He’d been crying on stage about what a socialist Taro Aso is. Loss-making Japan Airlines (JAL) could receive up to 100bn yen ($1bn; £635m) in state aid, say reports, on condition that the airline’s management improves. Any loan would be made through state owned Development Bank of Japan (DBJ).
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21st Century Dr. Seuss
In Iran. From The Atlantic Magazine.
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I must admit, that I had great hopes that the election in Iran was going to turn out quite differently. It would have been a great development had Ahamdinajad been sent packing-but it appears that is not to be. However regardless of who becomes Iran’s President-what are we to do
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There is an interesting photo essay at Foreign Policy about life inside Kita Chosen ( North Korea). It is worth going to see. Renowned documentary photographer Tomas van Houtryve entered North Korea by posing as a businessman looking to open a chocolate factory. Despite 24-hour surveillance by North Korean minders,
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Taken from Japan Probe: The South Korean government has been pushing for English speakers to stop using the name “Sea of Japan” in favor of the Korea-centric “East Sea” name, but it seems that the South Korean postal service isn’t checking the maps it uses for its posters: As it
Continue readingThe tea for Tea Party goers…….
Since their blood pressure is up and all:
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The word satire must be missing from the language of Tagalog. From Hemlock comes this story of a Hong Kong writer who decided to have some fun and make a point: It is clear that something is up as the two Filipino elves report for duty at Perpetual Opulence Mansions
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Is a failure to communicate. China Southern Airways has a lousy safety record. Maybe one reason for that is that they do not speak the language of aviation: A Japanese air safety board investigating a 2007 incident in which a China Southern Airlines plane that entered a runway without permission
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The Hong Kong Sevens are underway. And I’m not there. One of these days………. Sigh.
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Of the FEDEX crash at Narita: naritaUploaded by takatosh2
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