Οι ανθρώπινοι δαυλοί του Θιβέτ.... Tears of Tibet ...

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Ακραίες πράξεις σαν κι αυτές, αν και αυτοκαταστροφικές, πάντα θα διατηρούν το νόημά τους

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Σαν σύμβολο ριζοσπαστικής πολιτικής διαμαρτυρίας, Θιβετιανοί μοναχοί και απλοί πολίτες αυτοπυρπολούνται σε δημόσιους δρόμους για λογαριασμό της συλλογικής αιτίας για ένα ελεύθερο Θιβέτ. Τείνουν να καταπίνουν κηροζίνη, να τυλίγονται συρματόσκοινο και θεληματικά να αυτοπυρπολούνται φωνάζοντας συνθήματα για ένα ελεύθερο Θιβέτ. Σε μοναστήρια διάσπαρτα στην οροσειρά των Ινδικών Ιμαλαΐων, Θιβετιανοί εξόριστοι προσπαθούν να κρατήσουν ζωντανό έναν αρχαίο πολιτισμό και μιαν αρχαία παράδοση.
Με πάνω από 50 χρόνια εξορίας και με σημάδια αυξανόμενης καταπίεσης από το Κινέζικο Κομμουνιστικό Κόμμα που διοικεί τη χώρα, οι ελπίδες τους για ένα ελεύθερο Θιβέτ στερεύουν. Η επιθυμία τους είναι να δουν τον πνευματικό τους ηγέτη, τον Δαλάι Λάμα, να επιστρέφει στο παλάτι του στο Θιβέτ και την κινεζική κυβέρνηση να τους παραχωρήσει την αδικαιολόγητα στερημένη αυτονομία τους.

Osaka mayor sparks anger over comfort women comment....

The mayor of Osaka in Japan has sparked outrage by saying that the Japanese military’s forced prostitution of Asian women before and during World War Two was necessary to "maintain discipline" in the army.

Toru Hashimoto, Mayor of Osaka, said, "Wartime sex slaves were a necessity to maintain discipline in the Japanese military during those times. If you want soldiers at war to get some rest, a comfort women system was necessary. The Abe cabinet, as well as past cabinets, share the same sentiments."

Toru Hashimoto’s comment triggered anger in Asian countries that suffered from Japan’s wartime aggression. it comes amid mounting criticism at the prospect of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s conservative government revising Japan’s past apologies for wartime atrocities.

What is happening in Tibet is genocide: Telo Rinpoche

ZURICH: Telo Rinpoche, the spiritual leader of the Kalmyk people of Russian Federation, has said what is happening in Tibet is genocide.

He said it was unfortunate that world leaders are not doing anything about the tragic situation in Tibet. Telo Rinpoche was speaking at a side-event at the UN in Geneva sponsored by five NGOs on “The People’s Republic of China: Threat to the Survival of Tibetan Buddhism”.

Rinpoche said that the survival of Tibetan Buddhism affects not only the Tibetan people but also the world. The preservation of Tibetan Buddhism is also the survival of Tibetan Buddhist science and philosophy, he said.

China frigate locked radar on Japan navy/Ο κινεζικός στόλος σημάδεψε ιαπωνικό σκάφος-Senkaku/Diaoyu issue

A Chinese military frigate locked weapons-targeting radar on a Japanese navy vessel, Tokyo's defence minister said Tuesday, in an apparent upping of the stakes in a bitter territorial row. The move, described by the minister and a Japanese analyst as "dangerous", marks the first time the two nation's navies have locked horns in a dispute that has some commentators warning about a possible armed conflict. "On January 30, something like fire-control radar was directed at a Japan Self-Defense Maritime escort ship in the East China Sea," Itsunori Onodera told reporters in Tokyo. "The defence ministry today confirmed radar for targeting was used." Onodera said a Japanese military helicopter was also locked with a similar radar on January 19. He did not specify whether the helicopter was airborne or on the deck of a ship at the time.

Εν αναμονή του «φαινομένου του Κέσλερ»

Το πρόβλημα της υπερπλήρωσης του διαστημικού χώρου από κάθε λογής απόβλητα βρίσκεται και πάλι στο επίκεντρο της προσοχής. Αφορμή γι'αυτό αποτέλεσαν οι κυριακάτικες δοκιμές αντιπυραυλικών συστημάτων από την Κίνα και τις Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες.

Αυτές οι δοκιμές συνήθως αφήνουν πολλά θραύσματα. Πολλοί εμπειρογνώμονες λένε ότι οικονομικά αποτελεσματικοί τρόποι για την εκκαθάριση του περίγειου χώρου ως σήμερα δεν υπάρχουν.

Οι αντιπυραυλικές δοκιμές αποτελούν μόνο ένα από τις πηγές διαστημικών σκουπιδιών. Αυξάνεται ο αριθμός των διαστημικών εκτοξεύσεων: η λύση πολλών προβλημάτων της οικονομίας, της άμυνας ή της επικοινωνίας είναι αδιανόητη χωρίς τους δορυφόρους. Μετά από ορισμένο βαθμό φθοράς, οι δορυφόροι παραμένουν σε τροχιά, όπως και τα τμήματα των πυραύλων.

Chinese ships seen in disputed waters for first time since LDP's win (Senkaku/Diaoyu issue)

China has sent ships into the islands’ waters 19 times since Tokyo nationalised the chain in September.

Abe has pushed an agenda that includes upgrading the country’s Self Defense Forces to make them a full-scale military, and has spoken of wanting to revise Japan’s pacifist constitution.

 

TOKYO —

China sent its ships into territorial waters around disputed islands Friday, in the first incursion since Japan elected a new government.
The move is a setback to hopes in Tokyo that Beijing might use the poll as a chance for a fresh start after months of bitter wrangling and rhetoric over an issue that neither side is prepared to budge on.

Japan’s next PM: No quarter for China, reach out to Russia

(Senkaku/Diaoyu issue)
As Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda steps down after exit polls reveal a complete defeat of his party in parliamentary elections, the winner of the race Shinzo Abe states that Tokyo won’t concede China "one millimeter" of “Japan’s islands.”
"China is challenging the fact that (the islands) are Japan's inherent territory. Our objective is to stop the challenge," Shinzo Abe, leader of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), declared Sunday.

Keen to make an impression: Japan-US military drills begin amid Asian island row

Japan has launched naval drills with the US in spite of heightened tensions with China over a territorial dispute. The exercise was initially planned to simulate an island re-occupation, but was scrapped for naval operations to avoid agitating China.
The 11-day drills are aimed at boosting the defense of Japan’s southwestern island territories and will involve more than 37,000 Japanese personnel and 10,000 US forces, along with an aircraft carrier.
Operation Keen Sword was originally planned to incorporate a mission to simulate the retaking of an island. Although neither the US nor Japan specified if the mission was aimed at the disputed archipelago “it was widely perceived they had in mind the Senkaku Islands,” said Japanese newspaper Kyodo.