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  nandakandamanda at 02:34 PM JST - 30th July

  skipthesong, thanks for the update!

  That's roughly what I meant.

  Posted in Bush vows to take 'message of freedom' to Beijing at 02:34 PM JST - 30th July

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  nandakandamanda at 01:54 PM JST - 30th July

  Freedom? Hello?

  China is one of the free-est countries I have ever visited. That's why the central government keeps trying to crack down. It's mostly out of control. You can do or say pretty much anything you like, as long as you don't put anti-govt sentiment in writing. Then they…

  Posted in Bush vows to take 'message of freedom' to Beijing at 01:54 PM JST - 30th July

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  nandakandamanda at 01:42 PM JST - 30th July

  So easy to spot the Coreaphiles. They take a one-sided, simple nationalistic view.

  Everyone else has a variety of views, some good, some not so good.

  OK, you want to know what I think?

  In my view, Corea should have the East Sea up to the first island and draw…

  Posted in S Korea creating task force to defend claim to islets at 01:42 PM JST - 30th July

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  nandakandamanda at 12:33 PM JST - 30th July

  You guys are stsrting to sound like Gollum in The Lord of the Rings. Talk about attachment. How could anyone 'negotiate' with Gollum, or even have a civilized exchange of ideas here on JT? Complete waste of breath.

  Grow up and look at the whole issue dispassionately.

  You want to…

  Posted in S Korea creating task force to defend claim to islets at 12:33 PM JST - 30th July

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  nandakandamanda at 12:11 PM JST - 30th July

  Surge, you say that you are certainly not S Korean. That makes you...

  Anyway, there is an annoying saying in schoolboy English that goes: 'Finder keepers'. It means, "I found them, they are in my hands, therefore they are now my property. I hold them. I can say what I…

  Posted in Japan criticizes S Korean PM's Takeshima visit at 12:11 PM JST - 30th July

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  nandakandamanda at 10:47 PM JST - 29th July

  Well, that's fine. Neutrality over disputed islets. Can't see any problem there. Come on, Japan and Korea, let's see how you will resolve this issue to the satisfaction of both sides. (Not just one side.)

  Posted in U.S. stays neutral on territorial row between Japan, S Korea at 10:47 PM JST - 29th July

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  nandakandamanda at 06:54 PM JST - 29th July

  Sorry Minkaboo, but in the dictionaries that I have checked, the primary (=first) meaning of a task force is military.

  Take Webster's II New College Dictionary if you like the American view, and it says: "A temporary grouping of forces and resources, esp. of military units, for the accomplishment of…

  Posted in S Korea creating task force to defend claim to islets at 06:54 PM JST - 29th July

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  nandakandamanda at 06:14 PM JST - 29th July

  The WHO has for years been putting huge pressure on Japan to allow institutionalized mental patients back out into the care of the community.

  The government has gradually agreed that this is the way to go, and their immediate aim is to free up 70,000 beds of easily manageable patients.…

  Posted in Knife-wielding woman attacks 7 at Hiratsuka Station at 06:14 PM JST - 29th July

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  nandakandamanda at 01:45 PM JST - 29th July

  WilliB, this may be true, but for India today there are Hindus just waiting for any opportunity to attack mostly innocent Muslim communities. It has happened again and again. Did you see the film/movie Gandhi? Once they attack, the Muslim communities have to defend themselves. Horrible things start to happen.…

  Posted in Indian leaders appeal for calm after attacks leave 45 dead at 01:45 PM JST - 29th July

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  nandakandamanda at 10:35 AM JST - 29th July

  Length of blade, 3.5cm, they are reporting. The long blade on my Swiss knife is 6cm, and the short blade is about 3.5cm if you measure the cutting edge (4cm if you measure the length of the metal).

  It sounds as though she had wits enough to choose a blade…

  Posted in Knife-wielding woman attacks 7 at Hiratsuka Station at 10:35 AM JST - 29th July