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Monday, May 13, 2013

DTN News: Pakistan Top Stories/ Headlines News Dated May 13, 2013 / Nawaz Sharif Prepares To Form Government For Record Third Time

Asian Defense News: DTN News: Pakistan Top Stories/ Headlines News Dated May 13, 2013

Source: DTN News - - This article compiled by Roger Smith from reliable sources Dawn - Pakistan, Telegraph U.K., Google News & DTN News Images
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - May 13, 2013: Comprehensive daily news related to Pakistan - Latest Headlines Newsfor the world of TODAY.

*Comprehensive daily news related to Pakistan - Latest Headlines News for the world of TODAY

DTN News - 2013 PAKISTAN ELECTION: Nawaz Sharif Prepares To Form Government For Record Third Time

ECP summons meeting to review rigging complaints

The Election Commission of Pakistan on Monday summoned a meeting to review complaints lodged against rigging in the May 11 polls.

3 hours ago

Ishaq Dar to become finance minister: PML-N spokesperson

Ishaq Dar, who served as finance minister in Sharif's second administration and again briefly in 2008, would return to the job.

48 mins ago

Mushahid wants Imran to become opposition leader

Meanwhile, the PPP is expected to nominate Syed Khurshid Shah as leader of the opposition in the upcoming National Assembly.

1 hour ago

Karachi stocks hit all-time high on Sharif win

The benchmark index of top 100 shares rose 1.6 per cent to 20,232 points in early trade, surpassing the 20,000 mark for the first time.

2 hours ago

PPP leadership to meet over post-election scenario

PPP leaders are travelling to Karachi for the meeting at Bilawal House which is to be chaired by Asif Ali Zardari.

2 hours ago

PTI activists now active against ‘rigging’

Though Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehrik-I-Insaf (PTI) has lost the elections, his young fans are still active on the social media.

7 hours ago

PML-N in a hurry to take up challenges

The PML-N which has emerged as the single largest party plans to get into action as soon as the ECP officially announces the results.

7 hours ago

PML-N for early Balochistan poll results

Senator Pervaiz Rashid sought resolution of the issue by immediately announcing the results.

7 hours ago

Shujaat says results beyond expectations

PPP can form govt in Sindh without support

HRCP finds flaws in polls, offers solutions

Shahbaz set to become CM again

PPP terms Punjab results ‘manipulated’

No chance of change in results: ECP

May 11: the day for a democratic transition

The great expectations of historic elections

Pakistan, on election eve appears much like Miss Havisham, steeped just as much in denial, and haunted just as much by the memories of betrayals past.

Major issues the govt led by Nawaz will face

Sharif's government will face a host of problems, including faltering economic growth, worsening energy shortages and continued attacks by militants.

Youth brings colour and energy to election

The youth’s participation not only made electioneering for the 2013 general election colourful but it also infused the polling day with enthusiasm on Saturday.

From Today's Newspaper

Celebration of democracy? - Huma Yusuf

About to turn the corner? - Abbas Nasir

Security for the people - M. Zaidi

Evaluating poll credibility - Niaz Murtaza

Smokers’ Corner: How green was my valley? - Nadeem F. Paracha

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DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: Tiger HAD Combat/Attack Helicopter Flying With French Forces

Asian Defense News: DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: Tiger HAD Combat/Attack Helicopter Flying With French Forces

Source: DTN News - - This article compiled by Roger Smith from reliable sources EADS & Strategy Page
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - May 11, 2013: This milestone followed DGA qualification of the Tiger HAD version on April 10, and marked the delivery startup for Eurocopter’s latest variant of a rotorcraft product line which has already been combat proven during military operations in Afghanistan, Libya and today in Mali.

“With the Tiger HAD, Eurocopter further expands the operational capabilities of a combat helicopter family which has demonstrated its mission effectiveness and performance in highly challenging military deployments,” said Dominique Maudet, the Eurocopter group’s Executive Officer for France, and Vice President of Global Business and Services.

To date, France has ordered 40 Tiger combat helicopters in HAD configuration for its French Army Aviation units. Another 24 helicopters has been ordered by the Spanish government to equip the Spanish Army (which includes six Tiger HAP support and escort versions retrofitted for fire support and attack missions).

