Asia
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5 Reasons Why Technology Can Never Be Neutral (Mickey Z.)
Mickey Z. -- World News Trust Mar. 27, 2011 -- It's repeated so often that few of us even stop to question its validity: "Technology is neutral. It's only as good or as bad as those using it." Here ...
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Japan Nuclear situation 'grave and serious' (Irish Times)
Japanese prime minister Naota Kan at a news conference Friday. Photo: Tomohiro Ohsumi/Bloomberg Mar 25, 2011 (Irish Times) -- The situation at Japan's crippled nuclear complex in Fukushima 240km ...
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Fukushima Radiation: Some Difficult Truths (Ritt Goldstein)
Mar. 24, 2011 (CommonDreams.org) -- As radiation counts elevate in Japan, news of nuclear contamination spreading across a widening spectrum of life and its necessities, official pronouncements ...
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Radiation spikes in seawater by stricken Japan plant (Chizu Nomiyama and Shinichi Saoshiro)
Leslie's CHP Atomic Fish (Tablecloth) 8:00 p.m. JST (7 a.m. EDT) -- TOKYO (Reuters) - Radioactivity levels are soaring in seawater near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi plant, Japan's nuclear safety ...
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Natural Flow of History: Hamas Should Rethink Charter (Ramzy Baroud)
Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Mar. 24, 2011 -- “Now it is time to naturalize the flow of history,” wrote Ahmet Davutoglu, Turkey’s Minister of Foreign Affairs (British Guardian, Mar. 16, 2011). ...
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US Army 'Kill Team' in Afghanistan Posed for Photos of Murdered Civilians (Jon Boone)
Commanders brace for backlash of anti-US sentiment that could be more damaging than after the Abu Ghraib scandal Mar. 21, 2011 (The Guardian) -- Commanders in Afghanistan are bracing themselves for ...
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Japan’s ‘BP Moment’ Troubles Global Economy (William Pesek)
Mar. 20, 2011 (Bloomberg) -- You never want to kick a nation when it’s down. It’s time, though, to consider the depth of Japan’s coming recession. A week ago, before radiation fears prompted a mass ...
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Radiation Levels Surge At Reactor (Shinichi Saoshiro and Chisa Fujioka)
Mar. 16, 2011 -- 7:39 p.m. JST (6:39 a.m. EDT) -- TOKYO (Reuters) -- Japan's nuclear crisis appeared to be spinning out of control on Wednesday after workers withdrew briefly from a stricken power ...
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Black Swan Earthquake Catches Geithner Naked (William Pesek)
Mar. 16, 2011 (Bloomberg) -- A sudden shock to the global financial system has a way of uncovering its true state. As billionaire Warren Buffett famously said, it’s only when the tide goes out that ...
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Japan Crisis Worsens As Radiation Levels Surge (Shinichi Saoshiro and Chisa Fujioka)
Workers briefly abandon Japan nuclear plant as crisis worsens Mar. 16, 2011 -- 3:29 p.m. JST (2:29 a.m. EDT) -- TOKYO (Reuters) -- Workers were ordered to withdraw briefly from a stricken Japanese ...
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Japan's multiple crises deepen (Shinichi Saoshiro and Chisa Fujioka)
Japan braces for potential radiation catastrophe Mar. 16, 2011 -- TOKYO (Reuters) -- Japan raced to avert a catastrophe Wednesday after an explosion at a quake-crippled nuclear power plant sent ...
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