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During the Vietnam War, the Viet Cong hid IEDs in soda cans because they observed that U.S. soldiers liked to kick empty cans while marching along the roads [source: GlobalSecurity.org]. The Irish Republican Army used them in the 1960s and 1970s during its struggles with the British in...
In the end, the military campaign was calledOperation Ranch Hand, but it originally went by a more appropriately hellish appellation: Operation Hades. As part of this Vietnam War effort, from 1961 to 1971, the United States sprayed over 73 million liters of chemical agents on the country to...
"Currency war" is not a term that is loosely bandied about in the genteel world of economics and central banking, which is why former Brazilian Finance Minister Guido Mantega stirred up a hornet's nest in September 2010 when he warned that an international currency war had broken out.2 I...
HMHS Britannic struck a mine and began sinking at the bow. In just 55 minutes, faster than the sinking of the Titanic, the Britannic sank in the Mediterranean. Of the more than 1,000 people onboard, 30 people died. It remains the largest sunken ocean liner, having never carried a paying...
There are three paths to the development of urban agriculture in Taipei. The first is informal operation, which originates from the frugal culture of Chinese society. Food production has been a long-standing but often neglected activity in the city. People tend to plant in nearby public spaces...
They’re the focus of the immigration debate. But across the nation, Latinos are rising to power and offering a glimpse of what’s ahead.
HMHS Britannic struck a mine and began sinking at the bow. In just 55 minutes, faster than the sinking of the Titanic, the Britannic sank in the Mediterranean. Of the more than 1,000 people onboard, 30 people died. It remains the largest sunken ocean liner, having never carried a paying...
Apple, for example, has spent years urging its suppliers to build capacity outside of China and has at least some alternative production capacity for all of its main product lines in countries such as India and Vietnam. But more than 80 per cent of Apple’s top 188 suppliers still have ...