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(Photo: AP / Navy Visual News Service, PO 3rd Class Adam K. Thomas)The (war) games go on
In a Monday, July 26, 2010 photo provided by the Navy Visual News Service, U.S. Navy and Republic of Korea ships transit the East Sea Monday, July 26, 2010 in a 13-ship formation led by the Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Tuscon (SSN 770)....Full Story

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(Photo: AP / Pablo Martinez Monsivais)Obama reviving US clout in Asia as China stumbles
President Barack Obama addresses the National Urban League 100th Anniversary Convention in Washington, Thursday, July 29, 2010....Full Story

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Attack sub Missouri commissioned in New London
| July 31, 2010   | (AP) — Another attack submarine is joining the Navy. | The USS Missouri, the 7th Virginia-class sub, joins the fleet after a commissioning ceremony Saturday at the Naval Submarine Base New London. | The 377-foot, 7,800-ton Missouri was built i...Full Story
Attack sub Missouri commissioned in New London
GROTON, Conn. — Another attack submarine is joining the Navy. | The USS , the 7th Virginia-class sub, joins the fleet after a commissioning ceremony Saturday at the Naval Submarine Base . | The 377-foot, 7,800-ton Missouri was built in , Connecticut and Virginia a...Full Story
WWII rescue ship to return to River Medway in Kent
A paddle steamer famous for its exploits saving Allied troops during the Dunkirk evacuations of 1940 is to return to the River Medway. | Medway Council has secured £900,000 to bring back the Medway Queen from dockyards in Bristol next year. | The 1924 vessel made seven...Full Story
Attack sub Missouri commissioned in New London
| GROTON, Conn.-Another attack submarine is joining the Navy. | The USS Missouri, the 7th Virginia-class sub, joins the fleet after a commissioning ceremony Saturday at the Naval Submarine Base New London. | The 377-foot, 7,800-ton Missouri was built in Rhode Island, Co...Full Story
Attack sub Missouri commissioned in New London
Comments GROTON, Conn. (Map, News) - Another attack submarine is joining the Navy. | The USS Missouri, the 7th Virginia-class sub, joins the fleet after a commissioning ceremony Saturday at the Naval Submarine Base New London. | The 377-foot, 7,800-ton Missouri was buil...Full Story
Oops, I fell out of my Spitfire!
| As a child, Vicky Honour adored her grandfather's tales of the second world war – how he'd crashed his plane and ended up living in a French chicken coop. Then one day, years later, it dawned on her that his colourful stories were actually true ... Great escape ... ...Full Story
N.Korean FM meets Myanmar FM amid nuclear worries
| SEOUL (AFP) – North Korea's foreign minister met his Myanmar counterpart during a trip to the country, Pyongyang media reported Saturday, in a visit likely to be watched by Western nations fearful the two regimes could be co-operating on nuclear weapons. | T...Full Story
History of wars and battles that changed the course of history. Why some regions export ...
| Wars and confrontation have made a major impact on the course of history. Regrettably contemporary history, as we read it, is very Eurocentric. The version of major conflicts that changed the course of civilizations needs a fairer version that is more globally balance...Full Story
To those who have kept our past alive
  | B.C. Day is when we celebrate who we are, and since that's not possible without knowing where we came from, here's tribute to a few of the people who have recently helped us remember the drama and sweep of our provincial history. | First up is a little-known CBC Ra...Full Story
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Attack sub Missouri commissioned in New London
WWII rescue ship to return to River Medway in Kent
Attack sub Missouri commissioned in New London
Attack sub Missouri commissioned in New London
Oops, I fell out of my Spitfire!
N.Korean FM meets Myanmar FM amid nuclear worries
History of wars and battles that changed the course of history. Why some regions export ...
