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Something must be wrong, right? Definitely not a place you’d want to visit. This is what it looked like on wednesday. (Washington Post – Beijing Air)
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A drug kingpin on death row is about to be executed, and television airs an hour of images of a Laotian man who is responsible for killing 13 Chinese fisherman in the Mekong River. In case you were wondering, that’s what he looks like. Earlier in the week the drug kingpin said, Chinese television also broadcast a chilling interview with Naw Kham taped earlier this week in which he said, “I am afraid of death. I want to live. I don’t want to die. I have children. I am afraid.” (LA Times - Naw Kham)
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This isn’t a post about art, but the drawing is decent. The two servicemen in Japan were convicted of rape and will be locked up for 9 and 10 years. The ongoing battle of the locals in Okinawa and the US armed forces continue. (SFGate – Navy)
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An unlikely pair, or maybe most likely. The game? Who cares, but it somehow ended at 110-110. Of course both teams had North Korean players on it along with some Americans, so of course North Korea can’t beat North Korea. All are the greatest.
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The Tohoku Cotton Project is one of the many ongoing efforts to recover and empower the land and people who were affected by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. Cotton was planted in the salt-soaked rice fields that had made the region famous. Farmers were given new hope to keep the land alive, and members of the community volunteered to plant and harvest the crop that would speed the recovery of the soil. Watch the film about the project. On the whole TCP is genius. It’s about better land usage, rebuilding people’s lives, becoming less dependent on imported raw materials, and moving forward. Follow the Tohoku Cotton Project on Facebook, and if you’re in Japan, keep an eye out for the logo appearing on goods produced with Tohoku cotton.
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