Trifmmed Matsu (3)

Europe warned of Mumbai-style terror attacks
CNN September 29, 2010
A man captured in Afghanistan has tipped off invetigators to a potential "Mumbai-style" terror plot in Europe, a German counterterror source said Wednesday.

Hagi

North Korean leader's youngest son rising in leadership circles
CNN September 28, 2010
The youngest son of North Korean leader Kim Jong ll was named vice chairman of the Workers Party of Korea's central military commission, North Korea's state news agency reported Tuesday.

Hakusai

Google turns 12, gets virtual cake
CNN September 27 , 2010
Google celebrated its 12 years Monday with a birthday cake doodle created by Wayne Thiebaud, an American artist famous for his paintings of cake and pastries.

Trimmed Matsu (2)

Japan's PM rejects China's demand for apology
Tokyo, Japan CNN September 26, 2010
Japan's prime minister has rejected China's demand for apology and compensation over the detention of a Chinese fishing boat captain, state media reported Sunday.

Akatonbo

Japan rejects apology on China boat row
Tokyo, Japan (CNN) September 25, 2010
Japan's Ministry of foreign Affairs say relations with China are "extremely important," but Beijing's demand for an apology and compensation over the detention of a Chinese fishing boat captain is "completely groundless and is utterly unacceptable for Japan."

Trimmed Matsu (1)

Paris gets fizzy water fountain
CNN 24 September 2010
Environmentally-friendly people in Paris can now drink free fizzy water form a new public fountain. France is trying to reduce the use of plastic bottles because these require a lot of oil to manufacture and produce thousands of tonnes of waste.

Takasago-Fuyo

Japan will free fishing captain, whose arrest enraged China
Tokyo, Japan (CNN) September 24, 2010
Japan will free a Chinese fishing captain, whose arrest touched off a diplomatic storm between Beijing and Tokyo, Japan's coast guard said Friday.
"We decided to suspend the charges in consideration of the Japan-China relationship," said the Japanese prosecutor in the case.

Ohagi

Chinese premier wants immediate, unconditional release of boat captain
CNN September 22, 2010
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, in New York Tuesday for the United Nations General Assembly, ured Japan to release a detained Chinese boat captain "immediately and unconditionarly, "China's state news agency Xinhua reported.
Otherwise, China will take further measures, Wen said in a meeting with Chinese nationals and Chinese-Americans, according to Xinhua.

Nigirizushi

Chirac to face trial by early next year
Paris, France CNN September 21, 2010
Former French President Jacques Chirac will stand trial for embezzlement by early next year, his lawyer said Tuesday.

Chou(Yochu)

China expo trip delayed amid row
Beijing cancels visit by young Japanese on eve of departure
Japan times Monday, Sept. 20, 2010
The foreign ministry said Monday that a scheduled trip by a group of young Japanese to the Shanghai World Expo has been postponed due to Beijing's claim that it is inappropriate to welcome them given the current bilateral climate .

Gyoza

Gulf well permanently plugged, U.S. says
CNN September 19, 2010
U.S. officials formally declared an end to the worst oil spill in U.S. history Sunday, a milestone that followed nearly five months of dashed hopes and blistering criticism of nearly everyone involved.

Hassaku

Taiwan prepares for Typhoon Fanapi
CNN September 18,2010
Taiwanese braced Sunday for Typhoon Fanapi as forecasters predicted would make landfall over eastern Taiwan early in the morning, China's state-run Xinhau news agency repotred.

Nira

The Carter Center; Trip Reports by Jimmy Carter to China ( Sep.4-10, 2010) Sept.13, 2010
He( Vice Premier Deng Xiaoping)surprised us by quoting the DPRK leader regarding the prospective promotion of his son, Kim Jong Un, as "a false rumor from the West." We'll just have to wait to learn the truth about the succession in power.

Dgonguri

Pope hasn't done enough to stop abuse, British say
London, England (CNN) September 16, 2010
Pope Benedict XVI has not done enough to punish priests who abuse children, and the Catholic Church has not shown enough remorse for the crimes, British people said overwhelmingly in a poll released as the pope arrived in the United Kingdom Thursday.

