A B-29 named Bockscar spent 45 minutes over Kokura without sighting its aim point.
The Kremlin is seeking more than the annexation of Crimea and control over the Donbas rust belt; its aim is to prevent Ukraine from going West, force it to turn East, and quash any risk within Russia's wider orbit of further revolutions like the one that brought down Yanukovych.
Its over-all aim is to try and ensure that wars are begun only for a very narrow set of truly defensible reasons, that when wars break out they are fought in a responsibly controlled and targeted manner, and that the parties to the dispute bring their war to an end in a speedy and responsible fashion that respects the requirements of justice.
They have little control over the work process or its aims and are, like the majority of workers, paid employees.
The partnership with Samsung, and why Samsung makes sense over other options plays into its aims with these early steps.
What the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) has produced on Russia's recent attack on Georgia is a greywash, a pile of slime and sludge that conceals the truth.Georgia says that on August 6th a Russian warplane fired a missile over its territory, apparently aimed at a new NATO-compatible radar station.
UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations Security Council is scheduled on Wednesday to impose new sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program, taking aim at the financial might of the Revolutionary Guards Corps as well as Iran's military and nuclear industries with the addition of 41 enterprises to the blacklist.
The Gates Foundation's approach is notable for its catholicism — not only within the field of microfinance but in its over-all program, aimed at reducing inequities around the world, which includes global health, education, and agricultural production as well as financial services for the poor.
Amid dire warnings that Syria is sinking into a protracted civil war, the U.N.-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan has demanded further clarification from Damascus over its response to proposals aimed at ending the violence.
The mobile maker has been fighting sliding marketshare in the smartphone space for more than a year — so it's likely viewing the rise of wearables, and the opportunity a nascent device space provides, as a potential lifeline for its business, over and above its stated aim of making more affordably priced phone slabs, targeting the $150 to $300 price range.
