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Obama to make historic trip to Hiroshima

Obama’s deputy national security adviser, Ben Rhodes, said this trip “will shine a spotlight on the tremendous and devastating human toll of war.”

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World’s last male White Rhino protected by armed guards

Less than 60 years ago the population of the Northern White Rhino was more than two thousand, but thanks to poachers, by 1984 there were only 15 left in the world. Today, there are four, only one of which is a male.

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Fuel tanks jettisoned by U.S. fighter jets during Vietnam were repurposed into canoes

Vietnamese farmers turned the fuel tanks jettisoned by U.S. fighter jets during Vietnam into makeshift boats. During the Vietnam War, U.S. fighter jets constantly screamed across the countryside. They were typically loaded with an arsenal of missiles and bombs, but they also had external fuel tanks to extend their range. When the tanks were dry, […]

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U.S. commander sells Navy secrets for bribes and prostitutes

Navy commander Michael “Vannak Khem” Misiewicz was arrested after he gave up confidential information on ship routes to a well-known Malaysian businessman in exchange for prostitutes and lavish gifts. Misiewicz worked with Malaysian socialite and businessman Leonard Francis, nicknamed “Fat Leonard,” selling secret information on ship routes and specifying which Asian ports the Navy vessels […]

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Spider-pig?: Asian Traffic Cops to get Net Guns (VIDEO)

Tossing a net at wrongdoers is hardly a new police tactic, but it may be given a fresh face in southeast Asia as a new “fishnet launching”, supposedly gun destined to arm traffic cops up and down the China Sea, flirts with mass production.  Sunday, officials with the Weapon Design Institute in Vietnam and Colonel […]

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