A handout photo shows (from L-R) reactors No. 1, 2, 3 and 4 at Tokyo Electric Power Co. Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in northern Japan March 15. (Tokyo Electric Power Co./Reuters) After Each Disaster Japan Rebuilds Bigger And Better -- The Telegraph
The Japanese love of order and ability to start anew will help them confront the earthquake crisis, believes Lesley Downer.
In Japan, you are constantly made aware of the power of nature. Summer is hot and steamy; in September there are typhoons; and during the rainy season in June it feels as if someone has tipped a bath of water over your head. But the most powerful force of all is the seismic activity.
Earthquakes and tremors are part of life in Japan and part of the forces that shape the landscape. The country is said to be geologically young, still in the process of forming. One of the results is the spectacular volcanoes, among them Mount Fuji, eternally smoking, and Mount Sakurajima, which belches black ash over the southern city of Kagoshima; when the ash is really bad, the inhabitants put up their umbrellas.
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A regional strategy for democracy in the Middle East -- Zalmay Khalilzad, Washington Post
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Q&A: Japan's ticking nuclear timebomb -- CNN
Q+A: Risks at each reactor of Japan's stricken plant explained -- Reuters
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Libyans will pay the price -- The Australian editorial
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Afghanistan:
Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
Beating Back the Taliban: The Afghan surge has been a success. -- Seth G. Jones, Foreign Policy
Japan, the Persian Gulf and Energy -- George Friedman, Real Clear World/Stratfor
Iraq's scars remain upon the face of western intervention -- Michael Young, The National
A regional strategy for democracy in the Middle East -- Zalmay Khalilzad, Washington Post
Syria’s turn next? -- Ed Morrissey, Hot Air
Imagining a New Mediterranean World -- Mustapha Tlili, Project Syndicate
Fed up with the EU and Cyprus, Turkey eyes Karabakh -- Amanda Paul, Zaman
Berlin Enters the Scramble for the Arctic -- Christian Schwägerl and Christoph Seidler, Spiegel Online
Analysis: Bahrain crisis seen worsening sectarian tensions -- Reuters
High stakes over Bahrain -- David Ignatius, Washington Post
Q&A: Japan's ticking nuclear timebomb -- CNN
Q+A: Risks at each reactor of Japan's stricken plant explained -- Reuters
Analysis: Japan accident shows dilemma over atom plant sites -- Reuters
Emperor’s appearance signals magnitude of Japan disaster -- Peter Goodspeed, National Post
It's Not Too Late to Save Libya -- Max Boot, Real Clear World
Stunned by Gaddafi assault, Libyans give up on change -- Reuters
Libyans will pay the price -- The Australian editorial
Why Gaddafi Has Survived Libya's Rebellion -- Vivienne Walt, Time Magazine
Afghanistan:
Fed up with the EU and Cyprus, Turkey eyes Karabakh -- Amanda Paul, Zaman
Berlin Enters the Scramble for the Arctic -- Christian Schwägerl and Christoph Seidler, Spiegel Online
Analysis: Bahrain crisis seen worsening sectarian tensions -- Reuters
High stakes over Bahrain -- David Ignatius, Washington Post
Q&A: Japan's ticking nuclear timebomb -- CNN
Q+A: Risks at each reactor of Japan's stricken plant explained -- Reuters
Analysis: Japan accident shows dilemma over atom plant sites -- Reuters
Emperor’s appearance signals magnitude of Japan disaster -- Peter Goodspeed, National Post
It's Not Too Late to Save Libya -- Max Boot, Real Clear World
Stunned by Gaddafi assault, Libyans give up on change -- Reuters
Libyans will pay the price -- The Australian editorial
Why Gaddafi Has Survived Libya's Rebellion -- Vivienne Walt, Time Magazine
Afghanistan: U.S. recipe for disaster -- REP. Mike Honda, Politico
Public Opinion and Obama’s Failed Leadership on Afghanistan -- Marc Thiessen, The American
Dead Men Risen: What MoD doesn't want you to read #2 -- Toby Harnden, The Yelegraph
Is US aid to Afghanistan helping win the war? Doubts are increasing. -- Christian Science Monitor
Why we can't win in Afghanistan -- Steve Chapman, Chicago Tribune
Berlin Enters the Scramble for the Arctic -- Christian Schwägerl and Christoph Seidler, Spiegel Online
Analysis: Bahrain crisis seen worsening sectarian tensions -- Reuters
High stakes over Bahrain -- David Ignatius, Washington Post
Q&A: Japan's ticking nuclear timebomb -- CNN
Q+A: Risks at each reactor of Japan's stricken plant explained -- Reuters
Analysis: Japan accident shows dilemma over atom plant sites -- Reuters
Emperor’s appearance signals magnitude of Japan disaster -- Peter Goodspeed, National Post
It's Not Too Late to Save Libya -- Max Boot, Real Clear World
Stunned by Gaddafi assault, Libyans give up on change -- Reuters
Libyans will pay the price -- The Australian editorial
Why Gaddafi Has Survived Libya's Rebellion -- Vivienne Walt, Time Magazine
Afghanistan: U.S. recipe for disaster -- REP. Mike Honda, Politico
Public Opinion and Obama’s Failed Leadership on Afghanistan -- Marc Thiessen, The American
Dead Men Risen: What MoD doesn't want you to read #2 -- Toby Harnden, The Yelegraph
Is US aid to Afghanistan helping win the war? Doubts are increasing. -- Christian Science Monitor
Why we can't win in Afghanistan -- Steve Chapman, Chicago Tribune