The comments came a day after more than three dozen Israelis were hurt in a car bombing in Netanya, a city north of Tel Aviv. The links were grudgingly approved by Beijing, which says the plan does not go far enough - especially because it didn't OK links between China and Taiwan's main island. Above, passengers en route to the mainland wave at the Taiwanese port of Matsu. At the impeachment trial of Philippine President Joseph Estrada, a senior bank official testified that her boss ordered her to cover up Estrada's ownership of a multimillion-dollar account under a false name. Prosecutors said the testimony by Clarissa Ocampo, of Equitable PCI Bank, shows Estrada used hidden accounts to move undeclared fortunes.
Philippine law requires the president to disclose all assets and income.
Security at the Senate, which is hearing the case, was tight after bomb attacks over the weekend killed 15 people and injured more than 100. Cambodia's National Assembly took a key step in the drive to put on trial former leaders of the notorious Khmer Rouge regime of the 1970s. The development pushes forward a process that had been stalled since earlier last year, when Cambodia and the UN reached agreement in principal about trying the leaders. The just-passed legislation must be adopted by the Senate and be signed by King Norodom Sihanouk before becoming law. The first session of the new legislature in the Mexican state of Tabasco degenerated into fistfights as lawmakers grappled with fallout from the state's gubernatorial election.