To those who have kept our past alive
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Sat 31 Jul 2010
North Korea to probe truth behind "Cheonan" warship case
Newstrack India | New Delhi, July 31 (ANI): North Korea has said that its people and army would probe the truth behind the March 26, 2010 "Cheonan" warship sinking case "to the end."  | The official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) quoted a North Korean repres...
South Korea approves wage hike for North Korean industrial park
m&c | Seoul - South Korean firms accepted North Korean demands to increase wages at the jointly operated Kaesong industrial park by 5 per cent. | An association representing 120 South Korean businesses operating at Kaesong agreed to increase wages from 5...
Latham man reunites with three Vietnam War Navy buddies
Times Union | John LaFalce of Latham lost track of his close Navy crewmates who served together in the Vietnam War. | Forty years later, the Niagara Mohawk Power Corp. retiree reunited with Dennis Rhoades of Oak Creek, Ariz., Rocky Cline of Highland, Calif., and...
FPI Overnight Brief
Scoop Saturday, 31 July 2010, 3:50 pm | Press Release: Foreign Policy Initiative | FPI Overnight Brief | July 30, 2010 | ________________________________________ | Special Announcements | FPI seeks college juniors or seniors, graduate students, or recent g...
Stop saying sorry for our history: For too long our leaders have been crippled by ...
The Daily Mail   | Next year marks the hundredth anniversary of one of the most extraordinary events in our history, the Delhi Durbar of 1911. | In the Indian capital’s vast Coronation Park, more than half a million people watched as every prince, noblem...
Shipyard delivers fourth supply vessel of the year
The Hindu | Staff Reporter | The shipyard is building 12 offshore support vessels | for foreign and | Indian owners. | KOCHI: The Cochin Shipyard delivered another Platform Supply Vessel to Vroon Offshore Division on Thursday, taking the number of such vessels...
Discover the natural wonders of Kamchatka
The Star | Only a select few experience the natural wonders of Kamchatka on Russia's eastern extremity. | Siberia is synonymous with exile, banishment beyond the pale. But beyond the Lena River, the Russians say, Siberia yields to the Russian Far East, a vast...
Big Brother flexes muscles
China Daily | US should not hold military drills close to China to 'deter' DPRK because it threatens Beijing's territorial rights | General Ma Xiaotian, deputy chief of general staff of the People's Liberation Army, and Qin Gang, Foreign Ministry spokesman, rece...
Another Look at the Korean War
Wall Street Journal | Both reviewer Tom Nagorski and Bruce Cumings, author of "The Korean War" (Bookshelf, July 27), miss the most important result of this so called "forgotten war." It forced a reappraisal of the devaluing of our defense structure. | The Truman adminis...
Musical frequencies that blow your mind
The Guardian | Forget about iDosing, Rob Fitzpatrick finds some serious uses for ultra-low frequencies Soundwave. Photograph: Alamy | According to recent newspaper reports, the latest craze to hit the yoof of today is "iDosing", a process in which young people ar...
DRDO's Combat Vehicle Development Unit Is
The Times Of India CHENNAI: The Combat Vehicles Research & Development Establishment (CVR&DE) is working overtime to supply a range of frontline hardware to the Army. | The unit at Avadi, on the outskirts of Chennai, tasked with the design, development and testing of t...
An Italian Villa of Treasures Opens Its Doors
The New York Times | GENOA — Andrea Doria was born in 1466 in Liguria, in northwestern Italy, of a patrician family, but in somewhat reduced circumstances. He began his career in the ranks of the papal guard and he went on to serve as a soldier of fortune in Urbi...
The end of (military) history
Asia Times |      Jul 31, 2010 The end of (military) history | By Andrew J Bacevich | "In watching the flow of events over the past decade or so, it is hard to avoid the feeling that something very fundamental has happened in world history."...
The (war) games go on
Asia Times |      Jul 31, 2010 The (war) games go on | By Donald Kirk | SEOUL - The drama over United States and South Korean war games in the seas off the coasts of South Korea is about to enter its second act. The South Korean navy plans t...
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