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Wednesday, April 30, 2003

 
Enlisting China
Indeed, there was a collective sigh of relief in Washington at the news that China had apparently brokered three-way talks in Beijing, held last week.
By Doug Bandow
(NRO [Apr. 29, 2003])
KAZAMA 4/30/2003

 
Why Blogs Haven't Stormed the Business World
By Tiernan Ray
E-Commerce Times
April 29, 2003
(Via Doc Seals Weblog [Apr. 29, 2003])
KAZAMA 4/30/2003

 
Timeline: North Korea nuclear crisis
BBC News Online charts the build-up of tension since North Korea's reported disclosure of a secret nuclear weapon programme.
(BBC NEWS)

North Korea's weapons development
A timeline on nuclear weapons development in North Korea:
(USATODAY.com)
KAZAMA 4/30/2003

 
Daniel W. Drezner joins Eugene Volokh in providing TIPS FOR NEW BLOGGERS.
KAZAMA 4/30/2003

Tuesday, April 29, 2003

 
Anti-war 4 'relaunch' EU defense
In a move that some are calling "a declaration of emancipation" from the US, four European countries that did not support the US's war in Iraq - Germany, France, Belgium and Luxemburg - gathered for a two-hour mini-summit in Brussels, Belgium today to discuss better coordination of military activities among European nations. The countries agreed on several points, including a request to the group writing a new constitution for the European Union to include in its text the concept of a "European Security and Defence Union" (ESDU).

While the four countries said the talks were aimed at strengthening existing ties in Europe, many saw the effort as an anti-US and anti-NATO move. Many experts believe the group wants to create a military outside of the influence that the US has over NATO affairs. Britain, Spain and Italy, countries which did support the US, were not invited to the meeting. All three expressed anger that the meeting was being held.

NATO issued a statement saying that it was concerned that the meeting would result in a duplication, rather than a multiplication, of military resources. And US Secretary of State Colin Powell said he saw no need for a new EU military command.

Other military observers pointed out that the meeting was originally called when tempers were much hotter, and this latest move came at a time when it is now out of step with efforts to "soothe the feud." Dr. Dana Allin, a London-based expert on trans-Atlantic relations at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, said the proposals do not sound too sinister.

"What I don't see, and this is the real point, is I can't see any plausible harmful project that could be detrimental to the US or to NATO, unless the people are out for a grievance. They know...that a serious European defence capability is not going to occur without Britain anyway," he said. "And if they did create it on their own, that would mean the Germans creating the deployment capability to complement France. If that's the case then I think that would actually be good."

(A Changed World: Daily Update | csmonitor.com
updated 8:00 p.m. ET/5:00 p.m. PT April 29, 2003)
KAZAMA 4/29/2003

 
France, Germany deepen UK rift
Ian Black in Brussels
April 30, 2003
The Guardian

"In Nato, we do not have too much America, we have too little Europe," Mr Schroeder said, "and that is what we want to change."

USS Clueless once raised the question: Why is the US still a member of NATO? Why does NATO even exist any longer?


KAZAMA 4/29/2003

 
Blogs and InfoWorld

When a writer for IDG's newsletter asked me some questions about how weblogs relate to InfoWorld's mission, I [Jon Udell] realized I might as well use the medium self-reflexively.

By posting a draft of my answers to his questions, I hope to demonstrate -- not just describe -- the process of public writing and cross-blog commentary. I expect this writer will wind up with a deeper and richer story as a result. That, of course, is exactly why I think blogs matter to InfoWorld.

(InfoWorld via Scripting News [Apr. 29, 2003])
KAZAMA 4/29/2003

Monday, April 28, 2003

 
PROMOTING ONE'S BLOG: Reader Thomas Katsampes writes:
(The Volokh Conspiracy [Apr. 28, 2003])
KAZAMA 4/28/2003

Sunday, April 27, 2003

 
Joshua Marshall makes a quick note on North Korea and asks:
if the White House can swallow its pride

North Korea: Zero Wing Summary
(Winds of Change.NET via InstaPundit [Apr. 28, 2003])

Arms Control Folly
No piece of paper will curb North Korean aggression.
BY ROBERT L. BARTLEY
Monday, April 28, 2003
(From: Opinion Journal - Wall Street Journal []Apr. 28, 2003])
KAZAMA 4/27/2003

