Object beneath its left wing. No damage to the japanese aircraft was reported. The sdf planes were patrolling the area where the two Countries Air defense identification zones overlap. Japans defense minister Itsunori Onodera criticized chinas action. Translator it was an extremely dangerous action for the chinese jet to fly so close to the japanese air selfdefense force planes over international waters. Weve protested through diplomatic channels. Chinese fighter jets approached sdf aircraft on two separate occasions last month. The incidents prompted the japanese government to protest what it called extremely dangerous acts. There are no signs of progress in efforts by japan and china to avoid territorial contingencies. People in vietnam are reacting angrily to news that a chinese ship collided with a vietnamese fishing boat. They say it was a deliberate attack, the latest of many. Most have occurred in the disputed waters in the South China Sea. This one happened in the gulf of tonki
Skills of the stage from a leading classical actor. Iraqi leaders are caught in a struggle for power. The president has named a new Prime Minister but the man who held the job eight years is refusing to go. President fouad masoum asked Haider Al Abadi to form a new cabinet within 30 days. Abadi has served as Deputy Speaker in parliament and as an adviser to the incumbent Prime Minister, nuri al maliki, and they belong to the same party. Maliki went on television to criticize the decision. He said it was a dangerous violation of the constitution and he said he would rectify the error. That set the stage for a showdown in a country already dealing with an islamist insurgency. Over the past two months, sunni militants have swept across Northern Iraq and taken control of a number of towns and cities. Many iraqis blame maliki for favoring other shia muslims and driving the insurgency and theyve been calling for him to step aside. The crisis comes days after u. S. Forces staged their First M
By specifying that the launch vehicle was akin to those used by other countries, such as South Korea, North Korea was likely trying to emphasize that it was a satellite, not a missile
South Korea's Supreme Court rejects appeals by Japanese machinery maker Nachi-Fujikoshi Corp. and upheld decisions by lower courts ordering the company to pay damages to South Koreans for wartime labor.