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| A Higher Logic |
| THE name of my husband, Khadar Adnan, has now become known across the world. Four months ago he was unknown outside our homeland, Palestine. His hunger strike of 66 days has transformed him into a global figure and a symbol of my people's struggle.
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| DODGING SUDAN BOMBERS |
| IN the Nuba Mountains, Sudan we heard the whine of a bomber overhead, and the families I was interviewing suddenly scrambled to their feet. ... |
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 | Asia leads world stocks up WORLD stocks closed mostly firmer on Friday after strong gains across Asia while the euro hit a two-month dollar high after powerhouse Germany reported a dramatic improvement in its public finances.
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| | China propels Hong Kong's congested private jet sector |  PRIVATE jet operators in Hong Kong are adding aircraft at a rapid pace as more wealthy mainland Chinese keep luxury aircraft in the city to avoid bureaucratic hurdles and taxes at home, but a lack of infrastructure could limit the market's growth.
Hong Kong, the world's top initial public offering market for the past three years, has seen a flood of mainland Chinese companies list shares in the city. This influx has been accompanied by growth in the private jet business, said Hongkong Jet Chief Executive Chris Buchholz.
Hongkong Jet, a unit of China's HNA Group, parent of the mainland's No 4 carrier Hainan Airlines, charters and manages private jets. It has expanded its fleet to eleven aircraft, which it aims to expand nearly 10-fold to about 100, mostly managed on behalf of clients, in five years.
"Owning an aircraft in Hong Kong is a lot simpler than in China," Buchholz said, adding that the city's free-port status served as a draw for business jet owners.
| | | Forrest-Brussels JV secures Congo licence |  A JOINT venture airline between Brussels Airlines and George Forrest has been given the green light to start operating in Democratic Republic of Congo after months of delays, the company said on Thursday.
Korongo Airlines was expected to launch last year but the Congolese government refused to issue permission for the venture, leading to fears that the $11 million project would have to be abandoned.
Air travel in the vast Central African nation has been crippled by airlines having their licences removed after a series of accidents.
Korongo is 70 percent owned by Airbel, in which Brussels Airlines holds a 51 percent stake. Brussels Airlines is 45 percent owned by Germany's Lufthansa.
George Forrest International, run by veteran Congo investor George Forrest, holds the other 49 percent of Airbel.
The other 30 percent of Korongo is held by Congolese investors.
Henry de Harenne, a spokesman for Forrest, said that administrative difficulties were behind the delay in launching the company, which aims to start flying between Kinshasa, Lubumbashi and Johannesburg in April.
... | | | Cash-rich Venezuelans help resuscitate Miami real estate |  MANY Venezuelans have long had a love affair with Miami, but rarely has it been so intense - as least judging by the property market.
The cash-rich South Americans are leading a charge into Miami real estate, helping to spur a recovery in a market that once stood as a poster child of America's housing bust.
Enticed by what they view as cheap real estate prices and paying in cash, Venezuelan buyers have snapped up condominiums, apartments and houses as investments or second homes.
They are joined by other South Americans cashing in on recent heady economic growth in their region, which also weathered the global downturn fairly well.
Wealthy Venezuelans, faced with dwindling investment opportunities back home and worried about what they describe as a crackdown on the country's domestic housing market by leftist President Hugo Chavez, have become soughtafter clients for real estate developers and brokers.
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