2006.03.10

Bikini islanders sue United States for billions. [Radio Australia] The people on Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands are preparing to sue Washington for more than half a billion U-S dollars in compensation. More than 50 years after the Americans used the atoll for atomic bomb testing, the Marshall Islanders are still struggling for justice and compensation. Many bombs were tested in the Pacific but the Bravo H-bomb blast at Bikini was one of the most devastating, a thousand times more powerful than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. 2006.03.10

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Koizumi Will Leave Mixed Legacy. [IPS] When Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi demits office in September, he will leave his successors a legacy of forceful leadership and strong United States-Japan ties. 2006.03.10

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Japan-Suicides (AP) 9 People Commit Group Suicide in Japan (AP). Nine people in two groups are found asphyxiated in sealed cars, apparently the latest cases of group suicides that have surged in Japan. Meanwhile, it's being reported that four Japanese soldiers who returned from Iraq have killed themselves. 2006.03.10

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DPRK-Missiles (AP) An American general describes recent North Korean missile tests as a "quantum leap forward." 2006.03.10

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Japan-USA Beef (Kyodo) Tensions heating up again between Tokyo and Washington over reimposed ban on American beef. 2006.03.10

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Japan-Terrorism Timepieces (AP) Wearing a Casio watch can get you branded as a suspected terrorist. 2006.03.10

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Okinawa-MCAS Futenma (VOA) U.S. Marine Corps air station is key element of bilateral dispute with Japan regarding military bases on Okinawa. 2006.03.10

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