2005.03.13

Japan sex slave redress call. [BBC News ] A group of "comfort women" in Taiwan begin a campaign to pressure Japan over abuse by their soldiers in WWII. 2005.03.13

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DPRK warns USA-ROK military drill could result in "actual war" (AFP). North Korea warns that annual US-South Korean military exercises due to start this week and designed to deter any military threat from the Stalinist country could turn into "an actual war". 2005.03.13

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Japan-Sexism [Mainichi] Poster in Mie prefecture describing Iga beef as fatty "mature woman" withdrawn;  tourism officials express surprise that anyone took offense. 2005.03.13

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Pacific-USN Sub Accident (New York Times) U.S. Navy nuclear submarine (USSN San Francisco) missed a variety of danger signals before fatal crash into undersea mountain. 2005.03.13

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