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Patriot Day Boston, bombs scar day, includes updates
Patriots' Day in Boston Massachusetts is a civic holiday. This means that locals are not at work but out and about enjoying events. Events such as the Boston Marathon which was hit by two bombs Monday. April 15......more
Japan remembers
Two years ago today Japan was hit by a massive Earthquake. The powerful quake triggered a huge Tsunami. Such was the power of the quake that the Island's of Japan moved.....more
Falkland islanders vote to stick with the UK
Sunday the people of the Falklands voted in a referendum on the sovereignty of their country.
Pundits predicted that Britain would win a large majority of the vote and so they did. The background. ....more |
Burmese Buddhist monks abuse local Muslims
In the west we have become all too familiar with news reports involving radical Muslim extremists. Reports where Muslims are the protagonists. It can be difficult to be impartial and non-judgmental. Sadly many people have now pigeon-holed Islamists as nothing more than trouble ...more
Global economics
By Peter B. Meyer
The government's massive unfunded liabilities are even a bigger reason for concern when more trouble trickles-down the monetary system, resulting from the decision to hold interest rates near zero and the Fed buying $85 billion of assets every month. ....more Canada's new Hercules planes have fake Chinese chips
B.McPherson
The CBC has revealed that the Hercules C-130J transport planes recently purchased from Lockheed Martin have counterfeit computer chips supplied from China. Terms like “catastrophic consequences” are being used. The chips which control cockpit displays...more |
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