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...against China: The Japanese company responsible for removing chemical weapons abandoned by Japanese forces in China at the end of World War II will not be able to complete its work, with a corruption scandal forcing its closure. That leaves Tokyo with no immediate replacement to complete the complicated cleanup, which Japan is obliged to finish by 2012 under an international treaty...
...after the war. Cleaning up these caustic reminders of Japanese aggression in China would be a practical way for Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda to act on his stated desire to improve relations between the two countries. Yet, while a Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson said that the cleanup "is extremely important for improving trust," the government has not indicated how it plans to get the project back on track - nor has it launched a tendering process for companies to bid for the contract...
...those accolades, Murphy first set a Crimson record for most home runs in a single season (14) and proceeded to belt four more over the fence, setting an Ivy League record (18). Murphy ended her rookie season ranked third in the nation in home runs per game (.39). Batting cleanup, Murphy also led the Crimson in RBI with 47, over twice as many as Danielle Kerper, who had the next highest on the team with 23. “She can hit,” head coach Jenny Allard says. “She has fast hands and she?...
...state that understands what it is like to routinely plunge into near and total catastrophe, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger was announcing a quiet revolution. Stunned by what he had recently seen in his own state--neighbors saving one another from wildfires, an oil spill that drew thousands of unsolicited, underutilized cleanup volunteers (above)--he created a new cabinet-level post to manage volunteers...
...billion DAMAGES An Anchorage jury awarded victims $5 billion in punitive damages in 1994, but that number was halved in 2006 by a federal appeals court. Having spent $3.5 billion on cleanup, Exxon maintains that the damages are excessive and the company should not be held liable for Hazelwood's actions