Having lain underwater for 400 years, artefact may be out of sight, but it is not out of mind Andrew Buncombe, Swan Pyae Win Naing Sunday, 27 October 2013 For more than 400 years the Dhammazedi bell bell has supposedly… Read More ›
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Japan seizes nuclear-related materials from N Korea cargo : ( Singapore-flagged ship )
Crime Mar. 19, 2013 – 06:50AM JST ( 5 ) TOKYO — Japan has seized aluminium alloy rods which can be used to make nuclear centrifuges from a Singapore-flagged ship which was carrying cargo from North Korea, a government spokesman… Read More ›
Barack Obama blunders again on the world stage
By Nile GardinerWorldLast updated: November 19th, 2012 Barack Obama: hardly off to a flying start It is only two weeks since his re-election, and his second term remains two months away, but Barack Obama is already blundering again… Read More ›
The charmer-in-chief: Obama gets flirty as he schmoozes with Thai prime minister on first stop of historic Asia visit
EEV: Saving this one for the creepy photo’s: Plus a great photoshop of Obama viting the reclining Buddha. Obama visits Thailand on first stop of his three-day Southeast Asia tour He was joined by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Obama will next… Read More ›
Japanese firms look at other countries as alternatives to China
By Shingo Ito BusinessOct. 01, 2012 – 06:37AM JST( 0 ) TOKYO — Riots at Japanese factories, stricter customs inspections and other barriers thrown up over a territorial row have reawakened an alarmed Japan Inc to the risks of doing… Read More ›