US split: Collapse of ’shattered union’ to begin with Texas?
Nov 10, 2009 News & Events, Videos
Russian economist and academic Igor Panarin says that there is a strong possibility that the United States will break into six pieces by June 2010, which he says will be the result of a second economic crisis in late November. After Texas Governor Rick Perry mentioned the possibility of his state seceding from the union, Americans started to take Panarin’s predictions much more seriously and now the video game ‘Shattered Union’ is being developed into a major Hollywood motion picture.
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Japan Considers $1 Billion of Aid to Pakistan to Help Fight Terrorism
Apr 11, 2009 News & Events
TOKYO â€â€
Japan is considering providing up to $1 billion in economic aid to Pakistan over the next two years, a newspaper reported on Saturday. The Japanese government will reveal details of the planned aid in Tokyo on April 17 at a meeting of donors to be co-hosted by the World Bank, the Nikkei business daily said.
The assistanceâ€â€a combination of yen loans and grantsâ€â€is designed to help poverty-stricken areas of Pakistan that could become breeding grounds for terrorists, the newspaper said.
Funds will also be used to build infrastructure and provide education and job training, it said.
Conference participants, including Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari and U.S. envoy Richard Holbrooke, are expected to agree on giving around four billion dollars in aid to Pakistan over a two-year period, the daily said.
Japan has sought to contribute to US-led efforts in Pakistan and Afghanistan since U.S. President Barack Obama’s administration reviewed its policies and appointed Holbrooke as regional envoy.
Japan, which has been officially pacifist since World War II, is hoping to expand its role in international security short of dispatching troops.
“We must show our strong commitment as the chair nation,†a Foreign Ministry official said, according to Nikkei.
Tags: Japan, Pakistan, war on terror
Fashion Robot To Hit Japan Catwalk
Mar 18, 2009 Technology
The HRP-4C robot. The girlie-faced humanoid with slightly oversized eyes, a tiny nose and a shoulder length hair-do boasts 42 motion motors programmed to mimic the movements of flesh-and-blood
Tags: Fashion Robot, Japan
