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(Photo: AP / Ahn Young-joon, Pool)South Korea president to meet Aung San Suu Kyi
South Korean President Lee Myung-bak speaks to the nation during a press conference at the presidential house in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Nov. 29, 2010....Full Story

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(Photo: US Navy / Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Torrey W Lee)Peter Berg takes command of 'Battleship' action
Leadership from the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance (DDG 111) provide a tour of the ship to Peter Berg, the director of the 2012 feature film...Full Story

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4,700 Potentially Dangerous Asteroids Lurk Near Earth, NASA Says
Share | by SPACE.com | A new NASA survey has pinned down the number of asteroids that could pose a collision threat to Earth in what scientists say is the best estimate yet of the potentially dangerous space rocks. | The survey found there are likely 4,700 potentially h...Full Story
‘Battleship' is a loud cliché
| Let’s blow stuff up. | I’d say it’s a pretty good bet that was director Peter Berg’s prime directive to the cast and crew of “Battleship.” | Mission accomplished. | Ships, helicopters, cars, skyscrapers, people. See them all go boom...Full Story
Judge Napolitano: Shoot down a drone, become an American hero
Share | RT | Fox News commentator Judge Andrew Napolitano has found a novel approach to handling the whole drone surveillance dilemma that has Americans worried that the government will soon watch their every move from the sky. | Speaking out against the future of aeria...Full Story
US Navy destroyers steal the show in 'Battleship'
| US Navy sailors tend to be overlooked when it comes to Hollywood blockbusters, but the new action movie "Battleship" features American destroyers and their crews in the starring role, waging war against hostile aliens in the Pacific Ocean. | The Pentagon gave director...Full Story
Movie review: Loud, dumb and proud, "Battleship" stays afloat
** 1/2 STAR RATING (out of 4) | Board-game-inspired action | "Battleship;" the Hasbro Inc. game using plastic pegs and ships, has become a potential franchise sporting Michael Bay-inspired special effects, aliens invading Earth, a bikini-model actress, superstar Rihanna...Full Story
Movie review: All aboard for big, dumb fun with 'Battleship'
| "Battleship" is big, dumb fun that knows it's big, dumb fun and enthusiastically embraces its big, dumb, fun nature. | Director Peter Berg has crafted an almost fetishistic homage to Michael Bay – like Bay's "Transformers" series, this is yet another action extra...Full Story
Survivor of WWII's only mustard gas blast
| CLAUDE HALLOWAY, 1919-2012 | Lieutenant Claude Holloway, who has died aged 92, survived mustard gas in the only chemical weapons blast in the Second World War. | He was commanding officer of Motor Torpedo Boat 242, lying in the brightly lit harbour of Bari, on the Adr...Full Story
UFO Crash/Retrievals in Chile
Share | [Stories of saucer crashes and retrievals are not the exclusive province of the American Southwest. The Pacific coast of South America has some interesting cases to offer, as we can see from Raul Núñez's "UFO Crash/Retrivals in Chile. Mr. Núñez is the direct...Full Story
At 100, steady as she goes: Project seeks to prolong life of battleship Texas
| LA PORTE — Barely a month after the Titanic sank on its maiden voyage in the North Atlantic, a vessel touted as the world’s most powerful warship slid down a giant ramp at a Newport News, Va., shipyard and into the water. | On Friday, exactly 100 years to the day,...Full Story
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‘Battleship' is a loud cliché
Judge Napolitano: Shoot down a drone, become an American hero
US Navy destroyers steal the show in 'Battleship'
Movie review: Loud, dumb and proud, "Battleship" stays afloat
Movie review: All aboard for big, dumb fun with 'Battleship'
Survivor of WWII's only mustard gas blast
UFO Crash/Retrievals in Chile
At 100, steady as she goes: Project seeks to prolong life of battleship Texas
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Fri 18 May 2012
‘Battleship’: Peter Berg brings the popular game to the movie screen
The Examiner | “You sunk my battleship!” What was once a popular board game is now a motion picture release. From the creators of “Transformers” comes another big hit that brings an action packed thriller that will keep you on your toes with excitement. T...
REVIEW: 'Battleship' founders under its own weight
STL Today | Miss! | OK. Fine, as much as I would like to get away with that one-word review I'm pretty sure my editors don't like me enough to let me do it. I'm still tempted to leave it at that since that's basically the same amount of thought that went into ...
Search for fishing boat missing off Dorset coast
The Guardian | Three-man crew aboard the fishing boat the Purbeck Isle have not been seen since leaving port on Thursday morning Coastguards have been making an extensive search for the Weymouth based fishing boat, Purbeck Isle Photograph: Dorset Media Service/PA...
Opening this Weekend: Battleship
The Examiner | May is the unofficial start to the Summer Hollywood Blockbuster season. You know, films that aren’t going to win awards, but make millions of dollars while we hoover down popcorn and soda and sit in air conditioning. The Avengers got things start...
Brigette Wilds: Check vs. check
The News & Observer Email Print Order Reprint Share This Share Text tool name | tool goes here | When to stretch | I am the instructor who teaches MELT (Myofascial Energetic Length Technique) classes at the Rex Wellness Center. Pictures taken during one of the classes w...
Manila set to dispatch envoys to Beijing
Jakarta Post | Manila will dispatch two special envoys to Beijing amid a tense standoff in the South China Sea following the harassment of Chinese fishermen in territorial waters. | Beijing issued an immediate response on Thursday saying that it noted Manila's "a...
Japan eyes maritime aid for Philippine defense
Jakarta Post | Japan is planning to provide maritime vessels, including 1,000-tonne patrol ships, to the Philippines to “support the island country in its territorial dispute against China,” a Japanese newspaper reported in March, weeks before tensions erupte...
Security concerns as Google plans to track every ship at sea including US Naval fleet
The Daily Mail | Warships are set to be tracked with a simple Google search that is used by a billion Internet users, raising concerns over the security of the American naval fleet.  | The search engine plans to offer the coordinates and identity of virtually ...
US Navy destroyers steal the show in 'Battleship'
France24 | AFP - US Navy sailors tend to be overlooked when it comes to Hollywood blockbusters, but the new action movie "Battleship" features American destroyers and their crews in the starring role, waging war against hostile aliens in the Pacific Ocean. | ...
Review: 'Battleship' mostly hits all the summer blockbuster targets
The Examiner | Be honest, you laughed when Hasbro announced it would be making a movie based on their naval warfare board game, Battleship. How exactly would it work? Would it be a bunch of people sitting around shouting "A-9" while the other person lies about th...
Battleship Texas still afloat century after launch
Austin American Statesman | LA PORTE, Texas — Barely a month after the Titanic sank on its maiden voyage in the North Atlantic, another vessel touted as the world's most powerful warship slid down a giant ramp at a Newport News, Va., shipyard and into the water. | On Fr...
China sends marine surveillance ships to protect shiping boats
Xinhua | BEIJING, May 18 (Xinhuanet) – The safety of Chinese fishermen in the South China sea is now ensured by marine surveillance ships. The captain of a fishing boat, recently returned to port, tells us what this protection means to those making a livi...
Storied battleship making final port call in Los Angeles
Yahoo Daily News | LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The USS Iowa, which ferried the late President Franklin D. Roosevelt across the perilous Atlantic waters to a historic meeting with Winston Churchill and Josef Stalin in the dark days of World War Two, will have to be towed ...
Storied battleship making final port call in Los Angeles
Reuters | LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The USS Iowa, which ferried the late President Franklin D. Roosevelt across the perilous Atlantic waters to a historic meeting with Winston Churchill and Josef Stalin in the dark days of World War Two, will have to be towed ...
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