP via Yahoo! News)
The United States has told Britain it has found no further "extraordinary rendition" flights that passed through British territory following checks of hundreds of flights, Foreign Secretary David Miliband said Thursday.
US: It flew 3,600 flights looking for hostages (AP via Yahoo! News)
The U.S. military says it flew thousands of spy flights over Colombian jungles trying to find and free three Pentagon contractors since their kidnapping in 2003.
Taiwan, China set to launch historic weekend flights (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Taiwan and China, political rivals for six decades, will launch direct weekend charter flights on Friday, potentially letting millions of tourists visit the island in a historic move heralding a further warming of relations.
Taiwan prepares for Chinese tourists on historic flights (International Herald Tribune)
Taiwan's tourist attractions have a fresh coat of paint and restaurants are laying on special buffet lunches in anticipation of a surge in visitors from China when regular commercial flights between the old foes start Friday.
Historic China-Taiwan flights take off (TVNZ)
Historic regular flights between Taiwan and China began on Friday, in a show of conciliation between the long-time rivals that could draw millions of Chinese visitors to the island.
Direct China-Taiwan Flights Start (SkyNews via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
Regular flights between China and Taiwan have resumed for the first time in nearly 60 years, as relations improve between the two rivals.
Flights begin from China to Taiwan (International Herald Tribune)
The flights, the latest breakthrough in warming cross-strait relations, mark the first time that "ordinary" Chinese citizens will be allowed to visit Taiwan as tourists.
Straits flights ready, island ups fund ratio (People's Daily)
Airlines on either side of the Taiwan Straits were busy preparing for the historic flights yesterday, when the island authorities raised their fund investment ratio in mainland stocks from 0.4 percent to 10 percent. Experts, however, sai ...
First China-Taiwan weekend flights set to take off (The Star)
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Historic weekend flights between Taiwan and China will take off on Friday, ushering in the first wave of what could become millions of Chinese visitors to the island, as relations improve between the six-decades-old political rivals.
