13 May 2014 Last updated at 05:38
Isabel Gorst
On Tuesday, an advisory panel to Mr. Abe is expected to propose amendments to several existing laws that would, in effect, reinterpret the meaning of the Constitution while side-stepping the daunting task of
Titles such as Mortal Kombat - featuring blood and gore on Sega's platform, and grey sweat on the more "family friendly" Super Nintendo Entertainment System - proved that targeting a more mature audience could be fruitful, as well as creating the need for gaming's first age ratings system.
Nigeria girls' abduction: US deploys manned planes
The US has revealed it is flying manned surveillance missions over Nigeria to try to find more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by the militant Islamist group Boko Haram.
The US is also sharing commercial satellite imagery with the Nigerian government, officials said.
It comes after militants released a video of about 130 girls, saying they could be swapped for jailed fighters.
Boko Haram seized them from a school in the northern Borno state on 14 April.
"We have shared commercial satellite imagery with the Nigerians and are flying manned ISR (intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance) assets over Nigeria with the government's permission," said a senior administration official, who declined to be named.
Russian deputy prime minister warns Moldova against signing EU deal
Dmitry Rogozin says Moscow would ‘review’ economic relations with former Soviet state
Isabel Gorst
A senior Russian official ratcheted up pressure on Moldova yesterday warning that the impoverished former Soviet country would face sanctions if it followed the path ofUkraine and allied with the European Union.
Dmitry Rogozin, Russia’s deputy prime minister, said he would “insist on a review” of Russia’s economic relations with Moldova if the country went ahead with plans to sign an EU association agreement in June.
Penalties could include visa restrictions on the hundreds of thousands of migrant Moldovan workers who rely on the Russian job market to earn a living.
Amid controversy, Japan weighs reinterpreting its pacifist Constitution
Japan's postwar Constitution renounced war as a right. An advisory group to Prime Minister Abe will suggest amendments Tuesday to enable Japan to militarily defend its interests and those of allies.
Since becoming Japan’s prime minister, Shinzo Abe has eyed a goal he believes will seal his legacy as one of the country’s greatest reformers: dismantling the pacifist Constitution that has guided Japanese foreign policy for almost seven decades.
revising it directly through the required votes in both houses of Parliament and a nationwide referendum.
If adopted, the amendments would signal the start of a fundamental shift in the role of Japan’s military, which has not engaged in combat since 1945.
Survival in a siege: leaves become food, faith becomes strength
May 13, 2014 -- Updated 0731 GMT
Homs, Syria (CNN) -- It has been nearly a week since a truce between the Syrian government and rebel groups took effect in Homs, and as opposition fighters have left the Old Town area of the city, thousands of displaced residents have come back.
The streets of the district are packed with people carrying belongings out of the district or moving possessions in to return to their homes.
The people are usually busy and rarely joke or smile, but in the middle of this scene there was a tiny, thin and frail-looking woman who stood out. Her name is Zeinat Akhras and a group of people had gathered around her, hugging and kissing her, almost crying with joy.
Amnesty: Torture is alive and flourishing |
Over 40 percent of 21,000 respondents from around the world, told Amnesty they believe they won't be safe from torture.
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The use of torture is widespread 30 years after the United Nations adopted a convention outlawing the practice, Amnesty International has said.
At least 44 percent of more than 21,000 people from 21 countries surveyed by the London-based rights group for its new report released on Monday, said that they would not feel safe from torture if arrested in their home country.
The report titled Torture in 2014 - 30 Years of Broken Promises read: "Although governments have prohibited this dehumanising practice in law and have recognised global disgust at its existence, many of them are carrying out torture or facilitating it in practice."
Sega v Nintendo: Sonic, Mario and the 1990's console war
t's the console war that arguably laid the foundations of the video games industry as we know it today.
Sega's battle against Nintendo in the late-80s and early 90s is best known as the first clash between Sonic and Mario - the speedy hedgehog with attitude versus the plumber with the Mushroom Kingdom's most famous moustache.
But the skirmish also proved that Nintendo wasn't the only games firm capable of making money in North America after an earlier crash had wrecked Atari and others' prospects.
The contest also helped establish that console gaming wasn't just for kids.Titles such as Mortal Kombat - featuring blood and gore on Sega's platform, and grey sweat on the more "family friendly" Super Nintendo Entertainment System - proved that targeting a more mature audience could be fruitful, as well as creating the need for gaming's first age ratings system.
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