from Wiki
The San Francisco Peace Treaty, signed on September 8, 1951, marked the end of the Allied occupation, and after it came into force on April 28, 1952, Japan was once again an independent country
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Update
BBC
Obama stakes US claim to Pacific
US President Obama says Asia-Pacific is key to future
US President Barack Obama has said that the Asia-Pacifc region will play a key role in defining the world's future.
Speaking to the Australian parliament in Canberra, Mr Obama said...
BBC
Australia has agreed to host a full US Marine task force in the coming years, Prime Minister Julia Gillard has announced at a news conference with US President Barack Obama in Canberra.
She said about 250 US Marines would arrive next year, eventually being built up to 2,500 personnel...
BBC
An international study has linked an industrial solvent to Parkinson's disease.
Researchers found a six-fold increase in the risk of developing Parkinson's in individuals exposed in the workplace to trichloroethylene (TCE).
Although many uses for TCE have been banned around the...
Thats ok ... we are going to frame that "HUGE" post and hang it in Load 1 HQ for all to see :p
Now the suggestions for the best place to hang it :rolleyes:
:D:D
BBC
Egypt has closed the Great Pyramid outside Cairo after rumours that groups would try to hold special rituals on 11 November at 11:11 (09:11 GMT).
The rumours sparked an internet campaign to stop any ceremonies.
However the head of Egypt's antiquities authority said the pyramid had...
Oh My .... such doom & gloom first thing in the morning :(
Is it cos I put that post on about snow in Monroe? Has that depressed ppl to write such things? :(
Where did all the faith in John and dispatchers suddenly evaporate to?
Lulls happen, its no-ones fault. Take the good with the...
Will Monroe see its first flutters of snow tomorrow?
It's in the weather forecast, though they assure us it won't stick LOL.
Freezing temps tonight - take care on the roads. :)
and I think that is the big part of the reason for this vote.
For example ..... A Rape Case
If, at conception, the fertilised egg is a "person" then some lawyer or other, is going to try & defend the FE's right to go full term against the mothers wishes, or call it 1st degree murder if she...
BBC
Mississippi residents have rejected a proposed constitutional amendment to define a fertilized human egg as a person.
The measure would have conferred rights on an embryo from the moment of conception, effectively outlawing abortion, even in rape or incest cases.
More than 55%...