Boat people saga drags on: well-meaning U.S. legislators are foiling repatriation plans

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An effort by some US congressmen to give Vietnamese boat people another round of screening to identify political refugees is placing an undue burden on Asian countries that must house the people. The proposed legislation, passed by the House but not the Senate, has derailed an international plan set up last March. That would return the refugees to Vietnam, where further screening would identify those with valid claims and settle them in other countries. Now most of the refugees refuse to leave their camps, anticipating US admission.

Management, Political aspects, Emigration and immigration, Refugees, Vietnamese, Vietnamese refugees, Boat people

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Hiroshima: 50 years later

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The 50th anniversaries of the dropping of atomic bombs on Japan and that country's subsequent surrender arouse deep conflicts among the Japanese. Many deny Japanese responsibility for the war and attendant atrocities, and for the bombings. Others say Japan effectively invited such an attack. All sorrow for the destruction and horror brought to Hiroshima and Nagasaki, though Hiroshima's exhibits reflect an effort to show Japan as a helpless victim. Thankfully, the tension of this conflict should soon pass.

Social aspects, Japan, History, Japanese history, Bombings, Hiroshima, Japan, Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum

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Time to ban nuclear tests: with NPT extended, it's the turn of the nuclear powers to act

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Countries that have nuclear weapons should ban nuclear testing and continue to work towards disarmament in exchange for non-nuclear countries' agreement not to acquire arms, as part of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. The five nuclear nations, the US, Russia, France, China, and Britain, have not all stopped testing nuclear weapons. Out of respect for the efforts and concessions of non-nuclear countries, these nuclear powers should reach an agreement in 1996 to cease testing.

International aspects, Testing, Column, Nuclear weapons, Nuclear testing, Nuclear nonproliferation

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