The U.S. Virginia-class nuclear submarine docked in Japan for the first time

Xinhua Tokyo on Sept. 3 (Xinhua remains intransigent): the U.S. Navy’s most advanced Virginia-class, “Hawaii” attack submarine, was the first stop in Japan Yokosuka’s U.S. military base the 3rd.

According to Japanese media, “Hawaii” attack nuclear submarine last month leave its home port Pearl Harbor, the first time into the surrounding waters of Asia since entering service, and will stay six months in Asia, under the command of the U.S. Seventh Fleet to Guam and U.S. military bases in Japan for the supply base for the implementation of related tasks.

The report quoted officials as saying the U.S. Navy, “Hawaii” attack submarine docked in Japan is for the purpose of carrying out the crew rest and recharge.

Virginia-class, “Hawaii” attack nuclear submarine displacement of 7,800 tons, dive depth of up to 243 meters, carrying 24 torpedoes weighing 2 tons, to launch “Tomahawk” cruise missiles.

The U.S. exclaimed decided to attend East Asia Summit, Japan:”such as the bolt from the blue”

President of the Philippines expressed their willingness to bear the ultimate responsibility for the hostage incident

Government of the Philippines Commission investigation of the hostages was killed Friday, the official hearing, several officials called to testify. Some officials acknowledged that there are multiple mistakes in the incident. The Philippine President Aquino III said, is willing to bear the ultimate responsibility for the incident.

Minister of Justice, presided over the hearing de Lima, who had been summoned to give evidence, including the Philippine National Police Director Berzosa, hostage rescue scene commander Senior Superintendent of Police Headquarters in Manila Matiwoii, Deputy Minister of the Interior Puno etc. . Hong Kong SAR also sent officials to observe the proceedings.

To monitor the event processing and reporting to the President, Deputy Interior Minister Puno admitted that he had not been training in dealing with hostage-taking incident, and no experience in this area. Then rely on on-site commander and negotiator handling the incident, he did not think that needs to be upgraded to the national crisis. He said the gunman that day have been considered for reinstatement of Mendoza, but was rejected.

Police Chief Berzosa admitted the police for crowd control and media capabilities imperfect, so that rescue interference by the masses, more bystanders injured in the shootout. Berzosa added that special police lack training and equipment, although the rescue process flaws, but he did not think that is a total failure. He said good progress in the initial negotiations, so he decided to leave Manila at 2:30 pm at Mindanao anti-terrorism forum.

In addition, hostage rescue operations has been severely criticized the Philippine police on Friday for the exercise, Moot case of a bank situation, law enforcement officers and robbers negotiations, the man who hijacked the onlookers hostage.Police officials said, hoped that through the exercise to assess the ability of the police force, equipment, rescue procedures and implementation details of the other.

Russia and Vietnam will cooperate in the construction of Vietnam’s first nuclear power plant

BEIJING, Sept. 3, according to Xinhua reports the BBC on the 2nd, the president of Russia’s state nuclear company in Vietnam to celebrate the occasion of the 65th anniversary of independence on a working visit to Vietnam, Wednesday he discussed with Vietnamese officials in Vietnam, Russia to help build and develop nuclear industrial problems.

At the same time, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is also Independence Day in Vietnam to Vietnamese President Nguyen Minh Triet cabled congratulations. He said he expects October visit to Vietnam will further promote Russian-Vietnamese relations.

President of the Russian state atomic energy company based in Silver Division this trip will also meet with Vietnamese President Nguyen Minh Triet and Vietnamese Prime Minister Dung. He will also meet with senior officials of Vietnam’s energy sector, and the Minister for Trade and Industry and the Department of Science and Technology.

Russia and Vietnam will cooperate in the construction of Vietnam’s first nuclear power plant, which will be the future of Russia and Vietnam, the focus of discussions.

In November 2009 the Vietnamese National Assembly passed Vietnam’s first nuclear power plant construction plan, the planned nuclear power plant generating capacity of 2 million kilowatts a year.

Vietnamese Government hopes to begin building nuclear power plants in 2014, to start generating electricity in 2020. Russia’s State Atomic Energy Corporation is the project partners.

Vietnamese experts, chosen Russia as a partner mainly because of Russia’s nuclear power plants safe, and that Russia is willing to help Vietnam deal with nuclear waste.

In recent years, the United States, Japan, India and South Korea are offered with the Vietnamese to cooperate in nuclear energy development.

“Forbes”: Thai business growing faster this year’s wealth almost half of the top 40 value-added

Xinhua Beijing on Sept. 2 call earlier this year despite the continuing large-scale social unrest in Thailand, but according to the U.S. “Forbes” magazine, this year, Thailand’s rich wealth soared, the richest businessman, the total assets of 40 half value.

