Fallout among friends - China asks North Korea to release its fishermen immediately
Posted by: prabirghose
Beijing :: China | updated 2013-05-20 09:39:46 -0700 | odd-news
China has asked North Korea to immediately release its fishing boat with 16-crew members that had been captured on 5th of May when the boat was in Chinese waters - it seems the captors are demanding ransom of 600,000-yuan ($100,000)....
Switzerland may waive bank secrecy
Posted by: rsa76
Geneva :: Switzerland | updated 2013-05-20 03:59:25 -0700 | odd-news
Announced last week, the negotiations of the European Union and Switzerland on the new tax agreement could put an end to the 80-year tradition of banking secrecy in the country, writes the Financial Times The last 5 years of the...
Russian spacecraft with mice and lizards on board returned
Posted by: rsa76
Moscow :: Russia | updated 2013-05-20 08:56:26 -0700 | odd-news
MOSCOW - A Russian ship with 45 mice and 15 lizards on board, along with other small animals, returned Sunday from a one month mission in orbit with information that scientists hope to open the way to a manned flight...
Pyŏngsŏng criticized South Korea and the US, called the launch short-range missiles from its ...
Posted by: rsa76
Pyŏngsŏng :: North Korea | updated 2013-05-20 09:39:46 -0700 | odd-news
Short-range missile launches in North Korea May 18 and 19 from the East Coast "have become part of the regular military exercises Korean People's Army in order to strengthen self-defense." This is stated in the statement of the Committee of...
Israeli : The report of Channel France 2 about the death of a Palestinian boy Muhammad al-Dura, is ...
Posted by: rsa76
Tel Aviv :: Israel | updated 2013-05-20 13:53:04 -0700 | odd-news
Israeli officials have said that the TV channel France 2 report about the death of a Palestinian boy Muhammad al-Dura, made in 2000, is not valid. French journalists then reported that the child and his father came under Israeli fire...
Obama will tell the American students about their plans for Guantanamo
Posted by: rsa76
Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-05-20 11:29:15 -0700 | odd-news
U.S. President Barack Obama devoted his speech at the National Defense University, the problems of the base at Guantanamo. He will also tell students about the use of unmanned aerial vehicles. Despite the fact that the earlier the president promised...
China demands DPRK to immediately release the captured fishermen
Posted by: rsa76
Beijing :: China | updated 2013-05-20 12:19:30 -0700 | odd-news
China demands the immediate release of captured pirates North Korean Chinese fishermen. As it became known yesterday, May 5, a group of armed representatives of North Korea seized fishing in Chinese waters ship "Lyaopuyuy 25222." The pirates are demanding a...
A majority of Japanese do not accept the justification for the "comfort women"
Posted by: rsa76
Tōkyō :: Japan | updated 2013-05-20 15:26:53 -0700 | odd-news
A large majority of Japanese say they are opposed to recent statements by boiling mayor of Osaka which justified the "comfort women", they recruited Asian force in the brothels of the Japanese Imperial Army during World War II reveal two...
Ahmadinejad in Thailand for a regional summit on water
Posted by: rsa76
Bangkok :: Thailand | updated 2013-05-20 12:24:44 -0700 | odd-news
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, under pressure from the international community over its nuclear program and its support for the Syrian regime, will speak Monday in Thailand at a regional summit on water management, it was learned from sources diplomatic. His...
US Launched train collision investigation
Posted by: rsa76
Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-05-20 13:59:28 -0700 | odd-news
Two passenger trains collided at full rush hour in an accident that resulted in the hospitalization of 70 people, caused extensive damage to roads and could affect the congested Northeast Corridor rail system. Three patients were in critical condition Saturday...
Russia: 6.2 magnitude earthquake.
Posted by: lethibichlan
Kazan :: Russia | updated 2013-05-20 05:36:14 -0700 | odd-news
Today 20/5, a strong earthquake magnitude 6.2 occurred in the area of the east coast of Kamchatka Peninsula, in Russia's Far East region. The earthquake occurred early this morning local time, with epicenter at a depth of 20 km. There...
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