| Sat, 4 Sep 2010 Little Engines That Could: A Meeting of Microcars
| CRYSTAL LAKE, Ill. Tudor Van Hampton for The New York Times | This 1962 Goggomobil pickup truck is powered by a 2-cylinder engine. Tudor Van Hampton for The New York Times | A 1937 Crosley prototype. Tudor Van Hampton for The New York Times | A Speed King Auto Racer. ... | Israel New PR Campaign and Tony Blair
| Israel is living in a situation of international isolation, which had reached its highest level in the Goldstone Report on its war crimes in Gaza and the massacres perpetrated by its navy units on the liberty ships, which resulted in the loss of nine Turkish lives. To... | 'The Typist' is both eloquent and pensive
| There is something anti-dramatic about this lovely little novel. The narrator, son of a Louisiana tugboat captain, goes off to World War II as, of all things, a typist during MacArthur's overseeing of the rehabilitation of Japan. One of the rare enlisted men to room w... | Pyongyang amusement park in full swing with 6 new rides+
PYONGYANG, Sept. 4 (AP) - (Kyodo)—While tensions remain high on the Korean Peninsula following the sinking of a South Korean warship in March, a newly renovated amusement park in Pyongyang has been providing North Korean citizens with attractions not normally assoc... | US, S. Korea to hold more naval drills
| SEOUL - South Korea and the United States will hold joint antisubmarine exercises in another show of force against North Korea, officials said yesterday, as Pyongyang renewed threats against the drills. | The exercises will be the second in a series of joint maneuvers... | BBC News - Chinese warships end first Burma visit
| Two Chinese warships have completed a first ever trip to Burma. | The five-day visit, by two ships in China's anti-piracy taskforce, highlighted China's growing naval reach and its close ties with Rangoon. | China also says it will receive a visit next week from the h... | World news briefs - Sept. 4, 2010
| NEW ZEALAND | Powerful quake strikes | A powerful 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck much of New Zealand's South Island early today and caused widespread damage, but there were just two reports of serious injuries. Looters broke into some damaged shops in Christchurch, p... | Myanmar's junta chief to visit China
| Yangon - Myanmar's military junta chief is to visit China next week at the invitation of Chinese President Hu Jintao, Myanmar state media said Saturday. | Senior General Than Shwe - who heads the State Peace and Development Council, as the junta styles itself - is to ... | From North Korea, Word of Shortages, Grudges
By EVAN RAMSTAD | Associated Press | The bridge at Dandong, China, above, is North Korea's main link to the world. | DANDONG, China—One evening last week in this Chinese border city, restaurants bustled and taxis honked. Tall buildings were clad in LED displays. J... | |
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