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A plane flies past the entrance of the Grand Hotel, which is the location of the upcoming talks between the mainland and Taiwan, in Taipei October 31, 2008.
Monday, Dec. 15, 2008

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  • CHIANG PIN-KUNG,
  • head of Taiwan's Straits Exchange Foundation, on the Dec. 15 end of a nearly six-decade ban on regular air traffic between China and Tawian
Photo: NICKY LOH / REUTERS | Source: AP