The Independent My Life In Travel: Diane von Furstenberg, fashion designer Sat 26 Jun 2010 First holiday memory? Going to the North Sea coast of Belgium. I was born in Brussels so we would go to the seaside for our holidays when I was a child. My overriding memory is of the sand dunes. Best... (photo: WN / Geeta)
The Times of India Tuvalu becomes 187th member of IMF, World Bank Thu 24 Jun 2010 WASHINGTON: The tiny South Pacific island nation of Tuvalu joined the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank on Thursday, the sibling institutions said, becoming their 187th member. The... (photo: AP / J. Scott Applewhite)
Asahi NewsWed 9 Jun 2010 New Futenma eco-impact study not needed SINGAPORE--The U.S. government wants to avoid conducting a fresh environmental impact study following the bilateral agreement reached in late May on the relocation of the... (photo: US DoD) AsiaJapanMilitaryPhotosUS
![The 22-year-old, 8,000-ton vessel Nisshin Maru (日新丸?) is the largest ship of the Japanese whaling fleet. The ship is part of a six to seven ship fleet headed by research leader Shigetoshi Nishiwaki and is based in Japan in Shimonoseki harbor.[3] It is a converted stern trawler and is the world's only whale factory ship. [4] The ship is owned by Tokyo-based company Kyodo Senpaku Kaisha, which is subsidiary of the government-funded Institute of Cetacean Research.](http://web.archive.org./web/20100627003843im_/http://cdn7.wn.com/vp/i/a2/1d17beb55bde36.jpg)