Feature improvements of the Tiger HAD variant include two enhanced MTR390 turboshaft engines that provide 14 percent more power, improved ballistic protection, a new optronic sighting system, the capability to target and launch Hellfire air-to-surface missiles, an evolved electronic warfare suite, and an IFF (identification, friend or foe) interrogation system.

97 multi-role Tiger family currently are in service in four countries: France, Germany, Spain and Australia; which have ordered a total of 206 helicopters.

Tiger is made by European firm Eurocopter and has shown up just in time. Until the arrival of the French and German Tigers, American AH-64s provided gunship support for all foreign troops in Afghanistan. France also has some Tigers in Somalia, and Mali, where they have performed well. Tiger has spent over 1,500 flight hours in combat zones so far and a hundred have been delivered to Germany, France (which has ordered 80), Spain (24), and Australia (22). A total of 206 Tiger helicopters have been ordered. So far Tigers have spent over 45,000 hours in the air, most of it for training.

The Tiger costs about as much as the AH-64, a ten ton gunship that has been in service since the 1980s. The six ton Tiger has a crew of two and a max speed of 280 kilometers an hour. It cruises at 230 kilometers an hour and usually stays in the air about three hours per sortie. It is armed with a 30mm automatic cannon, 70mm rocket pods (19 rockets per pod), and various types of air-to-ground missiles (eight Hellfire types at once). It can also carry four Mistral anti-aircraft missiles.

Germany appears to have lost its enthusiasm for Tiger and is cutting its order from 80 to 57. Germany has had a lot of problems with Tiger during the last few years. Besides, Germany has better uses for the money, like bailing out the many European nations having financial problems.

It was only last year that Germany got four of its new Tiger helicopter gunships ready for service in Afghanistan. These ASGARD (Afghanistan Stabilization German Army Rapid Deployment) models included sand filters, additional defense systems, a mission data recorder, and communications gear able to deal with systems used by allies. Four more ASGARD Tigers are being prepared. The first four are now in Afghanistan. But all Tigers were grounded on March 4^th, after one of them crashed and burned during a training accident in Germany. This is the third Tiger to crash so far, although none of the six crewmen involved were killed.

German troops in Afghanistan wanted this aircraft badly but delivery was delayed several times due to various problems. In addition to the ASGARD upgrades, there were problems with the wiring and a number of less serious shortcomings as well.

DTN News - JAPAN NEWS: Japan Protests Chinese Communist Party Propaganda Organ Report Challenging Tokyo’s Claim On Okinawa

Asian Defense News: DTN News - JAPAN NEWS: Japan Protests Chinese Communist Party Propaganda Organ Report Challenging Tokyo’s Claim On Okinawa

Source: DTN News - - This article compiled by Roger Smith from reliable sources By Amrutha Gayathri - International Business Time
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - May 11, 2013: Japan registered a protest to China on Thursday over the Chinese Communist Party’s main propaganda organ, the People’s Daily newspaper, questioning Tokyo’s historical claim on Okinawa, Japan's southern-most prefecture, which is also considered a key strategic asset for the U.S. in the Asian region.

In a lengthy article in the People's Daily, two academics from China's top state-run think-tank said: “History’s unresolved questions relating to the Ryukyu [which includes Okinawa] have reached a time for reconsideration,” the Wall Street Journal reported.

Citing treaties from the Sino-Japanese war and from World War II, the article argued that ownership of the Ryukyu islands should be discussed.

One of the authors of the controversial article, Zhang Haipeng, argues that Japan robbed China of Taiwan and its affiliated islands, including the Senkakus, the Pescadores and Okinawa, when the two nations concluded the Treaty of Shimonoseki following the Sino-Japanese War (1894-1895), as reported by Japan’s Asahi Shimbun newspaper.

He wrote that the Senkaku islands were returned to China after World War II ended in 1945, but the issue of sovereignty of Okinawa is yet to be resolved.

Okinawa was a major battlefield during World War II and a U.S.-administered territory until 1972. Some 50,000 U.S. troops are stationed in Japan, of which a significant number is based in Okinawa.

Japan and the U.S. consider maintaining American soldiers in Okinawa bases critical to counter-balance China's rising influence in the region.

On Wednesday, China’s Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying indicated the country may have rights to Okinawa.

“The history of Ryukyu and Okinawa is a problem that the academic society has long been paying close attention to," said Hua when asked about Japan's sovereignty over Okinawa during a news conference, the BBC reported.

