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Panetta in Cambodia for talks on US-Asia security
Cambodia   Photos   Security   US defense   Wikipedia: Asia Security Conference
 Dayton Daily News 
Panetta in Cambodia for talks on US-Asia security
Fri 16 Nov 2012
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Friday that the U.S. would participate in three Southeast Asian military exercises next year. Panetta was in Cambodia for talks with his counterparts from 10... (photo: US DoD / Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo)
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon meeting with H.E. Mr. Hu Jintao, President of the People’s Republic of China
China   Election   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Hu Jintao
 The Daily Telegraph 
China congress: Hu's plan to transform China into a maritime power
Thu 8 Nov 2012
China President Hu Jintao staked a claim in Beijing for his country to become a maritime force, prompting a call from Japan for the communist state to use its sea power peacefully. Beijing and Tokyo... (photo: UN)
In this photo provided by the United States Coast Guard, a Coast Guard helicopter crew from Air Station Kodiak conducts the 13th hoist of 18 crewmen from the mobile drilling unit Kulluk on Saturday, Dec. 29, 2012, 80 miles southwest of Kodiak City, Alaska. The tug Aiviq suffered problems towing the Kulluk Thursday prompting the Coast Guard to deploy cutters and aircraft to while Royal Dutch Shell dispatched additional tugs.  LA Daily News  Tue 1 Jan 2013
Shell drill ship runs aground on Alaskan island
By Dan Joling The Associated PressAssociated Press Posted: 01/01/2013 06:36:13 AM PST January 1, 2013 2:39 PM GMTUpdated: 01/01/2013 06:39:08 AM PST In this photo provided by the United... (photo: AP / United States Coast Guard, Petty Officer 1st Class Sara Francis)
Alaska   Industry   Oil   Photos   Wikipedia: Offshore drilling
President Barrack Obama speaks at the dignified transfer ceremony for the U.S. Ambassador to Libya J. Christopher Stevens, Foreign Service officer Sean Smith, and security officers Tyrone S. Woods and Glen A. Doherty at Joint Base Andrews, Md. Sept. 14, 2012. DoD photo by Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo (Released)  Stars and Stripes  Fri 28 Dec 2012
Obama eyes $108B annual Asia prize vying with China trade
WASHINGTON — More than a century and a half after Millard Fillmore dispatched an emissary to Asia to transform commerce across the Pacific, a U.S. president again sees an historic opportunity to... (photo: US DoD / Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo)
Business   China   Photos   Trading   Wikipedia: International Monetary Fund
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AC Milan's Kevin-Prince Boateng, of Germany, celebrates after scoring during a Serie A soccer match between Lecce and AC Milan, in Lecce, Italy, Sunday, Oct. 23, 2011. CNN Fri 4 Jan 2013
Boateng makes racism walkout vow
January 4, 2013 -- Updated 1750 GMT (0150 HKT) (CNN) -- AC Milan midfielder Kevin-Prince Boateng insists he will walk off in a competitive game if he is subjected to... (photo: AP / Donato Fasano)
Photos   Racism   Sports   Wikipedia: Kevin-Prince Boateng   Football
 Rebel fighters pose for a picture in the bush near Ouandago, Central African Republic Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2006. The army has burned scores of villages in northwest Central African Republic during a campaign to rout rebels active in the area for weeks, di Sun Sentinel Wed 2 Jan 2013
CAR rebels halt advance, agree to peace talks
DAMARA, Central African Republic (Reuters) - Rebels in Central African Republic said they had halted their advance on the capital on Wednesday and agreed to start peace... (photo: AP/Joseph Benamsse)
Africa   Gabon   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Central African Republic
Cheongsam Clothes display on the shop and one the example ready to sell to celebrated coming up Chinese New Year The Guardian Sun 30 Dec 2012
New Year honours 2013: the full list
All the knights, dames, commanders and members of the British Empire in the 2013 New Year honours list... (photo: WN / Emico Silalahi)
Education   London   Photos   UK   Wikipedia: New Year Honours
 South China Sea (Dec. 2, 2005) – An F/A-18C Hornet, assigned to the “Dambusters” of Strike Fighter Squadron One Nine Five (VFA-195), prepares to land on the flight deck of the conventionally powered aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63). Kitty Hawk and Deccan Herald Fri 28 Dec 2012
China says Japan plane harassed its aircraft
A Chinese government spokesman on Thursday said a maritime surveillance plane was harassed by Japanese military aircraft while patrolling the airspace near the disputed... (photo: US Navy)
China   Japan   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: China
Martha's Vineyard, MA (July 17) -- The USCGC SANIBEL, a 110-foot patrol boat based in Woods Hole, maintains a safety zone around the Navy vessel BRISCOE to keep onlookers away from the burial at sea ceremony for John F. Kennedy, Jr., his wife Carolyn and her sister Lauren Bessette.  USCG photo by HIERONYMUS, BRIDGET PA3 (109646) ( JOHN F. KENNEDY JR., PLANE CRASH (FOR RELEASE) ) Journal Online Fri 28 Dec 2012
China gunboat protested
MANILA – The Philippines on Friday said it “strongly objects” to China’s deployment of a new patrol vessel in the South China Sea, where the two countries have a seething... (photo: US Coastguard / HIERONYMUS, BRIDGET PA3)
China   Philippine   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: China
U.S. Army Spc. Jacob Bobbe, security force team member for Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Farah, maintains security on the street during a key leader engagement in the Lash-e Juwayn district of Farah province, Afghanistan, Dec. 11 2012. CounterPunch Thu 27 Dec 2012
Imperial Lockstep
Imperial adventures are nothing new in the Middle East. Neither is their glorification, as Peter O’Toole’s pained Lawrence of Arabia eternally reminds us. But for a... (photo: US Navy / HMC Josh Ives)
Photos   Politics   US   War   Wikipedia: American imperialism


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