Posts Tagged ‘Japan’
Asia
This Friday, August 6, is the 65th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, which killed around 140,000 people. For the first time, the US is going to attend the memorial in Japan to show respect to all the innocent people who died in the bombing. The UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, is also going to attend the ceremony and join Japan in calling for global nuclear disarmament.
Europe
Spain might have won the 2010 World Cup, but their behavior on the field is going to cost them. FIFA fined Spain and Netherlands for their players’ actions during the final, which was deemed the “worst behaved match” during the World Cup. We’re guessing that’s a title Spain doesn’t want to own.
Middle East
There are a lot of people in embassies in Kuwait and not for the usual reasons. Many immigrant maids are seeking refuge in embassies, as they face harsh work conditions, including physical and sexual abuse. The embassies are expecting even more domestic workers to come in the next few weeks, due to the start of Ramadan, but some Kuwaiti officials dismiss the complaints that the holiday creates an even more taxing work environment for the maids.
North America
Canada’s newest pop sensation, Justin Bieber, is writing a picture book an illustrated memoir. We’re excited… it gives us material for new jokes!
Since we’re based in the U.S., a lot of U.S. Democrazy posts talk about issues in American politics. However, our government isn’t the only crazy one out there! Join us as we look at what’s going on in various regions across the world.
Africa
This week saw the start of the France-Africa Summit, a conference between many African and French leaders, both in the political and business arena. The summit is to address topics such as Africa’s role in the world and trade between Africa and France. The summit comes at a time when many African countries, including Burkina Faso, the Ivory Coast, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Madagascar, are celebrating their 50th year of independence.
Thanks to the Guardian, we see some Silvio Berlusconi statuettes with some blood for flare in light of recent events...
This is one of a series of dispatches from our Foreign correspondent currently based in Scotland:
Ahhh… December 17. Almost time for me to resign my post as USDemocrazy Foreign Correspondent in Scotland and return to the ol’ homestead.
Can’t wait to get back to the place I know well, complete with crazy politics, late nights, and unique smells. And that’s just in the USDemocrazy headquarters.
But before coming home, I decided to pop over to Italy to check on things there.
(Editor’s note: The timing with the Recent attack on Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (Ouch)is purely coincidental)
What was the biggest culture shock going from the UK to Italy? The politics? The people? The food? The language?
Nope — the traffic. …read more.
Is it okay to bow? Obama’s decision to bow ignites anger, again.
Facebook wins again. Unfriend chosen as word of the year by the New Oxford American Dictionary.
Don’t worry; I’ve got an eye on it. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke says he’ll take care of the declining dollar when its a real problem.
Thanks to Wikicommons
We at USDemocrazy are always impressed by strong leaders. For this reason, our editors are a constant source of disappointment.
So, with the news late last week of President Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize, we decided to dedicate this week’s Awesome Sites collection from the World Wide Web to the websites of world leaders!
We’ve got all sorts… and they are quite varied and curious.
We at USDemocrazy have always wondered… if our world has so many problems like pollution, economic turmoil, war, disease, famine… why on earth would any aliens want to visit us here?
Maybe we should ask the newly elected Prime Minister of Japan, Yukio Hatoyama. Or better yet… let’s ask his wife.
Japan’s new First Lady, Miyuki Hatoyama, claims that she was abducted by aliens and flown on a UFO to Venus. ( We may also add that she claims to have met Tom Cruise in his past life. Wouldn’t meeting him in this life be strange enough?)
We don’t think Michelle Obama could get away with claims of Close Encounters of a Third kind, but it turns out that a former U.S. President Jimmy Carter had his own experience with an Unidentified Flying Object (below).
For those of you who are wondering about Obama’s stance on the issue, UFOlogists have been disappointed with the current President’s lack of attention to the subject.
We cut him some slack though. He seems to have some other things on his mind.
