31.   Officials said this week Taiwan will open transportation links between the outlying islands of Kinmen and Matsu and the Chinese mainland as soon as December.

32.   On Friday, South Korea responded to those threats of retaliation by tightening security around nuclear power plants, railroads, airports and outlying islands.

33.   On Thursday, the Chinese president officially opens new Chek Lap Kok airport on outlying Lantau island.

34.   On Thursday, China began weeklong live-fire artillery exercises near outlying Taiwanese islands.

35.   Religious and ethnic fighting have killed hundreds of Indonesians in recent months, and simmering independence movements have boiled over on several outlying islands.

36.   Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham, accompanied by U.S. Ambassador Arthur Schechter, flew to outlying islands Wednesday to inspect storm damage.

37.   Public transport in the colony was curtailed, and ferry service to outlying islands was suspended.

38.   Taiwan Power is considering moving the Orchid Island waste to another outlying island.

39.   Taiwanese flee outlying island.

40.   Taiwanese officials issued land and sea warnings in the southern Taiwanese county of Ilan, as well as the outlying island groups of Penghu and Green Island.