Milestones

ELECTED. APIRAK KOSAYODHIN, 43, a member of Thailand's opposition Democrat Party; as governor of Bangkok. Apirak's victory is a blow to Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's ruling party, whose favored candidate came in a distant second. Apirak, a former telecommunications executive, said his priority would be to tackle Bangkok's bad traffic and pollution.

ARRIVED. 56 CHINESE TOURISTS, the first group to visit Europe on holiday since China began allowing its citizens to take private trips to 27 European countries; in Paris. Up to 400,000 Chinese travel to France each year under business- or family-visit visas, but the number is...