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Until recently, the location of executed wartime Japanese Prime Minister Hideki Tojo s remains was one of World War II s biggest mysteries in the nation he once led. Now, a Japanese university professor has revealed declassified U.S. military documents that appear to hold the answer.The documents show the cremated ashes of Tojo, one of the masterminds of the Pearl Harbor attack, were scattered from a U.S. Army aircraft over the Pacific Ocean about 3 yeezy slide 0 miles east of Yokohama, Japan s second-largest city, south of Tokyo. Former Japanese Prime Minister and military leader Hideki Tojo, center, stands during the sentencing phase of the war crimes trial in Tokyo, on Nov. 12, 1948. nike air max Charles Gorry / AP It was a tension-filled, highly secretive mission, with A adidas yeezyslide merican officials apparently taking extreme steps meant to keep Tojo s remains, and those of six others executed with him, away from ultra-nationalists looking to glorify them as martyrs. The seven were hanged for war crimes just before Christmas in 1948, three years after Japan s defeat.The discovery brings partial closure to a painful chapter of Japanese history that still plays out today, as conservative Japanese politicians attempt to whitewash history, leading to friction with wartime victims, especially China and South Korea.After years spent verifying and checking details and evaluating the significance of what he d fou Vuqu Google Exec Made Silent Voice of Egypt Uprising
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas appointed Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh as the next prime minister, the Palestinian news agency said Tuesday.The news agency released a picture of Abbas handing Haniyeh the official letter of appointment at the beginning of their meeting earlier in the day. Haniyeh, who will be the first Hamas premier, has five weeks to form a government.The Islamic militant group also reached out to other factions, including the ruling Fatah party, to join a broad-base stanley cup d Cabinet that might stand a chance of gaining internationa stanley cup l approval.Also Tuesday, Israeli acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said hope has not disappeared that Israel can reach a peace agreement with the Palestinians, even as it presses on with its campaign to isolate the incoming Hamas-led stanley cup government.In other developments:Now that Israel and the U.S. have cut off money to the Palestinians, Hamas is seeking financial aid from Iran, reports CBS News correspondent Robert Berger audio . During a visit Monday by political leader Khaled Mashaal, Iran said it would support a radical Islamic regime in the heart of the Mideast, although it stopped short of a firm commitment of money.For a second day, Israeli forces were searching in the West Bank town of Nablus for Palestinian militants and weapons. A bomb factory was discovered with 150 pounds of explosives, reports Berger.Israel s state comptroller is looking into the sale of Olmert s Jerusalem house to a U.S. political activist, Olmert said Tues
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Taylor Weidman/Getty Images Makeup is put on a Tai Yai boy during the Poy Sang Long festival in Mae Hong Son, Thailand, April 7, 2014.Poy Sang Long is a Buddhist novice ordination c nike dunk eremony of the Shan people or Tai Yai, an ethnic group of Shan State in Burma and northern Thailand.All pictures were taken on nike air max April 7, 2014. Mae Hong Son, Thailand Taylor Weidman/Getty Images Tai Yai boys are dressed and made-up elaborately during the Poy Sang Long festival.Young boys aged between 7 and 14 are ordained as novices to learn the Buddhist doctrines. It s believed that they will gain merit for their parents by ordaining. Mae Hong Son, Thailand Taylor Weidman/Getty Images Tai Yai boys are dressed and made-up elaborately during the Poy airmaxplus Sang Long festival. Mae Hong Son, Thailand Taylor Weidman/Getty Images A Tai Yai boy wakes before dawn to be dressed and made up for the days festivities. Mae Hong Son, Thailand Taylor Weidman/Getty Images A Tai Yai boy is dressed and made-u Yrfa Analysis: Four Ways Forward for Egypt
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