Hiroshima
Japan's Sanfrecce Hiroshima forward Hisato Sato (bottom) and South Korea's Pohang Steelers defender Kim Kwang Suk (#3) fight for the ball during the AFC Champions League group G football match in Hiroshima, western Japan on April 2, 0213. Hiroshima won 1-0.
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Some people believe that references to the dropping of the atom bomb on Hiroshima in a review of Clint Eastwood’s Flags of Our Fathers or the revelation by a movie critic that HM Stanley met David Livingstone in the film that bears their names constitute unforgivable ‘spoilers’.
I worked with such passion and I feel so grateful to have meet Michael Haneke, and been offered such a powerful role in film that tackles a subject matter which concerns all of us ... Hiroshima, mon amour.
Should an object of that size hit Earth, it would cause a blast with the energy equivalent of about 2.4 million tons — or 2.4 megatons — of TNT explosives, more than 180 times the power of the atomic blast that leveled Hiroshima.More quotes »
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2 space rocks hours apart point up the danger
meteor that shattered over the Ural Mountains was estimated to be 20 times more powerful than the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima during World War II. It blew out thousands of windows and left more than 1,000 people injured in Chelyabinsk, a city of 1 million. Read more »
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More South Koreans support developing nuclear weapons
in Japan, a country still traumatized by the legacy of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, there is a debate about the once-taboo topic of nuclear weapons. The mere fact that the bomb is being discussed as a policy option shows how North Korea's nuclear program could 5/18/13 from Los Angeles Times Read more »
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Colerain high has 19 students in top tier
Three fun facts: She really likes Dr. Who, almost to an obsessive point; she sometimes wears a fez; and she has been to Hiroshima. She was involved with National Honor Society, Academic Quiz Team and drama club, which she said gave her memories she will remember 5/18/13 from Cincinnati Enquirer Read more »
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Hiroshima thrashes Kofu 5-1 in J-League
Japan (AP) — Hisato Sato scored a hat trick on Saturday as defending champion Sanfrecce Hiroshima thrashed Ventforet Kofu 5-1 in the J-League. Jose Ortigoza scored in the fourth minute for Ventforet, but Sato equalized less than a minute later and Hiroki Mizumoto 5/18/13 from San Antonio Express Read more »
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National › 70-year-old woman rescued from toilet after 3-day ordeal
70-year-old woman has been rescued from a toilet in which she had been waiting for help for three days, Hiroshima police said Friday. The woman had entered the premises of an outdoor pool complex that is open to the public every summer. TV Asahi reported that from Japan Today Read more »
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Crime › Woman stabbed by stalker despite asking police for help
woman was in a serious condition Friday after being stabbed by a man whom she reported to police for stalking her in Kurashiki, Hiroshima Prefecture. According to police, the woman consulted with police on May 7 about a former acquaintance, Daichi Miyazaki, from Japan Today Read more »