In Tokyo, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said Japan will not accept China’s claim to rights over Okinawa.

“If the article represents the stance of the Chinese government, we can never accept that,” Suga told a news conference on Thursday.

He also said Japan has voiced its protest against the article to the Chinese government. The official response from Chinese officials, according to Suga, was “the researchers have written the article in their private capacities.”

The controversy over Okinawa has come amid a longstanding dispute over Senkaku, a small group of uninhabited islands known as Diaoyu in China. Tensions have been simmering ever since the Japanese government signed a contract worth 2.05 billion yen ($26 million) in September last year to buy three of the five main islands from their private owner.

The islands, which lie some 200km (124 miles) off Okinawa and beyond China's 200 nautical mile (370km) exclusive economic zone, are surrounded by an area rich in fisheries and are believed to contain significant hydrocarbon resources.

China has laid claim to the islands since the U.N. returned them to Japanese sovereignty in accordance with the Okinawa Reversion Agreement that ended the U.S. occupation of Okinawa.

*Link for This article compiled by Roger Smith from reliable sources By Amrutha Gayathri - International Business Time
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DTN News - CHINESE PROPAGANDA AGAINST JAPAN: China's Hollywood 'Killed' Nearly 1 Billion Japanese Last Year

Asian Defense News: DTN News - CHINESE PROPAGANDA AGAINST JAPAN: China's Hollywood 'Killed' Nearly 1 Billion Japanese Last Year

Source: DTN News - - This article compiled by Roger Smith from reliable sources WCT - Want China Times
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - May 11, 2013: A popular TV drama about the Second Sino-Japanese War. (Internet photo)

Nearly one billion Japanese soldiers or enemies were killed off in TV productions filmed last year at Hengdian World Studios, the studio facilities known as the Hollywood of China, the Guangdong-based Yangcheng Evening News reports, suggesting that Chinese TV audiences like to achieve some degree of catharsis for their anti-Japanese sentiment with a high body count of enemy combatants in historical dramas.

As this figure breaks down as 2.7 million deaths per day for 365 days — a rate of over 30 per second — it seems reasonable to assume that most of these "deaths" occurred off-screen — or that this represents the cumulative total of every death in every series broadcast on myriad domestic networks. Put it this way: somewhere on Chinese television right now, Japanese people are being killed. And probably in large numbers.

In 2012, out of the more than 200 TV series broadcast on national networks, more than 70 of them had a wartime or anti-Japanese theme, more than any other "genre." The trend is definitely set to continue this year, said the newspaper.

The volume of shows where Japanese invaders get their comeuppance clearly reflects a general sentiment, but internet users have been criticizing the liberal use of historically inaccurate and exaggerated plots to get the nationalistic point across, the report said. TV shows have veered increasingly towards dehumanizing Japanese characters and imbuing Chinese characters with fantastic superpowers to satisfy the revenge fantasies of local viewers.

People who grow up in China are exposed from an early age to negative depictions of Japan and Japanese people, a reaction to what is seen as fifty years of national humiliation from the late 19th century to 1945, a period which saw two wars between the two countries with massive loss of life and territory, coupled with the perception that Japan has not shown sufficient remorse for the wartime atrocities committed by its troops in China.

The offspring of such resentment manifests itself in terms like "little Japan" or "Japanese devils" and is perpetuated by the media, teachers, parents and even textbooks.

Long-simmering anti-Japanese sentiment exploded again in September last year when protesters rallied in the streets in several major cities, objecting to Japan's nationalization of a group of islands in the East China Sea called Senkaku in Japanese and Diaoyu or Diaoyutai in Chinese. The islands were handed over to Japanese administration by the US along with Okinawa in 1972.

*Link for This article compiled by Roger Smith from reliable sources WCT - Want China Times
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Monday, May 13, 2013

DTN News: Pakistan Top Stories/ Headlines News Dated May 13, 2013 / Nawaz Sharif Prepares To Form Government For Record Third Time

Sunday, May 12, 2013

DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: Tiger HAD Combat/Attack Helicopter Flying With French Forces

Saturday, May 11, 2013

DTN News - JAPAN NEWS: Japan Protests Chinese Communist Party Propaganda Organ Report Challenging Tokyo’s Claim On Okinawa

DTN News - CHINESE PROPAGANDA AGAINST JAPAN: China's Hollywood 'Killed' Nearly 1 Billion Japanese Last Year

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