Memorials heat war memory in Europe and Asia
A World War II memory debate spans Berlin memorials and Speer's Auschwitz knowledge, with Blair's VE Day absence amid calls to remember. North Korea nuclear fears rise as IAEA warns of a possible test, urging a stronger nonproliferation push at the UN conference in New York.
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Aily Telegraph
London
Thomas Matussek
Britain
Berlin
Albert Speer
Auschwitz
Speer
Tony Blair
Moscow
United Nations
European Union
Europe
Dallas Morning News
North Korea
International Atomic Energy Agency
United States
U.N
New York
Bush Administration
Bush
Laura Bush
Vladimir Putin
Lyudmila
Red Square
Jacques Chirac
Hu Jintao
West Japan Railway overdue safety plan and reforms
Following the Takarazuka Line disaster West Japan Railway Co outlines a five point safety policy. The plan prioritizes safety and mandates installing automatic train stop systems on major lines in the Kyoto Osaka Kobe area. The changes suggest prior safety sensitivity was lacking.
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Asahi Shimbun
Tokyo
Takarazuka
West Japan Railway Co
Kyoto-Osaka-Kobe
West Japan Railway
Buying American: a dream in a world of imports
A columnist rails against the difficulty of buying American as the US dollar weakens and imports flood shops. He cites Greenspan and economists noting a $61 billion trade gap while domestic goods shrink from shoes to jeans. He laments offshore production, aging society, and a future economy driven by performance and information.
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Ian Greenspan
Fed
Alan Greenspan
Greenspan
Missouri
America
Citizens For Humanity
Japan
Asia
Hong Kong
Memo on Iraq War Notes Realignments and Dated Plans
Column analyzes the May 1 2002 Downing Street memo showing high officials briefing on Iraq with Blair. It discusses a shift toward military action, the purchase of legal bases for force, and the challenge of postwar outcomes amid sectarian tensions and U.S. influence.
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Sunday Times of London
Iraq
Tony Blair
Matthew Rycroft
Downing Street
Washington
Bush
Saddam
NSC
National Security Council
U.N
Rycroft
U.S
Colin Powell
Libya
North Korea
Iran
UNSC
Britain
Ahmed Chalabi
Reza Aslan
U.S. of A
Texas
Liberal predictions on Iraq elections face harsh reality
The piece mocks liberal forecasts about democracy in Iraq, noting the January cabinet formation with a Shia prime minister and Kurdish president, plus Sunni ministers. It cites polls showing two thirds in favor, and references critics like Trudy Rubin and Joe Conason predicting doom and violence that did not come to pass.
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Iraq
United States
Iraq National Assembly
Green Party
Vermont
Fat Muqtada al-Sadr
International Republican Institute
Saddam Hussein
The
New York Times
Middle East
Saudi Arabia
Egypt
the Times
Iran
Ayatollah
Ruhollah Khomeini
Times
Carter
Philadelphia Inquirer
Trudy Rubin
Hussein
Joe Conason
New York Observer
Bush
Conason
Katrina van den Heuvel
the Nation Magazine
al-Qaida
America
Katrina
Hillary
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