28 November 2014 Last updated at 09:12
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BEIJING - Understanding what Japan is thinking or what it intends to do is difficult, if not near impossible, at the best of times, let alone now. Yet, if I were Japanese and worried about Beijing's rise, I would enact a simple policy of encirclement to recover Japan's primacy in Asia.
To draw the Koreans to my side, I would build a monument in the center of Tokyo to Korean patriots of the anti-Japanese resistance - to assuage any ill-feeling about the past and concentrate the countries' attention on the potentials of the future together.
To attract Russia, I would give up any claim on the Kurili Islands,
which are held by Moscow anyway. I would give the Senkaku-Diaoyu islands up to Taiwan - this would draw Taiwan closer to Tokyo and make it more distant from Beijing. Better political ties with Taiwan because of a Senkaku deal could bring about greater maritime cooperation.
The victims appeared to be in their 20s. Authorities said the bodies had high-caliber bullet wounds, and were found in an area that is known for gang violence and plantations of opium poppies.
Immigration: David Cameron to outline benefit restrictions
The prime minister will set out plans to curb welfare benefits for migrants from the EU in a speech shortly.
David Cameron will say EU migrants should have to wait at least four years before receiving benefits such as tax credits or council houses.
He will insist the changes, which he will seek if he is elected in May, are an "absolute requirement" in future talks over whether to stay in the EU.
It follows news that net migration to the UK has risen above 2010 levels.
In a long-awaited speech in the West Midlands, Mr Cameron will say he is confident that he can change the basis of EU migration into the UK and therefore campaign for the UK to stay in the EU in a future referendum planned for 2017.
But he will warn that if the UK's demands fall on "deaf ears" he will "rule nothing out" - the strongest hint to date he could countenance the UK leaving the EU.
23,000-year-old statue of woman with large breasts and buttocks found in France
Pope Francis arrives in Turkey for potentially testing visit
Pontiff to celebrate feast of St Andrew, patron of the Orthodox church, in Istanbul
Paddy Agnew
Pope Francis, who originally indicated he might not travel as much as some of his immediate predecessors, is back on the road again this weekend as he makes an intriguing, potentially difficult visit to Turkey.
At the end of a year which has seen him travel to both Israel and South Korea, Francis this morning flies into Ankara where he will be greeted by president Recep Tayyip Erdogan, leader of this 76 million strong, 99 per cent Islamic country.
Given the possible polemics engendered by this visit, one might expect to find half of Turkey gearing itself for a momentous occasion. In reality, Istanbul, which the pope visits tomorrow and on Sunday, was yesterday totally “pope free”. No posters, no flags and almost no media comment on the visit. To find a poster announcing for the event, you had to go to the press centre in the basement of Istanbul’s Hilton Bosphorus Hotel.
Bhopal: Thirty years on, misery and questions linger in the air
South Asia correspondent at The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald
Bhopal: On Wednesday survivors of the world's worst industrial disaster will commemorate 30 years since a cloud of deadly gas leaked from a Union Carbide pesticide plant and engulfed the central Indian city of Bhopal, killing thousands of people and injuring tens of thousands more.
"We will never properly recover from that night," says Irfan Ali, 60, whose pregnant wife died, and who has suffered respiratory problems ever since.
"The panic, the confusion, the burning feeling of the gas on my eyes and inside my lungs, the people lying dead. We live with it every day," Mr Ali told Fairfax Media on the eve of the anniversary.
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BEIJING - Understanding what Japan is thinking or what it intends to do is difficult, if not near impossible, at the best of times, let alone now. Yet, if I were Japanese and worried about Beijing's rise, I would enact a simple policy of encirclement to recover Japan's primacy in Asia.
To draw the Koreans to my side, I would build a monument in the center of Tokyo to Korean patriots of the anti-Japanese resistance - to assuage any ill-feeling about the past and concentrate the countries' attention on the potentials of the future together.
To attract Russia, I would give up any claim on the Kurili Islands,
which are held by Moscow anyway. I would give the Senkaku-Diaoyu islands up to Taiwan - this would draw Taiwan closer to Tokyo and make it more distant from Beijing. Better political ties with Taiwan because of a Senkaku deal could bring about greater maritime cooperation.
Burned bodies found in southern Mexico |
Charred remains of 11 suspected Los Ardillos drug cartel members found near city of Chilapa, Mexican authorities say. |
At least 11 burned bodies have been discovered dumped on the side of a road in the southern state of Guerrero, Mexican authorities said.
Several of the scorched bodies of the men found near the city of Chilapa on Thursday appeared to have been decapitated.
Sources told Al Jazeera that the victims appear to be cartel members killed by another cartel group. The victims' bodies were reportedly found covered with a large banner taunting one of the cartels.
According to a separate report by AFP news agency, the note was addressed to the crime group "Los Ardillos" (The Squirrels), with the words "here's your trash".
The victims appeared to be in their 20s. Authorities said the bodies had high-caliber bullet wounds, and were found in an area that is known for gang violence and plantations of opium poppies.
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