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- Taiwan: Best of both worlds
Ask people what they know about Taiwan and you are likely to get more than a few surprises. I did. ?President Ma Ying-jeou?s policies are headed to change cross-straight (China-Taiwan) relations,? said the foreign policy wonk. ?It?s the best
- Many housewives in Indonesia worried about rising prices of gas
After the Bandung-based Volcanology and Geological Disaster Mitigation Center of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources has declared Mt Anak Krakatau in top alert status, tourists are strongly advised not to climb the volcano in the Sunda strait,
- Vietnam hero to get Audie Murphy Award
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. A Vietnam hero will be posthumously awarded the 2008 Audie Murphy Patriotism Award at the annual Spirit of America Festival in Decatur. Army Capt. Joe Hooper, a Medal of Honor recipient, was killed in combat in February 1968. Hooper,
- Japan to Review Projects at 82 Public Corporations
223 words Tokyo, July 4 The Japanese government on Friday announced its decision to review public works projects assigned to 82 public corporations as part of its efforts to eliminate wasteful spending. The decision came after Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda
- Tourists visit genocide memorials in Rwanda where 800,000 died
KIGALI, Rwanda - Visiting places famous for death is nothing new. You can tour the Nazi concentration camps of Dachau in Germany and Auschwitz in Poland, or the killing fields of Choeung Ek in Cambodia. Tourists sought glimpses of the World Trade Center
- Abductee Megumi Yokota's mother to publish book in U.S.null
Sakie Yokota, whose daughter Megumi was abducted to North Korea, said Friday that an English translation of a book about Megumi written by Yokota will be published in the United States in January. Yokota, 72, said she has asked Prime Minister Yasuo
- American defeats Japanese for 2nd year in hot-dog eatoff
American Joey Chestnut choked down five frankfurters in a tense two-man eat-off to defeat legendary Japanese eater Takeru Kobayashi for the second year running in the annual hot dog eating contest at Coney Island Friday. Wiping his sleeve over his
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