Summary: Reuters - Historic regular flights
between Taiwan and China began on Friday, in a show of
conciliation between the long-time rivals that could bring
large numbers of mainland Chinese visitors to the island.
Summary: AP - Between surging oil prices, food inflation and a credit crunch that's depressed global growth, leaders from the Group of Eight economic powers face the gravest combination of economic woes in at least a decade when they gather next week.
Summary: AFP - China and Taiwan resumed regular direct flights Friday for the first time in six decades, ushering in what Beijing called a "new start" in their tense and testy relations.
