Al Jazeera The false promises of the United States It seems a long time since US President Barack Obama's first day in office, when he declared that he would close the Guantanamo Bay prison camp. | Some four years on, however, and the Pentagon has req... (photo: US Navy / PO2 Kilho Park) Guantanamo Human Rights Photos US Wikipedia: Guantanamo Bay detention camp Business Journal Hawaii hotel rates soar 19 percent on modest occupancy increase Stephanie Silverstein Reporter- Pacific Business News Email | Twitter | Hawaii hotels had a strong week for room rate increases last week when compared to the same week last year, while occ... (photo: Creative Commons / Alan Light) Hawaii Hotel Photos Rates Tourism Wikipedia: Hawaii Top Stories The Hindu Japan's Nikkei jumps above 13,000 on BOJ stimulus Japan’s benchmark stock index surged to its highest level in more than four years Friday, its second straight day of big gains after the central bank announced aggr... (photo: AP / Katsumi Kasahara) Japan Nikkei 225 Photos Stock Exchange Wikipedia: Nikkei 225 Indian Express AirAsia X has no plan to resume flights to India, Europe: Report AirAsia X, the long-haul arm of AirAsia, has said there is no plan to resume flights to India and Europe till next year and the budget carrier wants to concentrate on its... (photo: Creative Commons / Kentaro Iemoto) Airline Flights India Photos Wikipedia: AirAsia X Al Jazeera Facebook makes 'Home' for Android phones Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg has unveiled a new product for Android phones, a service called "Home" that brings the social media websites content to the ... (photo: Creative Commons / Brian Solis) Internet Photos Social Technology Wikipedia: Mark Zuckerberg my SA Fukushima nuclear plant's cooling system fails TOKYO (AP) — The cooling system for a storage pool for fuel at one of the reactors at the tsunami-damaged nuclear plant in Japan failed on Friday for the second in a mo... (photo: AP / Junji Kurokawa) Disaster Japan Nuclear Photos Wikipedia: Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster The Star China culls birds as bird flu death toll mounts SHANGHAI/HONG KONG (Reuters) - Chinese authorities were slaughtering birds at a poultry market in the financial hub Shanghai as the death toll from a new strain of bird f... (photo: AP) Bird Flu China Health Photos Wikipedia: Avian influenza Pittsburgh Post-Gazette North Korea moves missile to coast SEOUL, South Korea -- After a series of escalating threats, North Korea has moved a missile with "considerable range" to its east coast, South Korea's defense minist... (photo: AP / Ahn Young-joon) Defense Missile N. Korea Photos Wikipedia: North Korea and weapons of mass destruction Jakarta Post National scene: Govt told to extend forest moratorium Paper Edition | Page: 4 | JAKARTA: Environmental groups are calling on the government to extend and strengthen the 2011 moratorium that prohibits the issuance of new lice... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar) Environment Forest Jakarta Photos Wikipedia: Forest Belfast Telegraph New Zealand withdraws Afghan troops New Zealand has withdrawn its small contingent of troops from Afghanistan. | The South Pacific nation had stationed about 145 soldiers in central Bamiyan province since 2... (photo: DOD / Public Domain) Afghanistan Defence New Zealand Photos Wikipedia: Afghanistan