 
The DPRK Nuclear Crisis: Key Issues and Analyses
Source: MONTEREY INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES - Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNP)

Bring us up to date on the crisis with North Korea, which has been brewing since last fall.
(Source: COUNCIL FOR FOREIGN RELATIONS PUBLICATIONS - Interview on Apr. 24, 2003
KAZAMA 4/27/2003

 
Battle of the blog builders
Ben Hammersley reports on his exclusive glimpse of a new weblog program set to take the web by storm
Wednesday April 23, 2003
The Guardian
KAZAMA 4/27/2003

Saturday, April 26, 2003

 
A Hostile Environment for 'Asymmetrical Speech'
Ken Layne's and Roger Simon's discussion of blogging prohibited by employers strike a chord for this pseudonymous blogger, but I don't think either of them have captured the entire ugly truth about blogging for the organization man/woman.
(From: Assymetrical Information [Apr. 26, 2003])
KAZAMA 4/26/2003

 
Management by Blog?
Some see it coming, but it's not here yet.
By Jimmy Guterman
(Via Scripting News [Apr. 26, 2003])
KAZAMA 4/26/2003

 
JOURNALIST ASKED TO KILL BLOG:
(From: The Volokh Conspiracy [Apr. 26, 2003])
KAZAMA 4/26/2003

Friday, April 25, 2003

 
N. Korea 'admits having nukes'
Friday, April 25, 2003
(CNN.com)

North Korea Planning a Nuke Test?
Pyongyang threatens to 'demonstrate' its capability as talks with the U.S. fail to cool the crisis
By TONY KARON
Thursday, Apr. 24, 2003
(TIME.com: World)
KAZAMA 4/25/2003

Thursday, April 24, 2003

 
U.S., Asian Allies Face Tough Choices
By Doug Struck and Bradley Graham
In declaring itself a nuclear power, North Korea has presented the United States and its Asian allies with dangerous options they had hoped to avoid: a military strike, a naval blockade, stricter sanctions, or a resigned acceptance of new power wielded by the combative Communist state.
(Washington Post Foreign Service
Friday, April 25, 2003; Page A18)
KAZAMA 4/24/2003

 
North Korea policy hijacked
By GREGORY CLARK
Tokyo's never-ending capacity for emotional overreaction, irrational group-think and back-to-front foreign policies has reached new heights over North Korea. Somehow Pyongyang's remarkable willingness to admit and apologize for former abductions of Japanese citizens has been turned around 180 degrees to become a blunt instrument for demonizing that regime.
(The Japan Times Online [Apr. 25, 2003])
KAZAMA 4/24/2003

Wednesday, April 23, 2003

 
SARS and AIDS: What the people don't know
By Christopher Horton
China was on the verge of a massive epidemic, Annan said, and immediate action must be taken in order to stem the spread of this deadly virus. He was not talking about severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), which would be first identified in Guangdong province the following month. He was talking about the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), which causes AIDS.
(Asia Times Online [Apr. 24, 2003])
KAZAMA 4/23/2003

 
ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES at the University of Tennessee is doing an online survey of bloggers and blog-readers. Follow the link and tell 'em about yourself. It's confidential.
(From: InstaPundit [Apr. 23, 2003])
KAZAMA 4/23/2003

 
USING ONLY LOWER CASE: This is just a guess, but I suspect that using all lower case in one's e-mails or one's posts (as lots of people seem to do) is a bad idea:
(From: The Volokh Conspiracy [Apr. 23, 2003])

KAZAMA 4/23/2003

Tuesday, April 22, 2003

 
AIDS in China
As this document is being prepared, China finds itself embroiled in controversy over the way that it has handled the outbreak of SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome). The New York Times has written, "China's Ministry of Health still says that there is no evidence that the disease can be acquired in Beijing. What is clear, though, is that Chinese doctors knew a lot about SARS long before it had a name or had left China's borders, and chose not to share that information for many months."

