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Old People Should Hurry Up and Die - says the New Japanese Finance Minister
by fulltimestudent inthe newish japanese government is conservative in bent, and its finance minister recently raised eyebrows with the above statement.
japan, as you may know, is a rapidly aging society as the long falling birthrate bites into the demographics.. here's how the english guardian reports this tale:.
let elderly people 'hurry up and die', says japanese ministertaro aso says he would refuse end-of-life care and would 'feel bad' knowing treatment was paid for by government.
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India- The Maha Kumbh festival- the world's largest demonstration of faith
by fulltimestudent inthe world's largest religious festival, and arguably the most fascinating is underway right now in the city of prayag (also known as allahabad) in the north india state of uttar pradesh.
for 55 days, hindu worshippers from all over the world (including many western converts) will converge on the area for a ritual cleansing in the ganges at the point where ganges, the yamuna and the (mythical?
) saraswati converge.
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The Other Side of the Indian Rape Story
by fulltimestudent ini'm posting this story, not to defend an indefensible act, but to try to provide some balance.
the fact is that so many indians exist in a poverty so deep that it's difficult for westerners to even understand.
the youngest of the rapists in the now world known rape story, according to this uk, independent newspaper story, grew up in that world that seems hopeless.
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Cocaine Plane Crashes-Identified as a CIA aircraft-True, or not true?
by fulltimestudent infiltering around the internet today, we have the story of a plane crash in mexico, and allegedly it belonged to the cia.
the plane's cargo turns out to be 4 tons of cocaine.. the source of the story turns out to be 'the arnprior news,' arnprior apparently is a suburb of ottawa.. cia plane crash lands with four tons of coke - the arnprior news - reference: http://arnpriornews.wordpress.com/2011/04/14/cia-plane-crash-land-with-four-tons-of-coke/ .
this news source is apparently only a internet site, so ordinarily i'd go past this story - but ..... first, for years after the cpc beat the daylights out of the american backed armies of gmd (kmt-that is the armies of generalissimo chiang kai shek).
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Building a New Asia
by fulltimestudent insungdong shipbuilding - a south korean company.
this is a pr film, but i think it illustrates what's happening in asia.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ltefjzlxa4 .
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Life in different Paradises
by fulltimestudent inwe all (i guess) once imagined our lives in yahweh's theocratic paradise.
quite possibly our visions often were quite different from that of others.
in another thread i've attempted to shed some light on the north korean paradise of the kim family, which because it is a common (shared) experience may be seen by ordinary north koreans as "normal.
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Early Christian Journeys to Paradise
by fulltimestudent inan email from biblical archeological review yessterday, contained a link to a discussion by james tabor on paul's journey to paradise.
tabor demonstrates that we can read paul's 'experience' against the background of his times, in which the phenomenon of 'heavenly journeys' was common.
his analysis helps us understand what was happening and why paul would cite his 'experience.'.
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Should people be able to live on the dole ?
by fulltimestudent ina petite row is brewing in the australian teacup.
jenny macklin, a rather grandiosely titled, minister for families, asked by a journalist, whether she could live on the $35 dollars-a-day social services payment for job-seekers, replied that she could!
but her staff cut that comment out of the official transcript.. the row is a bit more complicated than that- but that's the gist.. the full story is at: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/political-news/minister-riles-welfare-groups-20130101-2c4ct.html.
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India Buys New Fighter Jets from Russia
by fulltimestudent inthe wall street journal reports that india has again made a decision to buy 42 russian sukhoi su-30 mk1 fighter jets that will be assembled in india.
additionally india will buy 71 m--17 v-5 helicopters.
another deal was signed for russia to manufacture the ka and mi brand of helicopters in india .
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Why China can still be called a 'Developing Nation'?
by fulltimestudent inthis is a village in the same province as beijing.. .
http://english.cntv.cn/program/newshour/20121230/102791.shtml .
the video from china central television demonstrates graphically why china can still be termed a developing nation.