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(Photo: WN / Sweet Radoc)Gluckman: It is Hard to be a Teenager
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(Photo: AP / Pat Roque)Why are South China Sea tensions rising?
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Ed and David Miliband: the battle of the brothers
| They were raised with socialism in their blood. Now David and Ed Miliband are vying for the Labour leadership. But how do they feel about sibling rivalry on this scale – and how would each seek to direct the party if successful? Brothers in arms (above, l-r): Ed and...Full Story
Google and Galaxy Zoo could aid global climate project
| Climate scientists meeting in Britain this week hope to build a database to predict natural disasters precisely. And records of the voyages of the Bounty and Beagle will assist them in their task Victims of Pakistan's floods use a railway track to reach a marooned vil...Full Story
Most of the military think Trident is a waste of money
| There is a wealth of senior military opinion against renewing the £20bn nuclear weapon programme | Your report on coalition cuts ("Threat to Gurkhas as Fox insists on £20bn Trident replacement") described the Lib Dems as opposed to Trident, suggesting it is an outda...Full Story
Google and Galaxy Zoo could aid global climate project
| Leading climate scientists will gather in the UK this week to finalise plans for a revolutionary project aimed at transforming their ability to predict meteorological disasters. The goal is to create an international databank that would generate forecasts of unprecede...Full Story
Ed and David Miliband: the battle of the brothers
| On the trail of Miliband, D and Miliband, E over the last month I find myself easily as interested in the idea of fraternity as in the "urgent business" of the renewal of the Labour party. The brotherly campaign for the Labour leadership has been the longest of marche...Full Story
Most of the military think Trident is a waste of money
| Your report on coalition cuts ("Threat to Gurkhas as Fox insists on £20bn Trident replacement") described the Lib Dems as opposed to Trident, suggesting it is an outdated Cold War weapon. Their positions have yet to be backed by action, such as proclaiming the overwh...Full Story
The Blitz: Survivors' stories
| Len Phillips, 80, of Bloomsbury, London, sheltered at night in Holborn and the now defunct Museum Tube stations. | When I go down Holborn Tube now I always look at the platform and think "I used to sleep here of a night". There were quite a few hundred people there, w...Full Story
Over the top and indefensible
By Joseph Barratt 5:30 AM Sunday Sep 5, 2010 Share Email Print | The "shopping list" of the Kaiser's colonies and dependencies was drawn up before the war: German East Africa, Cameroon, Nigeria, German Samoa - they would be divvied up between Britain and its colonies. |...Full Story
US carrier here; crew to 'shop, shop, shop, eat, eat, eat'
| MANILA, Philippines—On the USS George Washington, men in Hawaiian shirts and sunglasses and women in cool tops and sandals are waiting patiently for their turn to board the ferry that will take them to shore. | Looking more like an airport than a nuclear warship, the ...Full Story
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Google and Galaxy Zoo could aid global climate project
Most of the military think Trident is a waste of money
Google and Galaxy Zoo could aid global climate project
Ed and David Miliband: the battle of the brothers
Most of the military think Trident is a waste of money
The Blitz: Survivors' stories
Over the top and indefensible
US carrier here; crew to 'shop, shop, shop, eat, eat, eat'
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Sun 5 Sep 2010
Little Engines That Could: A Meeting of Microcars
The New York Times | CRYSTAL LAKE, Ill. Tudor Van Hampton for The New York Times | This 1962 Goggomobil pickup truck is powered by a 2-cylinder engine. Tudor Van Hampton for The New York Times | A 1937 Crosley prototype. Tudor Van Hampton for The New York Times | A Spe...
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The USS Liberty, Sickening Truth vs. Official Lies
Newsvine | Not unexpectedly, an apparently irate reader of "A Reader Speaks Out on the Festering Shame of the USS Liberty" also spoke out on the "USS Liberty Incident" on AmericanConservativeDaily.com where this blog is syndicated. | Writing as if he were som...
Paul Conrad, Pulitzer Prize-winning L.A. Times political cartoonist, dies at 86
The State | LOS ANGELES - Paul Conrad, whose fiercely confrontational editorial cartoons made him one of the leading political provocateurs of the second half of the 20th century and who helped push the Los Angeles Times to national prominence, has died. He wa...
US Terminates Yellow Sea CBG for Sino Quid Pro Quo
Newsvine | East Asia watchers of North Korea’s reclusive Hermit Kingdom offer competing speculations as to the nature of mysterious midnight train ride to China by North Korean leader Kim Jong il in the company of his rumored Dauphin, 28 year old number...
Israel New PR Campaign and Tony Blair
Newsvine | Israel is living in a situation of international isolation, which had reached its highest level in the Goldstone Report on its war crimes in Gaza and the massacres perpetrated by its navy units on the liberty ships, which resulted in the loss of ni...
'The Typist' is both eloquent and pensive
Star Tribune | There is something anti-dramatic about this lovely little novel. The narrator, son of a Louisiana tugboat captain, goes off to World War II as, of all things, a typist during MacArthur's overseeing of the rehabilitation of Japan. One of the rare en...
Pyongyang amusement park in full swing with 6 new rides+
Breitbart PYONGYANG, Sept. 4 (AP) - (Kyodo)—While tensions remain high on the Korean Peninsula following the sinking of a South Korean warship in March, a newly renovated amusement park in Pyongyang has been providing North Korean citizens with attraction...
US, S. Korea to hold more naval drills
The Boston Globe | SEOUL - South Korea and the United States will hold joint antisubmarine exercises in another show of force against North Korea, officials said yesterday, as Pyongyang renewed threats against the drills. | The exercises will be the second in a serie...
BBC News - Chinese warships end first Burma visit
Newsvine | Two Chinese warships have completed a first ever trip to Burma. | The five-day visit, by two ships in China's anti-piracy taskforce, highlighted China's growing naval reach and its close ties with Rangoon. | China also says it will receive a visit ...
World news briefs - Sept. 4, 2010
Ohio | NEW ZEALAND | Powerful quake strikes | A powerful 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck much of New Zealand's South Island early today and caused widespread damage, but there were just two reports of serious injuries. Looters broke into some damaged shop...
Myanmar's junta chief to visit China
m&c | Yangon - Myanmar's military junta chief is to visit China next week at the invitation of Chinese President Hu Jintao, Myanmar state media said Saturday. | Senior General Than Shwe - who heads the State Peace and Development Council, as the junta st...
From North Korea, Word of Shortages, Grudges
Wall Street Journal By EVAN RAMSTAD | Associated Press | The bridge at Dandong, China, above, is North Korea's main link to the world. | DANDONG, China—One evening last week in this Chinese border city, restaurants bustled and taxis honked. Tall buildings were cla...
The Pacific Campaign, Dam Division
The New York Times | ON Sept. 1, 1945 — 65 years ago this week — I arrived in Leyte Gulf, the Philippines, aboard a Navy transport ship. Along with other newly commissioned ensigns in the Navy Civil Engineer Corps, I was prepared to join one of the Seabee b...
Will heir be unveiled at North Korean convention?
The Guardian | HYUNG-JIN KIM | Associated Press Writer= SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea is preparing its largest political meeting in 30 years, and leader Kim Jong Il is expected to appoint a son to a key Workers Party position in what would be the strong...
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Full StoryEd and David Miliband: the battle of the brothers
Full StoryMost of the military think Trident is a waste of money