Nageshigi

Japan moves to devalue Yen
BBC 15 September 2010
Japan's central bank has begun selling Yen in an attempt to reduce the value of the Japanese Currency, which has been trading at 15-year highs against US dollar.

Nasu

Japan's prime minister wins party vote, gets to keep job
Tokyo, Japan (CNN) September 14, 2010
Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan on Tuesday defeated political heavyweight ichiro Ozawa to keep his job.
Kan won enough votes to continue leading the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, or DPJ. the majority party leader typically is the prime minister.

Monshirochou's Yochu

High cost of cashmere on Mongolia plains
Tov Province, Mongolia (CNN) September 13, 2010
Forty-year-old Bayamunkh has learn the hard way about overgrazing. Riding slowly behind his herd of close to 2,o0o animals across Mongolia's and plains, the herder reminisces about how the land has changed.

Monshirocho

Nine years later, Americans remember as president calls for tolerance
New York (CNN) September 11, 2010
Nine September have come and gone and yet, the many days that separate America now from a chilling day in its history did not dull remembrance Saturday.

Hiiragi (fuiri)

Theology unnecessary, Stephen Hawking tells CNN
September 11,2010
Theology is unnecessary. So says Stephen Hawking,the world-famous physciist who controversially argues in a new book that God did not create the universe.
"God may exist, but science can explain the universe without the need for a creator," Hawking told CNN's "Larry King Live" in an interview that aired Friday.

Nasu

Japan report: China's military worrisome; U.S. military reassuring
Tokyo, Japan (CNN) September 10,2010
China's military puts the scare into Japan and the U.S. is a key to keeping peace in the region, Japan's Defense Ministry said in a white paper Friday.

Hassaku

France strikes over pension reform
BBC 8 September 2010
French workers are protesting over President Nicolas Sarkozy's plan to raise the retirement age to 62 from 60. The workers and union have called strikes in Paris and other major cities.

Shion

Blair cancels book launch party over protest fears
London, England (CNN) September 8, 2010
Former Britishi Prime Minister Tony Blair canceled a launch arty for his new book in London Wednesday because of planned protest, his spokesman said.

Kuri

Independents break election deadlock in Australia
CNN September 7, 2010
Two independent lawmakers from rural Australia broke a parliamentary deadlock on Tuesday, giving the country its first elected female prime minister.

Nasu

New Zealand begins Earthquake clear-up
BBC 6 September 2010
new Zealand has declared an official state of emergency following a massive earthquake that caused extensive damage to the country's second largest city, Christchurch.

Gobo

Israel's Netanyahu offers regular talks with Abbas
Jerusalem(CNN) September 5, 2010
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has offered to meet Palestinian leader Mahomound Abbas one -on-one every two weeks to discuss "the agenda for a peace agreement,"he said Sunday.

Ginger-fried pork (Butaniku no Shoubayaki)

U.N. envoy: Financial response to Pakistan flooding 'far from enough'
CNN September 4, 2010
A united Nations representative on Saturday pleaded for more international aid to help the millions of Pakistanis displaced from flooding that has ravaged the country for more than a month.

Shouga

Settlements remain obstacle in Mideast peace talks
Washington (CNN) September 3, 2010
After two days meeting s an talks led by President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Israeli and Palestinian leaders leave Washington deadlocked over the contentious issue of Israeli settlements.

Nasu

Mideast peace talks under way in Washington
Washington (CNN) September 3, 2010
Direct talks between Israeli and Palestinian leaders kicked off again Thursday with pledges of support from leaders on both sides--as well as the United States--bor a peace process leading to a comprehensive settlement within one year.

Oyako-Donbri

Hideaki Sena recommended several cooking books last Sunday on The Asahi Shinbun..
One of them is "The Kihon 200 (orange page)."
Tekuteku borrowed the book from the library and cooked the most simplest one ,"Oyako-donburi."

Basil

Drilling to reach trapped Chilean miners begins
Copiapo, Chile (CNN) August 31, 2010
Drilling has begun as part of an effort to reach the 33 miners who have been trapped underground in Chile for more than three weeks, authorities said Tuesday.
The effort to drill through more than 2,300 feet (700 meters) of rock and safely extract the workers could take three to four months, officials said. The hole currently underway is the excavation hole, where the drill bit will be placed.