Unfortunately, this scenario more or less mirrors the way China has handled its AIDS crisis, the process being denial, resistance, grudging acceptance of the need to cooperate, followed by the nightmare of a full-blown health crisis that could have been lessened had the government taken action earlier.
(From: The Peking Duck [Apr. 14, 2003])
KAZAMA 4/22/2003

 
China will pay dearly for the SARS debacle
By Bates Gill IHT
Tuesday, April 22, 2003
News of falsified communications, deliberate misinformation, obstruction of UN assessment teams and reluctance to reveal the full extent of the epidemic to the World Health Organization must give pause to even the headiest optimist about real change in China.
(Via The Peking Duck [Apr. 22, 2003])
KAZAMA 4/22/2003

Monday, April 21, 2003

 
SALON BLOGGERS SPEAK OUT: USER SURVEY RESULTS
"A couple of weeks ago, I posted, and e-mailed to about fifty Salon bloggers, a six-question survey asking Salon/Radio users for their opinions on the product, and on the business of blogging in general. I receiveda dozen responses."
(Via Scripting News [Apr. 21, 2003])
KAZAMA 4/21/2003

 
North Korean negotiations are now a bigger deal than Iraq.
By Fred Kaplan
Posted Monday, April 21, 2003, at 3:57 PM PT
(From: Slate)
KAZAMA 4/21/2003

 
One thing this war (the war on Iraq) has been forcing us to do is to ask the unaskable, and question deep assumptions. Some allies are being revealed as inimical, and we're finding friends in unexpected places.
So let's ask an unaskable question: Why is the US still a member of NATO? Why does NATO even exist any longer?
(From: USS Clueless[Apr. 20, 2003])
KAZAMA 4/21/2003

 
YET ANOTHER E-HOAX:
People can avoid a lot of embarrassment if they simply do a quick search through google, snopes, or some other similar source before forwarding stories about supposed errors by politicians, virus warnings, supposed safety information, and the like. Remember, "they don't call it The Net of a Million Lies for nothing.
(Via The Volokh Conspiracy [Apr. 21, 2003])
KAZAMA 4/21/2003

Sunday, April 20, 2003

 
How Ikuko Learned the Alphabet

The Decay of Lying
(From: Wealth Bondage)
KAZAMA 4/20/2003

 
A dream of restoring Iraq's great marshes Wetlands destroyed by Hussein could thrive again
(Via InstaPundit [Apr. 18, 2003])
KAZAMA 4/20/2003

Saturday, April 19, 2003

 
NO WONDER all the lights are out in North Korea. There's nobody home:
(From: TIM BLAIR [Apr. 19, 2003])
KAZAMA 4/19/2003

Friday, April 18, 2003

 
Russia left out in the cold
By Pavel Ivanov
This week the Kremlin has started experiencing some serious and most unwelcome consequences of being the "informal" leader of the anti-Iraq war coalition and having convened a "summit of losers" (Russia, France and Germany) in St Petersburg on April 11-12.
(From: Asia Times Online [Apr. 19, 2003])
KAZAMA 4/18/2003

Thursday, April 17, 2003

 
In Korea crisis, China takes lead
The US and North Korea agreed to three-way talks in Beijing next week to discuss the North's nuclear programs.
By Robert Marquand | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
(From: The Christitan Science Monitor [Apr. 17, 2003])
KAZAMA 4/17/2003

 
Background to a troubled peninsula
By John Feffer
(From: Asia Times Online [Feb. 21, 2002])
KAZAMA 4/17/2003

 
Let's chat, says Pyongyang
While many are heartened by the announcement of three-way talks among North Korea, the US and China, there remains unease about the Bush administration's real designs on the Korean Peninsula. Jim Lobe presents the view from Washington, while in Beijing, Shiping Tang argues that China - whose new leaders apparently engineered this breakthrough - must proceed with caution. (Apr 17, '03)
Uncertainties loom over North Korea talks
By Jim Lobe
What China should do about North Korea
By Shiping Tang
(From: Asia Times [Apr. 18, 2003] © 2003 Asia Times Online Co. Ltd.)
KAZAMA 4/17/2003

 
Much is being made of North Korea's apparent decision to accede to Bush administration demands for multilateral, rather than bilateral, talks over their nuclear weapons program.
(From: Taking Points Memo by Joshua Micah Marshall [Apr. 17, 2003])
KAZAMA 4/17/2003

Wednesday, April 16, 2003

 
Are tables really evil?
Would a designer please write a Table-less CSS Templates for Newbies, to explain why tables are evil.
(From: Scripting News [Feb. 13, 2002])
KAZAMA 4/16/2003

Tuesday, April 15, 2003

 
A Pseudo Makeover
By Eric Meyer
Although they're widely used, pseudo-elements and pseudo-classes are in many ways the least understood parts of CSS.
KAZAMA 4/15/2003

