The People’s Liberation Army of China has released a new video game, “Glorious Mission Online,” patterned after the Call of Duty series. The objective of the game is to reclaim the disputed islands called the Diayou by the Chinese and the Senkaku by the Japanese. The islands have been the subject of a variety of military maneuvers by both sides, and are the source of increasing tensions between the two countries. The Japanese also released a model boat bearing the words, “Operation Senkaku.” Propaganda begins at a very young age.
There are dueling protests in Egypt as tensions continue to ratchet up. Al-Ahram published a map of the protests in Egypt today:
Although former President Morsi has not been seen in public since the military coup, Egyptian prosecutors have made formal charges of murder, espionage, and conspiracy. A trial will certainly inflame the situation further.
A lake has formed at the North Pole. The phenomenon is highly unusual, but perhaps not unprecedented. There is, however, a strange pattern of storms that are forming at the North Pole which may be related to the process of climate change. There was a similar storm last year that led to the highest degree of ice melt ever recorded.
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