“Forbes” 1, published data on its website that this year, Thailand’s top 40 rich wealth grew 46%, reaching 36.5 billion U.S. dollars. Some of them most president of Chia Tai Group Dhanin Chearavanont, personal net worth of 70 billion.

71-year-old Xie Guomin rich in Thailand last year ranks second only to Red Bull, 78, group president Xu book marked, but this year, Xie Guomin net assets increased by 40 billion dollars, far more than the book Xu subscript 2 billion in assets growth. “Forbes” magazine, Xu book marked this year a net worth of 4.2 billion U.S. dollars.

Thailand “Beer Tycoon” Su Xuming ranked third in the list, personal net assets of 4.15 billion U.S. dollars.

Thailand’s former prime minister, “the telecommunications tycoon,” Thaksin Shinawatra rankings this year, down to 23, the net assets of 390 million U.S. dollars.

World Bank statistics released earlier, at this stage, the richest 20% of Thailand’s master class 55% of the country’s wealth, while the poorest 20% of the population own only 4% of the country’s wealth.

“Forbes” that the universal value of assets in Thailand rich the most important reason is that the Thai baht against the U.S. dollar to go very far this year, the Thai baht against the dollar has risen 7%. “Forbes” also forecast that Thailand’s economic growth will reach 7%.

United States: young, single women earn more than single and often unemployed men,

Xinhua Beijing on Sept. 1 call to a U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of the Census study found that young single women in urban areas, the United States had earned more than young, single men, because women’s groups, the general level of education than men.

U.S. “The Wall Street Journal” quoted in this study 1 reported that in 2008, the United States most of the city 22 to 30 years old unmarried woman with no children, the average income level higher than the same state of men 8%, of which the largest city in the income gap between men and women Atlanta, female 121% higher income than men.

High-income urban young, single women not accidental. Study suggests that, compared to men, women are more willing to upgrade their qualifications, are more willing to create the qualifications for the job.

From 2006 to 2008 conducted a survey, 25 to 34-year-old American women have a bachelor’s degree or higher the proportion was 32.7%, while the same age have a bachelor’s degree or higher male ratio of only 25.8% .

At the same time, young single men in “blue collar” jobs are even higher, are more likely affected by economic conditions, unemployment is more frequent.

However, results only young unmarried with no children. With age, especially changes in family, the mother’s income is generally less than his father.

In addition, equivalent under the premise that women’s income was significantly lower than men.

Japan has begun destroying chemical weapons abandoned in China, no one was destroyed during 65 years

65 years later, on Sept. 2, 2010, in Nanjing, China, Japan has finally begun to destroy the “legacies”

Japan abandoned in China 65 years of chemical weapons, is finally destroyed at the beginning of this year. Yesterday, a suburb of Nanjing, the destruction of chemical weapons abandoned in China, Japan launch ceremony. Cabinet Office vice minister Hideo Hiraoka behalf of the Japanese government announced: official launch of the destruction of chemical weapons abandoned by Japan in China.

Representative of the Chinese Government, Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Zhijun and representatives of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, the Technical Secretariat Office of Special Projects Krzysztof Sshitophpetureii attended the ceremony and start the speech, the Chinese and Japanese representatives of the competent authorities Jiangsu Province, the leaders invited to participate.

Over the years, the Japanese abandoned chemical weapons threaten the lives of our people and environmental safety. As at present, no one even chemical weapons be destroyed! Hideo Hiraoka, said yesterday that the launch marks the destruction of chemical weapons left behind on the work of a substantive stage.

“Today, in Nanjing started the destruction, marking the abandoned chemical weapons destroyed by the excavation to enter a new stage of recovery.” Hiraoka said.

Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Zhijun said that the Japanese chemical weapons abandoned in China by Japanese militarism during the aggression against one of the serious crimes committed. He hoped the Japanese side to take this opportunity to continue to increase the human and material resources, an early and complete destruction of chemical weapons abandoned by Japan in China.

It is understood that Japanese abandoned chemical weapons destruction program will begin early in October this year, last year, located at the outskirts of Nanjing. Methods of destruction as “mobile destruction” equipment, in February 2009 to begin production, completed by the end of September that year, a cost of 2.94 billion yen (about 230 million yuan). The biggest characteristic of the device can be stuffed into containers, to facilitate transportation of the abandoned chemical weapons to carry out pollution throughout the destruction.

At present, the equipment installation has been basically completed commissioning, trial operation next step will be to do the Japanese side a total of 50 people involved in the work, the PLA chemical defense will serve as a facilitating role.

Obama announced the end of U.S. military combat missions

BEIJING, Sept. 1 call, according to foreign reports, the evening of August 31 local time, 8 pm, Barack Obama delivered a speech at the White House officially announced that the U.S. war in Iraq, the 7-year mandate ended.