 
THE NEO GRAND
(Via Tim Blair [Apr. 16, 2003])
KAZAMA 4/15/2003

 
U.S., China, (two) Koreas agree on nuclear talks
Why I (we) could never be a diplomat. You have to have talks about whether or not you're going to have talks about having talks.
(From: Jan Gato's Bucket o' Rama [Apr. 15, 2003])
KAZAMA 4/15/2003

 
Eason Jordan defends his choice.
CNN's Eason Jordan has written to Media Log to offer his side in the controversy over the op-ed piece that he wrote for the New York Times last Friday. Jordan writes:
(Via InstaPundit [Apr. 15, 2003])
KAZAMA 4/15/2003

Saturday, April 12, 2003

 
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
Michael Walsh
4/11/2003
(Via InstaPundit [Apr. 12, 2003])
KAZAMA 4/12/2003

 
LIGHT BLOGGING: Various other responsibilities have been beckoning. Back later. In the meantime, you can read Dan Kennedy's comments on CNN and Iraq. And Mike Campbell points to an interesting story on Iraq and UN inspection teams. And sheesh, of course I can take some time off, when even Moxie is warblogging. . . .
(From: InstaPundit [Apr. 12, 2003])
KAZAMA 4/12/2003

 
TCS Defense - Sins of Omission
I was shocked and disgusted by an op-ed piece I read today in the New York Times. No, it wasn't by Paul Krugman. It was far more serious: Eason Jordan, chief news executive at CNN, revealing what the headline called "The News We Kept to Ourselves." The news concerned the atrocities committed by Saddam Hussein's regime.
(Via InstaPundit [Apr. 11, 2003])
KAZAMA 4/12/2003

Thursday, April 10, 2003

 
The West's Own 'Arab Elite'
Writing in the Times of London, Iranian journalist Amir Taheri explains Arabs' mixed reaction to Baghdad's liberation:
BY JAMES TARANTO
Thursday, April 10, 2003 4:01 p.m. EDT
(From: OpinionJournal)
KAZAMA 4/10/2003

 
Don't listen to the Arab elites, the Iraqis didn't and they're the ones cheering today
April 10, 2003
Amir Taheri
(From: TIMES ONLINE | Via InstaPundit [Apr. 10, 2003])
KAZAMA 4/10/2003

 
Arabs Shocked, Awed by Fall of Baghdad
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia �EThe fall of Baghdad provoked shock and disbelief among Arabs, who expressed hope that other oppressive regimes would crumble but also disappointment that Saddam Hussein did not put up a better fight against America.
Wednesday, April 09, 2003
(From: Fox News | Via InstaPundit [Apr. 9, 2003])
KAZAMA 4/10/2003

Wednesday, April 09, 2003

 
V-I Day? Maybe so. May it be all to the good, may the suffering be comforted, may the future be bright. Hope so.
This is a remarkable photograph. This is moving as hell. There’ll probably be a lot of this. For now, hope.
(From: Electrolite | Via KEN LAYNE [Apr. 9, 2003])
KAZAMA 4/09/2003

 
Arabs Shocked, Relieved at Baghdad's Fall
By NEIL MacFARQUHAR
(From: The New York Times [April 9, 2003] | Via Scripting News)
KAZAMA 4/09/2003

Tuesday, April 08, 2003

 
Godzilla A Smash To Frozen Yanks Fans
By Michael J. Woods
Staff Writer
April 8, 2003, 8:51 PM EDT
Newsday, Inc.

Matsui's grand slam beats Twins
BY GORDON WITTENMYER
Knight Ridder Newspapers
(From: The Mercury News [Posted on Tue, Apr. 08, 2003])

Matsui belts 1st HR in grand fashion
Japanese clears bases with 5th inning shot in N.Y. debut
© 2003 Associated Press (From: MSNBC [Apr. 8, 2003])

Matsui says 'Hello'
Godzilla grand in first big-league homer
By Mark Feinsand / MLB.com
[04/08/2003 7:06 PM ET ]

Gotham Entrance Worthy of Godzilla
Jon Heyman
April 9, 2003
© 2003, Newsday, Inc.

