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Sub lurking near Okinawa identified, but Onodera mum
Okinawa :: Japan | 2 days ago
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Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera said Monday the government has identified the country whose submarine was detected while submerged the previous day near Okinawa and will call for such encroachments to cease. Onodera did not disclose the country,
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Thai soldiers killed in blast
Narathiwat :: Thailand | 29 days ago
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Four soldiers were killed and another four seriously injured while attempting to defuse a bomb at an army base in Thailand's unrest-plagued south yesterday, police said. The blast happened after troops moved the device, which was hidden in a gas tank
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Trying the marines in Italy
Chennai :: India | 4 months ago
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January 23, 2013 The recent Supreme Court judgment in the Enrica Lexie case set up a Special Court to try the Italian marines. The judgment declares the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of India the region between the contiguous zone and 200 nautical
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SC?s Enrica judgment may restrict action against erring ships
Mumbai :: India | 4 months ago
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The Supreme Court's judgment on Enrica Lexie last week was unambiguous in declaring that the Italian marines must stand trial in India for now. But the Court's reasoning may have far reaching consequences for the case as well as for how India can
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Saudi Arabia arrests 21 Iranians inside territorial waters
Riyadh :: Saudi Arabia | 5 months ago
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Colonel Khaled Khalifa Al-Arqubi, spokesman for the Eastern Province Coast Guard issued a statement revealing that the Iranian intruders were on two boats and intercepted by naval patrol near al-Harqus Island approximately 42 miles off the al-Khafji
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U.N. law of sea lauded but said no Senkaku solution
New York City :: NY :: USA | 5 months ago
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Convention on the Law of the Sea, which provides a key framework for international maritime rules, marked its 30th anniversary in December. Tadao Kuribayashi, professor emeritus of Keio University, is one of those who took part in instituting the
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Guinea: The Gulf of Guinea - the New Danger Zone
Nairobi :: Kenya | 5 months ago
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Within a decade, the Gulf of Guinea has become one of the most dangerous maritime areas in the world. Maritime insecurity is a major regional problem that is compromising the development of this strategic economic area and threatening maritime trade
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Three Chinese government ships enter Japanese waters near Senkakus
Naha :: Japan | 5 months ago
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Three Chinese marine surveillance ships entered Japanese territorial waters around the Senkaku islands in the East China Sea on Wednesday afternoon, the Japan Coast Guard said. It was the 16th time for Chinese government ships to cross into the
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US urges China to avoid provocative action in South China sea
Beijing :: China | 6 months ago
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57 Washington: Concerned over China's hostile stance with regards to its claims over disputed territory in South China Sea, the US has urged Beijing and other countries in the region to avoid any kind of provocative or unilateral action that raises
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Declining Japan loses its once-hopeful champions
Tōkyō :: Japan | 7 months ago
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Jesper Koll, an economist who's lived in Japan for 26 years, says it's not easy for him to keep faith in a country that's shrinking, aging, stuck in protracted economic gloom and losing ground fast to China as the region's dominant power. "I am the
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