| Tue, 9 Mar 2010 800-year-old shipwreck found in Baltic Sea
| A dozen shipwrecks that date back centuries - some of them unusually well preserved - have been found in the Baltic Sea by a gas company building an underwater pipeline between Russia and Germany. | The oldest wreck probably dates back to medieval times and could be u... | Going home
| With brilliant cast, storylines and characters, Battlestar Galactica's final season confirms it as the greatest sci-fi series on TV. | entertainment@thestar.com.my | IT was a sad day for fans when the end date for the brilliant space opera that is the modern-day Battl... | 12 centuries-old shipwrecks found in Baltic Sea
| STOCKHOLM - A dozen centuries-old shipwrecks - some of them unusually well-preserved - have been found in the Baltic Sea by a gas company building an underwater pipeline between Russia and Germany. | The oldest wreck probably dates back to medieval time... | 3 secret pacts confirmed / 1960 accord allowed U.S. to bring nuclear arms into Japan
| A Foreign Ministry panel of experts concluded in its report released Tuesday that there were three secret deals between Japan and the United States out of four alleged deals it has been investigating, including one on the introduction of nuclear weapons into Japan con... | Hirano upbeat over Futenma relocation issue
| Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirofumi Hirano appears to be confident the government can settle the dispute over the relocation of a key U.S. military airfield in Okinawa Prefecture by late May, with the construction of a land-based alternative runway at Camp Schwab in Nago... | Japan Drops Denial of Cold War 'Treaties'
| TOKYO — Japan ended decades of denials on Tuesday by confirming the existence of secret cold-war-era agreements with Washington that, among other things, had allowed American nuclear-armed warships to sail into Japanese ports in violation of Japan’s non-nu... | 100, 75, 50 Years Ago
| 1910 Italian Deputy Fights Duel | ROME Signor Chiesa, the Deputy for Milan, has at last been able to fight one of the numerous duels which he has on hand. The encounter, which was with General Prudente, was not brought off without difficulty, and even to secure relati... | 'Bless you Mr Obama' on Myanmar
| By Stanley A Weiss | MANDALAY - In September 1952, Russian dictator Joseph Stalin and Chinese foreign minister Chou Enlai convened an extraordinary meeting to discuss the future of Southeast Asia. As recorded in the book, Mao: The Unknown Story, Chou talked about the ... | US ponders China's Southeast Asian rise
| By Peter J Brown | The United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC) last month held a lengthy hearing on China's activities in Southeast Asia and the implications for US interests in the strategic region. The USCC was addressed by five members of... | |
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