Japanese 'Godzilla' hits 1st grand slam as NY Yankee
Posted:10:39 AM (Manila Time) | Apr. 09, 2003
Agence France-Presse
this story was taken from www.inq7.net
(From: Philippines Daily News, Philippines)

Newcomer has productive home debut
By Tom Pedulla, USA TODAY
[04/08/2003 - Updated 11:32 PM ET ]
©2003 The Associated Press.

Matsui Hits First HR in Yanks' 7-3 Win
Tue Apr 8, 7:05 PM ET
By JOSH DUBOW, AP Sports Writer
(From: Yahoo! News)

The Anti-Ichiro
Why Hideki Matsui, the Japanese baseball import, will make a perfect Yankee.By David Shields
Posted Monday, March 31, 2003, at 12:48 PM PT
(From: slate.msn.com)
KAZAMA 4/08/2003

 
More Plagiarism Stuff!
(From: KEN LAYNE [04/08/2003])
KAZAMA 4/08/2003

 
A Message from the War - Tell your children.
By Susan Konig [Apr. 7, 2003]

Our kids know America is doing a noble thing in Iraq.

They know about brave PFC Lynch and her rescuers. About Coalition soldiers giving chocolate to Iraqi kids. About statues of Saddam Hussein being toppled. About water and food coming in by the ton to aid suffering Iraqis.

(From: National Review Online)
KAZAMA 4/08/2003

Monday, April 07, 2003

 
An Apology (Sean-Paul Kelley)

"An Apology I had hoped that with this post and this post I had cleared this up, however, that doesn't seem to be the case.
First, I want to state explicitly that what I did was inexcusable and for many readers may be unforgivable. I understand that and am willing to accept the consequences of my actions.
I make no excuses for what I did.
However, there a few things I think need to be clarified.

1.) Has the situation been corrected?
I believe that it has been. My archives are all here and I think I have completed the process of attributing everything. Have I missed anything? It is possible. If you spot anything, please email me and I will change it.
I have also gone to great lengths to link to absolutely everything I post, unless it is from live TV. When that is the case I will cite the speaker on TV and the media outlet.
Furthermore every post after this post has been properly attributed.

2.) Are there any legal ramifications? No. Stratfor and I came to a very amicable agreement in regards to my problem. They have not revoked my subscription and I continue to use their information with the proper attribution. I also highly recommmend their site.

3.) Is my credibility destroyed? Possibly. But that decision is not mine to make. It is yours.
Are there any mitigating factors involved? I think that is best left to the readers.
I am not making any excuses for my actions and I will accept the consequences.
I apologize to my readers.
NOTE: If you want to comment about this post please do it on the bulletin board. The comments still do not work. We are trying to fix them...."
(From: The Agonist [Apr. 7, 2003])

More on how the blogosphere stumbled in it's first big test: reporting on the war.
(Via MemeFirst [Apr. 7, 2003])
KAZAMA 4/07/2003

 
plagiarism

n 1: a piece of writing that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being your own work 2: the act of plagiarizing; taking someone's words or ideas as if they were your own

Source: WordNet ® 1.6, © 1997 Princeton University
(Via Dictionary.com)
KAZAMA 4/07/2003

 
KEN LAYNE AND COLBY COSH have sane comments about The Agonist, blogging and Big Media. So does Jeff Jarvis, who rightly stresses the importance of links and attribution to blogging.

And my earlier post was remiss in not giving proper credit to the Strategic Armchair Command for breaking this story.

UPDATE: Daniel Drezner has a lengthy post with lots of links to others' reactions.
(From: InstaPundit [Apr. 7, 2003])
KAZAMA 4/07/2003

Sunday, April 06, 2003

 
Buy George vs. Bye George
Reactions to George Lakoff's latest from Shelley and The Happy Tutor.
I agree with them both, by the way.
(Via The Doc Searls Weblog [Apr. 6, 2003])

Listen to George
... Lakoff that is. The great cognitive scientist has weighed in with Metaphor and War, Again. If this thing doesn't move to the top of Daypop and Blogdex, the peacebloggers aren't doing their jobs.
Like the current war in Iraq, this piece is a sequel. The original is Metaphor and War: The Metaphor System Used to Justify War in the Gulf.
Both pieces are brilliant.
The second one contains The Fairy Tale of the Just War, about half-way down. I've written about that before too, here and here.
(Via The Doc Searls Weblog [Apr. 4, 2003])
KAZAMA 4/06/2003

 

NORTH KOREA....Reader James Lucky sent along a link to this slide show of a recent tourist excursion to North Korea. The photos and text are by Olivier Mirguet, and they are eerie and oddly compelling. Take a couple of minutes and flip through them.

