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  • Bringing Politics to the Streets
    August 5th, 2009By Jessica Korteman
    An election cannot pass you by quietly in Japan. Even those not particularly interested in politics are constantly reminded of the impending poll with intermittent announcements blasted from vehicles equipped with roof-mounted megaphones. Larger cars, vans and even minibuses are busy spreading the word for prospective candidates, announcing their arrival » Continue Reading
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  • North Korean Launch Has Many Faces
    April 7th, 2009By drifter
    We may never know for sure if Sunday’s launch was a Taepodong-2 missile, as the media prefers to report, or if in fact it was just a satellite as North Korea claims.  Regardless, we can be sure that the fear such a threat creates will be trumped up by the US, » Continue Reading
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