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Strong Taiwan quake topples buildings 32 minutes ago Share this with Facebook Share this with Twitter Share this with Messenger Share this with Email Share Breaking News image A powerful 6.4 magnitude earthquake has toppled buildings in the Taiwanese city of Hualien, media reports say. The...

Foreign tourists past in front a tower warning of tsunami in Kuta near Denpasar, on Indonesia's resort island of Bali on March 22, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / SONNY TUMBELAKASONNY TUMBELAKA/AFP/Getty Images Independent.ie Newsdesk April 28 2017 10:32 PM A major earthquake measuring 7.2 struck...

Presented without comment....heh From the Straits Times dot com Fair Use.... http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/indonesian-villagers-mistook-sex-toy-for-angel Indonesian villagers 'mistook sex toy for angel' 2 of 2 <img alt="An...

For links see article source..... Posted for fair use..... http://thediplomat.com/2015/12/the-case-for-the-centuryfortress-defining-the-b-52j/ The Case for the Centuryfortress: Defining the B-52J “With a well-considered upgrade plan, the B-52 can serve to its 100th birthday.” By Col Mike...

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For links see article source..... Posted for fair use..... http://thediplomat.com/2015/01/should-u-s-allies-in-asia-get-their-own-nukes/ Should U.S. Allies in Asia Get Their Own Nukes? With the U.S. stretched to provide a conventional deterrence, is it time to reconsider a fundamental policy...

It was suggested earlier this morning in this week's WoW thread by Countrymouse that is article, and subject, deserved its own thread with specific concern on this comment in the article.... So here it is.....Housecarl ____ For links see article source..... Posted for fair use...

I don't know enough about how much of our rice comes from India, or how much is imported regularly. But this article buried in the news really gave me the heebie jeebies. Literally. So many questions run through my mind, especially when I see that 145 shipping containers of rice from India had...