The pictures are part of a site called foto8, and their home page has links to some other photo journals as well, including one of Iraqi Kurdistan. It's interesting stuff.

(Via CalPundit [Apr. 5, 2003])
KAZAMA 4/06/2003

Saturday, April 05, 2003

 
Only Saddam is wicked. Everyone else screwed up
By Matthew Parris [Apr. 5, 2003]

It is time for a bonfire of the pieties. International diplomacy is not about good or bad intentions, it is about good or bad guesses. (From: TIMES ON LINE - Via BuzzMachine)
KAZAMA 4/05/2003

Friday, April 04, 2003

 
China Urges N. Korea Dialogue:

Beijing Sees Risk of Losing Influence in Area Vital to Security. (The Washington Post, April 4, 2003)

Kim Jong Il: A Modest Proposal
By John Derbyshire [04/04/03]

At the time of writing, things look to be going well in Iraq. It may therefore not be out of place to take a pause for some reflection on the other two members of the Axis of Evil. (From: National Review Online)
KAZAMA 4/04/2003

 
Ten Tips For A Better Weblog
By Rebecca Blood
KAZAMA 4/04/2003

Thursday, April 03, 2003

 
Blogs likely to gain place in business world
By CHERYL CURRID

As business people use the Internet more for getting smart, there's a new spin on sharing your thoughts. (From: Houston Chronicle)
KAZAMA 4/03/2003

 
Kevin Sites and the Blogging Controversy
By Susan Mernit [04/03/03]

CNN's decision to shut down a popular blog from war correspondent Kevin Sites has stirred a raging debate over the use of blogging as an effective journalistic tool.

Update - by Rebecca Blood [03/21/03]

Can correspondents use weblogs as sidestream channels to keep the public informed of the constraints placed on them by governments and their editors? - by Rebecca Blood [03/17/03]
KAZAMA 4/03/2003

 
Expat Bloggers Big in Japan
By Bryan Shih.

The most active bloggers in Japan today are expats writing about life in Japan, but Japanese bloggers are slowly getting into the act. A new software patch that allows people to write blogs in Japanese using the popular Moveable Type software could lead to an explosion in Japanese-language blogs.
KAZAMA 4/03/2003

 
Who Reads DaveNet?
Sun, Aug 22, 1999; by Dave Winer.

Reader profiles

On 7/17/98 I sent an email to a bunch of DaveNet readers asking for their view of the column and the Scripting News website, and what role they play in their thinking.

I got back some very interesting emails, and posted them on a website, as a slide show, one every few days, and let a story play out from there.

Earlier today, I brought the comments back, as part of the DaveNet site, and here they are. (From: DaveNet)
KAZAMA 4/03/2003

Wednesday, April 02, 2003

 
MILITARY COMMAND JARGON: A TENTATIVE PRIMER. Which is the bigger unit: the 101st Airborne or the Seventh Marines? That's an easy one: the 101st Airborne is much bigger; it's a division, whereas the "Seventh Marines" refers to a regiment. I feel obliged to mention this because I just heard a television commentator refer to the "Seventh Marine Division" -- a blunder. It occurred to me that it might be useful to post a general summary of the sizes and commanders of the different infantry units in the Army and Marines. (From: Volokh Conspiracy)

Take Back the Language
Words Tell a Story of Their Own
By Keith M. Woods [Mar. 20, 2003]
(From: Poynter Online)
KAZAMA 4/02/2003

 
War With Iraq: Graphics (From: Los Angeles Times)
KAZAMA 4/02/2003

 
Spy satellites for peaceful use

Japan last week put its first Earth-circling spy satellites in orbit, acquiring its own capability to gather intelligence information from space about conditions in other countries. (From: The Japan Times)
KAZAMA 4/02/2003

Tuesday, April 01, 2003

 
Tents, Japanese aid ready for Jordan to help refugees from Iraq war (From: The Asahi Shimbun )

However,

Jordan refugee camp stands eerily quiet, nearly empty
Shelter has no Iraqis crossing over yet but plenty of workers from other countries. (From: SFGate.com )
KAZAMA 4/01/2003