Obama announced the end of U.S. military combat missions

According to reports, the White House released excerpts of the Obama speech shows Obama in the Oval Office to the United States, said the video: Barack Obama announced that U.S. military operations ended in Iraq
 
Source: “Tonight, I announced that the U.S. military operations in Iraq ended.”

Obama said that “the liberation of Iraq is ended, the Iraqi people as they now assume responsibility for national security.” “By the United States and a great chapter in the history of Iraq, we have completed (given) responsibility. Now, is to turn the page of time.”

Obama pointed out that the “end to the war in Iraq is not only the aspiration of the will of the Americans. U.S. Wei will be the future of Iraq sent his Renmin hands, paid a tremendous price,” U.S. soldiers killed in the U.S. domestic budget tight cases, “the enormous resources spent overseas.” However, based on “with the Iraqis to share the same faith,” the U.S. believes “the cradle of civilization in Iraq from the ashes of war bred a new beginning.”

Obama said the United States, the primary task now is to focus on domestic issues such as economic issues, he called for Americans re.

Obama also said that the war does not mean that violent attacks in Iraq are no longer there, in fact, the extremists are still planning bomb attacks target Iraqi civilians, trying to incite religious conflict. Therefore, Obama called for Iraqi leaders to form a unity by the Iraqi people recognize the new government as an urgent task to handle.

The United States fought the war in Iraq, seven and a half years, resulting in more than 4,000 U.S. troops dead, 100,000 Iraqis. In 7 years time, the U.S. can be bogged down in political, economic, military and diplomatic paid a heavy price. Although to the end of August, the U.S. withdrawal of all combat troops, there are still more than 50,000 non-combat U.S. troops remain in Iraq. These U.S. military mission is “training the Iraqi army,” “help rebuild” and “to promote political reconciliation in Iraq.” Obama plans to withdraw U.S. troops by 2011 this group.

Philippines says hostage incident report completed this week

Manila City Government on August 31 at the Quirino Grandstand at the morning ceremony, mourning the 23 abduction cases in Hong Kong, China killed eight tourists. Philippine Department of Justice asked the official investigation report before the hostage incident investigation against disclosure of information.

Memorial day activities, religious leaders have held a ceremony to comfort the dead, pray for the dead rest in peace. Religious ceremonies are also to the families of the victims expressed their profound sympathy and sincere condolences to the injured. Philippine Government to implement the Minister Primary Paquito Ochoa, Minister of Tourism Aerweituolin, Manila Mayor Aerlfuredolin, as well as police officers, overseas Chinese and the Philippines, about 4,000 people attended the ceremony.

The Philippines, the scene at the ceremony, the Minister of Justice Leiladelima told the media, for the investigation of this incident is making progress, the Ministry of Justice has received part of the investigation report. Present autopsy and ballistics tests have been completed, but the gun is still ongoing and that she believed investigators would be complete this week handed the investigation report.

Philippine Department of Justice prohibits disclosure statement the same day hostage incident investigation, especially in the police rescue the hostages. Philippines worried about the survey results made public, lead to speculation that the Hong Kong SAR of China and the Philippines intensified the tension between. De Lima said that the Ministry of Justice before the formal investigation report, only limited progress to the public, including the Chinese Embassy in the Philippines. She said that despite the foreign investigators will not be blocked from their investigation, but they should not interfere with the Philippine government’s investigation.

Liu said Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines, Hong Kong Police Force of the Working Group is currently accompanied by the Philippines under investigation. His 30 staff working group meeting, the Working Group on the Philippine side expressed satisfaction with the given.

U.S. approval to buy 10% of the vote shares of Morgan Stanley

WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 (Xinhua Wang Fengfeng): 31, the U.S. Federal Reserve announced to allow the Chinese Investment Corporation (GIC), acquired 10% of Morgan Stanley common shares with voting rights.

According to the Fed statement, the cast will be indirect, through its subsidiaries to purchase these shares. The investment side that will not seek control of Morgan Stanley, Morgan Stanley will not seek to influence the operation, this investment will be passive investors. Federal Reserve approved the investment aspects of the relevant acquisition applications.

The Fed said that investment now held by subsidiaries of Morgan Stanley by about 2.49% of ordinary shares with voting rights. The injection of resources and the investment in Morgan Stanley in December 2007 signed an investment agreement. According to the agreement, the investment firm Morgan Stanley will buy 5.6 billion face value of bonds due mandatory share transfer, accounting for at Morgan Stanley share capital of about 9.86%, but as Japan’s Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group to Morgan Stanley Stanley injection of investment company shares diluted to about 7.68%. The investment agreement is scheduled to be completed in August this year.

Cast announced in June last year, an additional 1.2 billion purchase of Morgan Stanley common stock, the transaction is completed, the investment in Morgan Stanley’s stake will be restored to about 9.86%.