Shanghai Completes Massive Underground Bunker to Protect Citizens from Disasters

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Published in China, Shelters, Air Raid Shelters, August 8, beijing, Blasts, China, China Report, Citizens, Civil Defense Office, Defences, Disasters, Metropolis, News World, Nuclear Radiation, Original Article, Poisonous Gas, shanghai, Shanghai Morning Post, Similar Pages, Square Meters, Terrorist, Timesonline, Underground Bunker, Underground City, Underground Shelter, World Asia

Shanghai’s Civil Defense Office recently announced completion of the city’s largest subterranean bunker, spanning an area of over 90,000 square meters, reported Shanghai Morning Post. The massive underground shelter is able to accommodate 200,000 citizens at a time, offering protection from ground-level disasters such as nuclear radiation, poisonous gas releases, or terrorist blasts.
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China-specific Agni-III to be tested today

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Published in India, Missiles, Agni Iii Missile, Array, Ballistic Missile, Ballistic Missiles, China, Countdown, Icbms, India, India China, India India, India Times, Inter Continental, Launch, Msn India, Nuclear Submarines, Orissa, Range Missiles, Strategic Advantage, Technicalities, Test Range, Time Rival, Tv India, Value Targets, Weaponry, Wheeler Island

The countdown for the launch of Agni-III, designed to hit high-value targets deep inside China with a strike range of 3,500-km, has begun at the integrated test range on Wheeler Island off the coast of Orissa.
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Technicalities apart, India needs an operational Agni-III missile as soon as possible since China already has a wide array of [...]

Clashes in General Strike in Lebanon

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Published in Conflict, Middle East, Beirut, Beirut Lebanon, Civil War, Clashes, Government Officials, Government Supporters, hezbollah, Labor Unions, Lebanon, Lebanon Beirut, Militant Group, Political Crisis, Private Telephone, South Lebanon, Southern Suburbs, Spy Cameras, Telephone Network, Tensions

BEIRUT, Lebanon — Supporters of the Iranian-backed group Hezbollah, trying to enforce a general strike called by labor unions, clashed with government supporters and blocked roads in Beirut on Wednesday, escalating tensions as the country remained mired in its worst political crisis since the 1975-1990 civil war.
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The government said on Tuesday that it would act [...]

Bolton: Bomb Iran

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Published in Iran, Afghanistan, Bomb, Iran, iraq, John Bolton

John Bolton gets it right as usual. This is not a preemptive attack on Iran, but in response to their meddling in affairs in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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France Eyes Massive Expansion of its Oceans

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Published in Europe, Exclusive Economic Zone, Fears, France, Massive Expansion, Millennia, Oceans, Oceans 11, Photo Gallery, Rush, Square Kilometers, World Oceans, World S Oceans

France already controls 11 million square kilometers of the world’s oceans, second only to the US. Now they want more, demanding the equivalent of three Germanys all in one gulp. It’s part of a rush to divvy up the world’s oceans by this time next year. more…

Photo Gallery: The Race to Claim the Seas
Millennia of [...]

Europe’s New Pro-American Direction

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Published in Europe, U.S., Angela Merkel, Assets, Bucharest, Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, Combat Situations, Deployment, Gerhard Schroeder, Gordon Brown, Iraq War, Jacques Chirac, Missile-Defense, moscow, Nato Forces, Nato Membership, Nicolas Sarkozy, Political Leadership, Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Reluctance, Soviet Republics, Special Relationship

But look today at Europe’s political leadership: Nicolas Sarkozy in France has replaced the bitterly anti-American Jacques Chirac. In Germany, Angela Merkel has replaced the dyspeptic and anti-Iraq war Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder. Prime Minister Gordon Brown in Britain now once again speaks about the US-UK “special relationship.” And now, Berlusconi will soon return to the [...]