 World stock markets sink on US, Europe worries Fri 18 May 2012
BANGKOK-World stocks fell Friday after credit downgrades slapped on Spanish banks unnerved investors already worried about the stability of the 17-country euro currency... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc) The Boston Globe
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 Milwaukee Art Museum makes proposal to restore War Memorial Mon 14 May 2012
The Milwaukee Art Museum has unveiled a proposed $15 million project that includes a small, glassy new building on the lakefront, the creation of an urban park, a gutting... (photo: Creative Commons / Cburnett) Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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 Peter Berg takes command of 'Battleship' action Mon 14 May 2012
ABOARD THE USS SPRUANCE - On a clear, windless morning in January, director Peter Berg climbed from a U.S. Navy helicopter onto the deck of this 9,200-ton destroyer... (photo: US Navy / Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Torrey W Lee) The Charlotte Observer
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 Kintetsu World Express Posts Record Profit for FY2011 Fri 11 May 2012
Cost-cutting boosted profit despite sluggish air cargo performance Major Japanese international freight forwarder Kintetsu World Express, Inc. (KWE) said that its group... (photo: Creative Commons) Journal of Commerce
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 Oil Wars on the Horizon Thu 10 May 2012
Conflict and intrigue over valuable energy supplies have been features of the international landscape for a long time. Major wars over oil have been fought every decade... (photo: AP / Abd Raouf) CounterPunch
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 ANA, JAL International Cargo Volumes Rise Thu 10 May 2012
Japan Airlines' international cargo was off 40 percent for fiscal 2011 Japan’s All Nippon Airways Co. (ANA) said that its international cargo volume grew for... (photo: WN / RTayco) Journal of Commerce
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 Wave power plants around the world Tue 8 May 2012
Renewable energy from waves works best in parts of the world with steady access to powerful wind and wave resources. Countries with the most useful waves include Scotland... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar) The Examiner
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 Asia stocks dive after Europe elections, US data Mon 7 May 2012
BANGKOK — Asian stock markets were pummeled Monday by election results in Greece and France that heightened uncertainty about Europe's ability to solve its debt... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba) Palm Beach Post
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 A history of the world, BRIC by BRIC Sat 5 May 2012
Goldman Sachs - via economist Jim O'Neill in 2001 - invented the concept of a rising new bloc: BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and, later, South Africa). Some... (photo: UN / Devra Berkowitz) Al Jazeera
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 China's Maritime Navy and Politics of Acknowledgement Mon 30 Apr 2012
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling When a Chinese admiral proposed a permanent naval base in the Gulf of Aden, to support its anti-piracy operations, the... (photo: AP / Xinhua, Wu Dengfeng) WorldNews.com
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 Without question: US military expansion in the Asia-Pacific Wed 25 Apr 2012
As Noam Chomsky wrote in this two-part essay, America's "pivot" toward the Asia-Pacific region is in response to what it calls "classic security dilemmas" posed by the... (photo: US Navy / Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Shawn D. Torgerson) Al Jazeera
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 Markets Live: Stocks fall amid global worries Mon 23 Apr 2012
Australian shares fall amid political worries about Europe but losses are kept in check as data indicates Chinese manufacturing is stabilising. 4.18pm: Market heavyweight... (photo: AP / Rick Rycroft) Canberra Times
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 EU woos India for piracy battle - Bloc pursues political project SUJAN DUTTA Northwood Headquarters, ... Mon 23 Apr 2012
EU woos India for piracy battle - Bloc pursues political project SUJAN DUTTA... (photo: European Community / EC) The Telegraph India
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 Starbucks Secret Menu Reveals a Whole New Mocha-Flavored World Fri 20 Apr 2012
Posted: April 20, 2012 Just yesterday, I had a moment of Starbucks ennui when my second-shift pick-me-up rang up at a whopping $6.03 for a single, uncomplicated... (photo: WN / RTayco) The Inquisitr
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 U.S.-Japan Imports, Exports Jump Thu 19 Apr 2012
Autos, auto parts lead the way as Japan posts surplus with U.S., deficit with rest of the world Japanese exports to the United States surged 23.9 percent in March from a... (photo: GFDL / Phasmatisnox (Talk) Journal of Commerce
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 US warships USS Blue Ridge, the destroyer escorted warship USS Chafee in Vietnam Thu 19 Apr 2012
According to Chinese media reports, a group of several US warships, part of Task Force 73 including the USS Blue Ridge warship from the US Navy's Fleet 7 will arrive at... (photo: US Navy / MCS2 Kenneth R. Hendrix) The Examiner
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 Inside the Ring: Aegis Ashore moves ahead Wed 18 Apr 2012
The director of the Pentagon's Missile Defense Agency (MDA) said Wednesday that the military is moving ahead with deployment of modified sea-based anti-missile... (photo: US DoD / Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo) The Washington Times
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 Deep-sea fishing in deep trouble Mon 9 Apr 2012
All is not well with the deep-sea fishing industry, thanks to falling catch, exorbitant rise in operational costs and misuse of Letter of Permit (LoP) guidelines by... (photo: WN / RTayco) The Hindu
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 Tsunami 'ghost ship' sinks after US coast guard opens fire Fri 6 Apr 2012
Machine guns trained on Ryou-Un Maru, laden with diesel and drifting into shipping lanes off the coast off Alaska Japanese tsunami ghost ship the Ryou-Un Maru on fire... (photo: US Coast Guard) The Guardian
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 45 Signs That America Will Soon Be A Nation With A Very Tiny Elite And The Rest Of Us Will Be Poor Wed 4 Apr 2012
Share The middle class is being systematically wiped out of existence in the United States today. America is a nation with a very tiny elite that is rapidly becoming... (photo: UN / UN) Pakalert Press
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