31.   U.S. Navy flotillas bombard two Japanese island groups -- the Bonins south of Japan and the Kurils to the north.

32.   Flights to Matsu, the island group closest to the northern war game zone, resumed Wednesday after three days of suspension caused by bad weather.

33.   In the Penghu island group, warships were readied as the armed forces beefed up their defenses.

34.   Anti-aircraft, anti-airborne landing and anti-amphibious landing drills were held in Matsu island groups Friday, the day the latest maneuver was announced.

35.   Argentina may be willing to pay compensation to residents of the Falkland Islands if it gains sovereignty over the disputed island group, officials said Tuesday.

36.   Chang told members of parliament the government was determined to work alone on its claim to the island group, rejecting approaches to work with China.

37.   Communications with The Niuas and the tourist island group of Vavau have been lost, government spokeswoman Eseta Fusitua told AFP from the capital Nukualofa.

38.   Flights to Matsu, the island group that includes Tungchu and Hsichu, were suspended Tuesday because of bad weather.

39.   The provincial police chief of the Sulu island group, Superintendent Charlemagne Alejandrino, told reporters his office has filed murder charges against the eight MNLF suspects.

40.   The patrol will put up a symbolic stone inscription on Taiping, the largest of the Spratly island group, where Taiwan already has troops stationed, they said.